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he Guild of Galleries will be participating in the Spring Art Walk on Saturday, March 17, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Perfectly timed to be a great start for your evening’s festivities, the walk will have art for all tastes and desires. Here’s a look at the featured artists at each gallery: Charles Street Gallery: Through April 1, the gallery offers a show of new work by Carol Henry, an international printmaker whose vibrant colors on paper reflect a beauty-saturated world.

Henry lives in Beaufort a few months of the year, also maintaining a home and studio in Ireland. 843-521-9054, thecharlesstreetgallery.com.

USCB: 801 Carteret St. is showcasing 12 abstract artists including Deanna Bowdish, Joan Templer, Cindy Chiapetta, Marilyn Dizikes and Joe Dye. Vickie Jourdan’s “Attitude,” where bold reds and blended hues ring true to their title, is a painting that says as much about the artist as the

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NEWS

Mayor Keyserling on the role of strong neighborhoods.

This Mother’s Day give two gifts for see page 2 one special person

BUSINESS

Enter a mom to win free house cleanings. see page 6

Azaleas from my Garden by Sandra Baggette at Indigo Gallery.

observer. Far from subtle, it asserts itself dramatically.

Sharon Licata works in stone. Her sculpture named “Thunder” shows an amazing flexibility of design. The stone seems to swirl and wrap around itself forming an open space that defies credibility. Mary Jane Martin has produced a painting titled “Java.” Colorful patches appear to be escaping from the muted background, whereas in “Grounded,” a muted palette is used.

Following some of the concepts of color-mass abstract painting, Arla Crumlick Wible has produced studies in Brown, Browns and Greens, while Irene K. Williamson brings a collage named “Interrupted” as well as an abstract painting called “Out of Control.” In this second painting, the vigorous swirls of color and mad splashes and dashes of paint appear to be out of control, yet the total environment is that of a

Kathy Crowther, Bay Street Gallery.

carefully controlled painting.

Caroll Williams describes her art as 2-1/2 D. Her wall mounted artwork uses found objects and “turns them into something quite different from their original use.“ Her philosophy is to do as little as possible to these objects.

“In that way, the qualities that originally attracted me to them continue to shine through.”

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ROAD CONSTRUCTION PAVES THE WAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS

PROFILE

Michael Coxwell information goes here in this spot. see page 12

SCHOOL

Award is one giant step for Whale Branch Middle. see page 17 INDEX

Andy Mattie, left, of DuPriest Construction Co., watches his crew as they replace an eight-inch water main along North Street at Monson Street. Mattie said it will take at least a couple more months for the job to be completed.

Road construction seems to be everywhere near the downtown area of Beaufort. Here, workmen remove the surface of Bladen Street on Thursday afternoon. The road will be closed between Duke and North streets for about three months. Photos by Bob Sofaly.

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commentary STRAIGHT TALK: FROM THE MAYOR

Strong neighborhood engagement makes our city even better Cities are a collection of diverse neighborhoods, each with its own character, that make the city whole and diverse.

One of dreams has been to see a few small neighborhood associations become vibrant while encouraged neighborhood associations to come together in neighborhoods that were not organized.

Among the many goals of such associations is to work hand in hand with the city to make their neighborhoods, hence our hometown, an even better place to live, work and visit.

Over the past three years, we have seen a proliferation of Neighborhood Associations, each growing and working harder to keep clean and improve their neighborhoods.

As some will remember, last year volunteers from Beaufort’s neighborhood associations collected more than 400 tons of trash throughout the city. Not only did they make the city cleaner, they reduced fire hazards exponentially.

More recently, a handful of members of the Point Association launched

Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling can be reached by email at billyk@islc.net.

Beautify Beaufort which will hopefully, this Spring, spread throughout the city with residents repainting rusting fire hydrants and cleaning the mildew from Street Signs.

Leaders from neighborhoods meet monthly with the City Neighborhood Improvement Team which includes the police and fire chiefs, the directors of the Planning and Public Works Departments, Codes Enforcement, the Greenery and Waste Pro, among other city staff assigned to support our neighborhoods.

The Pigeon Point Example Several years ago, when the restoration of Pigeon Point Park came in considerably over budget, the Neighborhood Association, started as a Crime Watch, raised funds and contributed manual labor to ensure

that some features the city could not afford were included in making the park what it is today.

Taking the engagement to the next level, they have scheduled a big fundraiser for the park which is being promoted as Touch-A-Truck & Make A Memory Brick Sale, April 2 from 9 a.m. to noon.

All sorts of large trucks used by the city will be lined up in the park for children to explore. Picture opportunities will abound to “Make A Memory” and donated cookies and drinks will be served.

Opportunities to buy bricks, which can be inscribed with dedications, will be available for purchase through the “Make A Memory” brick sale and later find their permanent home on the walkways in the park.

Furthermore, if you and your neighbors are interested in strengthening your organization or starting your own, you may want to attend to the Pigeon Point Association meetings at the Planning Department’s Conference Room on the main floor of City Hall.

city of beaufort activities Bladen and North Street Redevelopment After years of planning, phase II of Bladen Street Redevelopment is under way. This means new and wider sidewalks, burying utilities, tree scape, new paving, additional on street parking and cross walks making the area more pedestrian friendly. Once Bladen is completed, SCDOT will transform the block of North Street, between Bladen and Adventure, one way going west, paving it with brick (as it used to be before the old brick was covered by asphalt), underground utilities, a wider sidewalk and an expansion of “Horse Trough Park” making it a neighborhood destination, with additional parking and safer better marked cross walks.

Beautifying Beaufort Thanks to Paul Michaud and Peter and Terry Hussey, who live in The Point neighborhood, for taking the initiative to launch a volunteer drive Beautify Beaufort Initiative which began by painting fire hydrants and cleaning street signs in the downtown area. I am hopeful that the other neighborhoods participating in the City’s Neighborhood Improvement Team will embrace this initiative so it can become city wide.

More Parking on Carteret Street With a few more long-awaited approvals from SCDOT, the city will be outlining additional parking spaces on Carteret Street. Pending approval for encroachment on the street, I believe there will be at least seven additional parking spaces between Bay and King streets.

Boundary Street Redevelopment After years in planning, the engineers are completing the plan for Highway 21 (now 21 Business) Redevelopment from a newly configured intersection of S.C. 170 and Boundary Street to City Hall including 2

several blocks of a parallel road north of Boundary. The project includes burying overhead utility lines, a multi-modal path along the water side of Boundary, the redevelopment of a traditional shopping center into a grid which will allow for a more walkable, safer and denser mixed use area of the city. Planted medians and other traffic calming effects will be central to the project.

Highway 21/Highway 21 Business After more than eight years, the longawaited resignation of Highway 21 around the city, with 21 Business going through the city, is in place. SCDOT planted the new signs within the past two weeks and we are hoping that mapping and GPS systems will pick this up so that those going to the islands will not get caught in downtown congestion while those seeking Beaufort as their destination will also find it easier to get into town due to reduced congestion.

“City Building” The City Council and City Redevelopment Commission had our respective annual retreats (at USCB Historic Campus on Carteret Street) in February. The mission for both was to transition from planning to doing. With the majority of the civic master plan completed, it is time to start marketing the revitalization of the greater downtown area to property owners, investors and developers under the soon-to-be-adopted form-based code which should make the development process more predictable and hopefully more streamlined while still protecting the historic and cultural character which make Beaufort so special.

As “the rubber hits the road” there will be necessary conversations among neighbors, adjoining property owners, planners and regulators on how to best accomplish this

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noble challenge of revitalizing our city.

Please join in the conversation as we seek to make changes and do us a favor by maintaining civility in our conversations as we learn new ways of doing things.

Marketing Beaufort As those who have followed the conversation about marketing Beaufort and the allocation of tourism dollars generated by the Accommodations Tax know, City Council has been working on ways to make sure the dollars are used most efficiently, in a coordinated manner and focused on the same goals for building our city into what it can be. Given we are too small to be simply a tourism destination, and the fact that many who do not want us to be such, we are asking questions about what is it that we should actually marketing. Are we trying to attract new residents? Are we reaching out to find investment to fund some of the exciting concepts outlined in the Civic Master Plan? Do we consider recruiting businesses, which will provide better opportunities for those who grow up here and more here? Should the number of heads in beds, tour bus visits, carriage rides and seats filled in restaurants be the sole indicator of the kind of growth we are seeking? These are important questions we need to be considering.

Accordingly, we convened a marketing summit last month which included not only the usual suspects but the marketers of new communities, nature based tourism businesses including boating, fishing, kayaking, golf and tennis to the table along with residential home builders, economic developers and the broader business community. The goal is to give our marketers are clearer set of criteria for the investment of public dollars with a meaningful set of metrics by which we can measure our collective success.

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Stand up for your rights

LOWCOUNTRY BROIL

By Bill Rogers

Pedestrian crossing lights are no joke

It’s Sunshine Week, a week to promote open government.

Since you are reading an editorial column in this newspaper, you likely care about what is going on in your community and with your government.

This is a good thing and unfortunately not common enough.

Let me encourage you to also care about open, transparent government on the local and state levels.

Without open government, you don’t know how your tax dollars are spent, how your public bodies make decisions, or if our laws are being enforced efficiently and with equality.

The Freedom of Information Act in South Carolina is a good one. Sure, it has a few flaws, but generally it does a good job of guaranteeing you access to the meetings of public bodies and to their records.

People often think our FOIA is just for nosy journalists. Well, that isn’t the case. Under the law, citizens have the same rights of access as the press.

“The General Assembly finds that it is vital in a democratic society that public business be performed in an open and public manner so that citizens shall be advised of the performance of public officials and of the decisions that are reached in public activity and in the formulation of public policy.”

That is the purpose our lawmakers wrote as an introduction to the Freedom of Information Act in 1976.

That premise hasn’t changed, but some public officials are failing to follow its spirit.

It has been a disturbing year for open government. It was reported that our governor was not preserving public emails and conducting state business through private, secret emails. Our Highway Commission was holding meetings people couldn’t attend. A coastal chamber of commerce refused to account for how it spent $15 million in public money. A major university was withholding leadership evaluations and audits. Our Highway Patrol was routinely withholding reports and video tapes of its cases. A Sumter coroner was refusing to release an autopsy report of a police shooting. A

I think the city should just go ahead and come clean to residents and tourists about the pedestrian crossing lights downtown. They don’t work!

I’ve watched poor pedestrians standing at the corner of Carteret and Craven streets for ages just a pushin’ those buttons and the lights never change.

Usually, they just give up and take their chances crossing against the light.

I’ve seen this at Carteret and Bay streets too. I think those buttons are just there to look good but aren’t really connected to anything at all. I guess the joke’s on us ... NOT LAUGHING!

An educational riddle

The situation at Beaufort High School: What’s the difference between Social Promotions and changing grades? Is one more dishonest than the other?!

Did you get a boot on your car parking downtown or would you like to thank a stranger for a random act of kindness? Here’s your chance to sound off about what you love and hate. Send your comments to LowcountryBroil@ gmail.com and you could see them in our new column called Lowcountry Broil. Don’t worry: They’re all anonymous. (Any specific negative references to people or businesses will not be published.)

school district in the Midlands wanted $500,000 to release copies of its public emails.

I think people only care about open government when it affects them directly... when they can’t get a copy of a document they want or they are asked to leave a meeting they have an interest in.

The only way this secrecy will end is for ordinary citizens to demand it. This happened with the introduction of a bill in the House of Representatives limiting copying costs, setting a specific time allowed to produce a document and prohibiting charging for searching for and compiling documents. This bill was citizen-driven, and citizens turned up in good numbers to testify about the abuse and problems they have faced in dealing with school boards and other public bodies.

The bill is awaiting debate on the House floor.

To help you understand your rights under the FOIA, the S.C. Press Association has developed a citizen’s guide. You can get a copy of this easy to understand two-page document by visiting scpress.org/citizen.

Please get a copy and read it. Then stand up for your rights.

Rogers is executive director of the S.C. Press Association, and an advocate for open government.

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news news briefs Program gives special needs families a ‘break’

The Beaufort County Department of Special Needs has established a new program that gives people with developmental disabilities opportunities for healthy activities and offers care givers a respite The Breakers Program was initiated and funded by a grant from the South Carolina Department of Special Needs.

It will initially serve individuals age thirteen to sixty who are not currently receiving services from DSN. Mitzi Wagner, County DSN Director, said there are many special needs individuals who do not receive services because of limited funding in South Carolina. “Not only will it allow these special citizens to enjoy the companionship and activities we offer, but the program will also provide a break for those friends and family members who give direct care to special needs individuals on a daily basis.”

The program will be operated at the new County DSN facility at 100 Clear Water Way, Burton. It will be held three days a week: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 1 to 5 p.m.

Before special needs residents can be admitted to the Breaker Program, eligibility must be established with the State Department of Special Needs by calling 1-800-289-7012. Space is limited. For more information, call Mitzi Wagner, County DSN Director (843) 255-6290.

Amnesty through April 30 at libraries

At the suggestion of the Beaufort County Library Board of Trustees, fines for overdue books and other materials will be waived through April 30 at all library branches. Materials must be returned to a staff member at a service desk to assure fines have been forgiven.

Those who have questions or need more information may call their local library branch.

County PALS offers Shotokan Karate

Beaufort County Parks and Leisure Services has scheduled ongoing classes in the martial art of Shotokan Karate at the Burton Wells Recreation Center in Burton and the Charles “Lind” Brown Activity Center in Beaufort.

Classes began this month but people may sign up anytime. Fees are is $60 per month for youth ages 4 to 17 and $100 per month for adults 18 and older.

Payment and registration is accepted at the Burton Wells Recreation Center, 1 Middleton Recreation Drive, Beaufort,

and at the Charles “Lind” Activity Center, 1001 Hamar Street, Beaufort, SC, 29902.

Classes are held Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at Burton Wells Center as follows: • Ages 4 to 8 are scheduled Monday and Wednesday from 4:30 to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 to 11:30 a.m.

