March 12 edition

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COVERING BEAUFORT COUNTY

Beaufort County Council chairman resigns Rodman’s resignation comes after council members call for immediate action

By Mindy Lucas Beaufort County Council Chair Stu Rodman abruptly resigned as chair at the end of the county’s regular meeting held Monday, March 9, but not before a contentious discussion was held in which calls for his immediate resignation were voiced by several council members.

Rodman had come under fire in recent months after it was reported in local media that he had Stu used his perRodman sonal email to discuss county business such as a controversial roads proj-

ect on Hilton Head Island.

Those emails showed he had attempted to steer the project by side-stepping the County Administrator Ashley Jacobs by contacting the county’s Director of Construction, Engineering & Facilities privately through his personal email. He then denied those emails existed after a resident

filed a request using the Freedom of Information Act, but a later request of other council members emails showed their existence.

Council members also voiced concerns at Monday night’s meeting over Rodman’s treatment of Jacobs and other county employees, took issue with the way in

which Rodman attempted to limit public comment and asserted that he had disregarded parliamentary procedure or had used council agendas in way that benefited him.

“The temperature at the administration building is horrible right now,” said Councilman Mike Covert, one of Rodman’s strongest critics in

By Mike McCombs If you like the way Tom Davis has conducted his business in the South Carolina State Senate since 2009, you will have the opportunity to keep him Tom there in No- Davis vember.

Davis, who has lived in Beaufort County for more than 35 years, announced Monday, March 9 he intended to run for re-election to the S.C. Senate for District 46, which includes parts of Beaufort and Jasper counties. Governor Mark Sanford’s former chief of staff, Davis was first elected in 2008.

"Our district and this state have unlimited potential," Davis said in a release. "The question is whether we are advancing solutions that will unlock that potential in ways that promote prosperity, freedom and free markets."

In recent years, Davis has been noted for his support for legalizing medical marijuana and restructuring the way in which South Carolina spends money dedicated to roads and bridges, taking politics out of the equation and addressing much-needed repairs instead of new projects.

His re-election media release touts the legislation Davis has authored that has become law. Among those bills are: Act 191: Expanding markets for wind insurance and lowering homeowners' premiums; Act 194: Legalizing social

An estimated 5,000 people showed up on Saturday and feasted on fresh oysters during the 16th annual Beaufort Charities Oyster Roast at Live Oak Park.

Beaufort Charities’ big event blessed with sun, good numbers

By Bob Sofaly

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eaufort Charities managed to avoid the rainy weather that had besieged Beaufort for a week and pulled off a miracle for their 16th annual Beaufort Charities’ Oyster Roast on Saturday, March 7 at Live Oak Park in Port Royal with lots of sunshine and mild temperatures.

It was estimated that around 5,000 people participated in this year’s fundraiser, up about 2,000 over last year’s numbers.

One man, sitting by a big bonfire and sharing a plate of oysters with his wife asked, “Where else can ya sit under the shade of an oak tree on a sunny day and eat fresh oysters beside a fire?”

Country star Atkins to headline Concert in the Park

By Mike McCombs Country star Rodney Atkins will headline this year’s Beaufort Water Festival concert July 18 at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

Atkins, the 2006 Academy of Country Music’s Top New Male

Vocalist, has sold more than 13 million albums and produced six No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot Country 100 charts (If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows, 2006; Watching You, 2007; These Are My People, 2007;

GIVING A HOOT!

Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy), 2008; It's America, 2009; and Take a Back Road, 2011).

His single Watching You was the No. 1 Song of the Decade according

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‘HEARTS OF WARRIORS’ Volunteers with the Gullah/ Geechee Initiative Foundation pick up trash and debris at the Martin Luther King Park.

Whale Branch boys come up short in title bid in Columbia.

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Davis will run again

OYSTER ROAST

An army of volunteers is needed to make sure the 16th annual Beaufort Charities Oyster Roast goes off without a hitch. Here a volunteer hoses down a small batch of fresh, local oysters destined to be steamed for some of the several thousand people Saturday at Live Oak Park in Port Royal. Photos by Bob Sofaly.

recent months.

At February’s meeting Covert said he had received countless anonymous letters and phone calls on the chairman’s harassment of the county administrator, county employees, vendors and other members of political bod-

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PUBLIC MEETINGS MARCH 12–18

March 12 – Rural and Critical Lands Preservation Board, 3 p.m., Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority, 6 Snake Road, Okatie March 12 – City of Beaufort Design Review Board, 2 p.m., City Hall, 1911 Boundary Street, Beaufort

March 16 – Beaufort-Town of Port Royal Metropolitan Planning Commission, 5 p.m., Beaufort City Council Chambers, 1911 Boundary Street, Beaufort March 18 – Daufuskie Island Fire District, 1 p.m., Fire District #16, 400 Haig Point Road, Dau-

fuskie Island March 18 – Alcohol and Drug Abuse Board, 4 p.m., Room 280, Administration Building, Beaufort County Government Robert Smalls Complex, 100 Ribaut Road, Beaufort March 18 – Beaufort Coun-

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Marine to be honored posthumously

John V. VanHolt was one of original African-American Marines

The Montford Point Marine Association, Chapter 9, of Beaufort will posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal – the highest civilian award in the United States – to the family of John V. VanHolt in a ceremony at 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 14 at the Technical College of the Lowcountry auditorium.

