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DOT returns $1.2 million to Beaufort County coffers see page 7

Riverview can open, but feds are watching minority enrollment

by John C. Williams

Riverview Charter School will open next month – but with a slew of federal requirements aimed at increasing the number of black students enrolled, including offering immediate admittance to all minority applicants who didn’t make the cut via the Riverview lottery.

Failure to meet the federal Office for Civil Rights requirements could close Riverview’s doors after the first year.

“With regards to a plan of how to address the (federal) directive and how to proceed in the next 3 ½ weeks, we need wait a few days and assess the results of this first wave of contacts,” said Geri Kinton, who handles communications for Riverview.

“Personal phone calls have been made to each (minority) family. We are getting a lot of positive responses already,” she said Monday. “But until we know the exact number we’re adding right away, we can’t say exactly how we will address the influx. The most important thing is that we are committed to maintaining a low adult to child ratio in each classroom.” continued on page 2

Future site of Riverview Charter School at Burroughs Avenue in Beaufort

Public input needed for Burton Wells Park Phase 2 project Despite the lack of movement to build a community recreation park on Lady’s Island that would serve residents of Beaufort, Lady’s Island and St. Helena Island, Beaufort County leaders are ready to expand the Burton Wells County Park.

hiking, kayaking, fishing, horseshoes, yoga, disc golf tournaments, rollerblading, biking, horseback riding, bird watching, primitive and RV camping, eco-education and more. Special events may include music festivals, arts and crafts shows, informal dramatizations, folk dancing, health fairs, club meetings and dog shows.

They are seeking public input on how and what the Burton expansion should look like.

When: 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thurs., July 30, Burton Wells PALS Community Center 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. Fri. July 31, Council Chambers, County Admin Building Beaufort County leaders want suggestions from citizens regarding passive recreation uses for Phase II of Burton Wells County Park, which is slated for development adjacent to the existing Parks and Leisure Services (PALS) Burton Wells Recreation Center in Burton.

The site includes 60 acres of woodlands and a five-acre pond. The County has approved $1.6 million in capital improvement funds to develop the park, which will be designed

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Passive recreation includes low impact activities that maintain the natural environment and preserve wildlife. Possible pastimes include a dog park, picnics, family reunions,

Despite buying acreage on Lady’s Island in the past two years at Springfield Road for a similar recreation center, the County hasn’t allocated any money to build ball fields or other amenities there and the land sits vacant.

For the Burton Wells project, two open house sessions have been scheduled to gather recommendations from residents regarding the kinds of uses they would like.

The sessions are planned for Thursday, July 30 at Burton Wells Recreation Center, 1 Middleton Drive, Burton and again Friday, July 31 in council chambers, first floor, Beaufort County Administration Building, 100 Ribaut Road, Beaufort. Both sessions are from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and refreshments will be served.

Beaufort County Administrator Gary Kubic said in order for the park to be successful, people need to attend one of the open house sessions and make their preferences known.

“This is a great piece of property and its development represents an investment in our quality of life. We want to hear any and all ideas residents may have,” he said.

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Riverview charter school continued from page 1

In a letter sent to all Riverview applicants, Alison Thomas, chairwoman of the charter committee, wrote of the school’s efforts to boost minority enrollment: “The first of these steps is to offer immediate enrollment to all minority students currently on the wait list…. There will be various repercussions with respect to school size, class size, additional staffing, and the immediate facility constraints as we make these enrollment adjustments.”

The School District’s 1970 desegregation plan addresses only blacks as minorities, since in that period the racial makeup of the county was almost exclusively whites and blacks.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, also known as OCR, requires the Beaufort County School District to provide detailed information any time a new school opens or attendance lines are redrawn to ensure compliance with the 1970 agreement. Those reviews still are underway for Superintendent Valerie Truesdale’s anticipated Aug. 17 opening of Red Cedar Elementary in Bluffton and the merger of Davis Elementary and Whale Branch Elementary.

district funding to be released to Riverview. That money is critical to Riverview’s payroll and operation at its temporary facility at Burroughs Avenue in downtown Beaufort.

The approval also was the final hurdle for the charter school to open doors on Aug. 17 for about 250 students in grades K-5.

However, if Riverview’s administration doesn’t make some quick and substantial improvements in its racial diversity, those doors could close after just one year of operation.

A charter school is a publicly funded school that operates independently of the local school board and under different state guidelines for hiring teachers, etc.

The federal OCR requires Riverview to submit a plan by Oct. 15 detailing how it will:

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points below the school district’s K-6 average

Jackie Rosswurm, the school district’s human resources officer, pledged at Saturday’s special school board meeting to help Riverview recruit minority students. Ironically, in the late 1990s Rosswurm led the effort to open Lighthouse Charter School on Hilton Head Island – which failed to meet state standards for minority enrollment and never opened.

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At first glance: The new City of Beaufort Comprehensive Plan

by Jim Hicks

At the present time, with the exception of the Town of Yemassee, each of the local governments north of the Broad River is in the process of preparing a comprehensive plan to deal with growth for the next decade.

current service boundary to increase the current population by more than 250% to more than 30,000 residents, not including other scattered infill and redevelopment, making it as large as the current full-time populations of Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, or Florence.”

The reason for this current activity in planning is a South Carolina requirement, established in 1994, that each municipal and county government would have a comprehensive plan. Beaufort County completed the first comprehensive plan in the state in 1997. The City of Beaufort and the Town of Port Royal finished their comprehensive plans in 1999.

Some property in the City of Beaufort potential growth area, as defined by the Northern Regional Plan, should not see development (as a part of the City of Beaufort) within the next 20 to 50 years. “A fundamental premise of this plan is that there exists sufficient land within close proximity to the service area as well as redevelopment opportunities to allow for more than twenty years of growth for the city. As noted, the area defined loosely as that area north of the Albergotti Creek is potentially a 50 year growth area for Beaufort. In fact, it is both large enough relative to the current municipal limits of Beaufort and sufficiently developable enough to be incorporated as its own community if there is a desire to develop it to its fullest extent in the next generation”.

Along with the requirement that each government have a comprehensive plan was the requirement that at the five year point each plan would be reviewed and after 10 years the entire document would be rewritten. Beaufort County is finishing up with the update of their plan, the Town of Port Royal is starting work on theirs and the City of Beaufort is reviewing the first draft of their new plan.

Comprehensive plans usually contain large amounts of statistical data and promote the latest concepts of the best way to guide growth. The really good ones also contain clear, concise recommendations as to how to best guide future growth in the specific area in question. The Lawrence Group, who developed the City of Beaufort’s new comprehensive plan, came across with a solid plan to guide the growth of the City of Beaufort for the next decade.

Fully recognizing that the City of Beaufort is in the process of reviewing this new comprehensive plan and may or may not approve the recommendations contained in it the following is provided as some of the highlights of the plan.

