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Spike in SC’s coronavirus cases causes new warnings By Mindy Lucas Since Memorial Day weekend, South Carolina has seen a record number of new coronavirus cases causing the state’s health officials to issue new warnings about the importance of continued social distancing. From a record weekend that saw more than 300 cases each day – on May 29, May 30 and May 31 – to days which recently saw new records of more than 500 cases each – June
6 and June 8 – the spike in cases is causing concern among officials. “The more people you expose yourself to, the more you multiply your risk of being exposed to the virus,” said Dr. Linda Bell, state epidemiologist, in a news release issued June 3. As expected, part of the increase in COVID-19 cases is likely a result of increased testing efforts across the state, the release stated. But other factors such as gather-
THE LATEST NUMBERS 14,800 – Total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina 557 – Total number of deaths caused by the virus Source: S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), as of June 8
ings at which people fail to practice safety measures, play a part as well,
the agency admitted. “There are those who are finding ways to hold graduations and open businesses safely through careful planning and attention to crowd density and safety measures such as wearing masks,” Bell said. “When we don’t do those things, we can put ourselves and others at risk, and case counts will rise.” The number of deaths are also climbing.
A daily record of 20 deaths were reported on Wednesday, June 3, and the seven-day average for deaths is also climbing, according to the Associated Press. The percent of positive tests averaged over 14 days, a statistic health officials say they are following carefully, is increasing as well. The increased numbers also have
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Peaceful protesters march across Beaufort
Food Lion acquires Port Royal Bi-Lo store Future uncertain for Bi-Lo on Boundary Street By Mike McCombs Food Lion is coming to Port Royal. The Salisbury, N.C.-based grocery chain announced Wednesday, June 3 that it was acquiring 62 BI-LO and Harveys Supermarket stores from Southeastern Grocers. The BI-LO located at 860 Parris Island Gateway is included in the sale. According to Food Lion, the stores will remain under their original banner until the transaction is complete, likely in the first half of 2021. “We are so excited to add these new locations to our more than 630 stores across Georgia and the Carolinas,” Food Lion President Meg Ham said in a release. “We’ve been serving customers in these larger regions for almost 60 years. We’re thrilled to add these locations and serve even more towns and cities across these three states with fresh, quality products at affordable prices every day with the caring, friendly service customers expect from their local Food Lion.” According to the release, Food Lion expects to hire more than 4,650 associates to serve customers at the 62 new stores. What about the Boundary Street BI-LO? While the BI-LO at 2127 Boundary Street wasn’t on the list of stores sold to Food Lion, it would be fair to expect change at the location in the near future. Employees at the location have been told to apply for employment with Food Lion, an indication that the future of the store is, at the least, uncertain. A Southeastern Grocers spokesperson said, “Southeastern Grocers will be exploring strategic options for these stores such as the Boundary Street location, however, they will remain open and ready to serve our customers and communities as those options are explored.”
A crowd of 150 to 200 people of all ages marched and carried signs in support of Our Peaceful Protesters and Black Lives Matter on Sunday from Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park to Beaufort City Hall without incident. Photo by Bob Sofaly.
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very day since May 30, protesters have occupied some portion of the parking lot in front of the old Piggly Wiggly at the intersection of Boundary Street and Ribaut Road. The group originally gathered in response to the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, by the police in Minneapolis, Minn. But the protests, like some of those around the country, have become
On Sunday, June 7, the protesters went on a “Peaceful March” from Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park downtown, up Bay Street to Bladen Street, down Bladen to Boundary and then to the corner across from the courthouse all the while, sharing their messages of unity, nonviolence and most important of all, hope for the future. The string of people, around 175 long, carrying their signs, was
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something more. “This teacher believes Black Lives Matter.” – Protest sign.
a diverse group – young and old, male and female, black, white and brown. “Your silence is violence.” – Protest sign. There were people trekking across town with people they would not usually take a short walk with. The protests were initially organized by Tim Garvin and JaCorey
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Red Piano Too closes its doors for last time St. Helena’s Mary Mack a legend like the gallery she loved By Mike McCombs
Mary Mack stands in front of the Red Piano Too along side a banner advertising the St. Helena Island art gallery’s final sale. Submitted photo.
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ary Inabinett Mack remembers how she felt when the Red Piano Too opened. Louanne LaRoche, an artist herself, opened the gallery, an outgrowth of the Red Piano in Bluffton, on St. Helena Island.
NOT STICKING TO SPORTS Parker’s donates 800 KN95 masks to Beaufort Memorial Hospital.
Beaufort studentathletes leading area protests.
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“She opened it, and I thought, “Oh God, how could she do that? It was my dream,” Mack said Monday night from home, remembering her disappointment. Mack had been operating an art and framing business out Mary of her home, and the Mack Red Piano Too was exactly what she had envisioned that business becoming.
“I had initially taught myself to frame, then got a business license and was running the business out of my house,” Mack said. “But Louanne allowed me to have a little space at the gallery.” And so began Mack’s journey with the Red Piano Too. That journey ended Saturday, 30 years later, as the gallery held it’s final sale before closing permanently.
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Whale Branch Early College High School counselor Kimberly Brown, left, smiles as I’Quera Jackson, front, and Jaresia Pryor proudly show Brown their names on their official diplomas, while telling her, “see, I did it.” Whale Branch graduated 130 seniors Thursday, June 4, during their own version of the now traditional “drive-by.” Photo by Bob Sofaly. 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.
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Beaufort History Museum to re-open June 16 From staff reports Beaufort History Museum, located in the historic Arsenal on Craven St., will re-open to the public on Tuesday, June 16. Admission will be free for a two-week period following the opening. Docent-led and self-guided tours of the Exhibit Halls will be available. In a preemptive measure to protect visitors, staff, volunteers and the collection from then evolving
exposure to COVID-19, the Museum closed in mid-March and suspended all public programming. To date the Museum has not had any reported cases of infection on its premises. “We are looking forward to welcoming people back to the Museum and are pleased to offer free admission for a period of two weeks, from Tuesday, June 16 to Tuesday, June 30,” Board of Directors Presi-
dent Steve Guida said in a release. “This is a chance for our patrons to return and for those who have not yet experienced all we have to offer to take advantage of this opportunity.” Visitors will be asked to observe the commonly accepted CDC protocols for social distancing while touring the Museum. The use of facemasks is strongly encouraged. The Arsenal’s hours 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Docents are on duty to provide information and conduct tours. Please visit www.beauforthistorymuseum.com or the BHM Facebook page for updates and news from the Museum. For information on becoming a Docent or Volunteer Greeter contact the Museum at info@beauforthistorymuseum.com or call 843379-3079.
