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the annual water festival parade party is a big family and friends reunion at the office of tupper, grimsley and dean, pages 10-11

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Superintendent to retire from Beaufort

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Valerie Truesdale will assume leadership role at school system in North Carolina

Valerie Truesdale

After five years as superintendent of the Beaufort County School District, Valerie Truesdale has announced that she plans to retire from her position.

She has accepted an offer from the 140,000-student CharlotteMecklenburg school system to oversee its technology programs.

After announcing her retirement from Beaufort County last week, Truesdale interviewed for the North Carolina position on Monday. Her appointment was announced Tuesday night after the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted its approval, and she will begin work in October.

Her new job will place her closer to her family, a major reason she cited last week for her retirement.

Two of her three children, and two of her grandchildren, live in the Charlotte area and will be attending public schools there.

TRUESDALE continued on page 20

wateR FESTIVAL

looking back on a final fun weekend

NEWS

Seized computers to help teens at AMIkids Beaufort see page 3

FOOD

Lunch Bunch enjoys Water Festival’s Lowcountry Supper. see page 14

PROFILE

Matthew Pieper raises the bar on local hospitality. see page 18 ABOVE: Enthusiastic fans walk on Bay Street at the Water Festival Grand Parade on Saturday. TOP RIGHT: The Beaufort/Jasper Comp. Health team races down Bay Street to the finish line last Friday afternoon during the annual Beaufort Water Festival Bed Race.

RIGHT: Beaufort city leaders, including Mayor Billy Keyserling (waving ) and Donnie Beer (holding the umbrella), ride in the parade. see more photos by bob sofaly, page 12

Virtual Summer School

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the case of virtual summer school, each Boys & Girls Club in Beaufort County — Beaufort, Bluffton, Hilton Head Island and Sheldon — offers Compass Learning thanks to a partnership with the Beaufort County School District.

“This partnership with the school district has helped even the academic playing field for our club members, for different parts of the county and for clubs that have fewer resources,” Chris Protz, executive director for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry, said.

Club members at the Boys & Girls Club of Sheldon are in a oneroom building that is owned by Beaufort County. Protz said the partnership with the school district included loaning 14 computers to the Sheldon club. Without the use of these computers, Protz said, the Sheldon club would not have the resources to offer the program. Xzavier Bryan, 12, works on the computer at the Sheldon VIRTUAL continued on page 3

Boys & Girls Club. For Xzavier, 50 hours of class work are just another part of his summer.

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News 2-3 Arts 8-9 Social 10-11 Lunch Bunch 14 Profile 18 Voices 19 Sports 22-23 Lifestyle 24 Wine 25 Dine Guide 26 Games 27 Pets 28 Events 29 Directory 30 Classified 31

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Military enhancement committee takes its case to Washington, DC Highlighting the strategic value and cost efficiencies of Beaufort and Port Royal’s three military installations, members of Beaufort’s Military Enhancement Committee took their message to Washington, DC, last week.

Committee members were scheduled to meet with members of South Carolina’s Congressional delegation, including Sen. Lindsey Graham (RSC) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), and with Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) who represents counties involved with the Marine Corps’ Townsend Bombing Range.

The Tuesday-Wednesday meetings also included a session in the Marine Corps’ Commandant’s office and with staff at the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. Both are involved in the push against sequestration.

“We have a dawn to dusk schedule, we have a lot of people to meet and a lot of details to cover, but we are excited about the mission,” said Col. John Payne, chairman of the Beaufort County Military Enhancement Committee.

“This is a fact-sharing trip,” Payne said. “With the issue of sequestration hanging over the Department of Defense and this nation, with tightening budgets and the likelihood of a BRAC that could close or realign installations, we want to be sure as many people as possible in Washington understand the military value and the cost-effectiveness of our three installations.”

Key points to be shared in D.C. include: • The Tri-Command at Beaufort is a national asset with military facilities

capable of expansion to increase costefficiency, joint-basing and training opportunities, and military value; • Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort will be the Corps’ only F-35B training center, enjoys protected air space and local zoning prevents land encroachment, and provides unparalleled training with an inland bombing range, ocean TACTs range both within the local flying area; • Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island has the capacity to train more than double the number of recruits and provides multiple onsite rifle and pistol ranges, field training facilities and the Crucible training, all on an island protected from encroachment by marshes, creeks and Port Royal Sound; • Naval Hospital Beaufort provides medical and dental care to MCAS Beaufort and 17,000 annual MCRD Parris Island recruits, plus estimated 8 percent of the local population who are DoD retirees and dependents.

Those training- and cost-efficiencies, and capacities to expand, are critically important because of increased federal budget pressures, including sequestration, Payne said.

As a result of the failure of the Super Committee to reach agreement on budget reduction measures, the Congress enacted a “sequestration” process to begin Jan. 1, 2013, which will cut approximately $600 billion from the Department of Defense

over the next 10 years — on top of the agreed-to Defense Department reduction of about $500 billion.

Worse still, the sequestration cuts are across-the-board, affecting every element of the military, said Col. Jack Snider, vice-chairman of the Military Enhancement Committee and a former F/A-18 pilot and commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

Residents can visit www. beaufortmec.com to find a complete list of S.C. Congressional emails, key points and sample letters regarding the potential defense cuts. The chamber, Beaufort County Council and others are urging grassroots opposition to sequestration.

Members of the MEC also were scheduled to meet with representatives of Lockheed-Martin, maker of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and of the Aerospace Industries Association.

“Our military installations are costeffective and don’t face encroachment or development pressures,” said Blakely Williams, president of the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce. “They provide unique and valuable training to our military. That’s the message we need to be sure our leaders in Washington and Columbia understand.

“Every community with a military base receives economic benefits,” she said. “We are no different there — but we are different in that we can quantify the cost-efficiencies and training efficiencies at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and at Naval Hospital-Beaufort.

“Looking at the value, the opportunities to expand and the efficiencies, it makes sense for the military to be in Beaufort,” she said.

Beaufort receives stormwater grant Beaufort is one of just 17 communities nationwide to earn an EPA grant that will help reduce flooding and drainage problems in the city’s historic Northwest Quadrant, Beaufort and EPA leaders announced.

The grant, valued at $50,000, will identify green infrastructure practices appropriate for the Northwest Quadrant and develop conceptual designs for priority projects to address flooding and help preserve the nearby

stormwater fee hike In other stormwater-related news, the Beaufort City Council unanimously voted to raise the stormwater utility fee from $65 to $105 per year for taxpayers.

marsh and Beaufort River ecosystems.

The Northwest Quadrant is an historic neighborhood established following the Civil War by freed slaves looking for work and stability.

“Not only will this grant improve drainage conditions in the Northwest Quadrant, but the solutions are aligned with our ‘green’ approach and also will probably apply to other flood-prone areas of Beaufort,” City Manager Scott Dadson said last Thursday.

With the EPA assistance, the city will create appropriate tools for the Northwest Quadrant that functionally improve the stormwater conditions and aesthetically improve the community.

news brief Traffic Enforcement Team to hold safety checkpoint on Friday, July 27

Members of the Beaufort County Sheriff ’s Office Traffic Enforcement Team will be conducting a traffic safety checkpoint on Friday, July 27, from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Checkpoint will be held at the following location:

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• SC 170 at US 278 (westbound lanes only) This Public Safety Checkpoint will be conducted to enforce ALL South Carolina State Laws, with emphasis on violations related to driver’s licenses, vehicle registrations and insurance. Drivers passing through the checkpoint will be asked to produce their driver’s license, registration and proof of insurance for their vehicle.

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The Beaufort Fund’s grant applications are available for nonprofits

From left: James Rivers, executive director AMIkids Beaufort; Billy Crumpton, Beaufort County Sheriff ’s Office; Jim Walton, Beaufort County Sheriff ’s Office; and Mike Ingram, past chair, AMIkids Beaufort.

Seized computers find new home to help teens at AMIkids Five computers and large desk monitors seized by the Beaufort County Sheriff ’s Office will help young men learn and study for the GED at AMIkids Beaufort.

“This is a wonderful gift by our partner, the Beaufort County Sheriff ’s Office,” said former AMIkids Beaufort Chairman Mike Ingram. “Putting this technology in front of our young men is one more way that we can help get them back on the right path to a brighter future.”

AMIkids is part of a national program that helps troubled youth through a variety of programs, including alternative education.

The locally-managed program recently started a welding program

for its students in partnership with TCL, enabling young men who had non-violent run-ins with the law to leave with a GED and welding certifications.

Crews delivered the equipment Friday and students will be using the new computers this week, said James Rivers, executive director at AMIkids Beaufort, formerly known as Beaufort Marine Institute.

The five desktop computers were seized in September during a raid at HEST Sweepstakes in Bluffton.

After their hard drives were wiped clean and new operating systems were installed, the sheriff ’s office delivered the computers Friday to the AMIkids facility in Dale.

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said. “The most important one is our county’s students are getting the boost they need so they can move forward academically, in their own confidence and in their lives.”

In addition to the school district loaning 14 computers to the Boys & Girls Club of Sheldon, it also loaned 20 computers to the Boys & Girls Club of Beaufort. The district also provides part-time staff members to each club location to help administer and evaluate the program.

Compass Learning: The Basic Each student in the Compass Learning program has a username and password. Once logged into the program, each student has a lesson plan tailored for his or her skills in math and language arts. The program offers lessons, exercises and tests for each module. Once a student passes each lesson, he or she can advance to the next lesson. The program includes earphones so the students can hear a virtual teacher instructing the lessons.

For more information regarding the program, please contact Cory Tressler, Director of Virtual Learning for the Beaufort County School District.

continued from page 1 Xzavier Bryan, 12, of Sheldon, wants to be an architect when he grows up but for now, his “x” and “y” intercepts with math slopes are causing him difficulty.

At the Sheldon Club, each student practices their assignments for 1.5 hours a day. For Xzavier, these 50 hours of class work are just another part of his summer.

“It’s nice because I won’t lose all the memory as I go into the next school year,” Bryan said. “It’s like a class, just another learning experience. I don’t see this as a chore, just another summer activity.”

Debry Thompson, unit director at the Boys & Girls Club of Sheldon, said, “A lot of the members here are being raised by their grandparents or parents who aren’t educated. This virtual learning program helps our students and our region keep pace with others.”

“We are thankful for this partnership for several reasons,” Protz

The Beaufort Fund of Coastal Community Foundation now has 2012-2013 grant applications available.

The Beaufort Fund is a permanent funding resource managed by Coastal Community Foundation which benefits charitable programming in Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper counties.

Grant requests of up to $15,000 each will be accepted from any nonprofit organization, as long as its work benefits citizens in the four-county area served by the fund. The application deadline is August 17.

Begun in 1998 with a multi-million dollar gift by an anonymous Beaufortarea family, The Beaufort Fund has awarded more than $5 million in grants to nonprofit organizations working in the fields of education, basic human needs, conservation, health, community development and the arts. In those 14 years of Beaufort Fund grantmaking, 635 awards have been made, impacting 161 grantee organizations. This year, the fund expects to award $500,000 to area nonprofits.