In the last 30 years the City of Beaufort did not grow as much as the rest of Beaufort County. During the period 1970-2000 the state of South Carolina experienced a 55% increase in population, Beaufort County increased 136%, Lady’s Island 363% while the City of Beaufort saw only a 37% increase in its population. For the City of Beaufort this equates to a growth rate of 1.25% per year. When you see the results of Bluffton’s explosive growth and their accompanying problems this lack of growth by the City of Beaufort is not necessarily a negative factor.

Some of the past annexation of property by the City of Beaufort may pose future problems. In the past, the City of Beaufort used the “shoestring” concept of annexation (connecting property to municipal limits by either water or a series of small pieces of land) to reach undeveloped property such as Distant Island or the Clarendon Plantation.

To accomplish the growth of the City of Beaufort over the next decade the plan makes a large number of recommendations covering a wide range of areas. Some of these are: - Adopt, along with the County and the Town of Port Royal a new concept of land planning and zoning development standards.

- Streamline the permitting process for development applications.

- Consider consolidating some of the existing boards or commissions.

- Consider using “transfer of development rights” or density bonuses to preserve sensitive environmental areas.

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The draft of a new City of Beaufort comprehensive plan points to the future with the words “The next century for Beaufort will be a period during which it must mature into a moderately dense, urban city to effectively and efficiently provide services and attract needed investment.”

The new plan does a pretty good job of laying out a general road map as to how the City of Beaufort should grow in the next decade. The challenge will be in the implementation.

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The new City of Beaufort comprehensive plan identifies the results of these annexations as “The largest challenge that lies ahead for the city are the remote tracts that were annexed by the city. Well beyond the current service boundaries, the Clarendon tract was annexed and entitled for thousands of potential homes and supporting commercial development.” The simple truth is that the City may not be able to provide municipal services to these areas which are located long distances from their primary municipal service area.

The recommended solution is “in the event that it has been determined that such services cannot be extended efficiently, the tracts may need to either offset the incremental capital or operating costs of service delivery or delay development until such time as adequate services are available.” Said another way, if the property owner desires to develop his property in keeping with the annexation agreement but the City cannot afford to provide municipal services then either the developer pays for the services or waits until the City can provide the services.

The recommended guiding principle for annexation, over the next decade, for the City of Beaufort is that all property accepted for annexation be either contiguous to or within a maximum of 2 miles outside the primary service area boundary. A general definition of the primary service area is best described as the present municipal limits excluding those properties obtained as a result of shoestring annexations.

For the next 2 decades the primary emphasis in regard to growth of the City of Beaufort should be directed toward infill of undeveloped property within the present municipal or service limits or no further than 2 miles outside the present service limits. The plans basic premise is “The current expense of extending city services well beyond the current municipal boundary and the restrictive nature of the current annexation laws make the need for infill and redevelopment a high priority for Beaufort.

In addition to being more economically efficient to serve existing areas of the community it is also much more environmentally friendly to re-use previously undeveloped or under-developed land rather than consuming virgin land.”

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A snapshot of the Beaufort real estate market

by Everett Ballenger

Each May we take a one month snapshot of the local real estate market and compare it with the same period the previous year.

May is traditionally the start of the spring “selling season” and hopefully can provide an indication of the direction in which the market may be heading.

window and should not simply assume the rest of the year will be better or worse.

It has been a longstanding practice in real estate to compare the present year to last year when searching for trends. With all that has happened over the last two years or so, and especially over The following statistics are for single family home sales in this last year, one could pose the question, does it make any sense Beaufort, Mossy Oaks, Port Royal, Ladys Island, and Burton. to continue that practice. As the market continues to be weak overall would it not be better to look at the month to month Area 2008 2009 Difference trends to determine the general direction of the market?

Units 57 37 -35% The trouble with comparing month to month numbers is that, Ave List Price $335,261 $ 298,486 -11% even in the best of times, real estate is cyclical. Traditionally Ave Sold Price $317,342 $ 259,859 -18% we have peaks and valleys. May is typically the start of the Median List Price $ 238,900 $ 209,000 -13% spring selling season for real estate. So we would expect May Median Sold Price $ 223, 000 $ 195, 000 -13% to be better than April…conversely, by the end of July things are normally slowing down. So August could well be down compared to July, just because of the normal ebb and flow of the As can be seen there is not a lot of cheer to be derived from the market. comparison of the sales numbers for May of 2009 as compared to the same period the previous year. A factor that must be An awful lot has happened over this last year. It is during times considered when looking at the average and median selling such as these that if you are looking to buy or sell a home the prices is the “foreclosure” factor. services of a professional realtor is not a luxury but an absolute necessity. Today’s market is today’s market – it is the reality with Although Northern Beaufort County does not have a large which we have to deal and to stand any chance of success requires foreclosure inventory, when we have a total of 37 sales for May, a professional. a few foreclosure sales could affect the average and medium selling prices. Even though the statistics do not paint a pretty Everett Ballenger is owner/BIC Ballenger Realty, and was the 2008 picture please remember we are only looking at a one month president of the Beaufort County Association Realtors.

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Courtesy LIBPA Newsletter

Although the City of Beaufort saw a slight jump in June in the number of homes involved in bankruptcy proceedings it experienced a decrease in the number of homes involved in foreclosure proceedings.

Overall the number of homes involved in foreclosure proceedings in northern Beaufort County saw a slight decrease in the number of foreclosures and slight increase in the number of homes involved in bankruptcy proceedings.

Following is a comparison of the number of homes involved in either bankruptcy or foreclosure in Beaufort County for the months of May and June 2009.

Location City of Beaufort Town of Port Royal Lady’s Island St. Helena Seabrook Sheldon Total Northern Bft. Cty Total Southern Bft Cty Total Beaufort Co

Foreclosure May 09 June 09 36 32 6 6 19 16 13 12 6 5 1 2 81 73 283 288 364 361

Bankruptcy May 09 June 09 38 47 8 8 12 12 14 17 7 5 2 2 81 91 82 87 163 178

Note: The basic data presented in this article is derived from www.foreclosure.com.

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St. Helena Preschool to offer kindergarten class St. Helena Preschool is expanding to offer a kindergarten class for 5-year-olds for the 2009 - 2010 academic school year. St. Helena will offer a classical, Christian model of education through the implementation of the Trivium curriculum, an instructional model that approaches the study of subjects in a way that fits with natural learning patterns and that tailors content to a child’s cognitive development. Enrollment is open.

Classes begin September 8.

Joanne Sinisi has been hired to lead and teach the kindergarten program. Sinisi has a master’s degree in Elementary Education from St. John’s University in New York. With over 20 years of teaching experience, she has taught at the k-5 level in Connecticut public school systems as well as first and second grades in the public and private school systems in New York. Sinisi recently returned from the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS) annual conference in Atlanta in preparation for the upcoming school year.