• Ages 8 to twelve are scheduled Monday and Wednesday from 5 to 6 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 1 p.m.

• Ages 13 to 17 are scheduled Monday and Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 2 p.m.

Classes are held Tuesday and Thursday at the Charles “Lind” Brown Center as follows: • Ages 4 to 8 are scheduled Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30 to 5 p.m.

• Ages 8 to twelve are scheduled Tuesday and Thursday from 5 to 6 p.m.

For more information, contact instructor Al Yisrael at (843) 476-2328, or beaufortkarate@yahoo.com, or visit www.bcgov.net/PALS.

‘Night Skies’ video on county website

Star gazers, science buffs, students, families and individuals may want to check out the “Night Skies” section of the Beaufort County website.

Various topics include light pollution and its ability to diminish visibility of the stars in the video, Night Skies of Beaufort County: Light Pollution. It was produced by The LowCountry Institute in partnership with The County Channel and Beaufort County Broadcast Services and features Kristen Marshall Mattson, Environmental Educator at the institute.

The section also helps explain many of the mysteries of the heavens above Beaufort County in terms that people of all ages can understand. It includes educational links for children and adults that offer additional information about such astronomical topics as star gazing, eclipses, constellations and others.

Gary Kubic, Beaufort County Administrator decided to post the video online and augment it with related links because he said it offers fascinating information. “I think many people will enjoy this site. The first time I saw the video, I felt compelled to share it with our kids, our residents and our guests.

The entire section provides a lot of great scientific information that enhances the awe and wonder we all feel when we look up at our night skies. The entire series will be shared with Beaufort County schools.”

The information and video may be accessed by clicking on the “Night Skies” icon on the top of the home page of the County website, www.bcgov.net.

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Local Merry Maids owners acquire franchise in Charleston Merry Maids owners Bob and Melina Cunningham announced today that they have recently acquired the Merry Maids franchise in Charleston, SC. Combined with their three other Merry Maids franchise locations in Beaufort, SC, Gilroy, CA and Mountain View, CA, they now manage a staff of more than 100 people, serving more than 2000 homes in their four locations.

Bob Cunningham started his first Merry Maids franchise 28 years ago in Mountain View, CA in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Bob had left a career in the electronics field during the dotcom boom to pursue his dream of owning a business. In 2007, after establishing a partnership with his manager to run the California operations, he and his wife moved to Beaufort, where they purchased a second Merry Maids franchise license serving Northern Beaufort County. A third franchise was purchased last year in Gilroy, CA. With more than 1,400 franchises worldwide, the Beaufort residents are now the fifth largest owners in the Merry Maids franchise organization.

Bob was honored with the Dallen Peterson Founder’s Award in 2009 — the highest distinction a Merry Maids franchisee can earn. It recognizes the franchise owner who proves to best exemplify the highest quality in

business operations, including customer and employee satisfaction.

Cunningham added that he first came across the opportunity while Bob paging through a Cunningham Nation’s Business Magazine back in 1983 during the initial technology boom in Silicon Valley.

“It was an exciting time back then, and a friend and I were looking for the right business opportunity to invest in,” said Cunningham. “As computer manufacturers and software developers kept husbands and wives busy at work day and night, we asked the obvious question, ‘who’s cleaning their homes?’”

Bob and Melina want to ensure the residents of Beaufort and Charleston to know that when you book a cleaning with Merry Maids, you can expect three key things: consistency, quality, and total professionalism. At Merry Maids, our team members take the time to listen and understand your needs. We are committed to excellent service and value the trust that our customers place in us.

“Merry Maids offers the best of both worlds — local presence with a national backing,” added Cunningham. With

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more than 30 years in business, the Merry Maids brand signifies excellence in housecleaning, and we definitely plan to continue that tradition as we expand our business to serve clients in Charleston.”

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Gaining financial confidence in an uncertain world

By Hall Sumner

Life can be uncertain, especially in regard to managing your personal financial affairs. Some investors find themselves overwhelmed with information and conflicting advice.

Others don’t have the time or interest to manage their personal assets and liabilities with discipline.

Take, for example, planning for retirement, your children’s or grandchildren’s education, and other major financial goals in your life. How much is enough? As you answer this question, you generally should consider a reasonable rate of compounded growth, as well as principal erosion through taxes and inflation and the possible impact of ongoing market changes. But few people have the knowledge or the time to do this on their own.

Traditional planning can create an illusion of stability. But nothing happens every year exactly as predicted. Goals

change with your station in life — and financial and market conditions are constantly changing as well.

As you take inventory of your Hall important financial Sumner goals and prioritize them, know that proper planning can help provide a picture of financial strategies. However, past performance is no guarantee of future results. Through periodic reviews of your goals and the performance of your investments, you can assess how your actual investing and spending patterns affect your chance of success. With this information, you can make changes as needed to keep your plan on track toward your unique financial objectives. There’s no substitute for common sense, a realistic and comprehensive plan that accommodates

arthur levin designated a ‘premier advisor’ Wells Fargo Advisors has designated Arthur Levin, Senior Vice President Investments, as a member of the firm’s Premier Advisors Program, a distinction that reflects Arthur Levin’s achievement of professional success through a consistent commitment to client service.

“Arthur Levin is among a select group of professionals at Wells Fargo Advisors who have achieved the status of Premier Advisor by consistently demonstrating his willingness and capacity to understand his clients’ life goals, as well as an ability to develop and execute plans designed to help achieve their aspirations,” said Jim Hays, president of the Wells Fargo Advisors Private Client Group. “Arthur Levin’s high level of commitment to his clients sets a standard and serves as an example for others. We are very proud to have Arthur Levin on our team.”

To qualify for the Premier Advisors Program at Wells Fargo Advisors, Financial Advisors must demonstrate a high level of production and a commitment to professional service. The Premier Advisor Program represents the best of the best of advisors at Wells Fargo Advisors.

uncertainty, and sound financial advice from someone you can trust.

This article was written by Wells Fargo Advisors and provided courtesy of Hall Sumner, CFP®, Sr. Fundamental Choice Portfolio Manager, in Beaufort at 843-524-1114.

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products are: NOT FDIC-INSURED/ NOT BANK-GUARANTEED/MAY LOSE VALUE. Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Member SIPC, is a registered broker-dealer and a separate non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company.

Family Promise and The Company Store Partner to Bring Warmth to Homeless Children Family Promise of Beaufort County, a local nonprofit providing shelter and other services to homeless children and their families, and The Company Store, a leading online retailer of bedding and home accessories, will be delivering 250 new comforters to homeless and low-income children throughout Beaufort County. Family Promise is working with Bluffton Self Help, Deep Well, CODA and Help of Beaufort to ensure the comforters get to the people who need it most.

The Company Store’s Buy One, Give One campaign is matching each purchase of one of their comforters (through the end of March) with a donation of a new comforter to a child served by Family Promise Affiliates nationwide and partnering agencies. By placing an order, the customer is automatically donating a comforter to a child in need. In addition, The Company Store is offering a 20% discount on all purchases. Simply enter the promo code BOGO20 when placing an order on their website and the discount will be applied.

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arts&entertainment Beaufort Art Association’s 51st annual THE INDIE

Spring Show and Sale

It’s time for the Beaufort Art Association’s 51st Annual Spring Art Show and Sale. Last year’s judge had to choose winners from among more than 200 entries at a show that was viewed by almost 1,000 visitors. This year’s exhibition has the potential to be even bigger, with entries competing for $2,000 in awards. The show will run from Friday, March 16 through March 25, Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 4 p.m., and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Charles Lind Brown Activity Center, 1001 Hamar Street at Greene Street. All artwork, including the awardwinning pieces, will be for sale to the public.

This year’s show will have connections not only to our city’s artistic past, but also our future. In 1962, the “Prologue to Freedom” Committee asked artists to create pieces celebrating the 400th anniversary landing of Jean Ribaut and the Huguenots who founded Port Royal.

Catherine Wolfe, one of the founders of the art association and a past president, created one of the winning entries.

While the original hangs in the Beaufort City Hall, 1000 prints were made in 1962. One hundred of these remaining prints have been donated to the association and will be available for purchase at the show. A few rare copies signed by Catherine Wolfe will also be available.

The Beaufort Art Association also understands how important it is to encourage young artistic talent for the future. High school students are encouraged to compete

Last year’s “Best in Show” winner, “Brick, Plaster, Mortar, and Glass” by Mary Grayson Segars.

for the Litchfield Prize, given in memory of BAA member Geneva Litchfield, which will be presented to the individual who is chosen “Best in Show” among students.

J. Christian Snedeker will judge this year’s entries. He is an associate member of Oil Painters of America. His awards include the 2001 “Best in Show” at the Charleston Artist Guild’s Members’ Exhibit, honorable mentions at the 2001 Charleston People’s Choice Art Exhibit and 2004 Charleston Outdoor Painters Association PaintOut, and second place at the 2007 Charleston Southern Light Paint Out.

arts events ‘Catholic School Girls’ on stage at ARTworks

“Catholic School Girls” is produced by Misspent Youth Productions, directed

by Gail Westerfield, written by Casey Kurrti and will be in the black box theater at ARTworks March 22 - 24 at 7:30 p.m.; March 25 at 3 p.m.; March 29 - 31 at 7:30 p.m.; April 1 at 3 p.m.

In this satire of Catholic school life in the 1960s, four actresses play the nuns and the first through eighth grade girls at St. George’s School in Yonkers.

An amusing portrait emerges, of girls maturing to the threshold of adolescence as they experience bonds of friendship, reprimands from authority figures, pressures from home, as well as the Beatles, the Addams Family, the Supremes and the election of a Catholic president. Between scenes of the classrooms, monologues give free rein to the students’ decidedly secular ambitions.

The black box theater at ARTworks is in Beaufort Town Center, at 2127 Boundary Street. Tickets are $17 and online at www.ArtWorksInBeaufort. org; Thursdays March 22 & 29 are “Pay What You Can” ($5 minimum.)

Photography class just for beginners

The class “Beginning photography: how to use your camera and take better

pictures” with Paul Nurnberg will be held at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center on Boundary Street. Do you want to know what all those symbols and dials do on your digital camera? Do you want to learn how to make your images better than simple snapshots?

Then this is the class for you. Mondays April 2, 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 6–8 p.m. plus an optional photo field trip to put your new skills to practical use. $200 per student. Register with Paul at 912-4290189 and class@nurnbergphoto.com.

River of Words shows students’ art, poetry

In celebration of national Youth Art Month, ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center is channeling the River of Words, a countywide project of school district students turning science experiments into art. The artist reception, book unveiling and poetry reading is Friday, March 16 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The public is invited to view the gallery filled with student art and poetry — be awed by this collection of exceptional student work which reflects the children’s understanding of our local watershed, habitats, and the Port Royal Sound.

Peruse the community arts center, and the River of Words, through March 31, Tuesday through Saturday, at 2127 Boundary Street, Beaufort SC 29902. www.artworksinbeaufort.org.

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St. Helena has free organ performance

Organist Rhonda Sider Edgington, of Holland, Michigan, will give a free performance at the Parish Church of St. Helena (Episcopal), 505 Church Street, on Friday, March 30 at 7 p.m.

This will be the first evening organ recital scheduled by the church as part Rhonda of its Tricentennial Edgington Celebration Spring Concert Series.

Edgington lived in Bremen, Germany, from 2004 to 2011. She arrived with a Fulbright Scholarship to study the organs and music of North Germany.

Throughout her years in Germany, she performed recitals ranging from 17th century organs to German Romantic instruments and modern organs as well.

After living in Bremen, Germany, for seven years, she moved recently with her husband Mark, and children Isaac and Esther to Michigan. There Rhonda is organist at Hope Church and staff accompanist at Hope College.

For more information, contact Pat Gould at patgould@islc.net or 843-5221712 or visit www.sthelenas1712.org.

FILM CORNER

By Dennis Tavernetti

“Women on the 6th Floor” from The World Series presented by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center For the Arts Monday, March 19 at 7 p.m.

Synopsis: Paris, 1960. Jean-Louis lives a bourgeois existence absorbed in his work, cohabitating peacefully with his neurotic socialite wife Suzanne, while their snobby children are away at boarding school. The couple’s world is turned upside-down when they hire a Spanish maid, Maria. Through Maria, Jean-Louis is introduced to an alternative reality just a few floors up on the building’s sixth floor, the servants’ quarters. He befriends a group of sassy Spanish maids, who teach him there’s more to life than stocks and bonds. The women’s influence on the house brings change, lots of humor and conflict. Life will never be the same, and that isn’t a bad thing.

Ratings & Reviews: The two leading film websites give this film an IMDb rating of 7.1 and Rotten Tomatoes critics rating of 67 and audience of 65. Good marks and an indication of wide appeal. Roger Ebert said: “… a pleasant movie, even-tempered romantic fantasy”; L.A. Times wrote: “The French have a knack for it.

They’ve been making funny and agreeable movie farces forever, and I hope they never stop”; NY Times mused: “…was designed for the gentle laughter it easily earns”; and Wall Street Journal analyzed: “…a fairy-tale version of ‘The Help.’ ” Previewer’s Comment: This World film in French with English subtitles reminds us to lighten up and that we are not as important as we think! Is it a delightful French comedy which relies on wit and acting ability to delight the audience. It also reveals a social structure in 1960‘s France where it was easier to hire foreign help to do menial tasks, than native French. Doesn’t every French woman have better things to do than clean bidets? The foreign workers maybe upstairs and the building’s owners downstairs, but the differences and social separation are just as justified by society norms. It is much fun to see how this stereotype view of classes crumbles with humorous and lasting results.

Rated: Unrated, but can be considered likely to be PG-13.

Preshow Interview: Join our host and his guest, Helen Baumeister, at 6:40 p.m. for a short 15 minutes of discussion regarding the French culture and social norms. Ms. Baumeister is a well-known artist who frequently immerses herself in France and the French culture. Feel free to take your seat during the interview.

Tickets for adults are $8, seniors $7, students $6. 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 who retired to the Lowcountry having a lifelong interest in the arts. He encouraged USCB‘s Center for the Arts to investigate the possibility of bringing Indie, World and Documentary HD films to Beaufort.