Decisions about grants from the

Beaufort Fund will be made by the Coastal Community Foundation with recommendations from an Advisory Committee of four-county area residents.

The deadline for applying is Friday, August 17. Computer friendly applications are available at http://www. coastalcommunityfoundation.org/pdf/ beaufort_application.doc.

Charitable organizations may also request a copy of the complete application guidelines by calling the Community Foundation at 843379-3400, or by emailing at Edna@ CoastalCommunityFoundation.org.

Established in 1974, Coastal Community Foundation is a public grant making foundation fostering philanthropy for the lasting good of the community. In its 38-year history, the foundation has awarded more than $100 million in grants.

Last year, foundation funds generated nearly $10 million for charitable programming, community projects, educational initiatives and scholarships. To learn more, go to www. coastalcommunityfoundation.org.

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Can cars and bikes safely coexist?

Driving and riding defensively is one of the most important steps drivers and cyclists can take to help ensure one another’s safety. Whether you’re navigating a bike or car, always pay attention and be ready to deal with hazards.

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Some motorists don’t respect bikers.

Some bikers don’t think the laws apply to them. But the truth is, both parties share the responsibility for reducing the risk of collision and injury on the road.

These simple actions can help keep everyone safe.

Safety Steps for Drivers • If possible, slow down when driving near cyclists and avoid honking your horn.

• Keep a safe distance between your car and a cyclist when passing. Try to increase the distance when you’re traveling at faster speeds.

• After passing a cyclist, make sure you can see him/her in your rearview mirror before you return to the right lane.

• When you’re parked on the street, check for cyclists before you open your car door.

• Yield to bikes as you would other vehicles.

• Scan bike lanes before making right turns.

• Avoid distractions (such as cell phones) that could keep you from noticing a cyclist.

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• Wear a helmet.

• Obey all traffic laws, signs and signals.

• Ride with traffic in the farthest-right lane.

• Travel single-file when biking with others.

• Make eye contact with drivers so you both know you’ve seen one another.

• Use hand signals to notify drivers of your intention to stop or turn.

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• When possible, travel three feet away from parked vehicles.

• Practice extra caution around large trucks and buses, and be sure to avoid their blind spots. If you can’t see their mirrors, they can’t see you.

Driving and riding defensively is one of the most important steps drivers and cyclists can take to help ensure one another’s safety. Whether you’re navigating a bike or a car, always pay attention and be ready to deal with hazards.

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Attorneys, lenders and cool shades

By Will McCullough

I only buy cheap sunglasses. I mean really cheap. We’re talking single digits.

The reason I only purchase the most inexpensive shades possible is because I have a track record, which spans decades, of quickly breaking them. As a matter of fact, when I broke my last pair a few months ago, I swore I wouldn’t buy any more unless I could find a seemingly unbreakable pair for under $20.

The reason I share the above information with you is because, about three weeks ago, Deena and I were walking along the shores of the Beaufort sandbar together, and she found a pair of beat up old sunglasses buried in the surf.

Broken and covered in scratches, they looked like they’d been bouncing along the bottom of the river for months. With the exception of our boat, the sandbar was completely empty and, had it not been for the friends we had with us, the sunglasses in question would have quickly found their way into our trash.

“Those are Costa Del Mar sunglasses!” our friend exclaimed. For the record, this meant nothing to me. The only time I honestly get excited about fashion is when Marvel Comics releases a new superhero T-shirt. However, the catch here was that, while I’d personally never heard of “Costa Del Whatever,” my friend had. And, not only had he

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heard of these fancy high dollar shades, he knew that they came with a lifetime warranty for replacement against breakage. In a nutshell, he had detailed knowledge, based on personal interest and experience, about a topic that just might prove valuable to me.

In the world of real estate, we agents often find ourselves in a comparable situation. We’ll work with a buyer who has finally found the property of their dreams, made an offer, received a contract and then asked us the inevitable questions. What closing attorney should I use? What lender should I use? What inspectors should I use?

Unfortunately, despite the fact that we local agents work with a wide range of supporting entities and definitely have personal opinions on who is best equipped to help you, the truth of the matter is that recommending a specific lender, attorney or inspector would be a violation of our ethics standards. We simply are not permitted to recommend, or attempt to sway you, in the direction

of any secondary provider of real estate related services. In short, even though I know for a fact that the real estate lender, attorney or inspector equivalent of “Costa Del Mar” rocks, I can’t recommend them to you above the real estate equivalent of “Sunglasses-R-Us.” What I can do, however, is give you a list of the general criteria I find important in selecting supporting entities for my own personal real estate transactions.

Within arms reach: For my personal transactions, I prefer to utilize an entity where I have a specific individual, with whom I have established a trusted personal relationship, as my point of contact. In short, I want to be able to walk into their office and speak to them face to face when I have a question or problem related to their facet of a transaction. While email may be a convenient form of communication, so is a “choke-slam.” I recommend keeping your ability and options to directly communicate open.

Experienced: I’m not just talking about overall years of experience as in the case of an entity that serves at a national level; I’m talking about someone who has served successfully in the hyper-local market as well. Do they know the Beaufort market like the back of their hand as it relates to their aspect of real estate transactions?

Are they respected in the community?

Do they have past local clients who would

recommend them? Don’t be afraid to ask.

Reachable: This one is easy. Your transaction is important to you. It should be equally important to those who guide you through a closing. If your initial calls or emails are not returned in a timely manner, you may want to shop around.

The last few years have been tough on agents, lenders, attorneys and inspectors alike. Don’t settle for someone who does not display their appreciation for your business via timely responses.

Frankness: Despite misguided popular opinion otherwise, the customer is not always right. Sometimes they’re dead wrong and I personally want to utilize an attorney, lender or inspector who can, in a tactful manner, explain to me that my preconceptions are incorrect or unrealistic when that’s the case. A good supporting entity exists to serve your best interests in a transaction, even in the rare cases when their opinion of “your best interests” is hard to hear.

In closing, while your agent will likely give you a list of several lenders, attorneys and inspectors to choose from, it’s your responsibility to find the entity that fits your scenario the best.

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What are you plugged in to?

By Martha O’Regan

Have you truly wrapped your brain around the fact that we are electromagnetic beings? We are both electric (energy) and magnetic, yet we are humans, not robots or computers.

Our left brain wants to know what it sees and see what it knows so we want to see ourselves as physical structures, we want to keep it simple because it’s what we know. While keeping it simple, let’s have a little fun with the electric aspect.

Think of yourself as a rechargeable battery that, provided you got a good nights’ sleep, is fully charged to begin each day. You have wires that come off of you that are either sending or receiving energy, depending on what you are plugged into.

Think about the people in your life who are “sucking the life out of you” as well as the ones who are “charging you up.”

Tune into how you regularly react — is frustration often draining you dry or do

you get a boost from finding the good in most situations? What about the fuel you put into your body? Is your body using too much energy to digest large lunches or process multiple cups of coffee or are you nourishing it with healthy choices that are actually replenishing your resources?

Who are you choosing to listen to on a regular basis? Are they feeding your soul or just filling your head with nonsensical data? What about your thoughts — are they full of self-doubt, judgment or worry?

Or, are they thoughts of joy and gratitude for even the little things in life?

So, what circuits are you choosing? Are any in “overload” or just plain “blown”?

Do you hear yourself say, “I am so tired,” “I am totally drained” or “I just don’t have any energy”? If so, tune into what you are plugged into and decide to unplug from the non-essential circuits. Instead of allowing someone or something to pull energy from you, just visualize yourself pulling the plug and thinking, “Nope, I’m not going to plug

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into that today.” Then, stay grounded (pun intended) — don’t plug it back in. Instead, take a breath and think about plugging into something that cranks up your spirit.

As electromagnetic beings, we are designed to recharge from the earth’s electromagnetic fields. Science now tells us that due to advancements of shoes, roads, cars, floors and second story bedrooms, we are not as “plugged in” to the earth as the countless generations before

us. We aren’t receiving the earth’s energy as those who walked the planet in bare feet or slept on the ground for thousands of years. Additionally, we as a society have been made to fear the sun and dirt, taking us further away from natural resources that our body thrives on.

We are now being encouraged to “earth,” to take our shoes off and walk in the grass, dirt, sand or surf for 15-30 minutes a day to recharge our battery.

Who would have thought the word earth would become a verb? Through personal experience, I will say that it works. If you hear yourself say, “I am so tired” and it’s only 2 in the afternoon, take your shoes off and head outside.

Walk or stand for as long your break will allow you — try for at least 10 minutes, then resume your day. You may just be surprised. I know I was.

We’ll cover the “magnetic you” in the next article. Until then, stay charged!

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Marijuana and glaucoma: Separating fact and fiction

By Mark Siegel, MD, FAAO

As an ophthalmologist, I literally treat thousands of patients with glaucoma.

Over the years, I’ve been asked by numerous patients if smoking marijuana can treat their glaucoma. After all, medical marijuana has been promoted as a treatment for many diseases. But does it really work?

To answer that question, first you need a little background. Glaucoma is an eye condition in which the optic nerve becomes damaged over time, reducing peripheral vision. It sometimes leads to blindness. One cause of optic nerve damage in glaucoma is higherthan-normal pressure within the eye (intraocular pressure or “IOP”).

Currently, the only way to control glaucoma and prevent vision loss is to lower your IOP levels. Your ophthalmologist can treat glaucoma with medication, such as prescription eye drops, laser or surgery, depending on the type of glaucoma and how severe it is.

The idea that marijuana can be helpful

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in treating glaucoma dates to the 1970s.

Studies conducted then showed that smoking marijuana lowered the IOP of people with glaucoma. As a result of this research, additional studies were conducted examining whether marijuana or its active ingredient, a compound known as THC, could be used to keep IOP lowered. This research was supported by the National Eye Institute, a division of the federal National Institutes of Health.

The research found that when marijuana is smoked or when a form of its active ingredient is taken as a pill or by injection, it does lower IOP. However, it only lowers IOP for a short period of

time — about three or four hours.

This short period of time is a major drawback for the use of marijuana as a glaucoma treatment. Because glaucoma needs to be treated 24 hours a day, you would need to smoke marijuana six to eight times a day around the clock to receive the benefit of a consistently lowered IOP. Because of marijuana’s mood-altering effect, smoking so much of it daily would leave you too impaired to drive, operate equipment or function at the peak of your mental ability.

The effect that marijuana has on your ability to function is not the only side effect from the drug, however.

Marijuana cigarettes contain hundreds of compounds that damage the lungs.

Research has shown that regular and frequent use of marijuana, particularly in high doses, can cause problems with short-term memory and concentration.

As scientists learn more about glaucoma, they have also come to understand that IOP is not the only factor that damages the optic nerve.

Recent studies characterize glaucoma as a neurologic disease similar to Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s. And, there is increasing evidence that reduced flow of blood to the optic nerve may also cause damage in patients with glaucoma.