“We are thrilled to be able to offer an alternative kindergarten experience to the community,” said Preschool Director Tom Pickering. “It has become clear that St. Helena needed to expand the preschool and we are stepping out and doing so with one of the finest teachers we could find to lead the way.”

BHS Big Green Booster Club updates Beaufort High School Big Green Booster Club has reserved stadium seats on sale for Varsity Football games for $10 each until Aug. 1. Space is limited so please email biggreenboosterclub@gmail.com to be put in contact with a member to arrange your seating. All reserved seats will be $20 after Aug. 1.

Also, the Booster Club is accepting membership applications for the 2009/2010 season. There will be a prize drawing of $500 to a lucky member and all applications will be put in the drawing!

Email biggreenboosterclub@gmail.com to receive your application and get more details.

Located within the Parish Church of St. Helena at 505 Church St. in Beaufort, St. Helena Preschool ministers to children ages two years through kindergarten and presently has limited openings for all the classes. For more information, contact Preschool Director Tom Pickering at 843.522.1712 or visit www.sthelenas1712.org.

TCL enrollment surges Enrollment at the Technical College of the Lowcountry continues to increase. Preliminary summer numbers show an increase of more than 7 percent compared to this time last year, with more than 1,140 students enrolled in credit classes.

This follows a record-high spring semester enrollment of 2,123 students, up more than 16 percent compared to the 2008 spring semester. For the entire 2008-2009 academic year, enrollment at TCL has increased about 13 percent over the previous year.

“Our recent enrollment increases reflect the serious needs in the community and the fact that people want to feel prepared,” said Matteel King, Vice President for Student Affairs. “And although many of our students are fresh out of high school, it’s evident that a large number of our students are already working and raising families and are here to make career changes that will lead to better-paying jobs.”

For example, 32-year-old, father-of-three Jason Dantzler graduated in May from the industrial electronics technology program and was recently hired as an IT systems technician in Beaufort.

“I knew it was time for a career change – I wanted to make more money and have more options,” he said. “TCL equipped me with the knowledge I needed to obtain a job that allows me to provide for my family.”

TCL’s 70-plus program choices allow students to pursue the career they want, while offering more classes and online learning options lets students attend class when and where they want.

Civil engineering student William Walker agrees. “TCL works with your schedule,” he said. “Plus TCL has already helped me get a good job.”

Walker is currently employed in Hampton as a surveyor thanks to a certificate he earned last May at TCL. “My boss is impressed that I’m 19 and already know how to use the equipment,” he said.

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Walker plans to transfer to a four-year university after completing his associate’s degree at TCL. Affordability is a top concern for many considering college. But thanks to the South Carolina Education Lottery Tuition Assistance program, South Carolina residents can attend TCL full time for around $750 a semester, making college a more affordable option.

“Despite the current economic challenges, the good thing is that there are lots of options available for financial assistance and that makes the decision to go to college even easier . . . and we’re here to help with the process,” King said.

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In addition to serving Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton and Colleton Counties, TCL is attracting students from neighboring Chatham and Effingham Counties in Georgia. An agreement was signed in 2008 allowing residents of those counties to attend TCL at the in-state tuition rate.

Registration for the fall 2009 semester continues. TCL is offering an “On the Spot” registration fair from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday, July 16 at its Beaufort, Bluffton and Hampton campuses. For details, visit www.tcl.edu or call 843.525.8211. Fall classes start August 20.

One of 16 colleges comprising the South Carolina Technical College System, the Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL) traces its origin to the Mather School founded in 1868. TCL is a comprehensive, public, two-year college dedicated to serving the diverse educational needs of Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper Counties.

The College annually serves approximately 8,500 credit and continuing education students, a mix of traditional, non-traditional, full-time, and part-time.

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News State Home Builders Association director to speak to local HBA July 28 Home Builders Association of the Lowcountry will host State Director Mark Nix as the guest speaker at its meeting Tuesday, July 28. Nix is scheduled to discuss the recent legislative session and the future of the home building industry.

After a long legislative session with many bills affecting the industry, Nix will shed some light on how some of these bills will have a direct impact on the local home building industry.

Nix recently came on board as the Executive Director of the Home Builders Association and is helping guide the industry through these tough economic times. Nix, a native of South Carolina, attended the University of SC and received a bachelor and two Master degrees. He was the Producer/Director of the TV show Firing Line with William F. Buckley, Jr. and directed the 1988 Republican and Democrat Presidential debates. Mark was the Executive Director of the S.C. Landowners Association before serving as the HBA State Director.

The July 28 meeting will be held at the Beaufort Board of Realtors office on Lady’s Island. It is scheduled from 6– 8 p.m. and is open to the public. For more information, call the HBA office at 524-5203.

DOT returns $1.2 million to county as refund for Broad River Bridge The state Department of Transportatino delivered a check to Beaufort County officials for more than $1.2 million in connection with the S.C. 802 bridge improvement project.

Council Chairman Weston Newton received a check from the office of Secretary of Transportation Buck Limehouse earlier this month. In a letter accompanying the check, Limehouse explained that the money is a refund following a departmental review of the original cost estimate and required credits.

Newton said the refund is an example of DOT’s cooperative relationship with Beaufort County.

“The DOT, under Secretary Limehouse has been a great partner and has – at every opportunity – shown high regard for the transportation needs of the people of Beaufort County. The 802 bridge project and other important sales tax projects were approved for funding by citizens and this money will help further our goals.”

Newton said other examples of DOT’s goodwill toward the County include: • the department’s recognition of the County’s wetland mitigation needs by agreeing to provide tidal mitigation credits from the only approved salt marsh bank in the region; • the close coordination and quick repair of

the McTeer Bridge following its collision by a barge in May of 2007; • including Beaufort County in its lawsuit to claim damages following the bridge accident and consideration of the County’s self-help effort to fund roadways when allocating federal stimulus money.

Other examples of SCDOT good will include the department’s assistance with construction inspections and associated costs on Beaufort County projects, design services for selected County projects and signal system upgrades.

Newton said DOT Commissioner Henry Taylor was exceptionally helpful throughout the permitting process. “Commissioner Taylor advanced our application to the State Infrastructure Bank (SIB) for transportation funding assistance. He also worked hard to convince the highway commission that model counties such as Beaufort, which initiate sales tax programs to pay their own way, should not be punished by being left out of federal stimulus funding. Beaufort County Council applauds that kind of representation.”

“Nearly $200 million in bridge and roadway improvements are under active contract in Beaufort County. This level of investment in infrastructure would not be possible without the full and active cooperation of SCDOT,” Newton said.