Beaufort Democratic Party’s northern headquarters set to re-open From staff reports The Beaufort County Democratic Party’s Northern Beaufort County Headquarters will open, or more accurately, re-open, on Sunday, June 14, at 605 Carteret Street in Beaufort. The Headquarters’ opening, from 2 to 5 p.m., will feature three candidates running for public office in Northern Beaufort County: Richard Hricik, running for the South Carolina Senate, District 43 (covering Lady’s Island, St. Hele-
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na, and Port Royal precincts plus one Mossy Oaks precinct); Nathan Campbell, running for South Carolina Senate, District 46 (covering Beaufort precincts and most Burton precincts); and Barb Nash, running for South Carolina House of Representatives, District 124 (covering all of Lady’s Island, Beaufort, Mossy Oaks and Port Royal precincts, plus two St. Helena and two Burton precincts). All are welcome to meet the candidates, tour the Headquarters’ of-
fice (with masks and social distancing observed), pick up candidates’ campaign material, and sign up to volunteer for the summer and fall campaign. The Northern Beaufort County Headquarters opened briefly in March before the pandemic shut South Carolina down. Now with the state carefully re-opening, the headquarters office, observing CDC and DHEC rules, will be open from 10 a.m. through 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
ings, some of the state’s top leaders have said it’s up to residents to control the spread of the disease. “We can’t have an epidemiologist, a police officer, and a mama and a daddy following everybody around reminding them what they’re supposed to do. The virus is still here. It’s just as deadly as it was before, and it can be fatal ...,” said Gov. Henry McMaster. However, health officials have said that means residents will need to take steps “every day” to reduce exposure. “The more that South Carolinians take these necessary steps every day to reduce exposures, the more we can expect to see data trends begin to decrease, telling us that COVID-19 transmission
is slowing across the state,” the DHEC release stated. The Last Week Monday, June 8 New S.C. Cases: 542* S.C. deaths: 11 New Beaufort Co. Cases: 13 Beaufort Co. deaths: 0 *Record high Sunday, June 7 New S.C. Cases: 390 S.C. deaths: 1 New Beaufort Co. Cases: 9 Beaufort Co. deaths: 0 Saturday, June 6 New S.C. Cases: 512* S.C. deaths: 7 New Beaufort Co. Cases: 6 Beaufort Co. deaths: 0 *Record high (since broken)
Volunteers will work out of the headquarters to canvas voters, place get-out-the-vote calls, promote absentee mail-in voting, and write postcards for candidates in Beaufort County, South Carolina and throughout the United States. The party is still seeking volunteers for two-person shifts from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, call the Northern Beaufort County Democratic Headquarters at 843940-9994. Friday, June 5 New S.C. Cases: 447* S.C. deaths: 13 New Beaufort Co. Cases: 11 Beaufort Co. deaths: 0 *Record high (since broken) Thursday, June 4 New S.C. Cases: 361 S.C. deaths: 7 New Beaufort Co. Cases: 5 Beaufort Co. deaths: 0 Wednesday, June 3 New S.C. Cases: 235 S.C. deaths: 17 New Beaufort Co. Cases: 3 Beaufort Co. deaths: 0 Tuesday, June 2 New S.C. Cases: 285 S.C. deaths: 1 New Beaufort Co. Cases: 9 Beaufort Co. deaths: 0
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Seabrook man arrested, charged with attempted murder By Mindy Lucas A Seabrook man has been arrested on charges of attempted murder in connection with a shooting at a Beaufort apartment complex, officials say. Jaquan Sanders, 23, was arrested on Thursday, June 4, according to a news release
issued by the Beaufort Police Department. The arrest follows an investigation into a shooting at Parkview Apartments on May 22, in which a 21-year-old man was seriously injured, the release stated. Sanders, who is on proba-
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tion for a prior conviction of failure to stop for blue lights, was arrested without incident in a high-risk traffic stop.
He was found to be in possession of approximately 88 grams of marijuana, a 9-mm pistol, 66 grams of suspected MDMA, or Ecstasy, a digital scale and multiple baggies, according to the release. Sanders was also charged with possession of a firearm
during the commission of a violent crime and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Additional charges are pending laboratory analysis of the suspected Ecstasy, the release stated. Sanders was taken to the Beaufort County Detention
Center, where he was denied bond for the attempted murder and firearms charges. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Investigator Skyler Waddell at 843-322-7974 or the department’s anonymous tip line at 843-322-7938.
Three Burton Fire District firefighters become paramedics From staff reports According to the Burton Fire District, three of its firefighters have successfully received their national paramedic certification in the District’s continued effort to increase its medical services capability. Burton Fire District firefighters Danielle VanDam, Mark Baird, and Matthew Far-
ris have recently completed 16 months of training and testing, and have completed the process Danielle to become naVanDam tionally certified as paramedics. During their 16 months of training, all three firefighters
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MCRD Parris Island holding live-fire training
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island will be conducting extended live-fire training from 6 a.m. June 15 to 2 a.m. June 16. The marsh and waterways in the range impact area to include Archers Creek, Ribbon Creek, and Edding Creek will be closed to boater traffic. For questions regarding
firing times and waterway closures please contact the Weapons and Field Training Battalion Range Control at 843-228-3170.
Beaufort County earns award for investment program
Beaufort County has been recognized with a 2020 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties (NACo). The
spent hours of classroom instruction on anatomy and p h y s i o l o g y, c a r d i o l o g y, medication adMark ministration, Baird along with spending additional hours in hospitals, emergency and operating rooms, specialty
awards honor innovative, effective county government programs that strengthen services for residents. Receiving a 2020 Achievement Award in the category of Financial Management, NACo recognized the Investment Management Program developed by the Beaufort County Treasurer’s Office, for its innovative and outstanding approach to addressing a commonplace function of local government, that of investing public money.
Our 2019 Water Quality Report contains important information about your water. A water quality report summarizes the treatment process of your water and lets you know whether it met all of the Regulatory requirements for quality, which it did. Harbor Island Utility, Inc. produces this report every year. We’re publishing the report online instead of mailing copies to reduce costs associated with production, printing and mail services. To read the 2019 water quality report, visit http://files.swwc.com/sc/ccr/ccr-harborisland-2019.pdf For questions, or to receive a hard copy, contact us at (843) 768-0641 or sc-customerservice@ swwc.com
clinics, and ambulances learning the pathophysiology and treatments of several injuries Matthew and disease Farris processes. With steady increases in calls for injuries and medical emergencies, the Burton Fire
District has focused on delivering increased medical care and capability on the streets and in the homes of its citizens. The Burton Fire District has 37 Emergency Medical Technicians, five Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians, and eight paramedics on its roster. “We are trying to do more
for our sick and injured citizens immediately on scene, or in their homes, which will result more lives being saved and better outcomes at the hospital,” Burton Fire Chief Harry Rountree said in a release. “We are a public service that provides health, safety, and an increased quality of life every day, and this is an important part of it”
LOWCOUNTRY LOWDOWN Beaufort County, Inglese part ways
Beaufort County Deputy Administrator Chris Inglese is no longer in that second-in-command position as of last week. According to the Beaufort Gazette, Inglese has said he was fired; the administration’s position is he’s no longer “with the county.” Inglese went to work with Beaufort County in 2017 prior to the arrival of current Administrator Ashley Jacobs who promoted him as her deputy assistant. His most recent project was developing the reopening of county offices after closings related to COVID-19 concerns. Inglese’s departure follows the departure of other county officials, including Chief Financial Officer Alicia Holland, who left at the beginning
of annual budget discussions in April after 10 years with the county. Long-time Human Resources Director Suzanne Gregory also left the county earlier this year. They joined former Deputy Director of Engineering and Construction Rob McFee, who had been with the county for 12 years, and Stormwater Manager Dan Rybak who had been with the county less than a year.
New RV Park Proposed
PORT ROYAL – Port Royal Town officials are contemplating a zoning change which would allow construction of a 50-lot recreational vehicle park off Parris Island Gateway near Shell Point. The park would limit occupancy to 28 days so that the
project will be promoted for short-term RV campers visiting the area. The town council reviewed the development plans for Seagull Retreat last week and will discuss the zoning change at their next meeting later this month.
Biker killed on Old Shell Road
PORT ROYAL – Steven McKinzie, 22, of Beaufort died Monday, June 1 in a motorcycle accident on Old Shell Road. According to the Beaufort County Coroner’s report, McKinzie was passing a vehicle on a double-yellow line when he lost control of his motorcycle and hit a tree. He was not wearing a helmet.