Unfortunately, marijuana not only lowers IOP, but it lowers blood pressure throughout the body. As a result, it has the potential to lower the blood flow to the optic nerve, effectively canceling out the benefit of a lowered IOP. Scientists are still exploring whether the active ingredients in marijuana may yet offer a glaucoma treatment.

However, such developments require much more research and are many years from becoming a reality.

So, while marijuana can temporarily lower your IOP, it’s not recommended for treating glaucoma. Prescription medication and surgical treatments have been tested and proven as effective treatments for the condition. Speak with your ophthalmologist to find the option that is best for you

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The featured artist from August 5 through September 15 at the Beaufort Art Association is Carol Newsome.

Carol first started painting in watercolor and that is her first love, but she has branched out to oil and acrylic. Some of each medium will be seen at her show.

Carol’s inspiration to paint comes from the beautiful surroundings of the Lowcountry.

“I can step outside and see live oaks with Spanish moss hanging from the branches, Palmetto trees, Dogwoods, marshes and rivers, not to mention the short drive to Hunting Island Beach or the Waterfront Park downtown.

The Southern Magnolia is one of my favorite flowers to paint.”

Since she started painting 15 years ago, she always looks at nature and objects as a painting or determines how she can create a painting out of what she sees.

Carol takes her own photos of nature and sometimes combines parts of photos to make a painting. She also pays close attention to light and shadows and this attention to detail is portrayed in her work.

Carol grew up in a small town in Eastern Kentucky. After graduating from Wayland High School, she married and started a family. After having her first child, she moved to Charleston, and then her family grew to six. She lived in Charleston for 11 years. Her husband’s job then brought the family to Beaufort and Carol has lived here since 1975.

Carol got a job at Lipsitz department store in downtown Beaufort and worked there for seven years before

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getting a job at Belk as supervisor in the men’s department where she worked for 17 years. When she retired she was free to paint. She spends lots of time in her art studio. She loves teaching her grandchildren to paint and draw.

Carol has taken many workshops during the past 15 years and has had many well-known instructors including Steve Quiller, Linda Baker and Betty Carr. She has learned different techniques from each of her instructors.

Carol also gets inspirations and motivations from her family and a group of her artist friends who meet once a week and paint together.

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INDIE FILM CORNER

By Dennis Tavernetti

“Small, Beautiful Moving Parts” from The Indie Series presented by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center For the Arts on Monday, July 30, at 2 p.m.

Synopsis: When technophile Sarah Sparks becomes pregnant, despite her boyfriend’s pure enthusiasm, her uncertainties about motherhood trigger an impulsive road trip to the source of her anxiety: her longestranged mother living remotely, far away and off line. A committed tech-geek, she begins to fear that she is more interested in ultrasound technology than her baby. Is this normal? Where are her more normal emotional feelings and interests? Did technology chew them up? Is she better off without them?

Ratings & Reviews: Internet rating sites, IMDb: 4.0; Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 5 0 / Audience: 33. Not average marks, but it was a winner of one film festival top award.

Critics: New York Daily News: “ ‘Small, Beautifully Moving Parts’ is a tiny, sweet gem.” Film Journal International: “Highly agreeable, funny and bright study of a pregnant woman all at sea in a world where wireless options seem to outweigh human ones in her life.”

Previewer Comments: As you can see from the ratings, this film is not going to appeal to everyone, but it does have merit as it questions today’s society reliance on technology, rather than actual face to face human interaction, unencumbered by techie stuff. I say hurray for the end of the iPhone searching while having dinner out with friends! The best thing about this film is that it raises the issue that today’s techie generation has a difficult time communicating one on one, and need to start talking and feeling emotionally face to face, without the interference of overly available technology interfaces that they can hide behind. Most times it is better to relate without devices.

Rated: Not rated, but likely can be considered to be PG 13.

Tickets for adults are $7, seniors $6, students $5. Call USCB Center for the Arts box office at 843-521-4145 or purchase day of performance. Box office opens one hour prior to show time.

Dennis Tavernetti is a resident of St. Helena Island and retired to the Lowcountry having a lifelong interest in the arts. He encouraged USCB’s Center for the Arts to investigate the possibility of utilizing new technology to bring Indie, World and Documentary HD films to Beaufort, which are normally only screened in major metropolitan cities.

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The films are part of an ambitious filmmaking project undertaken by the nonprofit organization, Women’s Voices Now (www.womensvoicesnow. org), to record the personal stories about women living in Muslim countries — their lives, hopes, struggles, and solutions. The organization is led by a team of professionals experienced in the fields of film, human rights, law, corporate management and the Near East.

This event is made possible through the receipt of a federal Library Services and Technology Act grant administered through the South Carolina State Library.

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By Lanier Laney

Good spirits were all around as three generations of friends and their families, plus many former esteemed commodores, joined Erin Dean, Jim Grimsley, and Ned Tupper for their fun annual Water Festival Parade Party at their office on the corner of Bay and Carteret streets last weekend. It’s neat how an event like Water Festival has turned into the “yearly reunion time” for so many local families. There was much oohing and aahing at all the new babies, and a great time was had by all! Here are some photos for you. Recognize anybody?

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57th water festival

Saturday’s Grand Parade

Photos by Bob Sofaly

Sunday Blessing of the Fleet After leading the parade of vessels for the Blessing of the Fleet at last Sunday’s Water Festival finale, DragonBoat Beaufort’s Braveheart got some good news. Mayor Billy Keyserling came over to the Expo booth to announce that DBB was the winner of the Judge’s Choice Award and that the group would be receiving a donation of $100 from Water Festival. What a great accomplishment.

DragonBoat Beaufort would like to thank: Everyone on the team, including the paddlers; John, who steered the boat beautifully through her paces; coaches Greg and Kyle; the Tent Team; Ro and Ray for the last minute scramble to get your tent; to Bonnie B. who engages strangers as if they were lifelong friends; to Erica for preparing taste treats with her wonderful Dragon Breath Chow Chow; to Lee and Jesse for being there the whole day and helping us sell our wares; to Monica for her constant help and recruitment efforts; and to Richard Darby, Bernie Moscovitz and Clare Taylor for capturing it all on camera.

The Commodore, on board with the Pirettes, prepares to drop the remembrance bouquet into the Beaufort River.

The remembrance bouquet drifts past Beaufort’s new dragonboat, Braveheart, the lead boat in the Blessing of the Fleet parade.

The closing ceremony of the Beaufort Water Festival included the traditional Blessing of the Fleet parade and a Non-Profit Expo. Photos

by Bernie Moscovitz and Clare Taylor.

The DragonBoat Beaufort Tent Team on hearing their boat won the Judge’s Award for Best Boat in the Water Festival’s Blessing of the Fleet. From left: Erica Dickerson, Monica Codman-Nicholls, Clare Taylor, Mayor Billy Keyserling, Bonnie Breitenbecher and Lee Burkett.

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57th water festival The Lunch Bunch joins thousands in Waterfront Park for a taste of

LOWCOUNTRY SUPPER

By Pamela Brownstein

On a steamy summer evening, the Lunch Bunch waited with other happy and hungry Beaufortonians on a line that wrapped around Bay Street for a chance to sample the always awesome Frogmore Stew served last Thursday at Water Festival’s Lowcountry Supper.

Members of the Rotary Club and other volunteers had prepared approximately 1,400 pounds of local shrimp, 1,100 pounds of sausage, 3,500 ears of corn on the cob and 350 gallons of iced tea.

There was also plenty of cole slaw, rolls with butter and refreshing slices of watermelon. We all agreed that the food was excellent, maybe even better than last year.

It’s also a family friendly event, so it was great time to introduce 6-month-old Wolfe to his first taste of Water Festival.

Crowds gathered and ate in Waterfront Park and enjoyed live music from the Broke Locals and Too Much Sylvia. We were also treated to a performance by The Whistlers — past commodores donning fun costumes and dancing on stage.

So much hard work and preparation goes into making and serving this meal, we appreciate the efforts of all those involved for a yummy success.

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Wining down

By Terry Sweeney

Well, Water Fest is over and out and so this week Beaufort slept peacefully by night and quietly tip-toed about its business by day. The tsunami of beer and wine and vodka and bourbon that washed over our little island left surprisingly little damage in its wake.

At least no one I know was detained by local authorities and asked to model an unflattering orange jumpsuit that — let’s face it — clashes horribly with eyes that are bloodshot red.

The visiting boats that filled our river have magically melted away into Terry the mist and floated Sweeney off to other liquid celebrations in other coastal towns; leaving folks with a handful of trinkets and souvenir T-shirts but more importantly with a boatload of memories. Unless, of course, they can’t remember a thing!

Like the introspective week that follows New Years Eve, we locals usually take stock of ourselves and often brim over with resolutions about next year’s Water Festival. Here are a few that I overheard while walking around town in the sober light of day following last

Here are a few resolutions I overheard walking around town in the sober light of day after Water Festival. week’s festival.

1. “Next year I’m keeping my top on!”

(This woman had white hair and granny glasses — I’m not kidding!)

2. “I’m not giving him a ride home from Water Fest ever again! I don’t mind hosing throw-up off a boat, but in my glove compartment? Really?! I mean now if I get pulled over, how am I supposed to hand a cop a registration and insurance card that both reek of beer?!”

3. “Next year, I’m leaving town before Water Festival even starts. At least that’s what Judge Tupper told me I’m doing.”

4. ”How did my wife end up with a sunburn there of all places?! No sandbar with the girls for her next year! “ 5. ”Next year, I’m not gonna mix my booze. Just alcohol, no food. It’s eaten’ that makes you sick!”

6. “I’m not ‘Magic Mike’ dancing on the sandbar next year! I came to with only two lousy dollars stuffed down my shorts. I must suck!”

7. “I lost my house keys, my phone, my sandals and a cooler full of beer. Next year I’m just gonna have to keep an eye on my cooler. That’s all there is to it!”

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idwestern born Matthew Pieper moved to San Francisco when he was 6 years old when his dad got a job working for the Grateful Dead. (And yes, Matthew was lucky enough to attend more than 250 Dead concerts for free while growing up).

In San Francisco, from an early age he also got to experience a world of different cuisines, from Indian to Chinese to Italian and more. Amazingly, his first job in the hospitality industry came his way when he was just 10 years old.

Says Matthew, “I used to help the valets open the passenger doors at a restaurant in San Francisco named Basta Pasta. I had this little white sports coat I used to wear. I would open the ladies’ doors for them and, delighted, they would tip me. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. My mom would freak out when I would come home at 10 years old with a $100 bucks in my pocket for helping out for three hours.”

After high school and jobs here and there, in the spring of 2002, Matthew decided to visit his sister Jennifer who had moved to the little town of Beaufort, South Carolina.

“I instantly fell in love with this charming coastal town and knew I was going to stick around here for quite some time,” he said.

He got his first job downtown at Ollie’s restaurant. After that, he got a job as Bar Manager at The Beaufort Inn. Says Matthew,“The Beaufort Inn is where I found my passion for the hospitality business and a love for fine food and wine.