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What 2 Do Love beach music? Junior Shag Day offers lessons in state dance On Aug. 1 at Beaufort Middle School, the Beaufort Shag Club will offer free shag lessons in the school cafeteria as part of its fourth annual Junior Shag Day. Ellen Taylor, a member of the Shaggers Hall of Fame, Living Legends and National Living Legends of Dance, will be the primary instructor.

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Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. and beginner lessons begin at 10 a.m. A pizza lunch will be served, followed by more lessons and dancing. There’s no fee for the day’s fun, but pre-registration is encouraged because space is limited. Call John Reynolds at 524-3732, Woody Oakley at 522-0555 or Kathy Bundy at 524-6267.

Yacht & Sailing Club offers Red Cross babysitting course The Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club is offering an American Red Cross Babysitting Course on August 10, from 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. This course is appropriate for boys and girls ages 11- 15. Cost is $45 per person with checks made payable to the American Red Cross.

Each student will need to bring a bag lunch. Please RSVP by calling BYSC (522-8216) or emailing gm@byscnet.com. If you have any questions about the course, please contact instructor Linda Walker at 705-9247.

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by John C. Williams

Twelve years ago, Donna Drohan began working on a set of technologies to improve the flow of supplies to forward troops. Today these techniques are being tested in Iraq. How’s that for delayed gratification?

Drohan, of Lady’s Island, is a Harvard-educated and nationally known consultant who uses her background in policy analysis and micro-economics to help the military. She has spent her career in research and analysis, and conducts operational and economic analyses of military advanced concepts, policies, and operations.

From her Lowcountry corner of the world she has developed quite a reach: During her career she has consulted to the Army, the U.S. Transportation Command, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Coast Guard, and the Federal Aviation Administration.

“The military services are always working to improve delivery of supplies to deployed troops,” she explained. “The supplies usually come from the U.S. and have to be shipped to the theater by air or ship. Then the cargo moves by ground or air in the theater. These moves involve commercial transportation of all types, military-owned transportation, all the military services, and lots of handling along the way. There are many points where hang-ups can and do occur.

“For many years I have been involved with the Army in developing new ways to make sure this system works as smoothly as possible. With the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, roadside bombs make fewer, faster deliveries even more important to reduce the risk to convoys making supply deliveries.

“In research and development, there are many steps from the concept phase of an advanced concept, through the testing and development, to fielding. I am involved in the early stages.

My job is to estimate how the new concept, generally a piece of equipment, would change supply operations. There can be expenditures and savings in dollars, but also changes in how long something takes, how many people are involved, how much more efficiently the cargo is moving.

“So, I am involved in both operational assessments and economic ones,” Drohan said. “These are usually needed to justify the project’s being funded and moving along in development.”

She works with her husband, U.S. Army Col. (retired) Dr. Paul Shattuck Drohan. He retired after a military medical career specializing in ear, nose and throat problems surgery.

While in Vietnam, Dr. Drohan served first as a general surgeon with the 25th Infantry Division at Cu Chi. The Cu Chi tunnel area is one of the most famous battlegrounds of the Vietnam War. The 75-mile long tunnel system is an underground maze where North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters could covertly house troops and move supplies.

His military awards include Navy Commendation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with three Bronze Stars, Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60 Device, Gallantry Cross with Palm, Civil Action Honor Medal (Army), Meritorious Unit Commendation (Navy), Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

The couple has been in Beaufort since 1995, when he was assigned to the Beaufort Naval Hospital. Now, together, they run Donna H. Drohan Consulting, LLC, a servicedisabled, veteran-owned small business. That means that the majority shareholder and daily business manager received an Honorable discharge from military service and is classified as a veteran with a service-connected disability.

One of the toughest but best lessons she’s learned in her business is that Rome wasn’t built in a day.

“Advanced concepts work requires patience, pragmatism and perseverance. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. My experience is that it takes 5-10 years for a new idea in my field to begin to have ‘legs.’

“We who work in research and development want a parade of supporters to form behind a new idea, but in the beginning you look over your shoulder and usually there’s no one there. Part of the job is to convincingly make the case for the concept.

“It’s important to believe that an idea isn’t bad just because no one seems to be listening. It just takes time, and this belief has to sustain you.

“I developed my subject matter expertise the hard way – by year after year undertaking an ever changing array of research and analysis projects,” she said. “Straight out of Harvard graduate school, I worked at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s national research facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The clients were from all agencies of the DOT and the Department of Defense, and each brought a different transportation problem needing a solution.

“It was a perfect training ground and I stayed 16 years, ultimately managing a Division of more than 20 professionals and a multi-million dollar research portfolio. As in any profession, you develop a niche and your expertise and reputation grow.

The Drohans handle the bulk of their work but occasionally outsource parts of projects to senior colleagues from around the country. “With many years in the industry, we know who’s available with any specialized expertise we need,” Donna said.

Since his military retirement, her husband is the company’s president and handles day-to-day management. His area of consulting expertise is in the medical area. He holds a Masters in Medical Management from Carnegie-Mellon’s Heinz School of Business in addition to his medical degree.

Donna recently received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree on May 16 by Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, from which she holds a Bachelors degree.

She received a Master in City and Regional Planning degree from Harvard University, specializing in policy analysis and applied micro-economics, where she was named a Department Scholar. She also holds a Master’s degree from Northern Illinois University.

The Drohans have four sons spread all over the country – Boston, Denver, Washington, D.C., and San Diego. Donana’s mother, Virginia Hurd, also lives on Lady’s Island. “Our third ‘other’ family member here in Beaufort is Dugan the Black and Tan Coonhound. He is a rescue dog we adopted a number of years ago. He’s just a big loveable hound with a nose that can find anything,” Donna said.

In their occasional spare time, the Drohans are cultivating a sideline as antique dealers, specializing in turn of the century art glass. “I am also an avid reader as well as knitter. I would love to link up with other knitters in the area,” she said.

“I took up felting a couple of years ago, which is great fun!

Paul always seems to be outside gardening. He is really beginning to understand southern plants! We do miss lilacs, especially around Memorial Day. We travel to Maine whenever we can, but it seems like three times a year is about the most we get there.”