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City of Beaufort PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP 2020-117 FABRIC STORM PANELS FOR PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION The City of Beaufort, South Carolina, is soliciting proposals from qualified licensed manufac-tures and suppliers for the purchase of removable Storm Panels for two historic buildings which are contributing structures in the Beaufort Historic District/Beaufort National Land-mark Historic District. This project is being funded in whole or in part by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program as authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. All applicable policies of FEMA, as well as state and federal legal requirements shall apply. The RFP and additional documents may be accessed on the City’s website, https://www.cityofbeaufort.org/165/ Procurement, Bid Opportunities - or by contacting the Procurement Administrator, Jay Phillips, at 843-525-7071 or jphillips@cityofbeaufort.org. BIDS will be received by the Finance Department until 2:00 PM ET June 22, 2020. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 virus and the State of South Carolina Executive Order 2020-12 dated March 21, 2020 regarding “social distancing” practices, bid proposals will be re-ceived electronically, by email in portable document format (pdf) file format. The submittal deadline is 2:00 P.M. ET on June 22, 2020.
Glass WRX presented with grant for economic development
By Mindy Lucas A Charleston-based recycling company planning to move its manufacturing division to Beaufort County has received a $200,000 grant from the S.C. Department of Commerce. Glass WRX SC, which makes kitchen countertops and other products out of recycled glass, was awarded the grant at a presentation held at Beaufort’s Waterfront Park on Friday, June 5. The company announced last summer it would be moving its manufacturing arm to northern Beaufort County and plans to create between 45 to 50 jobs over the next five years, for a total invest-
ment of $10 million. It is also in the process of retrofitting and moving into an 84,000 square-foot building at 302 Parker Drive, once occupied by manufacturer Parker Hannifin. The building has been empty since 2015, city officials noted on Friday. The grant was given by the commerce department’s economic development arm, or the S.C. Coordinating Council for Economic Development, and is given for work already completed. The site is currently under construction and the company will begin installing equipment in the next few weeks, company officials said.
Hiring will also begin in the next few months, starting with maintenance personnel. The goal is to open in February of 2021. Founded in 1992 by Chris Fisher, the company makes countertops and other products out of recycled glass it collects from across South Carolina and Georgia and is looking to expand into air and water filtration systems, road surfaces and construction materials. “We are going to open up a one-of-a-kind glass manufacturing plant,” said the company’s CEO Chris Fisher. “…We look forward to becoming a staple in the business community and in Beaufort for years to come.”
Glass WRX owner and CEO Chris Fisher, third from right in front, was presented with a "Coordinating Council for Economic Development Grant” for $200,000 from the S.C. Department of Commerce on Friday. Members of the Beaufort County Economic Development Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce, City Council and others were on hand for the presentation. Photo by Mindy Lucas.
BACK FOR BUSINESS
Chef Monty White of the Gullah Jazz Cafe’ puts the finishing touches on a fried shrimp dish Wednesday afternoon, June 3. The Gullah Jazz Cafe’ reopened its doors for both curbside and in-house dining as well as Carry-out and home delivery Wednesday at the Beaufort Black Chamber of Commerce on Bladen Street. Larry Holman, president of the Beaufort Black Chamber of Commerce, said everything shut down about mid-March because of COVID-19 and remained closed for two anda-half months. The Gullah Jazz Cafe boasts Southern classics and seafood with a Caribbean twist to spice things up. The restaurant will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Photo by Bob Sofaly.
City of Beaufort PUBLIC NOTICE Request for IFB 2020-116 Whitehall Drive Boardwalk The City of Beaufort, South Carolina, is soliciting proposals from qualified licensed contractors to construct a wooden multi-use 12’ _wide boardwalk along the Whitehall Park Trail to the Sea Island Parkway. Work shall include Earthwork, Removal & Disposal of existing Sidewalk, expanding the Sidewalk with an Inline Pedestrian Ramp and installing a Variable Width Boardwalk adjacent to the sidewalk which will tie into the elevated boardwalk construction. The boardwalk will be approximately 280 feet long with 10-inch diameter wooden piles spaced at 10-foot increments. The RFP and additional documents may be accessed on the City’ website, https://www.cityofbeaufort.org/165/ Procurement, Bid Opportunities - or by contacting the Procurement Administrator, Jay Phillips, at 843-525-7071 or jphillips@cityofbeaufort.org. BIDS will be received by the Finance Department until 2:00 PM ET July 13, 2020. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 virus and the State of South Carolina Executive Order 2020-12 dated March 21, 2020 regarding “ social distancing” practices, bid proposals may be received electronically, by email in portable document format (pdf) file format. The submittal deadline is 2:00 P.M. ET on July 13, 2020.
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Wright. Garvin it still playing a prominent role, speaking in the park before the group departed for the Piggly Wiggly. “I see a lot of familiar faces,” Garvin said, standing in shirt and tie on a picnic table, clearly enthusiastic. “That’s good.” During the protest the previous Sunday, Garvin, like many there, was positive but
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from page A1 Her dream job Elayne Scott also worked at the Red Piano Too. When LaRoche left the business, Scott and Mack became partners. “Elayne worked for Louanne, and me with my little business inside of the gallery,” Mack said, “we came together and took it over. Elaine managed it and I continued to work everyday.” Then around 2000, Scott sold out. “She couldn’t stand to do it anymore, and I couldn’t stand not to do it,” Mack said. At first, Mack hired employees to run the gallery. But eventually, she decided she needed to do it herself. She retired in 2004 and had been running it ever since, until Saturday. Mack said the gallery changed focus over time – it was originally more of a folk art gallery, primitive – though it remained primarily selftaught artists. Though she focused on Lowcountry artists, Mack established contacts with people from all over, eventually affiliating with more than 150 artists. Nathaniel Simmons, who became Mack’s partner when Scott sold her share in the gallery, though interested
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still a little on edge. This time around, seven days of making his voice heard later, there was a confidence. “We want to be heard, we want to better our community, we want to be united,” Garvin said. The march was still about Black Lives Matter. It was still about protesting police violence and racism and oppression and double standards. “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.” – Protest sign. But this group of protest-
ers isn’t content to stand on the corner and elicit horn blowing. They want solutions. They don’t intend for things to go back to “normal.” In the week since the protests began, the group has taken a name and has a Facebook page – Our Peaceful Protesters. Members of the group have met with Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling and other leaders, intent on doing what they can to fix the things that they feel need fixing. “A system cannot fail those it wasn’t designed to
protect.” – Protest sign. Sunday’s march was organized by an 18-year-old. Jayda Scheper, a recent Beaufort Academy graduate, was asked to plan a march in honor of Floyd, whose funeral was Sunday. “I was hesitant,” Scheper said. “It was a lot to ask, I didn’t want it to be half done, not for George Floyd. But Sunday couldn’t have gone smoother for Scheper and her two 17-year-old friends, Braxton Tolbert and Shanese Bostick.
in art, was “really hands off.” When he died, his son became Mack’s partner He was “pretty hands off, also.” “Fortunately, they both liked art,” Mack said. A new home Mack’s role wasn’t the only thing that changed at the Red Piano Too. Around 2000, the gallery made the move from its original home, where Gullah Grub is now located, across the street to the historic St. Helena Island Farmers CoOp building. African-American landowners and farmers founded the co-operative in the early 20th century after studying land use and agriculture at Penn School, the only school for formerly enslaved Africans that survived Reconstruction. Built around 1940, the building was renovated around 2000, just before Red Piano Too’s move, and the gallery, Mack said, is the only tenant the building has had since. According to a post on Red Piano Too’s Facebook page, the purpose of the co-operative was to “provide a market for the island's agricultural products, and to provide, at a reasonable price, materials, and supplies to area farmers. It was the first agricultural co-operative of its kind in South Carolina.”