Not only did The Beaufort Inn spark something inside of me, but it is where I met my best friend and now wife, Anya Chase (who was the Front Desk Manager)”.

Matthew and Anya found they both shared a great love of food, wine and people.

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By Lanier Laney

“What I love about the hospitality industry is creating those magical moments. Whether it is a special occasion or just a night on the town, it is about connecting with your patrons and making each and every person feel special and their leaving feeling that way.”

Matthew Pieper, bar manager at the soon to open Old Bull Tavern In 2005, they decided to take a trip across America in an R.V. to explore the different food cultures and people and get hospitality jobs along the way. Their travels took them through 37 states and 12 national parks.

Working in Napa Valley, California, and Boulder, Colorado, were two particularly formative experiences for them.

Matthew said, “In Napa I worked at Auberge du Soleil then for Philippe Jeanty working at two of his restaurants — PJ’s Steakhouse and Bistro Jeanty. Anya worked at Dean & Deluca in the Cheese and Charcuterie Department. I also worked part time at Hurley’s Restaurant for Bob Hurley. In Boulder, Colorado, I worked at Q’s Restaurant in the Historic Boulderado Hotel, and Anya was the front desk manager of the St. Julien Hotel.”

They learned a lot on their journey about the different regions of our country and how the differing local food and wine can be a particular reflection of that area.

In 2009 they decided to move back to Beaufort to be closer to Anya’s parents, Gerry and Suzan Chase, whom Matthew describes as “the most amazing in-laws a

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man could ever have.”

Anya began working as the manager of the Rhett House Inn and Matthew became a popular waiter at the new Breakwater Restaurant. After that he became manager of the restaurant at the Tooting Egret Bistro.

He will now be the new bar manager for the soon to open Old Bull Tavern at 205 West Street, in the old Breakwater space between Emily’s and Plums. Chef John Marshall from Charleston is the owner of the new gastropub.

Says Matthew, “I am really excited about this new adventure. I love being behind the bar and the energy that encompasses it. It is a controlled chaos that the faint of heart need not apply. Multitasking while still holding a conversation are some of the challenges. But watching smiling faces enjoying great food, wine and cocktails make it totally worth while. The relationships you form with patrons and getting to know so many different people make it one of the most amazing jobs.

Beaufort is definitely in for a treat.”

Matthew and Anya live on Battery Creek and enjoy cooking at home with friends and family, kayaking the scenic waterways around Beaufort and just hanging out on the dock enjoying the majestic sunsets that Beaufort has to offer.

Says Matthew about his chosen career, “What I love about the hospitality industry is creating those magical moments. Whether it is a special occasion or just a night on the town, it is about connecting with your patrons and making each and every person feel special and their leaving feeling that way. It is about creating memories that people can share for a lifetime.”

You can visit Matthew at the bar of The Old Bull Tavern when it opens in midAugust, Tuesday through Saturday.

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80 degrees and you’re wearing a coat?

By Jack Sparacino Well, there’s nothing like a summer break to get your perspective back and reach a few more conclusions about the vital issues in life. Here are a few that dawned on me recently.

1. Sure, it gets cold down here sometimes but obviously it’s more likely to be quite warm or at least comfortable.

When I see older people walking around wearing a nice looking coat when it’s 80 degrees, I can only conclude they’re not just trying to be fashionable. Maybe for every year past 60 the air feels a half a degree or so cooler than it really is.

2. We may be overlooking the inherent beauty of harp music as the music and advertising people keep us focused on rock and roll. Harpo Marx (1888-1964) was well known for his expert, even concert level performances.

In Marx Brothers movies, of course, they were a signature part of his act. Even in an otherwise fairly forgettable film they made late in their careers in 1946,“Night in Casablanca,” Harpo played a lovely solo toward the end of the film that still endears him to us some 65 years later.

3. Apparently almost anything can be used as a weapon. This is made

Jack Sparacino has a Ph.D. in psychology from The University of Chicago. He has published over 20 articles in psychological and medical journals. He is retired from United Technologies Corporation and now lives with his wife, Jane and their two dogs on St. Helena Island. His hobbies include fishing, clamming, crabbing, shrimping and writing.

abundantly clear in Lee Child’s amazing Jack Reacher mystery series as Reacher manages to pound the bad guys to a pulp using everything from his fists to pool cues. In one book, he manages to overcome 6 to 1 odds in a bar by hurling bar stools at the evil doers.

4. Bagels may be just about the most perfect anytime food. They’re just plain good to great 24 hours a day. With eggs in the morning, made into a sandwich for lunch or dinner, maybe a late night snack. Seems like you can put almost anything on them and they practically smile back at you.

5. Is somebody getting to the bottom of all those bogus warning lights in cars?

You know, like the “check engine” light which seems to often signify nothing.

And what about my car’s persistent warning that I’ve lost a headlight when there’s not a thing wrong with them?

Maybe there should just be a little “F.A.” (False Alarm) light that goes on to let you know for sure that there’s nothing

going on.

6. Speaking of cars, lots of people love the smell of a new car, maybe mostly because they like the idea of having a new car and anything associated with it just takes on the positive aura. This may account for my having developed a liking for the smell of new sneakers right out of the box. Or a new bike. Maybe it’s a transportation thing.

7. I’m almost ready to start believing in voodoo. How else to explain why so many of us walk confidently to a room for something but by the time we get there we can’t remember what it was.

Then as soon as you leave to go back to where you came from, that escaped thought comes right back at you. Out of nowhere, it seems, since there’s seldom someone right there giving you hints.

Or how about when you start to blow your lawn or driveway and right away the wind changes direction and blows everything right back at you? What’s that all about?

8. A bow tie is one of those garments that is so geeky looking it’s almost cool, at least on men.

On women, they can look great, even without a sequined Jack Sparacino top hat.

Calling 9. something “Mickey Mouse” to signify that it’s trivial or worthless does a great disservice to all the great things Walt’s little mouse has accomplished over the past 75 years and his happy personality.

I say we turn “Mickey Mouse” into a compliment at our earliest convenience.

10. Among a dog’s many talents is the apparent ability to tell when people are sick. A growing body of credible research seems to demonstrate that dogs can sniff out various cancers and even Type 1 diabetes. Their amazing sense of smell and the ability to detect odors in the low parts-per-billion range once again point to dogs’ incredible ability to enrich people’s lives.

OK, that’s my list, time to go back outside. Could look for a good used harp or a bagel. Do I need a coat? Maybe just a fright wig and a horn.

The Queen, the Greeting and the call from DNR Week after week my eyes stare at a blank canvas with certain defeat. I organize closets, polish silverware, scrub door knobs and practice perfecting my less-than-stellar plank pose with the humble hopes of catching the fleeting thought or idea that will engage, inspire and perhaps entertain.

This week I have been given the gift of life meaning that I have lived some of the most human, most ordinarily outstanding, most awkwardly awful, and miraculously mundane moments one can experience, leaving me with a wealth of words worthy of writing. I attended Beaufort Water Festival.

The challenge presented in this gift of ordinary proportions is the simple quandary of what to write and what to preserve for future ration. Certainly there will be weeks where monotony prevails, leaving me lost with blank screen scrutiny and simply nothing to note. Quite possibly the past week was a luxury of lunacy that should be respected and reserved. Then again, Water Festival does come around each year, bringing with it a windstorm of wonder and endless material primed for printed banter.

Impossible to choose just one occurrence, one topic, or one moment to share, I shall briefly list the three most colorful — carefully changing Cherimie the names to protect Crane Weatherford the not so innocent, the incredibly inappropriate, and the beautifully Beaufort moments that only those with the salt-stained address can understand.

1. My Most Unusual Day as Queen: Spending the majority of my life envying the fabulously female type all the while playing in the mud and trading tiaras for tool boxes, being named Queen of anything was quite shocking. It seems as though the title brings with it no obligation, no explanation and to my genuine mounting despair, no free fried chicken. However, with my rivaled royalty I did gain substantial awkward encounters and a free lifetime supply of jokes. No doubt there is honor being bowed down to in the frozen foods section of Publix. Having strangers

salute you while searching for toilet paper is obviously a thing of beauty. I am River Queen and I shall embrace it; however, I may need to find a new venue for shopping.

2. There Is No Comfortable Sandbar Greeting: Working in real estate and specifically the construction and development arena, my days are spent mostly in the company of men. Most of the time, I am for all practical purposes, one of the guys. They know me as the clumsy but capable girl in boots and our relationship, although odd, works for the most part in peaceful unison. Then, I see them on the sandbar. There is just no appropriate greeting for coworkers wearing bikinis or even worse, a Speedo.

The handshake seems a bit formal and the jovial hug is just too much darn information. Professionalism has no power against the slippery sun-screened, wind-blown Bud light beholder. Bikinis do not come with pockets, nor do they come with co-worker cover ups in case of emergency. It just doesn’t matter who you are, once you are standing half dressed with your coworker, life changes.

3. The “It Wasn’t Me, But I Need You to Come Get Me Real Quick” call from

a friend while being escorted by the dedicated men and women of DNR. Just when you think it is safe to bid the dramatic day farewell, melt comfortably into your bed with hopes of peaceful slumber, the familiar ringtone pierces the silence like a machete. Ignoring the urgent call isn’t a possibility. It is a duty, an obligation, an unspoken agreement among friends — if you are conscious and you receive the Come Get Me Call, it is time to act. The captured party awaits your arrival and your arrival proves to be a welcomed sign to both captive and capturer. This topic alone can fill pages on end.

As much as I would enjoy elaborating on each event, there simply isn’t enough room. Possibly there will be a book one day that will give credit to the momentous moments, the awfully awkward and the incredibly odd days that are abundant and readily available to all in our small tenacious town. Until then, the Queen shall take her sunscreen streaked skin, her gallon of necessary water and her memories of yet another Beaufort South Carolina Water Festival to bed. Sweet dreams and silent cell phones, even if for just one night.

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A focus on students, teachers and educational events in northern Beaufort County

Back-to-School Expos hope to attract families The Beaufort County School District is teaming up with Hargray and other corporate sponsors to hold a pair of “Backto-School Expos” designed to give students and their families a day of fun, food, door prizes and valuable information about the upcoming school year.

The annual expos are scheduled for the next two Saturdays — at Whale Branch Early College High School on July 28 and at Bluffton High School on August 4.

Both events will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and free transportation will be provided from several centralized locations.

Students and their families are encouraged to attend the events, which will feature:

• Forums for teens that focus on this year’s anti-bullying theme: “Respect and Responsibility — Building a Safe and Caring Community.”

• Booths operated by district schools that can supply information about school activities.

• Door prizes that will include iPads and Kindle Fires donated by Hargray.

• Free school supplies for students, courtesy of Walmart.

• Free blood pressure and blood glucose screenings provided by Doctor’s Express.

• Ronald McDonald Mobile Care will provide information on dental hygiene.

• Performances by WTOC-TV celebrity “Magic Marc.”

• Special sessions designed to energize and inspire students and families as they begin the new school year. These sessions will be conducted by Leading to Change, a Charlotte professional development and training company with corporate clients across the Southeast.