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Lowcountry Social Diary Tupper, Grimsley, & Dean’s annual Water Festival Parade Party a hit

by Lanier Laney

Ned Tupper, Jim Grimsley and Erin Dean hosted their ever-popular ‘Watch the Waterfest Parade Party’ at their historic headquarters on the corner of Bay and Carteret last Saturday on yet another beautiful breezy July day (haven’t we been lucky this year?). Most of the past Commodores and their spouses were in attendance wearing their distinctive red and white outfits. A Katie Brown held by Elizabeth Snyder fun time was had by all, old and young, as the parade rolled by. One of the most crowd pleasing entries in the parade were eight bikes retrofitted as miniature shrimp boats (complete with flags) that cycled around and around in choreographed patterns to the applause and delight of the onlookers -- and they ended up winning “Best Theme Float,” complete with plaque. Congrats to Mike Sutton who designed the clever ‘shrimpcycles’ and the other riders: Mark Sutton, Sheldon Sutton, Nan Sutton, Jean Brown, Wade Brown, Ashley Rhodes and Matthew Peets. Al Cerrati, Jennie Cerrati, Erin Dean, Mike Cerrati & Karen Cerrati Theodora Keyserling & Valerie Inglesby It started last year with Mike and his son, Sheldon, as a way to participate and bring back the memories of earlier Water Festivals when shrimp boats were such a common theme. Then the “fleet” grew to eight vessels... six more captains joined the fleet, some more unsavory characters than others.....(it’s rumored that several might have actually been pirates).

Mike was also trying to establish roots back to the Beaufort Boat Club which was started continued on page 11

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Lowcountry Social Diary Continued from page 10 in the late 30’s , early 40’s by Nan’s dad, Ned Brown, one of its organizers. It was young men coming back from World War II and they started the club on the Beaufort River and built their clubhouse to have a view of the city.

That building is currently located next to Beaufort Memorial Hospital.

Even though the Beaufort Boat Club is no more, I think the weekend gatherings of all the boats on the Sandbar within view of the old clubhouse honor its memory -- or rather the memory of returning soldiers from the war who just wanted to get back on the water and enjoy life to its fullest once again. To me, that’s what Water Festival represents. A celebration of life.

Of people getting back together again just for the fun of it all.

Kudos to all the Festival organizers and volunteers who worked so hard and made this years Water Festival such a success!

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Local girls softball teams bring it home The Burton Wells Softball complex welcomed the second annual Marsh Madness ASA Softball Tournament this month. Fourteen teams traveled from Georgia and South Carolina to bring the best of girls softball action to Beaufort.

In the 14 and under division, the Bluffton BadKatz defeated the Southern Explosion to defend their Marsh Madness title. The Explosion lost their first game and then valiantly fought their way through the losers’ bracket to the finals.

In the 12 and under age bracket, the Beaufort Bombers took two games to defeat the Effingham Angels in the finals of the double elimination tournament. In the first game, the Angels shook off their early loss to defeat the previously undefeated Beaufort Bombers 4-3 and take the finals to a second game.

In the final game, the Bombers’ strong pitching by Mari Cook and Gabby Maynard, coupled with a hustling defense, kept the Angels from capitalizing on a bases loaded situation. With some strong hitting, the Bombers went ahead bringing up the Angels’ final at bat. First baseman Shelby Banta made two unassisted outs at first to stymie the Angels’ chances and cement the 6-3 victory for the Bombers.

The Beaufort Bombers and Effingham Angels pose with their trophies after the championship game

In the 10 and under division, the Beaufort Bombers won both hard fought games of their debut against the Bluffton SWAT. Mark your calendars now for the return of girls ASA softball to Beaufort Wells at the Sound of Freedom Tournament October 3-4.

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News SAT/ACT test prep coming Registration opens for Park to USCB this month University Fall I ‘09 Term The University of South Carolina is bringing its popular University Test Prep’s SAT/ ACT Institute to the Beaufort / Bluffton area. The program offers comprehensive preparation for the high stakes undergraduate admissions exams.

The SAT/ACT Institute is an intensive test prep program which utilizes blended learning test prep incorporating intensive classroom training followed by periodic online review sessions. Space is still available, but won’t last long.

This is an opportunity to benefit from USC’s experienced test preparation professionals without traveling to Columbia.

The Institute includes: · Comprehensive study materials · Experienced, professional instructors · 20 hours of on-campus classroom instruction · Comprehensive online review sessions leading up to the fall exam dates When: July 27-July 30, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. daily Where: USCB Bluffton campus library

Registration is open for the Park University Fall I ’09 term that runs from Aug. 10 – Oct. 1.

Courses being offered are Airport Management, Interpersonal Communication, Criminal Law, Criminal Agency Administration, Introduction to Computers, Database Management, First Year Writing Seminar (College English I), Financial Management, Basic Concepts of Statistics, Precalculus Mathematics, Organizational Behavior, Cultural and Historical Aspects of the Scientific Endeavor, Social Problems and Writing for Social Sciences.

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Sloth

by Ethard Van Stee Sloth, thou art a wide-screen plasma TV. I have lashed myself to a chair and instructed my crew to put peanut butter in their ears and not to release me no matter how pitifully I beg.

Wordsworth quotes an 18th-century metrical paraphrase of a passage from the Old Testament (Proverbs 6:9): “How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?

When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?”

“How long, shall sloth usurp thy useless hours, Unnerve thy vigour, and enchain thy powers?

While artful shades thy downy couch enclose, And soft solicitation courts repose, Amidst the drowsy charms of dull delight, Year chases year (of reruns) with unremitted flight, Till want (of a new season) now following, fraudulent and slow, Shall spring to seize thee, like an ambushed foe.”

Horace recommends “That destructive siren sloth, is ever to be avoided.” Will only a power outage bring this folly to an end?

In any case, I am assured by way of the Catholic Encyclopedia that my soul may not be in peril at the moment: “But sloth is like this, for Cassian says, ‘The monk is troubled with sloth chiefly about the sixth hour (or a little later in my case): it is like an intermittent fever, and inflicts the soul of the one it lays low with burning fires at regular and fixed intervals.’ Therefore sloth is not a sin.”

Beginning tomorrow I shall take Dr. Johnson’s advice and “Bid farewell to Sloth, being resolved henceforth not to listen to her syren strains.” Until then, there’s a movie on HBO I want to watch.

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News Obituary Wayne Denbo Williams Hinchcliffe Wayne Denbo Williams Hinchcliffe, remembered for teaching her children and grandchildren how to catch blue crabs, how to play Chinese checkers and why it’s important to seek out rainbows, has died. She was 75.

She was a dedicated, determined and funny wife, mother, grandmother, teacher and friend, and she will be missed by all those whose lives she touched. The good news, to those who loved her, is that memories of her will live on for generations, because she was a teacher in so many ways. She died of pneumonia at Duke Hospital in Durham, NC, on July 15, 2009.

She is survived by her husband Frank, of Cary, NC; six children, Scott T. Hinchcliffe of Concord, OH; John C. Williams Jr. of Beaufort; Lisa Hinchcliffe Kary of Richfield, MN; Mary Williams Dickens of Amelia Island, FL; Robert W. Williams of Cary, NC; and Laura Hinchcliffe Feuerstein of Midlothian, VA; seven loving grandchildren who will have to take their lessons learned and move forward on their own; two sisters, Roberta Denbo Tarbuck and Cynthia Denbo Early, and a brother who died earlier, Richard Denbo.