Red Piano Too Gallery on St. Helena Island has gone out of business. In the door window, with an empty room behind it, was posted one last message of note: “Show love.” Photo by Vivian I. Bikulege. Not the place she left Born in Colleton County, Mack was raised on St. Helena. She actually attended the Penn School shortly after it became a part of the public school system. Eventually, Mack made her way to New York in the 1950s. It was there she fell in love with art. “My husband took me to an open-air art exhibit in New York, and I thought it was the greatest thing I ever
saw in my life,” Mack said. Mack went to school in New York, becoming a registered mental health nurse. And she raised a family. “I wanted my children to have African American art in the home,” Mack said. “At least then, there was not much, at least that I knew about. So that’s why I started my collection.” Mack and her husband, Tommy, had built a home on his family’s land on St. Hel-
“It’s overwhelming,” Scheper said. “I’m speechless honestly. I never would have expected for me and my two friends, … we’re teenagers, for us to plan something and have this big of a turnout. It’s amazing. “The amount of support that we’ve had in our community, not that I thought that people wouldn’t come out. But there’s been people bringing water every day, restaurants catered to the people out here. The amount of love, I didn’t there would be hate,
necessarily, but the amount of love has outweighed the hate.” “You can’t have unity without U and I.” – Protest sign. Despite all the support, though, Scheper, who will begin working toward a career in law this fall at Winthrop, knows this is an opportunity to effect real change, something that is rare. “We need action behind our words,” she said. “Without action, our words are just words and nothing else.”
ena Island in 1970. Finally, in 1977 the moved back to South Carolina, returning to Beaufort for good in 1978. Segregated when she left, St. Helena Island and Beaufort County were integrated when Mack returned. “The place that I came back to was not the place that I left,” Mack said, “and the place that I came back to is not the place that I came back to now.” In 1986, Mack became the deputy director of Beaufort-Jasper Comprehensive Health Services. But “Special Things,” her home-based art business was her love. “People would come into my home and say, ‘ooh, where’d you get that?’” Mack said. “I was selling stuff off the walls. It was taking over the house.”
abeth O'Neill Verner Governor's Award for the Arts, South Carolina's highest award for achievement in the Arts. She’s as much a legend as her gallery. But a couple months shy of her 84th birthday, Mack decided now was the time. Her family and advisers had said she had to make a decision, sooner or later. Mack sent letters to artists about the closing. Though the gallery was closed for the virus, people came in by appointment one at a time to pick up their work. The ending has been smooth, but the emotional aspect has been tough. “I feel badly for the artists and the staff that work at the gallery,” Mack said. “They’re not just employees and artists, they’re friends.” Like with most small businesses, she said there was financial angst. But they always managed to keep it going. Mack joked that she was lucky she had never had to depend on the Red Piano Too to support her. Instead, she hinted, it supported her. “Sometimes I go into galleries, and in my mind I think, this is what I envision an art gallery looking like,” Mack said. “But it’s not what mine looked like. Art stacked from the floor to the ceiling. It wasn’t finely curated exhibits. It was different. It was just different.”
It’s was just different The Covid-19 pandemic hit this year, and if that wasn’t enough, Mack dealt with a pretty bad reaction to a prescription medicine she was taking. She doesn’t pretend that the Covid-19 scare was her reason for retiring. But she doesn’t deny its influence either. “I was about there,” Mack said. “Life just pushed me into it. I had been thinking about it for a while and then the virus came along.” A member of the Penn Center 1862 Circle, Mack is a 2020 recipient of the Eliz-
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How to Manage Anxiety as Your Community Reopens During the COVID-19 Pandemic Top psychiatrist offers ways to overcome fear and worry about COVID-19 as people resume normal activities and social interactions
Summary: • It’s normal to experience anxiety as your community begins to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic and you start to resume normal activities. • Focusing on the facts, following your feelings, understanding the risks, and learning about safety measures that organizations are taking can help to calm your anxiety. • Becoming extremely isolated or engaging in reckless behavior could indicate you or a loved one is having difficulty coping with reopening. Whether health concerns, financial challenges, social isolation, or changes to your daily routine, you have probably experienced some degree of anxiety or worry during the past few months as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As our community observes a decrease in new COVID-19 infections, we can safely start to reopen our economies. Some people may experience anxiety related to resuming activities in public and adjusting to the “new normal.” Here are ways to help you manage and overcome fears and worries related to reopening. How can you manage stress and anxiety related to reopening? Businesses and healthcare facilities must achieve several benchmarks before
they can safely reopen, and many state governments are implementing a phased approach. As your community progresses through these phases, it will create opportunities for you to re-engage socially in a natural and gradual way, which may help to reduce your anxiety. If you still feel nervous about resuming your normal activities, here are tips that may help: • Focus on facts: Focusing on the facts can help you make informed decisions as you resume normal activities. Make sure you’re getting your COVID-19 information and recommendations from trusted sources, such as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), your state and local health departments, and hospitals and healthcare systems in your area. • Learn about safety measures: Find out about the health and safety measures that businesses, hospitals, and medical offices in your community are taking to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Have they implemented new infection prevention protocols, including screening, enhanced cleaning/disinfecting, personal protective equipment (PPE), and check-in/check-out procedures designed to help protect our patients and staff? • Follow your feelings: Just because your community is starting to reopen doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll feel ready to resume your normal activities right away. Make decisions based on how you feel and your interpretation of the facts. If you choose to be more cautious because you’re part of a
high-risk group — or for any other reason — it’s reasonable to wait to see how reopening goes before resuming activities in public. • Understand the risks: It’s important to understand your personal and community risk factors and accept responsibility for the risk you choose to take on. And remember, nothing in life is without risk, it’s just a part of living.
How do you overcome anxiety about reopening? Overcoming anxiety boils down to facing your fear and learning to deal with it. How you accomplish this goal depends on your personal preferences. Here are two approaches you can try: • Incremental step approach: This approach involves increasing your exposure to your fear little by little so that your anxiety level decreases over time. If you’re nervous about leaving your home, for example, you could start by taking a walk around your neighborhood. Then, you might try chatting with a neighbor while maintaining social distancing, and progress to driving to a neighborhood store to make a drive-thru grocery or medication pickup. Eventually, you might try shopping for your own groceries in the store or eating at a restaurant that offers outdoor dining. • Flooding approach: The flooding approach involves full exposure all at once—like throwing someone who is afraid of water into a swimming pool. Using the example above, some people may find it effective to just “go for it” and skip to the
last step by shopping in the store or eating at a restaurant right away. It’s likely that COVID-19 will be with us for a while. Most of us will eventually get used to the changes brought about by COVID-19, such as wearing masks and social distancing, and become more comfortable living with some degree of risk related to the virus. Although you should remain vigilant to protect yourself and your loved ones, your anxiety around COVID-19 will likely diminish over time. What are normal reactions to reopening, and how do you know if you or a loved one needs help? You may experience a wide range of reactions to reopening, from being very anxious and overly cautious to being thrilled to resume normal activities. Anxiety is a normal feeling and happens for a reason—it helps you stay alert and determine your level of risk. However, it can be difficult to reasonably judge a risk if you feel terrorized or excessively fearful. If you’re so worried about COVID-19 that you isolate yourself to an extreme
and are unable to function, take care of yourself, sleep, or you’re having panic attacks, you may need to seek help from a mental health professional. Overly reckless behavior during reopening, such as completely ignoring safety recommendations or putting others at risk, could also be a sign that you or a loved one needs help. Are you worried about other people’s behavior during reopening? It can be easy to get caught up in what other people are doing during reopening, especially if people aren’t wearing masks or are gathering in large groups. It also can be tempting to criticize people who are quick to resume normal social interactions and activities. It’s important to remember that you can’t control what other people do, only what you decide to do. So, continue to follow CDC and state guidelines and weigh the benefits and risks of your activities for yourself and your family. Despite this extremely challenging and worrisome time, many positives have
emerged, such as the outpouring of care and support for each other and realization that we’re stronger together. This is still true now as we reopen. Consider the impact your actions have on others as we resume normal activities in order to keep not only yourself and loved ones but others safe too. The bottom line: Experiencing anxiety related to reopening during COVID-19 is normal. It’s possible to overcome your anxiety by focusing on the facts, following your feelings, understanding the risks, and learning about safety measures. Keep an eye out for signs that you or your loved ones may be having trouble coping and seek help from a mental health professional if necessary. We can safely start to reopen our economies as our communities observe a decrease in new COVID-19 infections. Some people may experience anxiety related to resuming activities in public and adjusting to the new normal. Dr. Charles Herrick, chair of psychiatry at Nuvance Health shares ways to manage and overcome fears and worries related to reopening. For additional information, visit nuvancehealth.org/ coronavirus
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Parker’s donates 800 KN95 masks to Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Parker’s Chief of Staff Kate Smith, center left, recently donated 800 KN95 face masks to representatives at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort.