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The University of South Carolina Beaufort encourages the community to celebrate the exemplary artistic achievements of junior and senior high school students at the second annual Celebrate the Arts festival taking place at the Historic Beaufort campus on Friday, March 23. Eminent artist West Fraser will open the awards ceremony with his keynote address at 1 p.m.

Juried entries from 27 students will

be showcased. According to Studio Art professor, Jon Goebel, “With over 100 entries from high school students across South Carolina and as far away as Pennsylvania, the selection committee is delighted with the quality of work selected for the Emerging Arts Show at USCB.” The top three works chosen by the jurors will receive annual art scholarship awards of $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000, respectively. Other entries accepted into

the exhibition will receive $500 annual art scholarship awards.

Keynote speaker West Fraser, who has captured the character, aesthetics and history of the Lowcountry in his paintings for over 30 years, will have works on display. Tours of the campus’ art studios, ceramics laboratory, graphic design computer laboratory, and galleries will be available to the community from 11 a.m. -1 p.m.

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lowcountry social diary Showcasing the most happening events, people and gatherings Beaufort has to offer.

Yes, I’m getting married!

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eems I’m the No. 1 topic of gossip this week and yes, I am getting married to fellow Island News Columnist Terry Sweeney (The Happy Winos). We met and fell in love 30 years ago in New York City, and Marianne Harrison was nice enough to offer us a party at her apartment in New York on the date, April 21. And when I started inviting our New York friends, they started suggesting, “Hey, why don’t you get married here? It’s legal here now.” So we decided, “Yes!” I guess 30 years is a long enough “trial.” Thanks so much to all the well wishers who have congratulated us. We will send pics back from the wedding so you can be apart of it too!

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A real New England Lobster and Clam Bake — in Beaufort If you happened to drive down Bay Street this past Saturday afternoon, you might have noticed what looked like a big garden party happening in the front yard of Keyserling’s Cottage (Billy Keyserling’s mother’s house). What it actually was was a real New England Lobster and Clam Bake hosted by new Beaufortonians Steve Ruberti and Barbara States who are renting the house.

They moved here six months ago from Gloucester, Mass., and decided to introduce their friends and neighbors to their New England version of a Southern backyard barbecue. They’ve been so grateful for the warm welcome that they’ve received from friendly Beaufortonians, they wanted to “return the love,” so to speak, so Steve drove down dozens of fresh lobsters (in coolers) and a whole bunch of sweet Little Neck clams, all of which were expertly steamed by Steve and fellow former Massachusetts resident Peter Wolf. A great time was had on a blessedly bug free warm spring day.

Here are some pics for you.

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She will also highlight the Preservation Leadership Training that will be held by the Trust in Beaufort in June. The Foundation’s annual recognition of preservation projects and preservationists will be announced and election of new officers and trustees will be held.

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Save the Date for Beaufort Beauties Last year, I attended about every single charity event in Beaufort and I can tell you hands down that the most laughs came from “Beaufort Beauties,” the event where prominent businessmen dress up as female beauty pageant contestants and compete in order to raise money for their favorite charities. This year’s event will benefit the Lions Club, Thumbs Up and Friends of Caroline Hospice.

Seriously, folks, this is a truly laugh-out-loud event and will be hosted by “Saturday Night Live” alum Terry Sweeney who appears as Lucinda Ravenel — a super snobby, poison- tongued, old Charleston battle-ax. The men do some hilarious dance numbers, have a “talent” contest, evening gown competition and answer “important” questions for a panel of celebrity judges.

This year’s contestants are: Mike McFee, Hometown Realty and City of Beaufort Councilman; Will McCullough, Low Country Real Estate; Karl

Wells, 104.9 The Surf; Bob Cunningham, Merry Maids; Warren Florence, Palmetto Bluff Resort Tennis Pro; Hank Herring, Green Herring Art Gallery; and Worth Liipfert of Griffith, Saddler and Sharp Law Firm.

The $25 tax deductible tickets can be purchased from Main Street Beaufort at (843) 525- 6644 or 101 West Street Extension downtown. You can also donate money towards a specific “beauty’s” quest to become Miss Congeniality (the person who raises the most money for their charity).

For inquiries, call the Main Street office at (843) 525-6644 or email info@ downtownbeaufort.com.

Tickets will also be available at the door. Beaufort Beauties will be held at The Shed, 809 Paris Ave. in Port Royal, on Saturday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. There will be a cash bar and great silent auction items. Don’t miss this laughout-loud event!

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profile

An in-depth look at the people, businesses and organizations that shape our community

from the car lot to the pulpit, michael coxwell is

driven by faith

By Pamela Brownstein

A

dedicated employee, family man and spiritual leader, Michael Coxwell is the definition of an upstanding member of the community.

Michael, 43, has lived in Beaufort all his life, although technically, he was born in Georgia. “When I was born, we lived here in Beaufort. However, if you were a Caesarean birth, you had to go to Savannah to be delivered,” he clarified.

“And so I did.”

His wife, Donna, is a special education assistant at Mossy Oaks Elementary School. Together they have three daughters: Courtney, a sophomore at Beaufort High; Caroline, an eighth grader at Beaufort Middle; and Catherine, a sixth grader at Beaufort Middle.

The majority of his family lives in Beaufort or within an hour radius. “My daughters have two great-grandmoms living here, so it is neat to see four generations in one spot.”

He said he loves Beaufort because even though it is a growing city, it still has that friendly, small town feel. “I’ve lived in Beaufort all my life, I love this place. You couldn’t chase me off with a stick.”

Michael started in sales with the Stokes organization when he was only 19, He worked his way up to finance manager, sales manager and then general manager at Honda in 1992.“The Stokes are great to work for and I thank the Lord for leading me there and blessing me over these last 23 years,” Michael said.

He said he is excited to see the new dealership on Robert Smalls Parkway completed because it will allow them to better serve their customers and the building will be for employees.

“It is going to be a place that Beaufort can be proud of,” Michael said. In the

Michael Coxwell and his wife Donna.

“I’ve lived in Beaufort all my life, I love this place.

You couldn’t chase me off with a stick.”

Michael Coxwell, general manager at Stokes Honda and ordained Baptist reverend meantime, it is still business as usual out of the Used Car Center building, right next to the construction site.

Michael said someone once told him: “Sin would keep me away from the Bible, or the Bible would keep me away from sin.” It was the best advice he ever received.

His first experience in the pulpit and in ministry was serving as the chaplain for the local chapter of the Christian Motorcycle Association. From there he was ordained a deacon and served as a lay pastor for about 10 years, filling various pulpits when their pastor was away. He said last January, God called him and his family to Meadowbrook Baptist Church on Lady’s Island. Then in October he was ordained as a reverend. “I love my church family, and Meadowbrook would not be the great church that it is without the hard work of many church members,” Michael said.

His whole family is involved with the church. “My wife and daughters are my hands and feet as they minister beside me,” he said.

At Meadowbrook, located off Lupo Drive on Lady’s Island, Sunday school is at 9:45 a.m. and worship is at 11 a.m. Even though it’s a Baptist church, Michael wants everyone to know they are welcome to come and worship.

“God is really working at our church and it is growing in numbers and in faith,” he said.

Faith plays a big role in his life. “I thank God for his free gift of salvation everyday.”

Michael said he feels humble and through his life he has learned “that I love this place called Beaufort. That I love my job, that I love my church, that I love my family, that I love my children, that I love my wife and that I love my Saviour Jesus Christ.”

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Time to send Washington a message ...

Washington State, that is. “We love your Washington wines ... and your apples and your computers.” Actually, Microsoft has its headquarters right outside of Seattle. But now that I think about it, shouldn’t Apple Computers be in Washington and Microsoft in Silicon Valley, California? Why don’t they just trade headquarters? Brilliant. OK, my work’s done here. Time for a glass of wine — from Washington State.

Now, you don’t automatically think wine when you think about this state. If anything, Starbucks and grunge rocker Kurt Cobain are what put Seattle front and center in our minds in the 90’s ... oh, and that tabloid, headline-grabbing train wreck, Courtney Love. Mesmerized by that hot mess, we sort of missed the fact that Washington State had started turning out great merlots and cabernet sauvignons. The lush supple cherry and raspberry fruit you taste in these wines is some of the best in the Northwest.

But what else makes these wines so darn good? I once asked this very question of a wine nerd I ran across in a boutique

wine shop up there.

He gave the Ice Age, 15,000 years ago, all the credit.

Apparently, when the ice melted, the great Missoula Floods washed over the Terry entire Eastern half Sweeney of the state giving it a uniquely vibrant minerality. He then painfully proceeded to try to take me from prehistoric times up to the present. I slowly backed away with my newly purchased bottle of wine, nodding and smiling until I hit the door and made a run for it. Too much information, fella!

You don’t have to be Albert Winestein to figure out that Washington has longer summer days than California, and at harvest the days get shorter and cooler much faster. Those Washington grapes just love it since their natural acidity is protected and they have the perfect conditions for ripening. Maybe that’s why thousands of years after the ice age,

there are now more than 700 wineries in the state. Actually, Washington ranks second only to California in total wine production in the U.S. It produced 11 million cases last year. I really should start keeping track of how many cases I put away in a year. It’s probably close to that number...

Now while it’s true that Seattle and parts west have very heavy rainfall, it’s the Eastern part of the state on the other side of the coastal cascade mountains, with its dry almost arid soil, that more than 20 varieties of grapes call home.

The four Eastern appellations are Columbia Valley, Yakima Valley, Red Mountain and Walla Walla. The only western appellation is Puget Sound.

Pity the poor vintners who are stuck on the soggy side, after all, wet T-shirts look a lot better on busty spring break co-eds than on hairy middle-aged men!

One thing’s become very clear: Napa better watch its rear end. Washington state is coming up fast and beeping the horn for it to move over. Its highscoring cabernets are about half the price

of Napa and many of its merlots are juicier and more memorable. The most prestigious names among Washington state’s “redskins” are: Delille Cellars, Leonetti Cellar, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Quilceda Creek, and the Andrew Will Winery. But there are very few bargains to be found at these exclusive wineries, unless paying $90 for a bottle of wine that tastes like a wine that cost $200 is your idea of a bargain. I’m not quite there yet. I’ll let you know after this week’s Powerball Lottery winners are announced.

Until then, there are two labels that produce very good, affordable cabernets and merlots: Columbia Crest and Hogue. Both can be found for under $15. That’s more like it. So, sit back, open a nice bottle of Washington state merlot and throw some Walla Walla onions on the barbecue. And if you feel the tears coming on, it’s tears of joy at how little you had to pay to have such a truly great glass of wine. Or it’s the onions. Move your chair.

Cheers!

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Starbase graduates tour air station Lance Cpl. R.J. Driver

Samuel Murray, Port Royal mayor, was the guest speaker for the Starbase graduation on the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort for Port Royal Elementary School students.

During his speech on Friday, March 2, he congratulated the students for all their hard work throughout the week and explained the importance of having a strong math and science background, “Because we will always need engineers, scientists and mathematicians.”

The students were fresh off of a weeklong course during which they learned core scientific principles such as Newton’s Three Laws of Motion, Bernoulli’s Principle and more. They even used a 3-D printer to print their designs from Computer Aided Design software.

“What they learned at Starbase directly correlates with what we are teaching our students at the fifth grade level,” explained Jo Shirley, Port Royal Elementary School principal. “It is important for them to get hands-on learning experience here at Starbase.”

According to www.starbasedod.com, Starbase is a free-of-charge program which offers a positive, proven approach to engendering excitement and interest in science, technology, engineering and math to schools and is funded by

Port Royal Elementary students get a demonstration of paramedic gear at Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting during their tour of the Air Station,. As part of the visit to Starbase, the students get a tour of the base and visit a unit.

Port Royal Elementary students pose at the Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting barn during their tour of the air station.

the Department of Defense. It opens its doors to schools outside Beaufort County during the summer and is one of 80 programs across 34 states.

“The skills they learn here are very important and are the subjects many students shy away from as they get older and into college,” Murray said. “If they learn these skills now, it may lead to them taking an interest in the subjects and excelling. Who knows? Maybe a student from Beaufort County will build a rocket one day.”

ABOVE: Port Royal Elementary students learn how to use Computer Aided Design software during their stay at Starbase from Feb. 27 to March 2. During the class students learned how to use a 3-D printer and scientific principles. LEFT: Avery Masters receives her Starbase certificate of achievement from Samuel Murray, Port Royal mayor, during the graduation ceremony aboard the Air Station.

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A focus on students, teachers and educational events in northern Beaufort County SCHOOL briefs • Thursday, March 15, The Poetry Alive troupe from Asheville will give a presentation to each grade (6th-8th) in the Beaufort Middle School cafeteria. Also, the school will feature “Math Night” at Showcase that starts 6 p.m.

• Thursday, March 15 is the Regional Middle School Science Fair at Parris Island for Beaufort Academy.

• Thursday, March 15, at Lady’s Island Elementary School is the Science Fair Awards and also the School Improvement Council (SIC) meeting, 4 p.m.

• Friday, March 16 is Spirit Day at Riverview Charter School. Wear the shirt or jersey of your favorite team — professional or college — with a uniform bottom. Bring $2 and show your team spirit.

Students are encouraged but not require to participate.

• Saturday, March 17, Shamrock Shakedown at Q on Bay is a community event to benefit Beaufort Academy. $40 ticket advance purchase/$45 at the door, includes live band, silent auction, BBQ, beer and wine; 21 and over. See beaufortacademy.org for more information.

• Tuesday, March 20, Grandparents Raising Grandparents Conference, Beaufort Elementary, 6 p.m.

BMX bike show On March 8 students at Coosa Elementary enjoyed the BMX bike show “ The Freestyle Connection” courtesy of the school PTO. During the program students reviewed bike safety, the importance of working hard, and school core values of respect, integrity and responsibility.