“Students and their families will find a wealth of useful information at this year’s expos,” said Superintendent Valerie Truesdale. “Our corporate, civic and faithbased partners have contributed their time and resources, and they have really worked with the district to help make sure that the events are a big success.”

“This is Hargray’s third year partnering with the Beaufort County School District

on the Back-to-School Expo,” said Eddie Andrews, Director of Marketing for Hargray.“Having the opportunity to show our support to students and families from throughout the community makes this a truly rewarding experience for us each year.”

For families needing transportation to the July 28 expo at Whale Branch Early College High School, school buses will make pickups at St. Helena Elementary School (8 a.m.), Lady’s Island Intermediate and Middle School (8:20 a.m.) and Beaufort Elementary School (8:40 a.m.).

For more information on the two expos, contact Lakinsha Petty (322-5451) at the Beaufort County School District.

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state standards and is well prepared for college, career or the military.”

She also said that recently approved changes in South Carolina’s state’s retirement system would make it financially advantageous for her to retire.

The Beaufort County Board of Education has not yet met to discuss plans to replace Truesdale.

Truesdale marks her 30th year as an educator, including serving as a high

school teacher, an assistant principal, a high school principal, a senior executive at the South Carolina Department of Education, a district chief instructional officer and as district superintendent in Oconee and Beaufort counties. She was named South Carolina’s Superintendent of the Year in 2009 and the American Association of School Administrators’ first Women in School Leadership award recipient in 2010. Earlier this

summer, she received the William B. Harley Lifetime Achievement Award from the South Carolina Association of School Administrators.

Dr. Truesdale was selected as Beaufort County’s district superintendent in 2007, and although student poverty rates increased and budgets have been reduced during the past five years, student achievement has improved on numerous state and federal measures.

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“I am immensely proud of our schools’ progress in Beaufort County,” she said.

“We have excellent teachers, staff and school and district leaders with the skills and commitment needed to ensure that every learner reads on grade level, meets

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New hire an addition to USCB Sand Shark soccer coaching staff University of South Carolina Beaufort women’s soccer coach Ed Heberling has added former Garnder Webb University standout and Armstrong Atlantic State assistant coach Hilary George to his coaching staff for the upcoming season.

George comes to the Sand Sharks after six seasons as an assistant at Armstrong Atlantic. The Pirates went 91-25-13 during her tenure and reached the NCAA Division II Final Four in 2011. During her playing career, George was a first-team AllAmerica selection by the National Christian College Athletic Association as a goalkeeper at Gardner-Webb, where she still ranks second in school history in shutouts in a season (7.5) and career (14.5).

“I am excited to have a coach with Hilary’s experience, knowledge and background join our program,” Heberling said. “Hilary will play a vital role in training our goalkeepers and solidifying our defense this season.”

Heberling is also excited about impact George will have on the Sand Sharks’ strength, conditioning and fitness programs.

She is a certified Hilary strength and George conditioning s p e c i a l i s t through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and has experience as a personal trainer.

“It’s not often that you find a coach of her caliber, and I’m excited for coach George to help build USCB soccer into the same caliber of program that our athletics department has come to expect,” Heberling said.

The Sand Sharks begin their second season of competition in the NAIA and Sun Conference with a scrimmage at Coker College on Aug. 18 and return home to begin the season against Brenau (Ga.) at 5 p.m. on Aug. 24.

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Nearly New volunteers, from left, Skyler Hughes, Nancy Byers, Chairwoman Patti O’Leary and Sophie O’Leary go through some donated items for the sale.

Nearly New Sale at Parish Church of St. Helena Mark your calendars now for a great shopping opportunity.

This year’s Nearly New Sale is Aug. 9, 10 and 11 at the Parish Church of St. Helena in the Parish Hall, 507 Newcastle St. in downtown Beaufort.

Gently used clothing for men, women and children will be available at bargain prices, along with shoes, accessories like belts and scarves, pocketbooks and designer outfits.

Proceeds from the sale go to church missions, and unsold clothing is donated to community organizations.

“We are doing this for the community, serving God and sharing God’s love,” said this year’s Nearly New chairman, Patti O’Leary. She and co-chairs Roz Dixon, Joy Locke

and Christine Seabrook are heading up the sale this year for the Parish Church Women of St. Helena’s.

Shopping hours are: • 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 9; • 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, Aug. 10; and • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 11.

Clothing, shoes and accessories can be donated through Monday, July 30. Bring your donations, clean and folded or on hangers, to the parish hall bookstore entrance and you’ll be directed where to take them.

For more information, contact Patti O’Leary at 846-6825 or poleary2621@charter.net or visit www.sthelenas1712.org.

On June 25, the Dr. Henry Woodward Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century welcomed Priscilla Dukes as a new member. An Executive Board meeting was held at the Cat Island Grill where Dukes was presented her new member pin and certificate. The next regular meeting of the chapter will be held in October and hosted by Doadie Evans. Anyone interested in learning more about the national organization and local chapter should contact Anita Henson at 843-5241256. Pictured above, from left, is Priscilla Dukes, Registrar Betty Waskiewicz, and President Anita Henson. Photo by Hedy Williams.

Pilgrimage to honor thomas heyward jr.

Members of the Thomas Heyward, Jr. Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution attended the 26th annual pilgrimage to Thomas Heyward, Jr.’s grave Saturday, June 30. The program was sponsored

by Sons of the American Revolution Chapters of Beaufort (Governor Paul Hamilton Chapter) and Jasper Counties (Dr. George Mosse Chapter, Host Chapter). Pictured from left is Charlene Shufelt (Regent), Nancy Crowther (Past Regent), Anne Heyward (descendant of Thomas Heyward, Jr.), and Linda Kay MacDonald.

This yearly tribute celebrates the contributions made to the founding of our country by this signer of the Declaration of Independence — a patriot, statesman, soldier and jurist.

history with holly: teenage summer fun in beaufort

By Flannery Woodward

When I think of the summers of my childhood, they tend to run together into one long, hot, humid Beaufort day.

They are like something out of a novel that less fortunate souls who did not grow up in Beaufort could only dream of, and that they might mistake as pure fiction.

Something about the summer of 1999 brings it forward in my memory, but not because of any specific instance, rather a general feeling of independence and maturing that I could not associate with any other summer. It was the summer before my eighth grade year, and I knew that I was going back to rule Lady’s Island Middle School. But before it could come to a close, I planned to milk every single ounce of sunlight out of every last afternoon and steal a few hours each evening, too.

Each day began in a similar fashion.

Rather than sleeping in, our mom had us up and going at about 8 or 9 a.m.

She is a firm believer that sleeping in is a waste of a vacation. My sister, Westly, was still too young to come enjoy most of the activities that my brother, Ellison, and I had on the agenda for the day, but I would rush upstairs and scarf down a bowl of cereal with the two of them. Then Ellison and I would call the neighbors across the street, Sarah and

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This moment in Beaufort’s history is an excerpt from the book “Beaufort ... Then and Now,” an anthology of memories compiled by Holly Kearns Lambert.

Copies of this book may be purchased at Beaufort Book Store. For information or to contribute your memory, contact Holly at lowcountrymemories@hotmail.com or beaufortmemories@gmail.com.

Beaufort gave me many wonderful and treasured memories, but those of the summers spent with friends and family are the most beautiful.

Becca. We alternated days during the week: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we swam for several hours off of their dock, which had a small sandbar right across the way. Tuesdays and Thursdays we took kayaks and canoes out from our dock and explored new streams or creeks through the marshes. We packed lunches so that we could stay gone all morning through the early part of the afternoon, then, exhausted and sunburned from a day out on the salt marsh, we would pull ourselves back home and shower.

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needed to reapply sunscreen more often out there.

After a quick snack, the girls would come back over to our house to play a board game on the screen porch. Some days we would go toss the cast net and pull in a few shrimp. I could usually talk Mom into letting me test my culinary skills on them, while the rest of the bunch picked out a movie for us to watch with dinner. Even my test recipes tasted great after a day in the sun!

During the weekends, Dad let me take the boat out by myself for the first time that summer. He wouldn’t let me go too far or for too long, but with a few friends and a cooler of sodas, carrots, watermelon, and cold fried chicken or Publix subs onboard, we could drive around near the Yacht Club dock. Some girls would tan across the bow of the boat, while others laughed and took pictures. If we wanted to tube, Dad would have to come out and drive while we spotted our friends back there bouncing through the waves. Sometimes we could talk a parent into dropping us off at the Downtown Marina to get a smoothie from Common Ground or an ice cream from Plums. Those weekends we also tried to meet up at Fuji’s or The Upper Crust for dinner before walking across the street to the Lady’s Island Cinema to catch the new summer blockbusters.

But since this was also a summer of

maturing and new responsibility, some nights I had to decline the invite so that I could make some babysitting money.

Of course, my parents got first dibs on me as a babysitter, but there were a few other families that I helped out, too.

Some of my favorite families let me bring my sister with me so that she could play with the kids. I also tried to earn a few extra dollars around the house doing odd jobs for my parents. I knew that I would have to have my own money for the movie and dinner.

By the time the summer had come to a close, my skin was bronze, my dark brown hair had blonde streaks, and my muscles were lean and toned from a summer spent on the water. I never needed to go anywhere else during the summer, never needed a wild vacation to an exotic destination. I had that in my own backyard. In fact, as a college student I often invited friends back to my hometown to enjoy the Beaufort River, Water Festival, Fripp Island excursions and many of the other pleasures of the Lowcountry. I can also say that those friends were NEVER disappointed by their trip, no matter how long or how short.

Beaufort gave me many wonderful and treasured memories, but those of the summers spent with friends and family are the most beautiful.

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We’re off to Italy, the west coast, midway between the top and the bottom, or to be more graphic, the front of the knee of the Italian boot. Here is where we find the region known as Latium or Lazio. Both of these names refer to the origins of Italian everything from this region.

Latium is from the word “Latin,” and it is in this region that the city of Rome is located. Originally, Latium was just a small triangle of fertile, volcanic soil where a tribe of Latins lived. The original Latium was located on the bank, east and south, of the Tiber River. As the city of Rome expanded, mostly through conquests of its neighbors, Latium became larger until it was almost twice as big. The ancient language of Latium become Latin which in turn evolved into Italian.

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It is the second most widely planted grape in the world.

In Italy, Trebbiano accounts for at least part of about one third of all their white wines. The history of Trebbiano goes back to Roman times, and, even then, its high acidity made it a desirable part of their wines.

The second grape in our wine is Malvasia. This is a white variety that originated probably in Greece and thrives around the Mediterranean. There are several versions of this grape, not quite clones really, and that makes its history a bit difficult. Some say the name Malvasia is derived from Monemvasia, a Venetian fortress on the coast of Laconia, known in Italian as Malvasia. The Italians did so much trading in and out of this port that wine shops in Venice were called “malvasie.” A competing story says the name came from the district of Malevizi, near the city of Heraklion (Hercules’ hometown?). In any case, most of the versions of this grape are related to

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The third variety in our wine is allowed to be no more than 20% of the blend. This is a grape that you may never hear mentioned again — Roscetto. It is an ancient variety that really is very rare. Roscetto is a low yield grape, not very many in a bunch and not many bunches on a vine, and so unknown except in the Latium region, that it’s hard to find information on it. Reportedly, it has high sugar and high acid levels.