From staff reports Parker’s, the popular convenience store and food service company, recently donated 800 KN95 masks to healthcare providers at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. “Beaufort Memorial Hospital is very grateful to Parker’s for their support during this unprecedented time,” BMH special projects direc-
tor Courtney Smith said in a release. “Given the unpredictability of the PPE supply chain, Parker’s donation of masks is especially meaningful and will assist us in continuing to provide the highest level of protection to our workers on the front lines, so they may, in turn, provide the best possible care to the patients we serve.”
To date, Parker’s has donated more than 7,000 KN95 masks to hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout coastal Georgia and South Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re honored to support the doctors, nurses, clinicians and staff, who are providing exceptional healthcare to area residents throughout
the Coronavirus pandemic,” Parker’s founder and CEO Greg Parker said in a release. “We know there have been mask shortages throughout the region and want to make sure our local healthcare heroes have the Personal Protective Equipment they need to stay safe while caring for our community’s patients.”
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Student-athletes leading protests around Beaufort By Justin Jarrett LowcoSports.com Protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement have taken place across the country in recent weeks, including throughout the Lowcountry. Two area student-athletes — Whale Branch basketball standout and Wofford signee Nick Pringle and Beaufort Academy tennis star Jayda Scheper — have been at the forefront of organizing rallies and marches in support of the movement in Beaufort. They spoke on the LowcoSports Lowdown podcast about their experiences growing up black in the Lowcountry and living through such a big social movement. Here is an excerpt of that conversation. LowcoSports: What has your experience been like growing up as a black person in the Lowcountry? Jayda Scheper: I didn’t realize what type of bubble I was in until I went to (Beaufort Academy), and that’s not to say anything bad about BA, by any means. But when I got there, I realized how much different I was from everybody else. Whenever I would speak out about something, they thought I was angry, so then I got the angry black girl type deal going on. Nick Pringle: I grew up in Beaufort and went to all Whale Branch schools. Growing up, I really didn’t have any problems or see any racism or anything like what’s going on right now, but the last few years a lot of things have changed. I’ve started to see more of the things you see on TV that you wouldn’t think would happen in your city or happen in real life, but I actually had that happen to me. My brother was murdered. He got tased three or four times when he was being held down by three (Beaufort County Sheriff’s) officers and one firefighter. We’re trying to fight for justice for him. Right now we stand on the side of Boundary and Ribaut and protest for justice. We have a lot of support. Lowco: How has sports given you an avenue to make your voices heard? JS: For a long time I was the only black girl playing tennis in SCISA that I saw. I had not seen a lot of people of color playing tennis, because it’s a mainly white-dominated sport. That was a big struggle for me because there was nobody else out there for me to relate to. For a minute there I didn’t want to play, but my dad told me to keep going. The reason that he started playing tennis at all was because he was out
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It’s emotional to see that many people out there, like an overwhelming feeling of happiness and support and love.” on the tennis court one evening with his uncle and some white man drove by and told him that he would never be good at tennis. So he vowed from there to be great, and if anybody knows anything about my dad it’s that he’s an amazing tennis player. I think tennis has allowed me to just not back down from it, to embrace being the only person of color playing tennis in our league. I feel like it amplified my voice more than silenced it. NP: I grew up playing basketball, but football was my favorite sport. When my height started getting up there, I started taking up on the court more. I know I have a lot of people standing behind me, and I have a lot of other voices besides mine. That’s a good thing for me to use my platform and networking and get my voice out. And I will be using that to be heard and let people know my story and just try to make the world better, really, starting with our city. Lowco: What has it felt like this week to see this movement building, not only across the country, but right here at home? NP: It really means a lot, just to see people coming out. I hate that it took this long for it to happen, but I’m just glad to see everybody out supporting each other. I’ve seen a lot of new faces that I’ve never seen before and a lot of old teachers. It’s exciting for me, knowing that my brother was one of the victims. I just hope it keeps moving forward and we strive for change. JS: It’s emotional to see that many people out there, like an overwhelming feeling of happiness and support and love. I can only imagine what it’s been like for Nick and his family to see that much support. For it to hit home for me, I know it must have hit home for them. I’ve said that this is beyond politics. Wherever you stand on politics, this is beyond politics. I was very surprised at some of the people I saw out there and the amount of people. It’s been an overwhelming amount of love and support. The LowcoSports Lowdown podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts or any major podcast apps.
From left: Amanda Patel, Jayda Scheper, Braxton Tolbert and Shanese Bostick. Submitted photo.
This is no time for us to ‘stick to sports’
By Justin Jarrett LowcoSports.com
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ou might have noticed there hasn’t been much sports content here lately. That’s to be expected, given there are no live sports to cover, but we had big plans for alternative content during this time that have fallen by the wayside. Life gets in the way sometimes, and you might have noticed that life has been pretty heavy lately. We’re still producing our weekly podcast, but writing has been difficult, especially when the topic feels so insignificant in the moment. Here we sit in the midst of a global pandemic, divided by differing opinions that are exacerbated by misinformation and overwhelming uncertainty. And now, our nation seems to be at a breaking point. People are marching in the streets daily in cities across the country — some of them peacefully, some not as peacefully — and demanding long-overdue change to the systems that have quietly oppressed people of color for far too long. On Wednesday evening, I learned about 5:30 p.m. about a peaceful march in Old Town Bluffton starting at 6, and I got there as quickly as I could. I’m so glad I went. It was one of the most beautiful and uplifting experiences of my life thus far. All ages and all races were repre-
sented. The Bluffton Police Department escorted us through the streets with the utmost professionalism and respect. They were a shining example of how a police department should handle this tumultuous moment in time. I saw numerous young men and women I’ve covered as high school athletes over 15 years in the Lowco, and I helped several of them register to vote. I saw people with whom I have had strong disagreements and uncomfortable conversations over the years, and they were marching and chanting right beside me. “No justice, no peace.” “Say his name. GEORGE FLOYD.” “Black lives matter.” “I can’t breathe.” After the group marched up Calhoun Street — named, as you might know, after Vice President John C. Calhoun, a former South Carolina Congressman who fought to protect the institution of slavery — and back to the Campbell AME Chapel, we engaged in an emotional 8 minutes, 46 seconds of silence to represent the time George Floyd was pinned to the ground under now former police officer Derek Chauvin’s kneeling weight, ultimately ending his life. It was an interminably long time to be left with one’s thoughts, even if none of those thoughts was, “I can’t breathe,” or “you’re killing me.”