Pi Day at BA The Beaufort Academy Math Department is once again spearheading a slew of activities for the middle and upper school students on pi day (3.14). Students will be asked to bring canned goods, in hopes that we will collect 314. These will be picked up by the Franciscan Center Tuesday afternoon. Students will be bringing pies and circular foods and classes will have areas of the school to decorate for Einstein’s Birthday. All middle and upper school students will partake in a photo of the symbol pi and 3.14 on Wednesday afternoon.

Students buy new recess equipment Students at Broad River Elementary needed new recess equipment so they did something about it! They purchased it by collecting Labels for Education points.

Each week, class teams turn in their points to move their football down the field in an effort to score a touchdown and earn free time. So not only do they

Ms. Snyder’s third grade class is showing off new recess equipment they helped purchase through Labels for Education.

Broad River Elementary students salute the troops and military parents. help earn free recess equipment for their school, they get extra physical activity time to use it! Students now enjoy playing soccer, football, basketball, kickball, volleyball, baseball and jump rope every day at recess. If you would like to help BRES earn even more equipment, please save the UPC symbols from participating products and drop them off at the school.

Military Moms and Dads The military plays not only a big part in the life of Beaufort County but also at Broad River Elementary School. Many BRES students have parents who are currently serving in the military. Through the Child & Youth Behavioral Military & Family Life Program these students are able to spend time with a consultant and talk about military life and the adjustments they face when parents are deployed and then reunited. Currently 73 students have a parent in the military and 9 students have both parents serving. Of those 73 students, 47 of them have had a parent deploy at one time or another.

In fact, 16 of them have parents who are deployed right now. BRES is proud not only of all the parents who serve in the military but also the students who represent their military families!

Hope Keane is the recipient of the Thomas H. Horton, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, which will fund her study abroad to Spain.

Due to his love of travel, the scholarship is designated to give Beaufort Academy students a chance to participate in a summer study-abroad program. Hope Keane, the 2012 recipient, will be traveling to Spain this summer through Aspire by API to participate in a collegiate level Spanish language and culture immersion program.

BCBCC holds event at Whale Branch The Black Chamber of Commerce held its March First Friday at Whale Branch Elementary School on Friday, March 2.

The main focus of the event was a Student Artist Showcase featuring artwork from students at Davis Early Learning Center and Whale Branch Elementary School. Parents were also able to participate with their children on an Art Scavenger Hunt. In addition, mortgage information was also provided to parents and guests from the South Carolina Mortgage Association.

LIMS students visited BJWSA Lady’s Island Middle School’s Junior Leadership class visited Beaufort Jasper Water Sewage Authority. The leadership class spent part of the day touring the facility and learning how Beaufort receives it drinking water. Ms. Mandy Abbott and Mr. Matthew Brady, employees of BJWSA guided the class. The students learned through a video presentation and guided tours that Beaufort receives 95 percent of our drinking water via the Savannah River, with the other 5 percent delivered through wells. They also learned that there is an 18-mile canal that feeds the plant from a reservoir inland.

Hope Keanne goes to Spain Beaufort Academy and the Thomas H. Horton, Jr. Memorial Scholarship committee are proud to announce the 8th annual scholarship recipient, junior Hope Keane. Tom Horton was a beloved teacher and coach at Beaufort Academy for 24 years. In 2003 Mr. Horton passed away, leaving a legacy behind. Tom was also a son, a brother, and an uncle. His family established the Thomas H. Horton Jr. Memorial Scholarship in 2004 to memorialize his life, and commemorate his contributions to the development of the minds and characters of students.

Orangeburg for the SCISA Quiz Bowl Six of middle school students from St. Peter’s Catholic School traveled to Orangeburg, S.C., to compete in the SCISA Quiz Bowl Competition. Lilly Allen, John Inglis, Noah Kimbrell, Max Crisologo, Siobhan Murphy and Braden Wilson won the Regional Quiz Bowl competition on February 28 hosted by St. Peter Catholic School. The competition was tough, and the questions ranged in topic from literature to science to geography to math. Though they did not place at the state meet, they said it was an excellent learning experience for all.

honor roll Riverview Middle School Second Trimester 2011-2012 The Director’s List Eliza Akers 6th Robin Bridgers 7th Jessica Elkins 7th Taylor Gates 7th Ashton Giammona 7th Jefferson Gibson 6th May Harrelson 6th 16

Tommy Holloway 6th Chris Hoogenboom 6th Malia Kaneshige 6th Sarah McMullen 6th Allison Suber 6th Cooper Woods 6th Honor Roll Zoe Becker 7th Carsyn Bostwick 7th

Maya Bostwick 7th Reese Bowles 7th Lucy Bruns 6th Troy Davenport 6th Mia DeBardelaben 6th Crosson Derrick 6th Kendall Duncan 6th Virginia Dukes 6th Luke Harper 7th

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Honor Roll Markayla Howard 7th Merritt Kerney 6th Harrison Lane 6th Alex Long 7th Trissy Long 7th Luke McGuire 6th Anna Miller 6th Keaton Mykleby 6th Jace Ray 7th

Caroline Sandlin 6th Olivia Ward 6th Austin VanHorn 7th Honorable Mention Joey Calandra 7th Brodie Leana 7th Gloria McCreary 7th Kyra Owens 6th

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One giant stride for Whale Branch Middle

By Tess Malijenovsky

Last Friday Whale Branch Middle School was surprised in front of more than 1,000 educators and policy leaders in Los Angeles at the 12th National TAP: The System for Teacher and Student Advancement Conference with the prestigious $50,000 TAP Founder’s Award.

Every year a school is rewarded with The TAP Founder’s Award for its distinction in implementing the TAP system. TAP is essentially a “comprehensive school reform that restructures and revitalizes the teaching profession by providing teachers with powerful opportunities for career advancement, ongoing professional development, a fair evaluation system and performancebased compensation.” Lowell Milken, founder of TAP, presented the award to Principal Matthew Hunt and other faculty on his TAP Leadership Team.

This honor is one giant stride for Whale Branch Middle School, a school that in 2004 was labeled by the state as “at-risk,” and according to Beaufort County School District Superintendent Dr. Valerie Truesdale produced the

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highest percentage of dropouts in the county. The school started using the program three years ago.

“Our school has gone from an ‘atrisk’ absolute rating to an ‘average’ absolute rating,” said Hunt, “which is astronomical in terms of the amount of change, growth and student achievement that we’ve seen.”

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Are you at risk for age-related macular degeneration?

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of severe vision loss among Americans ages 65 and over. Knowing your risk factors, being aware of your family history, and keeping regular appointments with your ophthalmologist can help reduce your risks for vision loss from macular degeneration. In its most severe form, known as wet AMD, the disease can lead to permanent loss of central vision which is essential for driving, reading, and recognizing faces.

The past few years have been marked by significant improvement in understanding the causes and the treatment of AMD. New research and clinical advances are helping us to better treat both the “dry” AMD and “wet” forms of AMD. One strong risk factor that people may not be aware of is family history. It’s important to find out whether your relatives have had AMD, and to tell your ophthalmologist, if you have a history of AMD in your family.

Knowing your risks can save your sight.

Here are the top five risk factors for AMD: • Being over the age of 60 • Having a family history of AMD • Cigarette smoking • Obesity • Hypertension.

If you have any two of these risk

Mark Siegel, MD, FAAO Board certified, American Board of Ophthalmology, www. seaislandophthalmology. com factors, you should schedule an appointment with your ophthalmologist for a complete evaluation. Your ophthalmologist may recommend certain preventive measures which can reduce your risk of vision loss from this disorder.

People who are at risk should know the symptoms of wet AMD, the form most likely to cause rapid and serious vision loss. These include sudden, noticeable loss or distortion of vision, such as seeing “wavy” lines. See an ophthalmologist right away if these symptoms occur. Current treatments for wet AMD provide an excellent chance of stopping vision loss and may actually restore some vision when macular degeneration develops. Earlier diagnosis of wet AMD gives a better chance of successful treatment.

There are some AMD risk factors that a person can change such as smoking and diet to reduce the risk of vision loss from AMD. Other risk factors such as genetic

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The past few years have been marked by significant improvement in understanding the causes and the treatment of AMD. factors cannot be changed. However, knowing your family medical history is one way to learn whether you may be genetically predisposed to a disease.

One way to reduce AMD risk is to quit smoking or never start. For patients at high risk for developing late-stage AMD, taking a dietary supplement of vitamin C, vitamin E and beta carotene, along with zinc, has been shown to lower the risk of AMD advancing to advanced stages by 25 percent. Patients should check with their ophthalmologist and primary care physician before starting any dietary supplement.

About AMD The disease takes two forms, termed “dry” and “wet.”

• Early-stage AMD: Yellow deposits called “drusen” develop under the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye that focuses images and relays them to the optic nerve. At this stage, most people do not have reduced vision.

• Intermediate AMD: Patients have more and larger drusen and more

pigment changes in the macula (the part of the retina responsible for central vision); they are at higher risk for both advanced dry and wet AMD. The majority of those with intermediate AMD do not progress to an advanced stage, but should be followed by an ophthalmologist so they can be treated if needed.

• Advanced “dry” AMD: Patients with more advance dry AMD may have a blind spot in their central vision.

Currently there is no proven therapy to restore vision lost from advanced dry AMD. Low-vision technologies, including improved lighting and magnification, help maintain their quality of life.

• Advanced “wet” AMD: In this stage, abnormal blood vessel form under the retina. These blood vessels can leak fluid or bleed and cause sudden and drastic loss of central vision.

Although only about 10 percent of the 10 to 15 million Americans with AMD have the “wet” form, it is responsible for the most severe vision loss. New, highly effective treatments such as the injectable medications ranibizumab and bevacizumab are dramatically reducing damage from “wet” AMD and can stabilize vision in more than 90 percent of patients and actually improve vision in up to 30 to 40 percent of patients.

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Why go organic?

By Danette Vernon

I once worked at a children’s shelter, a place that housed children who were victims of abuse and neglect, and after we all visited a strawberry farm one morning, I asked if they knew why organic was important. No, they did not.

So I set up a quick demonstration at the kitchen counter. I took a lovely, redripe strawberry and sprinkled it with Comet. I rinsed it, and re-sprinkled it; rinsed it and re-sprinkled it — 30 times. Thirty is the average number of chemicals on, and in, your non-organic strawberry. I then offered the strawberry to the children and teens at the counter.

It was rinsed to sparkling clean again, gleaming with water drop-lets caught by the light — no takers. Why? I had rinsed all of the Comet off! Why not eat it? Isn’t it the same as it was before?

Not really.

Yet, that’s the quality of the food that WE eat every day. New science says that we are exposed to 30,000 to 50, 000 more chemicals than our grandparents, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers 60 percent of herbicides, 90 percent of fungicides and 30 percent of insecticides to be carcinogenic. Cancer death rates in 1958 were one in seven for women, and one in eight for men; today it is one in two.

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Are organically grown fruits and vegetable really any better for you? yourself or your children, it is suggested that you familiarize yourself with lists of fruits and vegetables that are the most heavily laden with pesticide, for example, eat watermelon over apples, broccoli over potatoes. In addition, over time, try to develop the commitment to buying one new organic food item, a container of organic salad mix, or a bag of organic baby carrots — start somewhere. But organic or not, please do eat your vegetables and fruits, too many of us never touch the stuff!

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Organic farms weed by hand, release helpful bugs, such as lady bugs, to help keep down the spread of bugs that eat their plants; use mulch, and spread natural soil enhancers, among many other practical and time proven methods, that in part, my grandfather used. But are organically grown fruits and vegetables really any better for you (other than the fact they are poison free)?

Dr. Mercola, a well-known advocate for healthy living, reports that, “Aside from pesticide contamination, conventional produce tends to have fewer nutrients than organic produce.”

Why? One theory is that the ecosystem below pesticide sprayed plants is actually dead, and so minerals that would be available to an organic plant, are not broken down small enough, without this ecosystem, to be “up-loaded” into a nonorganic plant.

So buy what organic vegetables and fruits that you can afford, eat foods that are less pesticide laden — and visit your local farmers markets, buy fresh, if not organic. Many of our local farmers, while they have not worked their way through the certification process for “organic,” still avoid pesticide when at all possible.

Most importantly — eat your vegetables!

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Once again this year, Americans have seen many changes impact our country — changes that may have had a direct impact on your personal financial well-being. We have endured record-high unemployment, decreasing property values, a battle over health care legislation, and an overall feeling of uncertainty about the country’s economy and the deficit.

We have a habit of avoiding money conversations, something that’s particularly true between family members. Often we avoid having money conversations with our spouses for multiple reasons.

We recently received an email from a friend highlighting this very issue. He admitted that he avoids money conversations with his wife because he doesn’t feel like he has a plan.

He doesn’t feel like there’s a plan in place to save for his kids’ edu-

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While we all know this is important to at least discuss our thoughts and plans for important things like education, retirement, and financial security as a family, we underestimate how not having a plan in place causes stress, anxiety, and worry. It’s a catch-22, because we aren’t sure of the answers, and yet everyone has to start these conversations somewhere otherwise nothing will happen, which isn’t good for anybody.

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Bring on the dancing bears

By Jack Sparacino

It seems as if I overlooked a few topics when I wrote recently about the entertainment field. This list ought to cover every possible thing I missed, except for maybe sword swallowing and dancing bears.

1. High school and college plays and musicals. These represent some of my fondest school memories. I don’t think one can overestimate the educational value or goodwill reinforced in audiences that see these productions.

2. Harry Houdini. Born in 1874 in Budapest, Hungary, with the less cool name of Erich Weisz, Houdini is still the first person many of us think of when we contemplate magicians and escape artists. This entertainment icon performed up to his death in 1926. Talk about a man made for the Roaring Twenties. It’s just too bad that he couldn’t get out of them alive.

3. Beauty pageants. These seem to have been around practically forever, but the trend toward organizing events for younger and younger participants is, can I say, curious. Hopefully we’re not headed toward prenatal competition, though sonograms could be scrutinized by tiny judges at some point, perhaps.