Her parents were Adm. Robert W. Denbo of Indianapolis and Mary Baldwin Denbo of Glasgow, VA, both deceased.

Wayne taught her grandchildren that, contrary to some of their parents’ beliefs, it’s OK to put two – or three – teaspoons of sugar on their Cheerios.

She believed in Krispy Kreme doughnuts and homemade ice cream all year round.

Her mocha chocolate ice cream was a particular favorite of many in the family.

Her grandchildren will remember that she let them make their own ice cream sundaes and encouraged them to add just a little more chocolate syrup, caramel and whipped cream than necessary.

A recent resident of Cary, North Carolina, she and her husband Frank Hinchcliffe lived at Callawassie Island for 14 years. Before they found each other for their second lives after each of their first spouses passed away, Wayne lived in New Orleans; Melbourne, Australia; and many other locations as her dad was a career Navy officer. She was born in Coronado, California.

She graduated from Duke University, which is where she met her first husband, John C. Williams Sr., also a Duke grad.

For many years, she taught elementary and gifted students at schools in New Orleans, Raleigh, and inner-city Minneapolis. Locally, she taught adults how to read through the Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry. For all her life, she taught her children and grandchildren the lessons of tolerance, compassion, patience and practice. And for that, we all are grateful, for those are lessons in short supply these days.

That she and her first husband were able to enjoy only 10 years of marriage before he died, that she then raised her three children alone for several years, is a strong story in itself. That she met Frank, a widower with two children, and fell in love for 41 years is another great tale. That they worked hard to bring together their two families, along with a child of their own, and succeeded – that is testament to their determination to share love.

As in all stories, though, it’s the small details that keep her alive. It’s the way she had so much energy that she seldom sat between dawn and dusk, preferring to keep mobile, doing chores, helping someone make lunch, grabbing a pair of gloves on her way out to the back garden or mixing more nectar for the hummingbird feeders…

It’s in the way she always had time for others and seldom sought time for herself.

She taught children and grandchildren to navigate a kitchen with comfort and ease, showing them how to peel shrimp, slit their backs and then stuff them with crabmeat topped with melted butter.

She loved her books, frequently having three different novels underway at any given time, spread throughout the house.

She was a dancer, always willing to learn a new step or to encourage a child or grandchild to try the jitterbug. She wore hats to church every Easter, as well as other Sundays as the Spirit moved her.

She was the whole package. Beauty, grace, manners, smarts, a quick smile and a hug for all. When she taught her grandchildren to catch crabs with chicken necks on a string, she also taught them how to cook the crabs, clean them, pick them and eat them. She taught her children how to shell butterbeans, how to pick strawberries and how to grow a garden. None of her children or grandchildren has gone hungry.

A celebration of Wayne’s life will be held this fall at Sea Island Presbyterian Church and burial in Beaufort National Cemetery; details will be announced.

Memorials may be made to Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry at P.O. Box 3725, Bluffton, SC 29910, or call 843815-6616.

Submitted by John C. Williams

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NEWS The Lowcountry Landscape

by Michael Murphy

Pruning: Art, craft, science Pruning is quite likely the most common thing we do to our plants and trees besides irrigating them. You say you’ve never pruned a tree?

Well, even if you only reached up and ripped off that low limb that keeps hitting you in the head when you mow the lawn, then yes, you’ve pruned a tree. And so we already see that there can be good pruning and bad pruning. You need to know what good pruning is.

There is a certain list of plants that you can cut almost anywhere and they will regrow from that cut point. I refer to these as “forgiving” and they include most hollies, loripetelum, tea olive, yaupon, wax myrtle, azalea; you may know some others, the list is long, and yes, crape myrtle is also in there.

Most problems related to pruning arise from using this long list of smaller plants as a benchmark; this ability to re-sprout does not transfer to larger trees. Different plant material needs to be pruned in a different manner. The number one requirement before sharpening your shears is to know the growth habit of the plant that you are pruning. This will give you some idea of the basic shape that you want the plant to have when you are finished. When plants have been growing too close to a wall or walkway you may have no choice but to get the clearances that you need by any means possible.

But when plants are spaced properly, a natural prune that follows the existing contours of the plant is always best for longterm plant health and also minimizes future maintenance. Balls, boxes, flattops and animal shapes are OK for formal topiary gardens and Disney World, but our home grounds are much better off if we keep our plants naturally shaped.

Trees are no different. Keeping a natural, even-canopied tree crown is always the best choice when determining what limbs may need to be removed. When you ripped the limb off that was hitting you in the head you were making a determination of how high that you wanted to have the crown raised.

How much pruning or cleaning do you want to have done to the lower, inner and upper crown areas? Basically trees are pruned for health, safety, aesthetics or all three. When any combination of these three quantifiers is used, a naturally shaped, healthy and safe tree will usually be the final result.

One of a shade tree’s greatest benefits, shade, is also sometimes its worst enemy. Shade can cause lower limbs to die and shed. This is a great benefit and an integral part of the tree’s life cycle while it is located in the

forest, but when those limbs start shedding over your driveway, car, lawn or house, man’s best nature friend can be sent to time out. Too much shade can also wreak havoc with lawns, causing them to thin; to houses causing them to mildew and rot; to lower understory plant life causing them to get leggy and sparse.

So even though the three aforementioned goals of health, safety and aesthetics are the preferred guides, pruning or crown cleaning in order to get more sun or brightness into houses and lawn areas is by far the number one reason people prune trees, and it can sometimes get ugly.

Over-pruned trees can be a landscape eyesore and rather then make the trees healthy and safe; they are now prone to wound failure and can begin to decline.

“Lion’s tailing,” the removal of all or most of the inner and lower crown areas of limbs leaving only a group of leaves at the end of the limb, is not only unsightly, it is unsafe. It leaves an imbalanced limb with insufficient leaf mass to function properly.

It also reduces branch taper causing wood to be weaker and more susceptible to wind failure. Over-pruning can be a serious problem for trees. Leaves manufacture food for the trees. Removal of too many leaves at one time can make a tree weaker and begin a decline cycle.

You cannot “feed” a tree -- a tree can only feed itself. We can supply nutrients and beneficial microorganisms and fungi to the soil for the tree to better carry out its photosynthetic functions. But the removal of too many of nature’s very own tree food manufacturing units – leaves -- can begin a downward spiral that can lead a tree into to a long, slow death.

We must make even better decisions when pruning weak trees or trees recently damaged by construction. The removal of too much live wood and leaves can be fatal. According to ANSI A300 Pruning Standards, not more than 25% of foliage can be removed in a single year and 50% of the remaining foliage should be evenly distributed in the lower 66% of the canopy.

The science of tree pruning should guide our actions and be the foundation in our decision making.

Make good decisions when you prune.

When you hire someone to prune for you make sure that they are familiar with the ANSI A300 Standards mentioned above.