It’s common to tell sports journalists or other people we only interact with because of our shared passion for athletics to “stick to sports” when they step out and speak on a larger issue. We will never do that. From the start, Lowco has been about much more than sports. It’s about community. It’s about celebrating our shared successes, and our shared humanity. That’s why when sports shut down, we started selling T-shirts to support local charities that are helping our friends and neighbors through this difficult time, ultimate raising more than $7,000 for local non-profits. It’s why we organized The Peirce Group LowcoStrong Virtual 5K to keep that spirit of community and giving going. And it’s why we’re making it abundantly clear that we stand with people of color and all oppressed people in the Lowcountry and around the world. Let there be no doubt. To our black and brown brothers and sisters, we see you and we support you. Your lives matter. Black lives matter. Some day soon, we’ll have live sports to write about again, and we’ll be thrilled for the opportunity. But today, we can’t “stick to sports.” The stakes are too high. Justin Jarrett is the founder of LowcoSports. He has a passion for sports and community journalism and a questionable sense of humor.
Nick Pringle pictured on far right. Photo by Lottie Campanella.
Double-dipping: Whale Branch grads also earn college degrees From staff reports Thirteen Whale Branch Early College High School seniors picked high school diplomas on Thursday having already earned two years of college course credits. The students took advantage of a partnership with the Technical College of the Lowcountry that allows Whale Branch students to take college courses – and earn two-year associate’s degrees – while still in high school at no cost to themselves or their parents. The TCL degree represents a two-year head-start as the students work toward earning
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a Bachelor’s degree or entering the workforce. Four Whale Branch seniors actually earned “double” TCL associate’s degrees in both Arts and Science. They are Karamel Briant, Lawren Caldwell, Gajmere McLemore, and Clarence Stephens. Three seniors earned associate’s degrees in Arts. They are TyReisha Blue, Michael Hunter, and Karissa Scholten. Two seniors earned associate’s degrees in Science. They are Jameah Moore and Jamyah Moore. Twelve other seniors will graduate from Whale Branch
with college certificates for completing significant college-level coursework at TCL: Kayzon Harrison, De’Arius Hazel, Nijah Henry, Jeremiah Jackson, Jasmine Jenkins, Anthony Johnson, Ashanti Kelley, Xavier Pierce, Guadalupe Ramirez-Vazquez, Chyla Simmons, Alaysha Smalls, and Nia Smith. Two seniors will complete their last course in the Building Construction Technician Certificate Program during the summer term at TCL: Demesvar Delva and JacQuez Frazier. The joint WBECHS-TCL initiative is completing its ninth
year. While any district student can take college-level courses at TCL, Whale Branch’s instructional program is built around its TCL partnership. Twenty-Eight percent of this year’s graduates completed college classes and earned college credits. “The early college program at Whale Branch continues to produce students with outstanding academic records,” Superintendent Frank Rodriguez said in a release. “By giving students the ability to earn two-year college degrees while still in high school – and at no additional cost – they
get a big head-start. They can take their two-year degrees and begin their careers, or they can get four-year degrees in just two years with all of the financial savings that represents for their families.” Shawna Wright, who graduated from Whale Branch in 2017 with three college certificates from TCL, went on to graduate from Winthrop University in 2019 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, and is now a student in the Advanced Standing Master of Social Work Degree Program at Winthrop University and will graduate in May 2021.
Jhonatan Diaz, who graduated from Whale Branch in 2018 with dual associate’s degree, went on to graduate from the University of South Carolina in 2020 with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Public Health. College courses are offered on site at Whale Branch, and students (as early as Grade 9 if they qualify) have the option of taking additional courses at the TCL campus. Among some of the most popular college courses are Probability and Statistics, College Algebra, Western Civilization and English Composition I.
EDUCATION & VOICES
America has chosen self over service
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t is Saturday and I’m sitting in our dining room looking into the backyard. Early morning, low-angled sun cuts across the wet grass illuminating a carpet of yellow magnolia leaves. These newly arrived leaves represent several hours of work that will commence in a few hours. I met my wife, Susan, in Washington D.C. in the winter of 1967. We were both at George Washington University, and our first dates were late night walks to the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials. Eventually Susan thought I should meet her mother and father who lived in Darien, Conn. — a small, commuter town about 50 miles northeast of New York City. Believing I could charm almost anyone I quickly agreed. Darien, Noroton, Greenwich and New Canaan are a few of the towns situated in what is called Connecticut’s Gold Coast. This is where hundreds of thousands of
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people then lived in rolling, verdant, understated wealth. The men (in those days) dutifully took the New Haven Railroad into Grand Central Station every weekday of their lives. Susan’s father, Reid Roller, was in advertising. His older daughter was also in advertising and she had married an Art Director who worked at a large agency. Their home was smallish, tasteful, and occupied two wooded acres just off Hollow Tree Ridge Road. The houses on Hollow Tree were defined by two foot high stone walls; the white-painted colonial homes set back, almost hidden among the maple and oak trees. I knew, from
the moment that I turned into their driveway, that these folks were different from me. When I saw that the May 3 edition of the New Yorker Magazine, had done a piece called “The Greenwich Rebellion,” I was interested. “In Greenwich, which has an unusually high number of powerful citizens, even by standards of New York suburbs, Prescott Bush (father of George H.W. Bush) cast a large shadow, he was an investment banker, the moderator of the town council and, from 1952 to 1963, a United States senator. In Washington he was President Eisenhower’s golf partner, and the embodiment of what Ike called ‘modern Republicanism.’” The piece talks about these sailing and jodhpur-wearing folk; their values, especially their a sense of societal responsibility — responsibility for those living in lesser places, lesser circumstances. Then asks the question, “How
did America’s country club Republicans, the cultural descendants of Prescott Bush, learn to love Donald Trump?” Part of the answer involved the invasion of big-monied people who coalesced around Ronald Reagan rejecting the moderation of their George H. W. Bush-supporting neighbors. One of these men was Allie Hanley who had made his money in the brick-and-oil business. “In the next three decades, Hanley and other wealthy conservatives — Richard Scaife, John Olin, the Koch brothers — helped train a generation of Republicans in Congress to adhere to ideological orthodoxy.” The New Yorker says this cultural change was manifest in Greenwich where “many of the new estates were no longer surrounded by simple stone walls, stacked to the height of a farmer’s hip, that crossed the New England landscape.
Instead, the builders introduced an imposing barrier; tall, stately walls of chiseled stone, mortared in place.” These walls were often 6 feet tall and sometimes taller. These walls, called “Greenwich Walls,” were now protecting “financiers and economists (who had) opened vast new realms of speculation and financial engineering — aggressive methods to bet securities, merge businesses, and cut expenses using bankruptcy laws. US stock markets grew twelve-fold, and most of the gains accrued to the wealthiest Americans. By 2017, Wall Streeters were taking home 23 percent of the country’s corporate profits — and home, for many of them, was Connecticut.” When Trump took an early lead in 2015, most of the political and financial world ignored him. “Not one person had a pleasant thing to say about Trump” Jeffrey Sonnenfeld (Yale School of Management) told the
NewYorker. But soon many Greenwich people made a calculated choice. “When the choice is between two ideologies, then it’s a luxury to dwell on the personalities of the candidates,” Thomas Peterfly, a Greenwich billionaire said to the author. The author concludes, “On the ground where I grew up, some America’s powerful people have championed a version of capitalism that liberates wealth from responsibility. They embrace a fable of self-reliance (except where the fable is untenable), a philosophy of business that leaches more wealth from the real economy than it creates, and a vision of politics that forgives cruelty as the price of profit. In the long battle between self and service, we have, for the moment, settled firmly on the self.” Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. Email Scott at cscottgraber@gmail.com.