4. The Little Rascals. Weren’t they fun to watch, those scruffy kids who were always getting into mischief, with great names like Spanky, Froggie, Stymie, Farina, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and Wheezer? What a shame that so many of them ran into such difficulty in real life after their acting days were over.

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

5. Circuses. Who doesn’t love a good old (or new) fashioned circus? The number of circuses traveling on rails reached its high point in 1911, when 32 shows traveled the U.S. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus toured with a staggering 100 cars in 1923. They carried big top tents that could hold more than 10,000 customers. It’s interesting how in 2006 the Depression-era circus book “Water for Elephants” stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for 12 weeks. To the end of his adult life, my amazing father loved to take his grandchildren to the circus, probably because he never really got to go much as a kid growing up in the 30’s.

6. Elvis impersonators. Well, Mr. Presley wasn’t the King of Rock and Roll for nothing. His show business descendants span our landscape like an incandescent highway system of scarves glimmering with sequins.

7. Infomercials. These may qualify as a guilty pleasure if you watch just for the entertainment value with no particular intention of buying anything they’re selling. I’m guessing that more than a few people do just that, maybe when no one else is around and they’re balancing their checkbook or petting the cat, for example. Ron Popeil was really on to something when he began his sales

career many years ago. How can you not love the guy who brought us such essential household products as ChopO-Matic, the Popeil Pocket Fisherman, Inside-The-Shell Egg Scrambler, and the Electric Food Dehydrator? “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m going to show you the greatest kitchen appliance ever made ... All your onions chopped to perfection without shedding a single tear.” ALL of them? Wow. 8. Best female pop singer EVER. This one may get me in hot water with some people, but here goes: Linda Ronstadt. Smash hits in rock and roll, dreamy crooner classics from the 1950’s, brilliance on the opera stage, you name it. She’s been great in many venues and has few, if any, peers who’ve been as versatile.

9. Willie Nelson. How can this man still be traveling so much and going so strong as a performer? He was born in 1933, the year that work began on the Golden Gate Bridge. (And, oh by the way, gasoline was 10 cents a gallon, a loaf of bread cost 7 cents, and the average cost of a new house was ... $5,750.) I’ve written some things over the years that I’m pretty proud of, but would give my eye teeth to have written any of his great hits, such as “Crazy,” “Night Life” or “On The Road Again.”

10. “Pawn Stars.” Oh my goodness.

This top-rated reality show on The History Channel provides a simply fascinating look into the intricacies of how people come to value and price special merchandise. The setting is the family owned Gold and Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas. The show’s stars include Rick Harrison, an engaging, eternally curious fellow; his father, Richard (“The Old Man”); and his son, Corey (“Big Hoss”). Watching them interact with an amazing series of customers looking to sell anything from antiques and museum pieces to ancient toys, cars, weapons and curiosities is just plain fun and educational. And if there ever was an infectious laugh, it’s Rick’s.

11. Pantomime artists. Despite the talent involved, it got to be a running joke that hardly anyone wants to sit still and watch a mime at work. Well, it’s certainly better than watching paint dry.

Grease paint.

12. YouTube. How did we ever live without this website and the ability to find practically any recording with a few clicks of the mouse? Talk about the ability to get entertained, educated, or just lost in the weeds. Fascinating weeds at that.

13. Hibachi chefs in Japanese restaurants. These guys can simply mesmerize you, not necessarily a good state of mind to be in around flashing knives. Anyone for a volcanic onion?

Now THAT’S entertainment.

Well, whew, that should about do it.

Bring on those dancing bears!

For those who dare to downtown

By Cherimie Crane Weatherford After a most unusual day of cow chasing, key dropping, contract confusion and acceptance that all is not well with the world, I chose to venture out of my cave.

A night out with my girlfriends was not only long overdue but an obvious solution to a defeated attitude. I couldn’t help but remember the days of singlehood and desperately trying to navigate the choppy waters of social Beaufort. As I began my journey into getting ready, I couldn’t help but be thankful I survived.

Like all females, I enjoy the ceremonial going out grooming routine. I whirl through my closet with wildebeest intent only to rise from the mountain of rejects with the very first outfit I attempted. The preparations, for the most part, are the same as they were in my pre-married state.

The contrast comes in the actual outing.

During my single days, walking in a bar took a strategic, almost methodical set of guidelines, rules, and cautionary measures.

As any woman knows, first impressions are critical in survival of the social scene. One must be pretty, but no too pretty; dress fashionably, not too fashionably; and only make eye contact with either gender if first given approval by their respective spouses, ex-spouses, girlfriend, ex-girlfriend, and any other individual who at any point at some stake in emotional ownership. It is an unspoken yet highly enforced rule in a small town. Anyone not familiar with the ties that bind can find themselves in

quite the predicament.

Somehow being married lessens the sting.

Having lived the throes of single life in our lovely little town, I feel it incumbent upon Cherimie me to offer advice to any Crane Weatherford poor soul unfamiliar with the hierarchy of the jungle. It wasn’t too long ago that someone took me under their wing and delicately explained the rules, dangers, and escape routes necessary to social scene survival. Without the careful instruction, I would have certainly been a statistic among the socially dead. In keeping with the payit-forward mentality, I offer the following tips to any newcomer or re-emergent individual who dares to downtown.

Once the outfit and make-up stage is complete, it is now time to practice the most fundamental of social graces. It is imperative that before ever entering the world of downtown, one must rehearse several scenarios to perfection. Staring at the floor is preferred over staring at one’s odd choice of shoes, no matter how shoe-icidal they may appear, stare at the floor. Staring at the floor is a safety precaution that often deters even the fiercest of predator. If you made the grave error of making eye contact when eye contact was not yet approved, immediately revert to the stare at the floor tactic. It could very well save your life.

Another seemingly impossible situation would be any sentence that starts with “Did you know...” This is a trick, a trap, and must be avoided at all costs. If you find yourself in a conversation that includes the portentous phrase, there is only one maneuver. Immediately begin sneezing, sneeze wildly and without abandon. There is no winner in the “Did you know...” and no one is safe, so sneeze and retreat.

The background check is one of the more difficult but the most necessary of preparations. Whether you peruse Facebook FBI style or have the bartender on speed dial, you may want to adequately educate yourself on anyone you may or may not have a conversation with, stand by, be seen in the same general area, or worst case, accept a drink. The most common fatal error is speaking with someone who at any point in time and in any capacity dated any one who may consider you a friend. Hell hath no fury, and no vacancy.

Should you find yourself in this Twister of Turmoil, there is only one acceptable reaction. You obviously have to move and/ or become publicly celibate. Do not make this mistake, only speak when spoken to if you do not have a list of their friends, their enemies, their pharmacist, and the last four digits of their social. What may seem like an innocent introduction can land you in the abyss of absolute isolation by all of those better informed. The walls have eyes, the eyes have iPhones and everyone will know that you committed this mortal sin

before you ever finish your drink.

There are many who survive frequent social outings without dents or damages, but they are rare and should be respected.

They are the unmentioned heroes of hang outs, masters of mingling, and their ability to walk through the briars unscathed is a thing of beauty. They are professionals, they know who to talk to, what to wear, who to avoid, and who to tip well. You can only hope to attain such status as it requires a local birth certificate and years of experience. For the rest of us, we must learn the ways of the wild, the laws of the land, and the quickest routes home when happy hour goes awry.

Small towns have their own rules, their own food chain and an encyclopedia of acceptable behaviors. Knowing the rules levels the field, ignoring them often levels individuals. The changes in tide, the pull of the moon, and the salt of the air can often be blamed for the odd social norms. It is fairly understandable that placing so many people in such a small area can, without fail, produce interesting results. Going downtown to enjoy all the camaraderie, all the comedy and all the confusion is a great alternative to folding clothes or cleaning baseboards.

There are friendships to be made, memories to cherish and embarrassing encounters to endure. When the sun fades and the bars brighten, arm yourself with good friends, good manners, and possibly a good attorney; one thing is certain, there will be much to talk about the following day.

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After seeing and hearing nothing but great work and positive comments from many of my clients, this past Saturday, I decided to swing into a local nail spa to give them a try. Roughly five miles or so from Boundary Street, just past Beaufort Memorial Hospital and heading down Ribaut Road, Diamond Nails sits amongst a small row of beauty shops in Magnolia Plaza.

My mind was set on the fact that, this day, I was going to splurge on the best manicure and pedicure that was offered.

Pulling into the parking lot, Magnolia Plaza wasn’t set into one of the busiest or most notable locations this area has to offer, yet I confidently sauntered into the spa to be seen.

As I entered the tranquil atmosphere, I was immediately greeted by all three technicians, busy at work with current customers. I signed in, and before taking my seat, had a chair pulled up for me and politely asked to go ahead and sit to be seen. My technician, a gentleman, was very friendly and interactive during my service. He effectively listened to my requests and even made suitable suggestions as he diligently worked away to create a perfectly manicured and flawless masterpiece of artificial gel nails.

Later, after spending close to an hour of delicate maintenance on my nails,

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he relocated me to the massage chair for a “Deluxe Pedicure.” The massage chair alone soothed away the pains of a busy work week, while my feet up to my knees were pampered with an extensive, handson massage. Not once during my mani and pedi was I interrupted or left alone, as all attention, for nearly another hour was mine. During my pedicure, the paraffin wax dip softened my rough edges as the slathered on mint soak tingled while it settled into my skin. The atmosphere, from beginning to end, maintained its peaceful and relaxing calm.

I have had many a mani/pedi at as equal a spa or salon, yet my experience was such a meaningful and pleasurable one that as I look at my well manicured nails and pretty little toes, I just had to write about such a wonderful place.

Let’s continue to support our local small businesses and especially patronize those that go above and beyond when it comes to recognizing the quality of great customer service.

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Upcoming events support Relay For Life

By Tess Malijenovsky

The more fun you have at Relay for Life events, the more you help the American Cancer Society save lives.

Relay for Life is an overnight event during which team members take turns walking around a track over night to symbolize how cancer never sleeps. It celebrates “the lives of people who have battled cancer, remembers loved ones lost and fights back against the disease.”

Beaufort’s Relay for Life teams have come up with some creative ideas to raise money this year, beginning with all-you-can-eat steamed oysters and chili for $10 at Gilligan’s Friday, March 16, from 5-8 p.m.

Also, there will be a Community Yard Sale on Saturday, March 17 at 7:30 a.m. in Gilligan’s parking lot (2601 Boundary St.). The community and all Relay teams are invited. Please bring your tables and items to sell to Gilligan’s Saturday morning. If your team cannot attend but would like to donate or collect yard sale items, please call Linda Arp (843252-7549). She can answer all of your questions.

Break bread and dine Italian on March 30 for a spaghetti dinner at St. John’s Lutheran Church from 5-8 p.m., $10 for adults and $5 for children.

The Lion’s Club, who helps visually impaired persons, is putting on the event. Their team was motivated to continue Relay for Life this year when Mandy’s mother and father, Kathy and Charles, were recently diagnosed with cancer. Members of The Lion’s Club will be bringing in each of their own homemade pasta sauces for a variety of pastas. There will also be baskets to raffle off. Call Mandy for tickets or more information (864-978-1150) or Mr. and Mrs. Holley (843-525-1513).

That same weekend on March 31, the Beaufort Belles will host “Bowl for a Cure” at Ribaut Lanes at 3 p.m., $20 for three games and shoes. The ladies will be giving away door prizes and raffles.

The Beaufort Belles is a support group for women cancer survivors and their families. So take the family, your friends or a date and bowl for a great cause.

April 2 Cooter Brown Catering will host “Pasta Monday” at The Port Royal

Pasta House to remember and honor Keith Cummins who passed away in February from Leukemia. Keith was a member of Cooter Brown Catering whose members are the commodores for the Beaufort Water Festival. “Pasta Monday” will be a buffet of three different delectable pasta dishes, a salad, bread and a soft drink beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets to the event are limited so hurry up and buy yours. Contact any Cooter Brown Catering member or Sherry Stacks (843-816-1888).

Sherry, or any of the other members of Cooter Brown Catering, will also be the point of reference standing between you and your smoked, boneless full Boston Butt for $20. You can’t just pick up this sort of treat any day from anywhere, and what’s more is that 100 percent of your proceeds help fund the battle against cancer and help Cooter Brown Catering meet their fundraising goal. The last day to purchase a Boston Butt is April 1, and you can pick them up April 14 from 4-6 p.m. at Gilligan’s.

Last but certainly not the final Relay for Life event, is the Poker Run on April

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continued from page 1 I. Pinckney Simons Gallery, LLC: Karen Keene Day, wild horse artist and advocate, is back in Beaufort. A very powerful group of new paintings collectively known as “Moments With Wild Horses” will be on display. Karen’s paintings of the wild horses of Colorado capture the great drama and excitement that can quickly unfold between the horses. This new series focuses on the young wild mare Alegre (Happy) and her mother Alpha. Karen’s approach to painting is as energetic as her subject.

Acrylic paints are applied and removed with brush and large pallet knife which gives an astonishing sculptured texture of the entire surface. Sizes span from 8” x 8” to 60” x 48.

The Craftseller: Located at 818 Bay Street, this shop features the work of more than 200 American craft artists.

These artists, from 32 different states, work in many mediums such as glass, wood, clay, and jewelry. For more information, contact Charlie Williams at 525-6104.

LyBensons Gallery and Studio: A photographic exhibit by gallery owner Kenneth Hodges will be featured. The exhibit will include original photographs of such noted individuals as Rosa Parks, Dizzy Gillespie, Sammy Davis Jr., Maya Angelou, Coretta King and others.

LyBensons will also feature an exhibit of historic posters by Jonathan Green.

Many local and Gullah Artists will be on display along with original and authentic African Art. Beaufort Art Association Gallery: The nonprofit gallery at 913 Bay Street, will be hosting a grand re-opening of the jewelry exhibit “Polished and Eclectic,” with handmade sterling silver

Gullah Cottage by William Rhett III at the Rhett Gallery.

and vintage jewelry by featured artists Nancy Kates and Susan Palmer. The gallery will also have unique works by over 80 artists and artisans on display, including oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, photographs, prints, textiles, jewelry, and ceramic pieces. Not only will visitors have a chance to meet our artists; they can also get in the spirit by sampling some Guinness Gingerbread.