Michael Murphy, owner and founder of Preservation Tree Care, is an ISA certified arborist and with 36 years of arboricultural experience.

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Pets

BowWOW!

Facts, observations and musings about Our Best Friends

All about dog hair: Not the cause of allergies

by Tracie Korol

Contrary to myth and legend, you are not allergic to your dog’s hair. Dog hair itself is not an allergen. Mostly likely you are allergic to what’s under it or on it. Dander or old skin scales (similar to, only much smaller than, dandruff on the human scalp) constantly sloughs off your dog and into your environment, clinging to furniture, draperies and wall coverings. It’s enough to totally creep you out if you think about it in too much detail.

into its fur, and breathe the air in the room where he lives.

Let the dog lick your bare skin, especially on your neck (if you are brave) and inside your arms where the skin is more sensitive. You want to test your allergic reaction both to the dander and saliva. This will help you to evaluate your current allergic reaction to that particular breed. Reactions may be delayed, so don’t plan on making a decision that day.

Dander occurs naturally as the epidermis, or the outer layer of skin, renews itself. The epidermis of dogs is quite thin; it is made up of many layers of cells that are constantly pushing upward to replace the cells above. As this process takes place about every 21 days, the outer cells die and flake off into the environment as dander. It has been found, incidentally, that the epidermal turnover is more rapid in breeds that are groomed frequently and especially in breeds that are prone to various forms of dry and oily seborrhea (Cocker and Springer Spaniels, West Highland White Terriers, Irish Setters to name a few). Dander, being somewhat sticky, attracts dust and pollen thus becoming an allergen triple threat.

That’s what happened in our family. My son lived happily and sneeze-free for years with Dave. Eighteen months into my new career of kenneling, my heretofore amazingly healthy child developed allergies not only to dogs, but also to field grass and dust mites. To combat his symptoms we established dog-free zones and installed HEPA filters, pulled up the carpets and tried to remember to bush-hog the eight acres of field surrounding the house before the pollen got really juicy. Irony, once again.

People with dog allergies, my son included, have supersensitive immune systems that react to harmless proteins (the allergens) in the dog’s dander, saliva or urine.

These proteins can cause nasal congestion, sneezing, itchy and watery eyes, skin rashes, headaches, fatigue, coughing, shortness of breath, wheezing, and serious asthma attacks.

This can happen within 5-30 minutes or occur much later as a delayed reaction. My son maintained a dog-free bedroom but once he appeared in a common area of the house would trumpet his arrival with a series of sneezes.

Twenty-two in a row was his personal best. His symptoms appeared in his teens, only after I built my kennel and the dander-density rose to extraordinary levels. Aah, the irony.

If you are unsure if you (or your child) are allergic to dogs, yet want to have a dog, you can always go to a doctor and be tested. A cheaper method would be to visit the home of friend who has a breed you’d like to have and hang around as long as you can. Hug and kiss the dog, rub your nose

I purchased leather furniture and wiped it down daily. We established dog-free reserved seating—he had his chair and the dogs and I had ours. We vacuumed frequently using a HEPA-filter vacuum, aired the house when the pollen count was low and washed dog bedding and soft toys frequently. My car was the designated dog car.

And there was always Claritin. It worked great when I could convince my son to take it. But he said it made him feel like he was walking under water and, more importantly, he felt that it was a moral indignation to have to take medicine in order to live in his own house. Until recently he lived dog and allergy free but, as an animal lover, he couldn’t not have a dog. Bing, a pit bull/boxer recently joined the family, and my son has resumed sneezing. It’s inconvenient but one of the smaller things you put up with for love.

BowWOW! is a production of Tracie Korol and wholeDog. She is a trainer, holistic behavior coach, a canine massage therapist (CMT), herbalist, and canine homeopath. Want more information? Have a question? Send a note to Tracie at letstalk@wholedog.biz or visit www.wholedog.biz.

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Small Animal Medicine & Surgery

24/7 EMERGENCY SERVICE & MEDICAL STAFFING • Boarding • Walk-Ins • Day Walkers • Pick Up and Take Home Services • Drop Offs • Grooming • Exercise Paddocks

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524-2224

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Adopt Me This beautiful all white female kitty’s name is Trinity and was owner surrenederd to us at the beginning of June. Trinity is approximately a 1 1/2 year old and loves attention. For more information on Trinity please contact the Beaufort County Animal Shelter with animal id#292335.

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HAIR SALON Lucy’s Hair Artistry

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PEST CONTROL

HEALTH & WELLNESS Douglas L.Nowak, Esquire The Novak Law Group, LLC * Family Law * Criminal Defense * Personal Injury 1307 Prince Street, Beaufort, SC 29901 843-379-2000 - Telephone dnovak@novaklawgroup.com

Martha O’Regan - Therapeutic Solutions B.E.S.T. Practitioner 1 Oakwood at Sam’s Point Rd 843-524-2554 therasolutions08@yahoo.com besttherapeuticsolutions.com

ARCHITECTuRAL DRAFTSMAN

Coastal Body Health Lecian Henry Licensed Massage Therapist 843.812.8958 LecianHenry@yahoo.com

JHN – Residential LLC Permit drawings for Home Improvement Projects - Alterations & Additions - Screen Rooms - Sun Rooms- Garages - Outdoor Rooms- Decks Contact: Johan Niemand (843) 252-9251 jhnres@islc.net

Jamie Stevens- Oasis Mosquito Systems

(c) 252-7110 (o) 522-8928 Our system will get rid of any insect that bites.

Homes-Commercial-Events Photography Moment Captured, LLC Charles Heyman 6 Tuxedo Drive, Beaufort, SC 29907 www.CHeyman.com/photography MCLLC@CHeyman.com 843-592-0760

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Home Specs, LLC ~ Jani Ubelis SC Licensed Home Inspector #RBI.2382 (843) 524-0443 HomeSpecs@islc.net www.islc.net/~HomeSpecs

Chandler Trask Broad River Construction (C): 843.321.9625 (P): 843.522.9757 Chandler@BroadRiverConstruction.com

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Carpet CLeaning

Si-Sys - Computer Consultancy Contact: Simon Jenkins Tel: 843-422-7766 Email: simon@si-sys.net

For All Your Insurance Needs Amy Bowman phone: (843) 524-7531 Andy Corriveau phone: (843) 524-1717

DENTISTs Jennifer Wallace, DMDPalmetto Smiles 843-524-7645 palmettosmilesofbeaufort.com

Tom Aydlette- Nationwide 125 Sea Island Pkwy 843-521-4663 Better Prices. Better Coverage

DOG GROOMING

EDUCATION

Windy Vest- Turbeville Insurance Agency 33 Professional Village Cir. Lady’s Island 524-4500 windyv@tiasc.biz Contact me for your personal or business insurance needs.