Six Senses should find another site for resort
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he Port Royal Sound Foundation Board of Trustees has considered the proposal of Six Senses to construct an "eco-resort" on Bay Point Island at the mouth of Port Royal Sound, and for reasons discussed below, opposes this project completely. While such an environmentally oriented tourist resort could potentially be a real asset to Beaufort County, Bay Point Island is absolutely the wrong place for it to be located. The mission of the Port Royal Sound Foundation is to preserve the Port Royal Sound for the environmental, cultural, and economic well-being of our area. The Sound is one of the most unique bodies of water on the east coast of the United States. The Foundation and its partners, including more than
100 volunteers, are engaged daily in educating people about the wonderful treasure that is the Port Royal Sound. The Sound provides critical habitat for an amazing number of resident and migratory birds. Its healthy waters sustain a variety of marine species including 17 species of shark, Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, and nesting loggerhead turtles. It is also an area of historic significance, being the location of early European colonization, the site of one of the most significant naval battles of the Civil War, and the place where Reconstruction began. It is a place that is treasured by its residents and its visitors. The Foundation believes that the proposed development will jeopardize much of what makes the Sound unique and therefore must oppose it.
Specifically, the Port Royal Sound Foundation opposes this project for the following reasons: • Bay Point is a dynamic, very low-lying piece of dry land at the edge of the ocean, subject to complete inundation in the event of a serious hurricane. It has eroded significantly in just the last 10 years and the rising sea levels and changing climate patterns will accelerate the erosion process. Passage to and from the island can be very challenging on most days as tides and winds collide across the Sound. • As the name implies, Bay Point is a small barrier island jutting into the Atlantic Ocean at the entrance to a bay which is the Port Royal Sound. It is home to both permanent and migrating species of birds, animals, and
insects, none of which will benefit from the development. • While we appreciate the promises that Bay Point will be a model "eco development", the building and maintaining of permanent structures on the island will destroy much of its fragile ecosystem. The infrastructure required for operations, including wastewater treatment and disposal, will be very intrusive. The regular occupation of the island by dozens to hundreds of people needed to operate the development at the level proposed will devastate that ecosystem. • The development's impact on the rest of the Port Royal Sound's ecosystem should be considered. The economic return to the County from such a development will be very
small, and one bad storm could result in significant expense to the residents of Beaufort County. • The core premise of "ecotourism" includes protecting and preserving the ecology of the area. This proposal fails that test. The Six Senses resort will destroy much of Bay Point's function as a rookery and nesting site for birds and turtles. The risks from sewage and other pollutants spilling into the Sound are simply much greater than the benefits. • The Six Senses proposition has appealing elements, but Bay Point is not the place for this project. Six Senses should find another site. The health of Beaufort County is dependent on the health of the Port Royal Sound. It is vitally important
EDUCATION BRIEFS
BA’s Lewis awarded Horton Memorial Scholarship
Beaufort Academy rising senior, Alyssa Lewis was named the recipient of the 2019-2020 Thomas H. Horton, Jr. Memorial Scholarship. The Thomas H. Horton, Jr. Scholarship is awarded annually in memory of Mr. Horton Alyssa who was an English Lewis Literature teacher at BA for more than 23 years. Although Mr. Horton loved teaching; he felt there was so much more to be learned other than what could be taught out of a textbook or in a classroom. Horton believed that a greater appreciation and understanding of art and literature needed to be experienced through travel and seeing the world. Grateful family members, students, colleagues and friends have come together to celebrate Horton’s contributions and to ensure that his legacy lives on. All freshmen, sophomores, and juniors at BA were invited to apply and the winner is awarded up to a $4,000 stipend to participate in a summer study abroad program. The current pandemic postponed Lewis’ trip this summer, but she plans to travel to Cambridge, England next summer to study literature in a program called Immerse Education. She will take classes, hear speakers, and visit Cambridge, London, and Oxford. Lewis would like to use the knowledge and experience that she gains
to bring more awareness to those around her through her writing, something she was already doing this past year at Beaufort Academy as the editor of the newly re-instated student newspaper.
Watch TCL’s graduation
The Technical College of the Lowcountry’s 2020 Virtual Commencement Ceremony will at 6 p.m., Friday, June 12 and can be live-streamed. Please join us to celebrate and honor the success of our 2020 graduates who stepped up and stepped beyond COVID-19 to make history of their own. In this time of social distancing, TCL looks forward to live-streaming the commencement ceremony to recognize the achievement of 345 students and to mark this significant milestone in their lives. Plan to visit www.tcl.edu/grad for the link to the live Virtual Commencement site.
Clemson awards degrees for spring 2020
Clemson University awarded more than 4,007 degrees in May 2020, including 20 to Beaufort students: • Mary Margaret Bell Achurch of Beaufort (29902) graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Language and International Health. • Emma F. Aydlette of Beaufort (29907) graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management. • Caroline A. Blocker of Beaufort
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(29902) graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Keaton C. Butler of Beaufort (29907) graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering. Maya Christine Dixon of Beaufort (29906) graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Special Education. Robert W. Fanning of Beaufort (29907) graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering. Sarah C. Fanning of Beaufort (29907) graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. Michael A. Gulledge of Beaufort (29906) graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. Neelia Caterine Heath of Beaufort (29902) graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental and Natural Resources. Ashlyn R. Houston of Beaufort (29907) graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. John Mclean Joyce of Beaufort (29907) graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Akasha G. Nelson of Beaufort (29902) graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Tyler T. Phan of Beaufort (29902) graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management. Nyles J. Pinckney of Beaufort (29907) graduated with a Bach-
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elor of Science degree in Sociology. Taylor S. Rabon of Beaufort (29902) graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. Grace D. Rhodes of Beaufort (29907) graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biological Sciences. Logan A. Riley of Beaufort (29902) graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication. Andrew Graham Stoddard of Beaufort (29902) graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences. Emily C. Waters of Ladys Island (29907) graduated with a Master of Education degree in Teaching and Learning. Taylor W. Watts Jr., of Beaufort (29902) graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Education and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
Two from Beaufort on Dean’s List at Southern Wesleyan
Beaufort’s Mia Debardelaben (Criminal Justice) and Heily Hernandez (Media Communication) have been named to the Dean’s List at Southern Wesleyan University in Central, S.C. The students earned a term GPA of 3.5 or higher on all work attempted (12 hours or more) during the spring 2020 semester, with no grade for any single course below a grade of B.