The Gallery: At 802 Bay St., there will be a fun and stimulating show for Spring Art Walk featuring furniture designer Rex Hunter (aka “Red Fish Rex”) and painter Marlies Williams in a joint show titled “Naturally Inspired.” Both artists are drawn to the natural beauty of the Lowcountry and harness their creative inspiration from their surroundings.

Rex Hunter works with exotic woods celebrating the beauty of the grain and embellishes Mother Nature’s work by creating functional works that fit into any environment or aesthetic. He loves to play with the contrast of different species and create final pieces that are graceful, simple and elegant. Marlies Williams’ tactile paintings depict the beauty of the Lowcountry, but not of your normal perspective. Ms. Williams concentrates on the intimate viewpoint of the marsh grasses. Her paintings beautifully capture the subtly of the changes of the grasses as the seasons bring new life into the environment where water and earth collide.

Rosa Parks, photographed by Kenneth Hodges at LyBensons Gallery and Studio.

Indigo Gallery: Gloria Dalvini and Sandra Baggette both have a passion for painting in the wonderful area that surrounds them. Both artists are founding members of the Lowcountry Plein Air Society and enjoy the challenges of painting out in various locations. The artists will be available to discuss their work and the plein air experience at Indigo Gallery. Gloria Dalvini frequently explores and paints scenes that depict the essence of the Lowcountry, from the fantastic architecture to the surrounding marshes. Three Docks, a recent oil painting will be on display. Sandra Baggette’s heart is always in her garden whether she is outside painting in it or she brings bouquets inside to paint. The early arrival of the azaleas this year adds urgency to capturing them before we have a resurgence of a winter day. This is the essence of the plein air painting experience that she enjoys. This oil painting, Azaleas from My Garden is a combination of the view and the flowers she loves. Martha Young suffered a leg injury while riding her mo-ped. While recuperating, she started painting to

7 put on by the Spartina volunteers.

Folks participating can start showing up around 11 a.m. at Cry Babies, but the “last out” is at 12 p.m. Players will collect a card at each of the five bars/ restaurants for their poker hand. You can ride by motorcycle or cycle and can even bring a buddy. The Poker Run ends at El Torros where there will be raffle prizes as well as a prize for the best poker hand. Contact Joe Arp for more information (843-476-7400).

Linda of the Beaufort Belles has also designed T-shirts to help raise money.

The shirts have Palmetto trees made with all cancer ribbon colors and say, “Life, Love, Hope in the Lowcountry”.

It’s $15 for sizes S-XL and $17 for XXLXXXL, and they can be purchased by either calling Linda or from New South Shirts.

For any Relay team looking for the right place to host a fundraiser, Gilligan’s has a large private banquet room, patio and bar. Just contact Dana at ddomino11811@yahoo.com.

We can’t always pick our battles, but we can all choose to fight.

pass the time. Her first painting was a gift to her granddaughter, Lilly, who calls her “MiMi”. Thus, although her name is Martha Young, the signature that appears on her paintings remains, “MiMi.” The Rhett Gallery: They will feature the work of the Rhett family, all talented artists. “Hawk Feather” is carved by William M. Rhett out of basswood and painted in oils. “Marsh Harbor” is an original watercolor by Nancy Ricker Rhett and “Gullah Cottage” is an original watercolor by William Rhett III. ArtLofts: Located at 208-B Carteret St., ArtLofts consists of the studios of seven diverse artists — Pam Hagan, Susan Knight, Pat Schad, Mary Grayson Segars, Susie Stockholm, Susan Stone and Donna Varner. Visitors to ArtLofts will discover a beautiful, well-lit space where they can watch artists at work or they can simply view the variety of different works on display. ArtLofts offers high-quality Lowcountry scenes, contemporary mixed media pieces, unique jewelry, altered books, creative photography, and more. Susan Knight is a silver jewelry artist who enjoys working with natural materials as her inspiration. Susie Stockholm’s focus is on abstract and contemporary painting collage and paper weaving. ArtLofts will also exhibit ‘fresh-off-the-press’ plein air works done by accomplished painters from Carrollton, Georgia.

Bay St. Gallery: At 719 Bay St. there will be many visual and tactile delights.

There will be paintings by Mary Segars, Kathy Crowther and Bill Mead. Nancy Pollock’s sculptures will amaze with their profusion of detail. The silk purses by Barbara James are beautiful and collectible. Jo Ann Graham’s lovely original silver jewelry will tempt you and Donna Kirkpatrick’s black-and-white photography rounds out this talented collection of Lowcountry artists.

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food&drink

A spotlight on fabulous local restaurants, wine advice and a dining guide

Traditional Southern with an Asian touch at

By Pamela Brownstein

BIG JOE’S BAR-B-Q

I was excited that Lunch Bunch would be eating at Big Joe’s Bar-B-Q in Port Royal because I had never been there but had heard that it was a popular spot among locals. To be honest, I always found the location a bit daunting (it’s in the same strip mall as a gas station).

Don’t make the same mistake I did: Go try the food at once, it’s superb.

Owner Yuni brought out several plates for us to sample: each representing the wide range that the restaurant offers.

We all loved the traditional Lowcountry Boil made with large shrimp, corn on the cob, whole sausage and potatoes. Elizabeth and I could have sat there all day eating those potatoes, they were perfectly cooked and seasoned.

Next there was fried shrimp with crinkle fries, as well fried tilapia filets that were flaky and tasty. We also tried a salad with pulled pork.

The biggest surprise was the steaming plate of beef, sauteed onions and other vegetables. This was Korean barbecue called bulgogi and it was so yummy.

Served over rice, there was tons of flavor.

Clockwise from top left: Lowcountry Boil; fried fish and chips; new decor inside; pork salad; Korean barbecue called bulgogi.

Elizabeth, Buck, Nikki and I were thrilled to try all the dishes, and couldn’t finish it all, we were so full and satisfied.

Big Joe’s serves barbecue sandwiches, ribs, wings, as well as a whole slew of sides including fried corn nuggets, hash and rice, or white lima beans and rice.

The daily specials include two smoked

chicken leg quarters with two sides or two piece ribs with two sides for only $5.99. With the military specials, Marine graduates eat free on Fridays and all military gets 15% off everyday.

They also deliver to Parris Island.

After buying Big Joe’s three years ago, Yuni has added her own feminine touches

with new lighting and table clothes over the big family size wooden tables.

Big Joe’s Bar-B-Q is located at 780 D Parris Island Gateway, Port Royal.

Take out and catering available. Open Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., closed Sunday. Call 843-770-0711 or visit www.bigjoesbbq.net.

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I know they say a bit of knowledge never hurt anyone. It’s just having to go through acquiring it that seems to be the problem. Some how, no matter how young or old we are, school in any form just is not appealing. That means that even when it’s good for us we don’t want to learn whatever it is. With wine, a bit of knowledge can be dangerous if you think you know more than you do.

Or totally scary if you realize how much there can be to learn about it. This week, as usual, we’re going to have to learn a few things about our wine. At least, though, with wine we can drink while we learn. School at drinking age has got to be better than kids’ school. So — let’s study, and, sure, get a full glass. I’ve got mine right here.

To start with, let’s look at where our wine comes from: The Santa Lucia Highlands AVA in Monterey County in California. Wines from the Monterey County AVA come from a larger area known as the Central Coast that runs 100 miles from north of Monterey Bay south to Paso Robles. The AVA includes part of Carmel Valley and the Salinas Valley. It includes five other, smaller, AVAs. (One of these we’ll come back to in a bit.)

About 40,000 acres of grapes are grown in the Monterey County AVA. Chardonnay is over 50% of that. The northern part of the AVA is better for Rieslings and Pinot Noirs, the southern part better for Bordeaux varieties — Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot.

The Santa Lucia Highlands is one of the five smaller AVAs located within the Monterey County AVA. Probably, it is the best known of the five. It is located in the Santa Lucia Mountains above the Salinas Valley. More than 2,300 acres of vines are planted here, some of them as high as 1,200 feet above sea level. The region has cool morning fog and breezes from the bay, and warm afternoons thanks to the southern exposure of the vineyards on the slopes.

Our last tidbit of knowledge for this week’s wine is the name of the category it is in. Meritage is a made-up name that is pronounced to rhyme with the

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The name “Hahn” means “rooster” in are not limited to Napa Valley any more German and is now the emblem on all ESTANCIA TOASTED HEAD Black & White either. (Good thing or all the info about Hahn wine bottles as a tribute to their Scotcha small group word “heritage.” In 1988, $897 $997 1.75lt Monterey AVA wouldn’t make sense!)

European heritage. $16.99 of Napa Valley vintners formed the And, now, we get to this week’s wine.

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Association to Meritage Alliance; and All together, we get exceptional wines. But at $14.99, that’s easy. Enjoy!

by August 2009, they had more than 250 members.

Members of the Alliance agree to the terms for using the name “Meritage” on UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT their wines. A red Meritage must be made at least two of the six grapes that are allowed — the Bordeaux five plus Carmenere that was also, historically, grown in Bordeaux. No one variety can be more than 90% of the blend.

Originally, a Meritage wine also had to Music of be one of the best, and more expensive, Schumann, Dvorak, Pärt, Piazzolla and Liszt that the winery made. White Meritage wines for Alliance members can be made from Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Muscadelle (another Bordeaux variety). Again, no grape can exceed 90% of the blend. There is still the recommendation that a Meritage wine Carteret Street, Beaufort 5 pm be the winery’s most expensive blend and that production is limited to no more PINOT GRIGIO 750 ML

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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.

SPOTLIGHT ON:

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ATHENIAN GARDENS: 950 Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 379-9222; Greek; L.D.

524-7771; Barbecue, Southern cooking;L.D.

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

BACK PORCH GRILL: 950 Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 525-9824; L.D.

SAKE HOUSE: 274 Robert Smalls

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

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

BELLA LUNA: 859 Sea Island Parkway,

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

BERRY ISLAND CAFE: Newpoint

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

BERTOS GRILL TEX-MEX:

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

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.

FACTORY CREEK FISH COMPANY: 71 Sea Island Parkway, Lady’s Island; 379-3288; Seafood; L.D.

SANDBAR & GRILL: 41B Robert Smalls Parkway, Beaufort; 524-3663; L.D. L.T. (Larry Taylor) has been serving up authentic Southern comfort cuisine to loyal local customers for 18 years. The restaurant is only open for lunch and the menu is deceptively simple. L.T.’s is located at 40 Sea Island Parkway, Lady’s Island, and is open Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call ahead for pick up at 843-524-3122.

SEA ISLAND PIZZA: 136 Sea Island Pkwy, Beaufort; 522-1212; L.D. SGT. WHITE’S: 1908 Boundary St.;

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

SHOOFLY KITCHEN: 1209 Boundary 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,

Beaufort; 470-1100; Mexican; L.D.

St., Beaufort; 379-9061; B.L.

LUTHER’S RARE & WELL DONE:

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

910 Bay St., Beaufort; 521-1888; L.D.

MAGGIE’S PUB & EATERY: 17 Market, Habersham; 379-1719; L.D. MAGNOLIA BAKERY CAFE: 703

SOUTHERN GRACES BISTRO:

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

STEAMER: 168 Sea Island Parkway;

Yemassee; 589-4360; Steaks, wings; L.D.

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

HECKLERS: 2121 Boundary St., Suite 100, Beaufort Town Center Beaufort; 3792090; L.D.

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

HEMINGWAY’S BISTRO: 920 Bay

MARKETPLACE NEWS: 917 Bay St., Beaufort; 470-0188; Ice cream and sandwich cafe; B.L.

SUWAN THAI: 1638 Paris Ave., Port

MARYLAND FRIED CHICKEN: 111

Square, Beaufort; 379-2160; B, L.

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.

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

Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 524-8766; L.D.

MEDICAL PARK DELI: 968 Ribaut

Helena Island; 838-2330; L.

Road, Beaufort; 379-0174; B.L.

JADE GARDEN: 2317 Boundary St.,

MOONDOGGIES CAFE: 930 10th St.,

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

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

JIMMY JOHN’S: 2015 Boundary St.,

burgers; 379-8555; L.D.

Beaufort Town Center; 379-3009; Sub sandwiches; L.D.

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

Lady’s Island; 522-0210; L.D.

SUSHI SAKANA: 860 Parris Island Gateway, Port Royal; 379-5300; L.D. Royal; 379-8383; Thai cuisine; L.D.

SUZARA’S KITCHEN: Newcastle SWEETGRASS: 100 Marine Drive, Dataw Island; 838-2151; L.D.

TOOTING EGRET BISTRO: 706 Craven St., Beaufort; 521-4506; B.L.

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

PALM & MOON BAGELS: 221 Scott

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

St., Beaufort; 379-9300; B.L.

JOHNSON CREEK TAVERN: FOOLISH FROG: 846 Sea Island

PANINI’S CAFE: 926 Bay St., Beaufort;

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

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

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

FRYED GREEN TOMATOES SOUTHERN EATERY & CAFE:

KOOKY MOOKY’S: 101 Scott St.,

PIACE PIZZA: 5-B Market, Habersham,

Beaufort; 521-4445; L.D.

Beaufort; 379-3287; L.D.

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

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

L.T.’s HOMECOOKED MEALS: Sea

PIZZA INN: 2121 Boundary St., Beaufort Town Center, Beaufort; 379-8646; L.D.

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

PLUMS: 904 1/2 Bay St., Beaufort; 525-

FUMIKO SUSHI: 14 Savannah Highway, Beaufort; 524-0918; L.D.

LA NOPALERA: 1220 Ribaut Road,

GILLIGANS: 2601 Boundary St.,

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

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

Island; 522-9700; L.D.

Beaufort; 521-4882; Mexican; L.D.

LOS AMIGOS: 14 Savannah Highway;

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

1946; Sandwiches, seafood, live music;L.D.