But, enough of the grapes. On to our wine and its story! Officially, our wine’s name is Est! Est!! Est!!! Di Montefiascone. The shortened version is just Est! Est!!

Est!!! (Easy to say but a real pain to type!) Montefiascone is a sub-region centered around the commune of the same name in the province of Viterbo in Latium. There are about 1,000 acres of vines that are used to make this wine. Italian DOC wine status was given to this wine in 1966, and it is this DOC law that dictates the blend.

(Not all DOC Est! Est!! Est!! wines include Roscetto in their blend, but ours does.) The finished wine must have a minimum alcohol level of 11%.

The story, finally, behind the name of Est! Est!!

Est!!! di Montefiascone has been around for centuries.

Unfortunately, it has been changed and adjusted and modified many times, and I suppose at this point we have to assume it’s not all true. The basic story goes that 750 ML

a Catholic bishop was traveling to Rome. Some versions say it was a German bishop going to see the Pope, some say it was a Flemish bishop going for the coronation of Henry V as Holy Roman Emperor. But, as he travelled, the bishop sent a servant on the road ahead of him to check out the wines at roadside inns he was going to pass.

If the wine was good enough, the servant was told to write “Est” (Latin for “It is.”) on the inn’s wall, door or fence.

That way the Bishop, who liked his wine, would know where he could have a pleasant dinner each night. Legend has it that the servant thought the wine in Montefiascone was so good that he wrote Est! Est!! Est!! on the door of the inn there. One version of the story even has the bishop not traveling any further than Montefiascone, never completing his trip because he liked the local wine so much and spent the rest of his life in that town.

As much fun as the name of this wine is, it has always been hard to find. A thousand acres is not that much land to make all that much wine. But, lucky us, one is available for us this summer. It’s made by Falesco, a winery founded in 1979 by two brothers, Riccardo and Renzo Cotarella.

Their goal was to focus on and promote the uniqueness and tradition of native varieties and their versatility with international varieties. Located near Orvieto in the region off Umbria, they’re just across the border from Latium.

They do, though, maintain a cellar in Latium for the production of their Est! Est!! Est!!!

This wine is straw colored with fresh acidity and good structure. Its nose has hints of flowers and fruits, all light and subtle and delicate. It is a great summer wine for easy sipping and light meals. My personal suspicion is that the bishop must have been traveling in hot weather, or at least his servant was hot on the day he got to Montefiascone.

And that is my donation to the Est! Est!! Est!!! story. This wine is truly lovely in warm weather! Really, it is! And what fun to sip some and think up your own pieces and parts to the legend. Enjoy.

the home chef on ... healthy dinners

By Harlene Deane This healthy and quick (about one hour from prep to table) chicken dish is one of my favorite “go to” recipes. Pick up the veggies at one of our local farmers markets or hit Dempsey’s Farm on your way home from the beach!

Grilled Chicken and Ratatouille Ingredients • 2 medium zucchini, halved lengthwise • 1 medium Japanese eggplant, halved lengthwise* • 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch-wide strips • 1 red onion, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch-wide wedges (leave root ends intact) • 2 medium tomatoes, halved crosswise • 2 tablespoons olive oil • 6 skinless boneless chicken breast halves (about 3 pounds)

• 1/3 cup thinly sliced basil • 1 1/2 teaspoons red wine vinegar Directions Prepare grill (medium-high heat). Place first 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Drizzle oil over and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper; toss to coat. Grill veggies until tender and slightly charred. Transfer to cutting board.

Place chicken breasts in same large bowl. Turn to coat with

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any remaining oil in bowl. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Grill chicken, covered, until cooked through, about 6 minutes per side. Let rest for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, coarsely chop veggies and transfer to another large bowl.

Add basil and vinegar and toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Slice chicken crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices; serve with ratatouille. Serves 6. Recipe can easily be cut in half to serve 2-3 or use leftovers for a salad the next day. *can’t find Japanese eggplant? Leave it out!! Enjoy!

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dining guide

A listing of local restaurants in northern Beaufort County:Your resource for where to eat AMATA THAI FUSION: 2127 Boundary Street, Beaufort Town Center; 843-379-9197; L.D. ATHENIAN GARDENS: 950 Ribaut

Road, Beaufort; 379-9222; Greek; L.D.

SPOTLIGHT ON:

RYAN’S PIZZA

BACK PORCH GRILL: 950 Ribaut

RED ROOSTER CAFE: 1210 Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 379-2253; B.L.D. RYAN’S FAMOUS PIZZA & SUBS: 14 Savannah Highway, Shell Point Plaza, Beaufort; 379-3479; L.D.

SAKE HOUSE: 274 Robert Smalls

Road, Beaufort; 525-9824; L.D.

Parkway; Beaufort; 379-5888; Japanese; L.D.

BARBARA JEANS RESTAURANT & BAR: 47 Ferry Road, Lady’s Island; 524-

SAN JOSE: 5 Sams Point Road, Lady’s Island, 524-4001, and 2149 Boundary St., Beaufort, 524-5016; Mexican; L.D.

BELLA LUNA: 859 Sea Island Parkway,

SALTUS RIVER GRILL: 802 Bay St., Beaufort; 379-3474; Seafood, upscale; L.D.

BERRY ISLAND CAFE: Newpoint

SAND DOLLAR TAVERN: 1634 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island; 838-3151; L.D.

BERTOS GRILL TEX-MEX:

SANDBAR & GRILL: 41B Robert Smalls Parkway, Beaufort; 524-3663; L.D.

2400; Home-style Southern; B.L.D.

St. Helena Island; 838-3188; Italian; B.L.D. Corners, 1 Merchant Lane, Lady’s Island; 524-8779; Soups, salads, ice cream; B.L.D.

9 Market, Habersham Marketplace; Mexican; 644-1925; L.D.

SEA ISLAND PIZZA: 136 Sea Island Pkwy, Beaufort; 522-1212; L.D.

BIG JOE’S BAR-B-Q: 760 Parris Island Gateway, Beaufort; 770-0711; L.D.

BLACKSTONE’S DELI & CAFE: 205

Scott St., Beaufort; 524-4330; B.L.

BLUE DOG CAFE: 736 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island, inside The Lowcountry Store; 838-4646; L.

BOONDOCKS RESTAURANT:

1760 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island; 838-0821; D.

BREAKWATER RESTAURANT & BAR: 203 Carteret St., Beaufort; 379-0052;

Upscale dining, tapas; D.

BRICKS ON BOUNDARY: 1420

Boundary St., Beaufort; 379-5232; Salads, sandwiches, appetizers, sports bar; L.D.

CAROLINA DOG & DELI: 968

Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 379-2122; L.

CAROLINA WINGS & RIB HOUSE: 1714 Ribaut Road, Port Royal;

379-5959; Wings, ribs, sports bar; L.D.

CAT ISLAND GRILL & PUB: 8

Waveland Ave., Cat Island; 524-4653; Steaks, seafood, pasta, burgers, more; L.D.

DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT: 1699

11th St. W, Port Royal; 524-7433; Seafood; D.

EMILY’S TAPAS BAR: 906 Port Republic St., Beaufort; 522.1866; D.

FOOLISH FROG: 846 Sea Island

Parkway, St. Helena Island; 838-9300; L.D.

FRYED GREEN TOMATOES SOUTHERN EATERY & CAFE:

Ryan’s Famous Pizza is located at 14 Savannah Highway, Unit 9, at Shell Point Plaza. They are open Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Sunday noon to 10 p.m. To order takeout or delivery, call 843-379-3479.

GOURMET ON WHEELS: 812-8870;

Healthy home-cooked meals delivered to your door weekly; D.

GREAT GARDENS CAFE: 3669 Trask Parkway, Beaufort; 521-1900; L.

HAROLD’S COUNTRY CLUB BAR & GRILL: Highway 17-A & Highway 21, Yemassee; 589-4360; Steaks, wings; L.D.

HEMINGWAY’S BISTRO: 920 Bay St., Beaufort; 521-4480; bar & grill; L.D.

HOUSE OF TOKYO: 330 Robert

Smalls Parkway, Beaufort; 521-9011; Japanese; L.D.

ISLAND GRILL: 7 MLK Drive, St. Helena Island; 838-2330; L.

JADE GARDEN: 2317 Boundary St.,

Beaufort; 522-8883; Chinese and Japanese cuisine; L.D.

JIMMY JOHN’S: 2015 Boundary St., Beaufort Town Center; 379-3009; Sub sandwiches; L.D.

JOHNSON CREEK TAVERN:

2141 Sea Island Parkway, Harbor Island; 838-4166; L.D.

KOOKY MOOKY’S: 101 Scott St.,

Beaufort; 521-4445; L.D.

L.T.’s HOMECOOKED MEALS: Sea

FUJI RESTAURANT: 97 Sea Island Parkway, Hamilton Village, Lady’s Island; 524-2662; Japanese steak house; L.D.

LADY’S ISLAND COUNTRY CLUB: 139 Francis Marion Circle, Lady’s

Beaufort; 524-0918; L.D.

GILLIGANS: 2601 Boundary St.,

Beaufort; 838-9300; Seafood, steaks; L.D.

GRIFFIN MARKET: 403 Carteret St., Beaufort; 524-0240; Authentic Italian; L.D.

Island Parkway, Lady’s Island; 524-3122; L.

Island; 522-9700; L.D.

LA NOPALERA: 1220 Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 521-4882; Mexican; L.D.

LOS AMIGOS: 14 Savannah Highway; Beaufort; 470-1100; Mexican; L.D.

LOWCOUNTRY PRODUCE & CAFE: 302 Carteret St.; Beaufort; 3221900; B.L.

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Beaufort; 522-2029; Southern cooking; L.D.

SHOOFLY KITCHEN: 1209 Boundary St., Beaufort; 379-9061; B.L.

2001 Boundary St., Beaufort; 379-9601; Buffet-style Southern cooking; B.L.D.

FUMIKO SUSHI: 14 Savannah Highway,

SGT. WHITE’S: 1908 Boundary St.;

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LUTHER’S RARE & WELL DONE: 910 Bay St., Beaufort; 521-1888; L.D.

MAGGIE’S PUB & EATERY: 17

Market, Habersham; 379-1719; L.D.

MAGNOLIA BAKERY CAFE: 703

Congress Street, Beaufort; 524-1961; B.L.

MARILYN’S LUNCH AT SOUTHERN SWEETS: 917 Bay St.,

SHRIMP SHACK: 1929 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island; 838-2962; L. SOUTHERN GRACES BISTRO:

809 Port Republic St., at The Beaufort Inn, Beaufort; 379-0555; L.D.

STEAMER: 168 Sea Island Parkway; Lady’s Island; 522-0210; L.D.

