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FUN IN THE SUN Sand-sculpting contest benefits sea turtles By Bob Sofaly
More than a dozen families from Bluffton to Beaufort teamed up during the eighth annual Friends of Hunting Island Sand Sculpture contest held Saturday, June 18, at Hunting Island State Park. During the past seven years the contest was just something fun to do. But this year, according to Carol Corbin, “The Friends” decided to turn it into a fundraiser to help raise money for the Sea Turtle Conservation Project. The event, sponsored by The Friends of Hunting Island “has always been free,” she said, “but this year we had food, face painting, music and a silent auction to help raise money.” But the main attractions were the sand sculptures. And playing in the sand was nothing new to Michael O’Riordan, of Bluffton, as he explained to his family how he wanted four tall towers interconnected with a wall forming a nest for a mother and
Above: Michael Frederick, of Beaufort, fills a bucket with excavated sand while his wife Jane (in green) checks the base of their “Charlotte Dragon” sculpture during the eighth annual Sand Sculpture contest at Hunting Island State Park. Left: Patrick O’Donnell, right, from Lexington, Ky., shows his daughter, Caroline, and wife Allie, far left, how their swimmer sand sculpture should look. Photos by Bob Sofaly.
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Got photos? We’d love to publish them It’s a concept that other local newspapers have instituted and it’s one that we love. We’re asking our readers to send in their photos for a new feature called “Lowcountry Life.” Photos can be anything from the gorgeous vistas and wildlife of the Lowcountry to family fun or anything else that strikes your fancy. We have two pictures this week, the one at right and another one on Page 2, where this new feature will appear regularly.
To submit a Lowcountry Life photo, you must be the photographer or have permission to submit the photo to be published in The Island News. Please submit high resolution photos and include a description and/or names of the people in the picture and the name of the photographer. We’ll also be introducing some other new features over the next several weeks and we’d love your feedback.
One way to give us that feedback is through “Lowcounty Boil,” a new feature that will be published in the coming weeks. It’s a chance for you to express your opinion about, well, about anything from politics to local issues and more. The column of comments will not include commenter names, but we do reserve the right to choose which ones to publish. Call Lowcountry Boil at 843970-BOIL (2645) or email us at theislandnews@gmail.com.
Right: David Yates submitted this photo by Elaine Yates of her mother, Jewell Hight, who recently turned 100. She is standing next to a Century plant, which is blooming for the first time in its 100-year life on Craven Street in Beaufort as the family's dog, Josh, looks on.
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Arrest takes wild U-turn into river What started as a simple shoplifting arrest took several weird twists and turns, ending up in the Beaufort River and resulting in injuries to two law enforcement officers. It all started when Aridegbe Adeyemi, 37, of St. Helena Island Aridegbe was arrested June Adeyemi 19 by the Port Royal Police Department after allegedly shoplifting at the Citgo gas station on Ribaut Road, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff ’s Office report. Following his arrest and while on the way to the Beaufort County Detention Center, Adeyemi appeared to become unconscious. The Port Royal officer, Sgt. Kevin Heany, immediately drove to Beaufort Memorial Hospital to get the suspect medical attention. When they got to the hospital, Heany went to get a stretcher, and while he was gone, Adeyemi got up, ran toward the back of the hospital complex and into the Beaufort River, the report said. Heany ran after him, and when he caught up, they struggled while Sheriff 's Office Emergency Dispatch summoned back-up units in the area to help. A Sheriff 's Office Marine Patrol Unit, which was nearby in its boat, immediately responded to assist Heany. They arrived within minutes and saw Heany and Adeyemi struggling in a few feet of water, the report states. One of the two marine patrol unit deputies jumped out of the boat to assist Heany as Adeyemi “continued to struggle and was trying to get into deeper water to avoid be recaptured,” according to the report. The struggle ended up in an oyster bed, where Heany and a marine patrol unit deputy were cut multiple times by the sharp oyster shells. “Although he was still attempting to struggle, they were able to bring See ARREST, page A5
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