PORT ROYAL PASTA COMPANY: 1340 Ribaut Road, Port Royal; 379-0146; D

Q ON BAY: 822 Bay St., Beaufort;

A GUIDE TO DINING • All area codes are 843 • B = Breakfast • L = Lunch • D = Dinner • To feature your restaurant in the SPOTLIGHT, email theislandnews@gmail.com.

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Stay busy and entertained with themed crossword puzzles and Sudoku

last week’s crossword & sudoku solutions

(843) 812-4656

THEME: PRIMETIME TV ACROSS 1. *Usually second half of “Law & Order” 6. Nada 9. Do, re or mi 13. All plants and animals 14. Dental group 15. _____ of Honor 16. On the move 17. Scottish hero Rob 18. Egg-shaped object 19. *What survivors and losers have in common 21. Often considered wise 23. Makes feathers stick 24. “The ____ of Life,” movie 25. Pipe material 28. Forbidden 30. Crushed grain of various cereals 35. *What “CSI” does on CBS on Wed. nights 37. Original Cohiba producer 39. It’s delayed in summer 40. Christmas season 41. *In search of an apprentice 43. Italian money 44. Remote in manner 46. Attorney’s bargain 47. Disparaging remark 48. Praying insect 50. Not in favor of 52. Printing unit, pl.

53. Scoff 55. *They know drama?

57. *What Aguilera judges 59. *One show has 60 of these 63. Laughing predator 65. *Everybody used to love this actor 67. Visual or picture 68. Related to oats 69. Overnight lodging 70. Water wheel 71. “Odyssey,” e.g.

72. Approximated landing time 73. *He was the dad in “Family Ties”

DOWN 1. Type of ski lift 2. “____ and shine!”

3. Tiny amount 4. Like Tower of Pisa 5. Cowboy’s rope catcher 6. “Not a” or “never a” 7. *Bachelor’s last words?

8. Extra shirt, e.g.

9. *Actress Campbell, formerly of “Party of Five” 10. Smell 11. Mai ___ 12. Old age, archaic 15. *Like the Pritchetts 20. Parcel of land 22. Drumstick 24. Shaped like a tube 25. *Flight’s glory days 26. Oscar nominee _____ Davis 27. Famous king of Thebes 29. Stomach reflex 31. Rembrandt’s medium 32. Nimble 33. Monotonous hum 34. *They salsa and rumba 36. One-armed bandit 38. Prayer’s end 42. Singer LaBelle 45. Fiji native 49. Part of a min.

51. The 9th in baseball, e.g.

54. Fear-inspiring 56. Cancer symptom 57. Obama’s right 58. Singles 59. Asian starling 60. Tropical edible root 61. Knight’s chest plate 62. Neptune’s domains 63. Gardening tool 64. High-pitched bark 66. Marching insect

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pets

Learn about canine behavior with Tracie Korol

What is dog food? The Yuck Factor, part three

W

hen things go awry in the pet food industry, meaning that pets become seriously ill, if not drop over dead from eating the food, the manufacturing company usually will work with the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to coordinate a recall of the affected products.

The largest recall in pet food history occurred in March 2007. Menu Foods recalled more than 100 brands including Science Diet, Eukanuba, Mighty Dog and many brands featured at Walmart.

The FDA received over 17,000 reports that pets were sickened and an estimated 20% died from acute renal failure. In April, high levels of melamine, a chemical used in fertilizer and plastics (you know, as in unbreakable melamine dishes) was found in wheat and rice gluten protein concentrate imported from China. The melamine had been purposely added to falsely boost the protein content. By early May, scientists identified the cause of rapid onset kidney disease to be the result of the reaction between melamine and cyanuric acid, another pet food additive.

In 1999, Doane Pet Care recalled more than a million bags of kibble (Ol’ Roy) contaminated with a nasty fungal product called aflatoxin. The toxin killed 25 dogs.

In 2006, more than 5 million cans of Ol’ Roy, American Fare, and other dog foods distributed in the Southeast were recalled by the manufacturer, Simmons Pet Food,

BowWOW!

Facts, observations and musings about Our Best Friends

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

because the enamel lining in the cans was flaking into the food. In the most deadly recall of 2006, Royal Canin recalled four prescription canned dog and cat foods.

The culprit was a serious overdose of Vitamin D that caused calcium deficiency and kidney disease. While the Chinese melamine scare was dreadful, it wasn’t an oddity. It happens more often than we’d like to think.

The “good” news about the melamine recall was that it brought to light one of the pet food industry’s dark secrets: co-packing. One company makes the food, but puts someone else’s label on it.

This is a very common arrangement. For instance, Iams/Eukanuba canned foods are not made by The Iams Company at all. In fact, in 2003 Iams signed an exclusive 10-year contract with Menu Foods for the production of 100% of its canned foods.

In co-packing agreements, prices of raw ingredients are lower because they can be bought in huge quantity, making the

profits larger and the process cheaper. The big question raised by this arrangement is whether or not there is any real difference between the expensive premium brands and the lowliest generics as it all comes out of the same nozzle, so to speak. The melamine-tainted recalled products all contained the suspect ingredient, wheat gluten, but they also contained specific ingredients designated by the folks who were paying for the use of the machinery at the time.

The recalled premium brands claim that Menu made their foods “according to proprietary recipes using specified ingredients,” and that “contract manufacturers must follow strict quality standards.” Indeed, the contracts undoubtedly included those points. But out in the real world, things may not go according to plan. How well are machines

cleaned between batches, how carefully are ingredients mixed, and just how particular are minimum-wage workers in a dirty, smelly job going to be about getting everything just perfect?

The practice of co-packing demonstrates that the price of the pet food does not always determine whether it is good or bad or even safe. However, you can be sure that the very cheapest foods can be counted on to have the very cheapest ingredients. For example, Ol’ Roy has now been involved in four serious recalls.

As consumers, what can we do? Read labels. Granted, it’s a nuisance to heave a big bag over and look at the tiny type, but do it. Make sure the name on the front of the bag matches the name of the manufacturer, for starters. Read the list of ingredients, too. The first six ingredients should be foods you recognize and might eat. Or try this, if the area of space on the bag allotted to the ingredient list is more than four inches deep, don’t buy it. Commercially prepared pet food is not necessarily bad. But it’s up to you (because your dog can’t read) to make sure that you’re purchasing the very best product for your very Best Friend.

pet-related EVENTS

PAL hosts annual online fundraiser auction

From April 20-23, PALMETTO ANIMAL LEAGUE will host its third annual online auction to raise money for the many pets awaiting adoption at its Adoption Center in The Riverwalk Business Park, Okatie. Similar to last year, PAL expects to offer over 500 items ranging from travel packages and local dining opportunities to golf, tennis, spa services and much more. It’s a fun and easy way to win fabulous items while helping animals in our community. Items will be previewed beginning April 1 at www.pal.dojiggy.com or www.palmettoanimalleague.org and the bidding begins April 20 at 8 a.m. Area businesses can help make a difference by donating an item for the auction. The community can support PAL and the animals in its care by getting your paws on the keyboard and bid for PAL. For information about PAL and its programs, contact Amy Campanini at 843-645-1725 or director@ palmettoanimalleague.org. For information about the Online Auction, contact Pam Dyer, pthomasdyer@hargray.com, 843-837-8727 or go to www.pal.dojiggy.com.

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843-524-2224 2511 Boundary St., Beaufort Only 20 min. from McGarvey’s Corner, the Sea Islands and Yemassee

what to do Sea Island Quilters hold meeting

The Sea Island Quilters will meet on Thursday, March 15 at 6 p.m. at Praise Assembly, 800 Parris Island Gateway.

Special guest speaker will be Pat Wys of Silver Thimble Quilt Co., Snellville Ga. She has been featured in “Quilt maker’s 100 Blocks.” For details, call Sharon Kimber at 838-2870.

Faith Memorial Baptist holds gospel celebration

Faith Memorial Baptist Church Church’s 57th and Pastor Horace Williams, Jr. 28th Pre Anniversary Celebration will be held March 14-16. Pastor Ben Williams of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Hilton Head will be our guest speaker on Wednesday and Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. On Friday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m we will have a Gospel Concert featuring Bethel Word & Worship Deliverance Temple Choir, Faith Memorial Baptist Church Combined Choir and our Special Guest “The New Sound.” The event is free. For more information, call 843-838-5826 or 843-271-6473.

Spend an evening with state elected officials

Spend an evening with State Senator Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, and special guest Congressman Tim Scott on Friday, March 16. For host and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Desiree Watson at Desiree@MaceGroupLLC. com or 803-348-5416.

Expert to speak about Port Royal Sound

Port Royal Sound is not just a beautiful, bountiful body of water that defines a good part of our Lowcountry geography, but an ecological gem, a combination of ocean and expansive salt-marsh unique in North America. Its high tides, salinity and geology combine to make Port Royal Sound a critical wildlife resource — a varied marine habitat extending inland for 10 miles. Fripp Audubon is fortunate to present leading expert on Port Royal Sound, Dr. Chris Marsh. Dr. Marsh is a biology professor, former Executive Director of the Lowcountry Institute and mentor to SC Master Naturalists. He’ll explain the vital role of Port Royal Sound and the importance of our continued stewardship, Thursday, March 22, 7 p.m. at the Fripp Island Community Centre.

Presentation is free; all welcome; free pass at gate for off-islanders. Meet ‘n’ greet at 6 p.m. (please bring a snack to share).

Contact Pete Richards, 843-441-2153 or pete.richards@comcast.net and visit www. islc.net/audubon.

Last sessions in series ‘Returning Catholics’

On Thursday mornings, March 22 and 29, the six-week series for “Returning Catholics” ends with two presentations on the “The Mass.” Deacon Michael Beeler will help participants understand the externals of the liturgy on March 22, at 10:30 a.m. in the main sanctuary of St. Peter Church, 70 Lady’s Island Drive.

Dr. R. Thomas Richard will present the interior significance of the Liturgy to

Plaza Stadium Theater Fri. 3/16 - Thurs. 3/22 Act of Valor “R” Showing DAILY 2:05-4:20-7:05-9:15 21 Jump Street “R” Showing DAILY 2:05-4:20-7:05-9:15 John Carter “PG13” Showing DAILY 2:00-4:30-7:00-9:20 Tyler Perry Good Deeds “PG13” Showing DAILY 2:00-4:10-7:00-9:10 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax “PG” Showing DAILY 2:00-4:00-7:00-9:00 41 Robert Smalls Pkwy, Beaufort (843) 986-5806

everyday life. Dr. Richard’s presentation will take place in the Adult Ed. Room of St. Peter’s Educational wing. Both presentations begin at 10:30 a.m. and end at noon. Catholics considering a return to the practice of their faith, as well as those Catholics newly returned, and new converts are welcome. For more info contact deborahm@catholic.org or call 575-3742.

weekend cracks on criminals Disclaimer: Proceed with a sense of humor OH NO HE DIDN’T: Worse than breaking a nail is ruining a woman’s clothes.

Just as detestable as a man who hits a woman is a man who throws bleach on a woman, ruining her clothes. This is precisely what happened last Sunday at the Golden Corral when a man and a woman got into a verbal dispute.

UNDERCOVER — NOT: What is usually a reference to acting with hidden motives or methods was taken all too literally by a male subject last Friday who tried to steal three undershirts from the Dollar Store by putting them on under his T-shirt. It goes with out saying that there is nothing hidden when you’re taking off your shirt in a public general store and putting your clothes back on over the item you’ve tried on from the store in the middle of the isle. No one wants to pay for undershirts, but it’s just something we have to do.

TE QUIERO: Folks at Luther’s got a small glimpse of what it was like to be in one couple’s relationship last Saturday. An intoxicated male was arguing with his suspected wife or girlfriend at the bar. When bystanders expressed concern, he began cursing and yelling at everyone in the area. It must be like dating a Chichuahua: he just barks everywhere you take him.

Compiled by Tess Malijenovsky. Crime Report items are chosen from the files of the Beaufort Police Department. Please contact the police with any insider information on these cases. school supplies; • Families can sell the offspring for extra income or share them with other families in need.

Contact for reservations, more information, and accommodations is Amanda C. Wood, Lowcountry Master Naturalist at 843-838-7437.

Come hear bluegrass at Pickin by the River

Writing classes help improve skills at TCL

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., XI Gamma Lambda Chapter of Beaufort County will sponsor their annual car wash in support of March for Babies- March of Dimes. Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store, 1900 Boundary Street on Saturday, March 31 from 9 a.m. to noon.

Pickin by the River (venue is bluegrass, oldtime,country and folk) will be held Saturday, April 7, from Noon to 5:30 p.m. at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

Pickers and listeners are welcome. Bring a chair and join us for the day. There are plenty of places to eat on the waterfront or bring a picnic lunch. No alcohol, no drums, no glass bottles, no charge. Stage show and open jams (throughout the park). Beginners to advanced players are welcome. It’s a great time to hone your talent or just to learn. If you have a group that would like to play on stage, please call Pat at 843-379-9084.

Bay Street Outfitters holds fly fishing classes

Church to hold Spirit Fill Service ‘The Cross’

Fraternity sponsors annual car wash

One day fly casting classes will be held Saturdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 24 and May 12. Fly tying classes will be on the third Thursday each month at 6 p.m.

Please call for details and to reserve your spot. Bay Street Outfitters is located at 815 Historic Bay St. For more information, call 524-5250 or visit www.baystreetoutfitters. com.

Grace & Glory Uptown is giving away chickens!

Chicks for Chicks Event will be held Saturday, March 31, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at GRACE & GLORY Uptown, 1029 Boundary Street (next to Talbots).

Through World Vision (www.worldvision. org) we are donating chickens to hungry families. Help us reach our goal!

• Every $100 you spend on March 31st we will give a chicken to a hungry family in Africa.

• We are offering a “Pick a Chick” discount 20-50% off one item; • Food, Fun and Fabulous Fashions We’re giving away chickens! Why chickens?