Beaufort; 379-0798; Sandwiches, soups; L.

SUSHI SAKANA: 860 Parris Island Gateway, Port Royal; 379-5300; L.D.

MARKETPLACE NEWS: 917 Bay St.,

SUWAN THAI: 1638 Paris Ave., Port

Beaufort; 470-0188; Ice cream and sandwich cafe; B.L.

MARYLAND FRIED CHICKEN: 111 Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 524-8766; L.D.

MEDICAL PARK DELI: 968 Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 379-0174; B.L.

MOONDOGGIES CAFE: 930 10th St.,

Port Royal; 522-1222; Steaks, salads; L.D.

Royal; 379-8383; Thai cuisine; L.D.

SUZARA’S KITCHEN: Newcastle Square, Beaufort; 379-2160; B, L.

SWEETGRASS: 100 Marine Drive, Dataw Island; 838-2151; L.D.

UPPER CRUST: 97 Sea Island Parkway, Lady’s Island; 521-1999; L.D.

NIPPY’S: 310 West St., Beaufort; Seafood,

burgers; 379-8555; L.D.

WEEZIE’S CRAB SHACK: 1634 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island; 838-2197; Seafood, burgers; L.D.

PALM & MOON BAGEL COMPANY: 221 Scott St., Beaufort; 379-

WREN: 210 Carteret St., Beaufort; 5249463; Local seafood, steaks, pasta; L.D.

PANINI’S CAFE: 926 Bay St., Beaufort;

YES! THAI INDEED: 1911 Boundary St., Beaufort; 986-1185; L.D.

9300; B.L.

379-0300; Italian, wood-fired pizzas; L.D.

PAPAYA THAI AND SUSHI: 1001 Boundary St., Suite D, Beaufort; 379-9099; L.D. PIACE PIZZA: 5-B Market, Habersham, Beaufort; 379-3287; L.D.

PIZZA INN: 2121 Boundary St., Beaufort

Town Center, Beaufort; 379-8646; L.D.

PLUMS: 904 1/2 Bay St., Beaufort; 5251946; Sandwiches, seafood, live music;L.D. Q ON BAY: 822 Bay St., Beaufort; 524-7771; Barbecue, Southern cooking;L.D.

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6. Known for its brown trucks 9. *Given name of Russian Gymnast who competed in 1970s 13. “The Red Badge of Courage” author 14. Cul de ___ 15. Landowner 16. It fits into a mortise 17. Ostrich-like bird 18. “Or else” in music 19. *”_______, Higher, Stronger” 21. *Boxing weight class 23. A great distance 24. Suite cleaner 25. Comes from pine tree 28. Italian currency, pl.

30. Type of deodorant 35. William Simmons was a founder of this infamous group 37. Piece of metal covered by leather and used for hitting 39. Not a soul 40. Hipbones 41. On a cruise 43. Dante’s Beatrice, e.g.

44. A mood disorder 46. *Sprinting and long jumping great 47. Spawned 48. *Most-decorated gold medalist 50. Thick, messy substances 52. Wilbur’s home 53. Connecting point 55. ___-been 57. *Ancient Olympia site 60. *Decathlon event 64. One of Indian languages 65. Pigeon call 67. Fully informed 68. “Dressed to the _____” 69. Pooh’s wise friend 70. *Medal holders 71. Short for engineer 72. Soak a fiber, e.g.

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Learn about canine behavior with Tracie Korol 10 HEALING HERBS FOR HOUNDS AND HUMANS

#4: Lets hear it for Hawthorn When Sherman came to live with me, he was already a very old shambling wreck of an Old Yeller dog. Just to look at him was to know he wasn’t going to finish out the year. I set about to make his last days more comfortable. Of the many items added to Sherman’s food bowl every day — coconut oil, cinnamon, turmeric, Omega 3s, and milk thistle — there’s one I couldn’t leave out: hawthorn.

Hawthorn (Crataegus species), is a tonic herb that has been used for centuries to improve cardiac function and output. Hawthorn does not initiate any immediate changes in heart function, but does so very gently over time, without adding stress or interfering with other body functions. Hawthorn helps support the heart and cardiovascular system in ways that no food or drug can.

Hundreds of scientific studies have validated hawthorn’s usefulness as a heart tonic well known for dilating both coronary vessels and vessels of the brain and helping to increase circulation and the transport of nutrients and oxygen throughout the body. It does this in a

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very clever fashion: while it acts to dilate major vessels, it also increases blood flow from the heart to compensate for any reduction of arterial blood volume.

In other words, it helps the body push more blood around by increasing cardiac output and decreasing blood flow resistance in the arteries, i.e., more blood flow at less pressure. This has been shown in studies performed with dogs, especially when used in small doses over an extended period.

Hawthorn also serves as a blood pressure regulator. Although the mechanisms of this activity baffle herbalists and scientists alike, the herb tends to gently elevate low blood pressure, and decrease high blood

pressure. A neat trick, especially when we consider the fact that hawthorn does this while increasing cardiac output. By helping with dilation of coronary arteries and strengthening heartbeat, hawthorn improves blood circulation without adversely effecting blood pressure.

Another well-documented benefit of hawthorn is its ability to steady and strengthen a weak or erratic heartbeat — such as that of elderly or energetically challenged dogs. In human applications hawthorn has been used as an alternative to anti-arrhythmia drugs like digitalis, and to improve the effects of that and other cardiac drugs. For my dog friends I recommend hawthorn in virtually any case where damage to the heart

muscle has resulted from heartworm infestation, bacterial or viral infections, or protracted chemotherapy.

You may lucky enough to have a hawthorn tree near your home and luckier, too, to have a dog that likes red fruit, so you can pick the ripe berries and feed them as “tonic treats.” If you’re not sure what your red berry tree is, be sure to check it out with a gardener friend or the Clemson extension.

When the berries become fully ripe and bright red, they can be picked, dried on a clean sheet of paper, and ground with a mortar or pestle (be forewarned that they kill small coffee grinders!) into a coarse powder. The powder can then be added to your Best Friend’s diet at a rate of one teaspoon per pound of food fed each day. You can also make a tea with about one teaspoon of dried berries and a cup of hot water and pour it over his food.

When combined with a good natural diet and other tonic herbs, hawthorn will act exactly as an herbal heart tonic should — to fill the special cardiac needs in the golden years of an animal’s life.

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what to do Fundraisers support Boys & Girls Club

Two July events will help raise money for the Summer Campaign for the Boys & Girls Club of Beaufort.

• Beaufort Flea Market to Benefit Boys & Girls Club of Beaufort When: Saturday, July 28, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Where: The Boys & Girls Club of Beaufort, 1100 Boundary Street.

Needed: Gently used items need to be dropped off at the club by Monday, July 23. Tax deduction forms available at drop off. For more information, call the Boys & Girls Club of Beaufort at 843986-5437.

• Charity Christmas in July at Gilligan’s Seafood Restaurant What: Parents and supporters of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Beaufort will be servers at Gilligan’s Seafood Restaurant.

All tips will be donated to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Beaufort Where: Gilligan’s Seafood Restaurant, 2601 Boundary Street, Beaufort.

When: Thursday, July 26, from 4 to 6 p.m. For more information, call 843986-5437.

Stay cool with Jingle Jog, Christmas in July

Join FRIENDS of Caroline Hospice for the Jingle Jog 5K and Christmas in July Party at Coosaw Point River Club, a family fun event on Friday, July 27, from 6-9 p.m. The Jingle Jog 5K Run/Walk and 1 mile Fun Walk registration starts at 5:30 p.m., race starts at 6 p.m. The Jingle Jog is $25 for adults. Register online at www.active.com or download form at www.festivaloftreesbeaufort.com. It may be hard to believe, but there will be SNOW! Yes, Snow in July from 7 to 9 p.m. Entertainment will be by Drysdale Entertainment and the band the Side Street Walkers will perform. Other events include swimming, water slides, jump house and kids games. Barbecue will be from Palmetto Smokehouse and other food will be provided. Christmas in July tickets for adults are $10, kids ages 12-5 are $5, and kids under 5 are free. Call 525-6257.

Programs teach about Port Royal Sound

The public is invited to a free series of programs, “The Sound’s Good To Me” with guest speakers, a panel of local experts to answer questions, and a children’s program all geared to help people learn about this special area. The programs will be each Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the future home of the Port Royal Sound Maritime Center, where SC 170 meets the Chechessee River, the heart of Port Royal Sound.

• July 28: David Harter, Glidden Paints and Hilton Head Reef Foundation, “Predators of Port Royal Sound.”

Visit www.portroyalsoundfoundation. org or email kmadden@ portroyalsoundfoundation.org.

Golf tourney to benefit TCL scholarship fund

The Technical College of the Lowcountry Foundation will hold the “Building our Community” Golf

Plaza Stadium Theater Fri. 7/27 - Thurs. 8/2

Parkinson’s Support Group meets monthly

Dark Knight Rises A “PG13” Showing DAILY 1:00-4:15-7:00

How can you help someone with Parkinson’s disease who has fallen? If you would like to find out, Occupational Therapist Candace Grose of Sea Island Rehabilitation will answer that question and more at the Parkinson’s Support Group of the Lowcountry’s next meeting on Thursday, Aug. 2, at 1:30 p.m. The support group meetings are held at Helena House on Paris Avenue in Port Royal on the first Thursday of every month. They are free and open to the public. For more information or to arrange transportation, contact Rose Ewing or Eric Fennell at Helena House at 843- 982-0233 or email rewing@ alcco.com.

Dark Knight Rises B “PG13” Showing DAILY 1:30-4:45-9:00

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Tournament Monday, July 30 at Hampton Hall. The event, sponsored

by CareCore National, will benefit the TCL Foundation Scholarship Fund. The tournament will feature a scramble format for both men and women. Golfers may try to a $10,000 Hole-in- One prize and a $50,000 raffle shootout competition. The $100 per person registration includes the cart, gift bag, a box lunch, and the hole-inone contest. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the Shotgun start will be at 9 a.m. To become a sponsor or to register, please call Louise Mathews at 843-470-5962 or email lmathews@tcl.edu.

Eat dinner at Gilligan’s and support CAPA

Good food for a good cause: Between 5 and 8 p.m. at Gilligan’s Seafood Restaurant, 2601 Boundary Street, Beaufort, on Tuesday, July 31, diners can support the Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA). Servers will be assisted by a CAPA volunteer, and all tips go to CAPA to help fund child abuse prevention and intervention efforts across the county. What a fun and delicious way to spend the evening! Call CAPA at 843-524-4350 if interested in helping with the event.

The Lunch and Learn series is held at Port Royal Farmers Market, Heritage Park, Port Royal. The Saturday, openair classes at the gazebo are free, just bring a folding chair. The classes begin at 11:30 a.m. and are presented by the Lowcountry Master Gardeners Association. Here’s a full schedule: July 28: Think outside the box! Don’t be limited to rectangular plots for raised bed gardening. Professor Joe Staton will show you how your raised bed garden can be a work of art. Don’t hide your veggie garden behind the garage, make a focal point of it. All the tools you need are a saw and a cordless drill. Really.