INTERIOR DESIGN Carol Waters Interiors 12 Celadon Drive-Lady’s Island Off Sam’s Point Road at the Clock Tower 843-524-2329 * M-F 10-5:30

FIREARMS INSTRUCTION Liz Oherron- Oherron Interiors 212 Merchant Ln A (Newpoint) (c) 843-263-8483 (o) 843-379-9995 Residential interior design

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LAWN CARE South Carolina Seamless Gutters & Exteriors Specializing in 5” & 6” Alcoa Seamless Gutters, Vinyl Siding, and Soffit & Fascia Coverings (Underground drainage systems available) Ryan Hill (843) 521-0775 (m) (843) 263-5392 “Gutters without the quacks”

PLUMBING Brett Doran-Lohr Plumbing, Inc. “Serving the Lowcountry for over 20 years.”

Service, New Construction, and Remodeling.

Phone: (843) 522-8600 www.lohrplumbing.com

Real Estate Laura S. Dahl Broker, ASR, ABR, E-Pro Advanced Real Estate Company (w)843-524-1617 (m) 843-476-5115 27 Tidewatch Circle Lady’s Island SC 29907

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Karen Hawkins- Tutor 843-597-5384 Karen@islc.com Let me help your child gain confidence in school.

GUTTERS

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INSURANCE

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Carolina Canine LLC 843-441-7625 CarolinaCanineSpa.com Professional dog grooming right at your door!

Clark Trask, MD- Medical Weight Loss of The Lowcountry 974 Ribaut Rd 843-379-1166 www.medicallosssc.com

Coastal Home Technology Carlton Bruner & Mark Turner (o) 843-522-9333

CLEANING SERVICES Merry Maids ~ Bob Cunningham522-2777 custsrv4632@merrymaids.net

PHYSICIANS

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J.M. Callahan Specializing Carpet & Oriental Cleaning 846-8924 FREE Carpet Cleaning Video To see your FREE VIDEO, go to www.jimfreecarpetcarevideos.com

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*Corrective Color * Custom Color * Custom Perms * Pedicure * 100% Satisfaction (843) 522-8486 206 Sea Island Pkwy, Suite 19 * Beaufort , SC Hablamos Espanol

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843-597-5384 Karen@islc.net www.coosawpoint.com Mary McClaskey, Real Estate Broker RE/MAX Sea Island Realty (w) 843-524-1799 (m) 843-263-1800 mmcclaskey2@islc.net www.BeaufortRealEstateInfo.com Beaufort’s best online source for Buyers and Sellers!

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

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REAL ESTATE

15 Walling Grove Rd Beautiful home on tidal creek w/private dock. 5BR, 3.5BA, 3742 sq ft., too many features to list, see online. $749,900.

Mary McClaskey - RE/MAX 843-524-1799 www.BeaufortRealEstateinfo.com 13 Cameron Drive Beautiful home with open floorplan. 1436 sq ft, like new! $157K. Mary McClaskey - RE/MAX 843-322-8001 www.BeaufortRealEstateInfo.com

Intracoastal Waterway Home w/ Private Pier Head- Shared Dock 32 Piccadilly CirclePleasant Point 4 BD/3 ½ BA- 3211 sq/ft on .92 Acres. Asking $699,000 Will consider rent to own.

Kim Carswell ~ Ballenger Realty 843-271-8283. www.KiminBeaufort.com

Polowana RD 4.76 acres of wooded property on tidal creek. Great views across Dataw Island!! $295K. Mary McClaskey - RE/MAX 843-524-1799 www.BeaufortRealEstateInfo.com

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20 Wood Ibis Trail Amazing intracoastal water views! Watch the ships go by!!

1.46 acres in upscale Walling Grove Plantation.

Mary McClaskey - RE/MAX 843-524-1799 www.BeaufortRealEstateInfo.com

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2002 SCOUT 202 SPORTFISH

Boat has a 150 yamaha 2 stroke motor, cranks everytime, 2006 tandem axle trailer, t-top. The boat will need a new set of cushions. $14500

843-321-0356

Coastal Carolina Realty

www.7RisingTide.com

Boat slip at Lady’s Island

Call Mike Ray 575-7355

place. $50,000 firm.

RE/MAX Sea Island Realty

812-8054

Rentals FOR RENT 2 BEDROOM; 2 BATH 50’S COTTAGE WITH WATER VIEW IN TOWN. $800.00 PER MONTH. PLEASE CALL 843-986-5077 AND LEAVE A MESSAGE

FOR RENT

2 BR 2 BA CONDO W/GARAGE $895.00 EXECUTIVE RENTALS 843-522-1700

Marina with Jet Dock in

FURNITURE Dining Room set Table (with leaf ), 6 chairs, and china cabinet. $800 OBO Please call - 597-0238 GOLF CART E-Z Go golf cart with 2 seats, extended roof, lights and turn signals. $3,000.00 Little used, excellent condition.

Call 524-5450 evenings

AUTOMOTIVE 1966 FORD GALAXY CUSTOM

This is my baby! Only 13000 original miles, factory air, power steering, four door, automatic, 289 engine.

It is close to perfect. $6500

843-321-0356

lots LOT IN RIDGELAND S.C. Located in the Mossy Oaks Subdivision $34,900.

843-321-0356

BOATS

1993 Stratos 274FS

140 HP Johnson with trailer $3000 828-699-2872

WATERFRONT LOT IN COTTAGE FARMS Dock approved, high bluff, 7ft at high tide, great lot to build on or for investment.

Appraised 1 yr ago for $385000 will take $359000.

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Southern Magnolia – Charming 3 BR, 2 BTH, Newly painted, hardwood floors, nicely landscaped yard, garage. $199,900 Call Martha # 252-4405

Immaculate Mobile Lady’s Island 2 SKY COURT

1736 sq/ft, 3 BD, 2 BA, Walkin Closets, Fireplace, Huge Screen Porch, Large Kitchen, Utility RM.67 Acre Park like setting. Move in ready.

MLS 119177 $141,000 Call Kim Carswell, www.KiminBeaufort.com Ballenger Realty 843-271-8283

BOATS

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2009 Jeep Compass Sport SUV

J125108

$219

per mo

2008 Dodge Sprinter Van 3500

D253154

$16,000

OFF MSRP

2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser Touring SUV

C5897

$189 $179

$4,995

1998 Acura CL

T009293

$5,995

2003 Chevrolet Suburban LT

2009 Dodge Caliber SE

D198454

T618553

Leather Loaded

per mo

per mo

2002 Mercury Cougar

C597221

0% Financing

T101840

$7,995

2007 Suzuki Forenza

P574784

$8,995

2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse Coupe T161287

$6,995

2001 Nissan Xterra XE

T596052

$5,995

2004 Hyundai Sonata

T020317

$5,995

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