• Fresh eggs raise the levels of protein and other nutrients in a family’s diet; • The sale of extra eggs and chickens can pay for vital basics like rice, milk and

A Spirit Fill Service will be held at The Foot Of The Cross on Saturday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m., 168 Martin Luther King Drive, St. Helena Island. For more information, call Bennie Dudley at 843838-3909.

Women’s coastal skills weekend clinic

Weekend workshop to expand women’s knowledge of the Lowcountry outdoors!

Weekend begins on the afternoon of Friday, April 13 with a Naturalistguided “Secrets of the Salt Marsh” tour.

Twelve educational, hands-on programs will be offered, including a History of the Lighthouse, Birding 101, Cast Netting, Salt Marsh Kayaking, Shell Fishing, Beachcombing, How to Make a Dreamcatcher and more. Meals included, camping accommodations at Hunting Island and a special rate on a hotel in nearby Frogmore available. Event runs from afternoon of Friday, April 13 through afternoon of Sunday, April 15, at Hunting Island State Park, 2555 Sea Island Parkway Hunting Island. The cost is $189 per person, plus cost of accommodations (deadline is April 1, limited to 60 women, 16 and over).

• Putting Your Life on the Lines: Memoir Writing: Your life story doesn’t have to have been overly dramatic to write a memoir. In this class, you’ll recount and record those stories you’ve been telling your family, children and grandkids for years. Whether you choose to write about a specific experience or cover a number of years’ worth, you’ll learn the skills necessary to organize and craft a written legacy. By the end of the six weeks, you’ll have a great start on your memoir in hand.

Monday evenings, April 16 – May 14, 6-8 p.m., $110 at TCL. (843) 525-8205.

Instructor Katherine Tandy Brown has been a successful freelance writer for 22 years, writing workshop leader for 10.

Low-cost vaccine, clinic will be held for pets

Palmetto Veterinary Hospital and Beaufort Dog will provide a low cost dog and cat vaccine and wellness clinic in Habersham on April 14 at Beaufort Dog at Habersham from 10 a.m. -2 p.m. It is in conjunction with the Pet and Kid’s fair.

Appointments strongly recommended.

Please call 812-5394 to reserve a spot.

Beaufort Writers meet

Beaufort Writers meets every second and fourth Tuesday from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Lady’s Island Airport Conference Room.

SEND US YOUR EVENTS Have your organization’s upcoming event or meeting listed in The Island News. Send us the important facts: don’t forget to include what, where, when, who and any other details or contact information by Monday to see it run in the upcoiming issue. Please send all emails and inquiries to theislandnews@gmail.com

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service directory AIR CONDITIONING/HEATING KFI Mechanical, LLC

FURNITURE Never pay retail

Mamasfurniture.com

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

Beaufort Air Conditioning and Heating, LLC

John C. Haynie President 843-524-0996 www.beaufortairconditioning.com

Over 100,000 satisfied customers

HEALTH/WELLNESS/beauty

Lime Lite Salon

Stylist Jennifer Ray A True Balance of Substance & Style 843-379-5463 612 Carteret Street www.limelitesalon.net

antiques

The Collectors Antique Mall

Jane Tarrance Furniture, Glassware, Collectibles, Multi-dealer, 5,900 sq. ft full of antiques, art Free parking! 843-524-2769 102 C Sea Island Parkway, Lady’s Island Center Beaufort, South Carolina, 29907

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 appointments@geierlaw.com http://geierlaw.com

Closeouts • Bargains • Deals Over 21 years in Beaufort and Savannah $58,364 donated to Local Churches and USO. Check us out on Facebook and Craigslist.

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

auction/estate sales

Damn Yankees Auction House

Steve Allen Always accepting quality consignments from one item to an entire estate. www.dyauction.com • info@dyauction.com 843-784-5006 * 843-784-2828 * 843-784-5007 Fax

Lawn Solutions Jim Colman 843-522-9578

www.lawnsolutions.us Design, Installation, Maintenance pawn shop

Merry Maids

CONSTRUCTION

Chandler Trask Construction

Complete American Pawn

Pawn Shop Lady’s Island (across from Dairy Queen), 120 Sea Island Pkway Open Mon-Sat: 10-6. Call 843-522-0592. We Buy Gold, Silver and Coins. We thank you for your business!

Chandler Trask 843.321.9625 Chandlertraskconstruction@gmail.com ChandlerTraskConstruction.com

PEST CONTROL

Collins Pest Control

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

COUNSELING/PSYCHOTHERAPY

Dawn H Freeman MSW LISW-CP

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

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.

DENTISTs

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 30

Randy Royal, MD- OBGYN and Pelvic Surgery

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

Beaufort Chiropractic

Dr. Kristie Wallace 703 Bladen St. 843-522-1115 BeaufortChiropracticCare.com Licensed Massage Therapy & Nutritional Exams Available.

Island Podiatry

Dr. Jill C. Blau 3 Celadon Drive, Suite A Beaufort, SC, 29907 843-379-9913 Two convenient locations, Beaufort & Bluffton islandpodiatry@gmail.com

PLUMBING

Lohr Plumbing, Inc.

Brett Doran Serving the Lowcountry for over 20 years.

Service, New Construction, and Remodeling.

(843) 522-8600 www.lohrplumbing.com

property management

Palmetto Shores Property Managment

Lura Holman McIntosh Call 525-1677 or fax 524-1376 lura@palmettoshores.com PROPERTY MANAGEMEN www.palmettoshores.com

ROOFING

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

PHYSICIANS

DA Roofing Co.

Daughtry, Owner LURA HOLMANDonnie McINTOSH OFF. Broker-In-ChargeCall us for ALL of your roofing needs. FAX New Construction, Residential and E-Mail: lura@palmettoshores.com Commercial, Shingles, Metal, Hot www.palmettoshores.com Tar & Hydrostop.

All repairs and new additions.

FREE ESTIMATES 524-1325

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

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that’s a wrap!

the sixth annual international beaufort film festival was a success, drawing in record crowds, page 23

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weekend scenes from

march 1-7, 2012

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, MARCH 20, 2012, IS THE LAST DAY to redeem winning tickets in the following South Carolina Education Lottery Instant Games: (473) Money Stack and (481) Money Machine.

AUCTIONS DUKES AUCTION BARN, 5526 Savannah Hwy. North, S.C. Saturday, March 17th, 10am, 2 auctions (Antiques and Horse Tack).View pictures at auctionzip.com ID#26560. Donald Dukes 803-533-9333 SCAL#4324.

AUCTION LIVING ESTATE of Nina Self Barnes & Others 3/17/12 @ 10AM 570 Pinewood Rd Sumter SC Tractor, Trailers, Hay, Eq. Consignments welcome! JGBlockerAuction 843-908-3866.

25TH ANNUAL CLARENDON HALL CONSIGNMENT EQUIPMENT AUCTION, Saturday, April 7, 2012 9:00am. 1140 South Duke Street, Summerton, SC. Farm, construction and miscellaneous equipment. Buddy Lewis 803-983-5040 SCAL491. Billy Simpson 803-225-0389.

CONSIGNMENT/PERSONAL PROPERTY AUCTION – Florence, SC - 2407 S. Irby Street - Sat. March 24 @ 10AM Building & Office Supplies, Motorcycle Accessories, 2008 Mini Excavator, Ford Truck F350, Massey Ferguson Tractor, Guns and more!

Damon Shortt Auction Group 877669-4005 damonshorttproperties.com SCAL2346.

ADVERTISE YOUR AUCTION 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, 1-888-727-7377.

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100% Financing w/g/c. Do you earn $2k week? Locations available in your area. 1-800-367-2106 Ext 16 SC#307.

HELP WANTED Aqua Med Spa and Salon is looking for a motivated Massage Therapist with experience in Deep Tissue, Hot Stone and Pregnancy Massage. Please send resume to glamartistry@yahoo. com.

FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED. South Carolina MENTOR is seeking families/individuals willing to foster a child in need of a home. Must be 21, have spare bedroom, driver’s license, vehicle, high school diploma/GED. Up to $930 monthly stipend. In Columbia (803-451-3982); Charleston (843-5542570, Ext. 0); Greenville/Anderson (864-233-9727, Ext. 0); Pawley’s Island (843-237-2479, Ext. 0); Rock Hill (803366-3330, Ext. 0); or call 1-877-8524453. www.sc-mentor.com.

COLONIAL LIFE is seeking businessto-business sales representatives and managers to market insurance products and services. Commissions average $56K+/yr. Training & leads. Call Natalie at 803-931-2529.

WANTED: LIFE AGENTS. Earn $500 a Day. Great Agent Benefits. Commissions Paid Daily. Liberal Underwriting. Leads, Leads, Leads. LIFE INSURANCE, LICENSE REQUIRED. Call 1-888-713-6020.

HELP WANTED - DRIVERS DRIVERS - CDL-A DRIVE WITH PRIDE Up to $3,000 Sign-On Bonus for Qualified Drivers! CDL & 6mo.

OTR exp. REQ’D USA TRUCK 877521-5775 www.usatruck.jobs.

FREIGHT UP = MORE $ 2 Mos. CDL Class A Driving Exp 877-2588782 www.meltontruck.com/drive.

CLASS-A - CDL FLATBED DRIVERS NEEDED! BIG NEW pay package/benefits/sign-on bonus. 2yrs exp. Required. Call JGR 864-679-1551, Greenville and Gaffney SC locations. www.jgr-inc.com.

OWNER-OPERATORS NEEDED! Container Hauling CDL, TWIC, clean CSA and MVR. Dedicated runs in SC and NC. Sign-on Bonus. Call Randall 843-442-5164.

DRIVER - $0 TUITION CDL (A) TRAINING & A JOB! Top Industry Pay, Quality Training, Stability & Miles! *Short employment commitment required. 800-326-2778 www.JoinCRST. com.

DRIVERS: RUN 5 STATE REGIONAL! Get Home Weekends, Earn up to 39¢/mi, 1 yr OTR Flatbed exp. req’d. Sunbelt Transport, LLC 1-800572-5489 ext. 227.

BULLDOG HIWAY EXPRESS. $1000 SIGN ON BONUS. Experienced OTR Flatbed drivers earn: 50 – 55 cpm loaded. Our drivers earned an average of 48 cpm. ALL MILES Flat rate pay for runs under 370 miles. $50 bonus for each clean roadside inspection.

Paid life insurance for Drivers. Paid vacation. Paid per diem. Home most weekends. Average out only 6-8 weekends per year. New Trucks arriving. Clean MVR & Work history Required. Call: 843266-3731 bulldoghiway.com EOE EXPERIENCED TANKER/FLATBED DRIVERS! • Strong Freight Network • Stability • Great Pay Every Second Counts! Call Today! 800-2770212 or www.primeinc.com.

QUALIFIED CONTAINER, 53’ VAN AND LOCAL CLASS-A CDL drivers needed for a growing, family run operation in Charleston. Minimum age of 25 years old and have 2 years of verifiable exp, good MVR and PSP reports are required. BW Mitchum Trucking 800-474-7602.

Advertise your driver jobs in 111 S.C. newspapers for only $375.

Your 25-word classified ad will reach more than 2.7 million readers. Call Jimmie Haynes at the S.C. Newspaper Network, 1-888-727-7377.

LEGAL SERVICES SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS. WIN or Pay Nothing!

Start Your Application In Under 60 Seconds. Call Today! Contact Disability Group, Inc. Licensed Attorneys & BBB Accredited. Call 888-431-6168.

MISCELLANEOUS Local collector/dealer buying & selling U.S. coins and currency. Also buying gold & silver jewelry and coins. Fully licensed, PAYING CASH! Please call Brian Kurent. 330-715-5822.

ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE from Home. *Medical, *Business, *Criminal Justice, *Hospitality. Job placement assistance. Computer available. Financial Aid if qualified. SCHEV certified. Call 888220-3872 www.CenturaOnline.com.

AIRLINES ARE HIRING – Train for hands on Aviation Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified - Job placement assistance. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance 866-367-2513.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE DISH NETWORK. Starting at $19.99/ month PLUS 30 Premium Movie Channels FREE for 3 Months! SAVE! & Ask About SAME DAY Installation! CALL - 877-617-0765.

1970 Mercedes-Benz 220/Gas. Still runs. Has 99% original parts. Dual carbs. Perfect project for classic car lover. $3,000 OBO. 597-2482.

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES DIVORCE WITH OR WITHOUT CHILDREN $125. Includes name change and property settlement agreement. SAVE hundreds. Fast and easy. Call 1-888-7890198 24/7 or www.Pay4Divorce.com.

REAL ESTATE/RENTALS Historic District 2BR 1BA

$950 +deposit. Richard Tritschler/ Keyserling Real Estate Advisors.

(843)812-8404/521-2600.

ST. HELENA 3 br. 2ba. Brick Ranch (2,400 sq. ft.) large wooded lot near boat landing w/ water views. $129,900.

843-263-2681, 843-838-3708. bluemoonbahamas@embarqmail.com.

Beaufort- 2br/1ba cottage Apartment close to downtown and Bases.

Extra large kitchen and living area. $650/mo plus utilities with last month free. 843-379-9050.

Fully furnished, 1 BR garage apt in Coosaw Point on Lady’s Island.

Dish network, Internet access, playground, dog park, walking and running trails, quiet neighborhood, perfect for singles or couples, beautiful pond view. $750/month, utilities included. Contact melinacunningham@gmail.com.

NC MOUNTAINS New 1328sf Log Cabin on 3+ acres $139,500. 3/4 loft, open floor plan, fireplace, lg deck/porch, pvt. wooded setting w/stream. Call 828286-1666.

LAKE RUSSELL WATERFRONT - Lots from -$19,800, water access lots from $9,800. Enjoy 550 miles of pristine shoreline on 25,000 acre lake. Owner financing available. 866-408-7404 ADVERTISE YOUR VACATION PROPERTY, to more than 2.7 million South Carolina newspaper readers.

Your 25-word classified ad will appear in 111 S.C. newspapers for only $375. Call Jimmie Haynes at the South Carolina Newspaper Network, 1-888-727-7377.

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