August 4: Night Blooming Flowers.

Ever wonder why some flowers bloom only at night? Master Gardener Sandra Educate will showcase flowers that really shine — at night.

August 11: Worm composting. Recycle your kitchen scraps into garden “Black Gold.” No more smelly garbage. Worm composting is odor free.

Black Chamber of Commerce hosts event

The Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce will have its First Friday Networking Event hosted by Betty Strickland of Barefoot Farms on August 3 at Barefoot Farms located at 939 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island, from 6 to 8 p.m. All members and the public are invited. Cost $5 members and $10 non-members. Details, call 986-1102.

Sign your kids up for Summer Scribes 2012 Free SC safety course Attention, all parents of sixth to eighth held for young hunters graders who like to write: Beaufort writer Katherine Tandy Brown is again offering a three-day summer writing course based on Natalie Goldberg’s classic “Writing Down the Bones” writing practice. This time-tested method furthers writing skills and encourages creativity. The series takes place Wednesday, August 1, Thursday, August 2, and Friday, August 3 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the sunny upstairs of the Charles Street Gallery at the corner of Charles and Greene streets.

Class size is limited to five students.

Cost is $65. For more information, contact Katherine at 859-312-6706 or ktandybrown@gmail.com.

Attention all South Carolina hunter wannabees: A free SC DNR-approved, instructor-led, one-day Hunter Safety Education course and test is mandatory for all SC residents and nonresidents born after June 30, 1979, to obtain a state hunting license. Presented by Parris Island Rod & Gun Club on Saturday, August 4, at Moose Lodge #1855, 350 Broad River Boulevard, Beaufort.

There’s a 7 a.m. start, food and drink will be provided. Pass the course and walk out with a temporary hunter education card. Reserve your seat now: Call Danny Vinson, 843-812-1984 or Jim VanDam, 843-252-2846. Young hunters ages 11 and up are invited — a great father-

daughter/son activity. The SC DNR Hunter Education Program is dedicated to safe enjoyment of our outdoors.

Students learn about responsibility and ethics in the field, wildlife conservation and firearms safety. Visit http://www. dnr.sc.gov/education/hunted.html for more information.

City offers Affordable Housing workshop

An Affordable Housing Program Workshop will be held Wednesday, August 15, at 10 a.m. at the City of Beaufort City Hall, 1911 Boundary Street, in the 2nd Floor Council Chambers. The workshop is free, but please register by emailing shirley@ lowcountryhousingtrust.org. Learn how to apply for $7,500 in subsidy for Firsttime Homebuyers, $7,500 in subsidy for Community Stability Homebuyers, $15,000 in subsidy for Purchase of Bank Owned Property, $15,000 in subsidy for Energy Efficiency & Weatherization, $15,000 in subsidy for Accessibility Rehabilitation, Special Financing and $4,000 in Down Payment Assistance.

ARTworks auditions for ‘The Misanthrope’

Auditions are August 22 and 23rd at 7 .p.m. for “The Misanthrope” by Moliere, a comedy of manners in verse, in an original translation by Daniel H. Daniels at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center. The production is this November, roles are for high school ages and up. ARTworks is the community arts center in Beaufort, at 2127 Boundary Street. Call 379-2787 or visit www.artworksinbeaufort.org.

Veggie Fun World at St. Helena Parish church

Veggie Fun World 2012 is a Christian summer program for children offered by the Parish Church of St. Helena in downtown Beaufort. Each program is distinct but related by the classic “Veggie Tales” characters used in crafts, songs, and activities. Session dates are August 13-17 and 27-31. Sessions I, II, and III are for children 18 months through 6 years. Each session has a fee of $130 per child. Contact Roz Dixon at 522-1712, ext. 220, or email nursery@islc.net. Register and pay online at www.sthelena1712.org.

St. Peter holds session for ‘Returning Catholics’

“Everything you ever wanted to ask about returning to the Catholic Church, but were afraid to ask”: For those thinking about returning to the practice of their faith, as well as for those newly returned, St. Peter Catholic Church will have a Question/Answer session on Saturday, August 18, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, in the Adult Education Room of the Parish. This can be a great opportunity for persons to ask those questions. St. Peter Church further offers to returning Catholics a series of weekly presentations, before Christmas and Easter. These sessions also include time for questions and discussions that will be helpful. For more information, contact deborahm@catholic.org.

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service directory AIR CONDITIONING/HEATING KFI Mechanical, LLC

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automobile repair

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Discount Auto Center 2506 Boundary St. 843-524-1191

Attorney

Christopher J. Geier

Attorney at Law, LLC Criminal Defense & Civil Litigation Located on the corner of Carteret and North Street Office: 843-986-9449 Fax: 843-986-9450 geierlaw@gmail.com http://geierlaw.com

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Lime Lite Salon

Ashley Partridge, stylist A True Balance of Substance & Style 843-379-5463 612 Carteret Street www.limelitesalon.net

INSURANCE

For All Your Insurance Needs Andy Corriveau phone: (843) 524-1717

For All Your Insurance Needs Amy Bowman phone: (843) 524-7531

LAWN CARE Coosaw Landscapes, Inc. Personal care for your yard Chris Newnham 843-694-3634 coosaw.landscapes@gmail.com

Lawn Solutions Jim Colman 843-522-9578

Chandler Trask Construction Chandler Trask 843.321.9625 Chandlertraskconstruction@gmail.com ChandlerTraskConstruction.com

COUNSELING/PSYCHOTHERAPY

Dawn H Freeman MSW LISW-CP

Individual, Marriage and Family Therapy 43 Sea Island Parkway 843-441-0627 dawnhfreeman@gmail.com

DENTISTs

Island Podiatry

Dr. Jill C. Blau 3 Celadon Drive, Suite A Beaufort, SC 29907 Phone: 843-379-9913 Fax: 843-379-9914 islandpodiatry@gmail.com

Beaufort Chiropractic

Merry Maids

CONSTRUCTION

843-524-5455 www.wernerandroyal.com We’re now providing a new level of patient comfort.

HEALTH/WELLNESS/beauty

CLEANING SERVICES Bob Cunningham 522-2777 custsrv4632@merrymaids.net 829 Parris Is Gateway Beaufort, SC

Randy Royal, MD- OBGYN and Pelvic Surgery

Mamasfurniture.com

399 Sam’s Point Rd Lady’s Island, SC 29907 Tel. 843-322-0018

Beaufort Air Conditioning and Heating, LLC

PHYSICIANS

www.lawnsolutions.us Design, Installation, Maintenance PEST CONTROL

Collins Pest Control

Tommy Collins 843-524-5544 Complete Termite and Pest Control Residential, Commercial, Free Estimates, Licensed and Insured PEt grooming

Furbulas Dog Grooming and Pet Sitting

Brittany Riedmayer 843-476-2989 • 843-522-3047 furbulasdoggrooming@hotmail.com • Member of National Dog Groomers Association of America.

• Change your dog from Fabulous to Furbulas with a personal touch.

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Brett Doran Serving the Lowcountry for over 20 years.

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property management

Palmetto Shores Property Managment

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ROOFING

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All repairs and new additions.

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tree service

Southern Tree Svs. of Bft., Inc. Ronnie Reiselt, Jr. P.O. Box 2293 Beaufort, SC 29901 843-522-9553 Office 843-522-2925 Fax

technology

Net Solutions Technology Center, LLC Technology solutions for business or home. www.easierway.com 843-525-6469 Phone 843-521-0955 Fax 38 A-B Sams Point Road, Beaufort, SC 29907

websites

Beaufort Mobile Website Design Paul Richardson 843-441-8213

beaufortwebsitedesign@gmail.com http://beaufortmobilewebsitedesign. com

Palmetto Smiles

Jennifer Wallace, DMD 843-524-7645 palmettosmilesofbeaufort.com

driving lessons

First Step Driver Training, LLC

Tommy Collins, Instructor Teen/Adult/Fleet/ and 4 Point Reduction Classes 843.812.1389 www.firststepdrivertraining.com Licensed/Bonded/Insured Over 27 years law enforcement experience

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weekend scenes from

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WHAT’S INSIDE?

AROUNDTOWN prOFILE

Beverly Porter is a true friend to our community. see page 9

happY wINOs

ABOVE: The Bands, Brews & BBQ event served up barbecue at its annual fundraiser in Port Royal. See page 14.

BELOW: ARTworks holds “Re-Nude” exhibit and fundraiser. See story, page 10.

Let’s have some wine for breakfast. see page 15

FOOD

Irish recording artist Harry O’Donoghue entertains the crowd with traditional Irish folk music last Saturday during the fifth annual Beaufort Irish Festival.

Photo by Bob Sofaly. See more about the Irish Fest, pages 12-13.

Lunch Bunch goes to Habersham for Piace Pizza. see page 24 INDEX

T.I.N. Favorites contest continues In case you didn’t already know, The Island News wants to find out what you like best about Beaufort by voting for at least 10 businesses or community leaders you consider to be your favorite. It’s fun and easy!

Simply go our website at www.yourislandnews.com, look at the categories, then choose your favs. Once the votes are counted from the 127 categories, we’ll announce the winners later in March. You have only until midnight on Sunday, March 11, to cast your votes for T.I.N. Favorites. Show support and make your votes heard!

WINNERS SAY CHECKMATE

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wo Beaufort students take home wins during a recent South Carolina chess tournament. Beaufort Academy third grader Kevin Rogers won the K-3 state title while BA kindergartner Whit Suber won Kindergarten State Champion.

This is the third straight year a BA chess team player has won this title. Beaufort Academy Chess Coach Darrin Rogers said, “The team is playing phenomenal chess.” The chess team will be tested in May when they attend the K-6 national chess tournament in Tennessee.

Pictured at right is Whit Suber; far right is Kevin Rogers.

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classifieds ANNOUNCEMENTS TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012, IS THE LAST DAY to redeem winning tickets in the following South Carolina Education Lottery Games: (499) Big Money and (503) Gifts of Green.

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HELP WANTED Automotive sales professional needed!! This is your opportunity to join the #1 dealership in Beaufort! Apply in person at Butler Chrysler Dodge Jeep Pre-Owned store at the corner of Robert Smalls Parkway and Boundary Street. No phone calls please!

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ADVERTISE YOUR DRIVER JOBS in 112 S.C. newspapers for only $375. Your 25-word classified ad will reach more than 2.6 million readers. Call Jimmie Haynes at the S.C. Newspaper Network, 1-888727-7377.

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Wanted — Used Medical Equipment. The Lending Room is a local community service organization offering used medical rehabilitation equipment to those in need. They accept donations of equipment and are currently in need of wheelchairs, transport chairs, bedside commodes, shower chairs, shower benches, walkers, canes and quad canes to support this essential community service. Please contact The Lending Room at 524-2554 or drop equipment off at Therapeutic Solutions: 73 Sams Point Road.

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