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that we are all good stewards of the Sound and keep it healthy for our community, families, home values, businesses, tourism, and of course, the animals and sea life that live in and around it. We applaud their desire to educate visitors about the Sound, and if Six Senses decides to locate their development in a more appropriate place in Beaufort County, the Foundation will lend its support. – The Port Royal Sound Foundation Board of Trustees Dean Moss, Chairman Edward Pappas, Vice Chair Dick Stewart, Treasurer Patrick Kelley, Secretary Andrew Carmines, Joan Crawford, Elvah Donald, Joe Eaton, David Harter, Don Hartrick, Graham McBride, Mike Overton, Pamela Porter, Kim Ritchie, Kristin Williams, Jack Worrell T. Michael Long, Emeritus Jody Hayward, Executive Director
Several schools move during renovations From staff reports Operations at several Beaufort County School District school campuses will relocate this summer during referendum-funded renovations. Operations for the following schools have been relocated through August 7: • Beaufort Elementary operations have been moved to Port Royal Elementary (1214 Paris Avenue, Port Royal, SC 29935). • Beaufort High operations have been moved to Beaufort Middle (2501 Mossy Oaks Road, Beaufort, SC 29902) • Bluffton Elementary operations have been moved to Bluffton Early Childhood Center (150 H.E. McCracken Circle, Bluffton, SC 29910) • Lady’s Island Middle operations have been moved to St. Helena Elementary (1025 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island, SC 29920) • Whale Branch Elementary operations have been moved to James J. Davis Early Childhood Center (364 Keans Neck Rd, Seabrook, SC 29940) • Whale Branch Middle operations have been moved to Whale Branch Early College High (169 Detour Road, Seabrook, SC 29940) JUNE 11–17, 2020
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It’s Summertime! Time for summer songs Y ou can tell it is summertime by the number of cars out on Sea Island Parkway. There are many visitors to the beach and to rental properties. It does not matter that summer officially starts on June 20; most people consider it starting on Memorial Day Weekend. And with summer comes all those favorite songs from previous years. For me, it is Otis Redding singing “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.” The minute I hear it I can feel the morning breeze and imagine the tide rolling in. When I asked my spouse
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what song reminded him the most about summer, he immediately said, “Anything done by the Beach Boys,” at which point we both started singing “Round, round, get around, I get around,” then “Help Me Rhonda.” Their songs are
classic summer music. I started asking other people. My cousin Lynn said she thought immediately of Pina Coladas, Margaritaville and just about anything Jimmy Buffett sang. Another friend mentioned Harry Belafonte’s “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” and “Jump In The Line.” Love them! As I sat there developing a list of my favorite old summer songs, I realized that some of them are tied to the beach, some to the pool, and some to a boy. Great memories. One of my younger friends said the Crosby,
Still, Nash and Young songs were played by the lifeguards at his pool; so those conjure summer images for him. A good friend who went to sailing camp every summer said that her camp had its own Camper’s Song that she finds herself singing each summer. She also recalled all the campers sitting around and mimicking the sounds of drums and electric guitar from the song “Wipe Out” It was by the Surfaris. I had to look it up. Sure enough, I remembered it. If you do recall the song, watch out, you will find it
playing in your head for hours. Then there are friends that remember the old beach and surfing movies which featured songs by Elvis, Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. And the song “Summer Nights” from the movie “Grease” with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John singing was also a summer favorite. But sometimes the song is reminiscent of a summer beginning, like the song “Schools out for the summer,” a favorite of my friend Nancy the teacher. She said that the teachers would play it as the students left for the
summer school vacation. I did not remember the song and was surprised to find it on You Tube with Alice Cooper singing it on The Muppet Show. What a hoot. But I am sure all those students will remember their teachers singing; and that song will always represent the beginning of summer for them. 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.
Another false dawn or a new dawn?
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n 2017, Steven A. Cook, senior fellow at the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations, wrote an insightful book, False Dawn, about the failures of the so-called Arab Spring — a spontaneous Islamic counter-revolution against the tyranny of their countries’ vicious despotism. Their metaphorical Spring quickly became a dark and frigid Winter; all promises died a swift and ignominious death, their hopes crushed under the hob-nailed heels of authoritarianism and militarism. Our black kinsmen know something about false dawns too. With the discovery of the New World, black slavery became international “big business.” Arabs were the sellers, white colonial masters were the buyers, and black Africans were the commodity of choice. Starting in Virginia in 1619, British-American colonies owned other human-beings for 157 years before Thomas Jefferson’s profound words rang out across the world, announcing our blessed freedom from the mother country: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
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created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” Sadly, the gravity of culturally inbred racism kept Jefferson’s feet glued firmly in the muck of racial inequality. It would be almost another century after Jefferson’s hallowed words before black slaves would become freedmen, at least on paper. Thus, began their “False Dawn,” for Jefferson’s golden promises have not come to pass in the intervening 155 years. It was a time of the threefifths rule — blacks were considered only 60 percent human, but the southern states gained 30 percent more seats in Congress; the Dred Scott decision of the U.S. Supreme Court; and the institutionalized illegal “slavery” of Jim Crow days
(1890s to 1950s). LBJ then gave us the Voting Rights Act, continuing the “False Dawn” of unrealized aspirations, crushed again by the iron fist of institutional racism. Minorities suffer a substantial disproportion of illness and deaths because of poor health care; lowwage jobs; no equal justice before the law; discrimination in obtaining financing for businesses/homes; and achieving the “American Dream.” I understand anger, resentment, frustration and hopelessness. For blacks, 401 years of being either a no-class citizen or a second-class (or less) citizen have collided into a raging conflagration of resentment. Let me be crystal clear: violence is not acceptable, and burning down our cities won’t help build the temple of equality. Violence only begets more violence — it does not bring peace. Such destructive craziness is self-defeating; it only helps POTUS drive his jagged sword of racial animus deeper into the bleeding heart of America. Recently, POTUS unleashed a legion of police,
dressed in battle-gear, to aggressively remove peaceful protesters from in front of a church, which they did by firing teargas and shooting semi-lethal rubber bullets at them. What heinous crime, you ask, did these peaceful folks commit that justified POTUS’s grievous trashing of our Constitution? For a political photo-op! Are you kidding me? Crushing our inalienable rights for a stupid narcissistic political photo-op? Unacceptable. Just before this Presidential crime, POTUS announced he would unleash the U.S. military on protestors. The Commander-in-Chief wants American soldiers to assault American citizens on American soil, citizens who do nothing more than exercise their First Amendment rights to assemble peaceably. This is NOT America. This cannot be tolerated. It corrupts the very core of what our republic stands for. When the most senior military men with sterling reputations, such as General Mattis (Defense Secretary), Admiral Mullen (Chair, Joint Chiefs), General Allen (CIC
Global Coalition) and the last three living U.S. Presidents condemn POTUS in the strongest language, you know POTUS has crossed a “red line.” America is sick, and not just from COVID-19. Removing the most unfit President in our history this November (and all of his sycophantic cowardly toadies too) is not enough. Going back to the “way it was” is gravely insufficient, if indeed even possible or desirable. We need a true new dawn in America, but what would it look like? In my view, it would be an America where institutionalized inequities no longer remain. It would be an America where all citizens have universal basic health care; not “socialized medicine” but wide coverage such as Obamacare offered. It would be an America where the less fortunate have good schools, from preschool onward, in order to attend our best universities. It would be an America where the playing field of economic opportunities is level. It would be an America that undertakes a long over-
due, comprehensive reform of its unjust criminal-“justice” system. And, it would be an America where the profound words of Martin Luther King, Jr. ring true: A new dawn when we judge our brothers and sisters by the goodness of their character and not by the color of their skin. The ugly stain of slavery’s original sin on our country’s soul is broad and deep. As a society that values freedom and equality, what do we really believe about “inalienable rights” and that all Americans are equal under the law? A Chinese proverb advises us that “the longest journey begins with but a single step.” The journey to the new dawn will be long and its winding road will be difficult and treacherous. But, if not begun now, when? I am assured that the vaccine to eliminate the disease of Trumpism will be available in millions of doses on November 3rd. Be sure to get immunized. 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.
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