VanHolt, who passed away in

2004, was one of the original African-Americans to enter the United States Marine Corp in 1943 and proudly served his country and Corps during World War II. His sister, Shirley VanHolt Norman, will receive the award prior to the Montford Point Marine Gospel Showcase program.

The award ceremony is open to all residents of Beaufort County

and members of all veterans organizations. The history of the original Montford Point Marines will be addressed by Tyron Jackson, the president of the Beaufort Chapter.

The Montford Point Marines were the first African-Americans to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps after President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an Executive Order establishing the Fair Employment Prac-

tices Commission in June 1941.

The recruits trained at Camp Montford Point in Jacksonville, N.C. from August 26, 1942 until the camp was decommissioned on September 9, 1949. The largest number of black Marines to serve in combat during World War II took part in the seizure of Okinawa, with approximately 2,000 seeing action.

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County holding meeting on Cat Island zoning

The Beaufort County Planning Department will host a public meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 19 to discuss the current zoning use for all areas of Cat Island, to include its golf course, in addition to information about procedures related to the County’s development and rezoning processes.

The meeting will be held in the County Council Chambers, Administration Building, Robert Smalls Government Complex, 100 Ribaut Road, Beaufort. Beaufort County Planning Director Eric Greenway will be the guest speaker. For more information, please contact the Beaufort County Planning Department at 843-255-2140.

100 Women Who Care make gift to Lions Club

The 100 Women Who Care – Beaufort Chapter has selected the Beaufort Lions Club to receive a $12,500 gift for their work in assisting citizens of northern Beaufort County with vision needs such as eye examinations, glasses, and eye surgeries.

The group of 100 emphatic women is committed to supporting the needs of northern Beaufort County residents. The Beaufort Lions Club will use the gift to continue its

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Coastline features two mayors

A new episode of The County Channel’s series Coastline features the mayors of southern Beaufort County. Joining host Suzanne Larson, is Town of Hilton Head Island Mayor John McCann and Town of Bluffton Mayor Lisa Sulka. This 67th Coastline episode highlights

the many changes happening within each town and the proposed referendum. Mayor McCann explains how investing in the town’s future starts with the citizens who live there. Mayor Sulka provides insight on town initiatives to work alongside others at the County level.

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Lowcountry GOP Victory Headquarters grand opening

The Lowcountry GOP – the Beaufort County GOP, the Jasper County GOP, SCGOP 2020 Victory and Team Graham – will hold a grand opening for its victory headquarters from noon until 4 p.m.

Saturday, March 14 at 149 Riverwalk Blvd. in Ridgeland (Riverwalk Commons off Hwy. 170).

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MAKING IT SHINE

More than 30 volunteers with the Gullah/ Geechee Initiative Foundation on Saturday converged at the Martin Luther King Park near Penn Center on St. Helena Island to help pick up trash and debris. The event, according to organizer Kamal Wigfall, was held in conjunction with Clean Up Beaufort County and will become an annual event.

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Union forces will again occupy downtown Beaufort Living History Encampment returns to the Arsenal Saturday

The Beaufort History Museum will present its fifth annual Living History Encampment from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 14 in the Arsenal courtyard in downtown Beaufort.

Re-enactors coming to Beaufort from several states will portray Union troops from the Department of the South who were garrisoned in the Lowcountry and occupied the Beaufort Arsenal during the Civil War. The re-enactors will set up camp in the walled Arsenal courtyard and provide a unique educational opportunity for visitors of all ages, who will be able to interact with the soldiers to learn firsthand how life

was lived in Beaufort during the Civil War years. A Civil War era cannon will be on display in the Arsenal courtyard the day of the event.

The Museum is again partnering with the National Park Service (NPS) and its Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Visitors Center, located in the old Firehouse building on Craven Street across from the Arsenal, and with Beaufort County Library. The Museum’s highly acclaimed exhibit, Reconstruction Beaufort, is on display at NPS’ visitors center, which will be open the day of the Encampment.

Beaufort is the place where Reconstruction first began during the early years of the Civil War. The Na-

WANT TO GO? What: 5th Annual Civil War Era Living History Encampment.

When: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, March 14.

Where: The Arsenal courtyard.

Cost: Free and open to the public (donations accepted).

For more information: Visit beauforthistorymuseum. wildapricot.org/event-3761932.

tional Park Service plans special activities the day of the Encampment event for kids who want to earn their Junior Ranger badges and will have docents on hand at its visitors center.

Admission is free to the Encamp-

ment in the Arsenal courtyard (donations to support the Museum are much appreciated).

On the day of the Encampment event, admission to the Museum’s Exhibition Hall on the second floor of the Arsenal will be specially priced at $6 per visitor ($5 for seniors). Museum members, children, and active military and their families are admitted to the Museum free of charge at all times.

Admission is free to the National Park Service’s Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Visitors Center.

For more information, visit beauforthistorymuseum.wildapricot. org/event-3761932.

Rypkema to speak at HBF meeting

By Mindy Lucas One of the country’s leading authorities on the economics of historic preservation is coming to Beaufort.

Donovan Rypkema will be the keynote speaker at the Historic Beaufort Foundation’s annual meeting Donovan this month.

Rypkema A principal at a Washington, D.C.-based real estate and economic development-consulting firm, Rypkema has worked with clients in both the public and non-profit sector.

He teaches a course on the economics of historic preservation at the University of Pennsylvania where he received the 2008 G. Holmes Perkins Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Rypkema holds a Master of Science degree in Historic Preservation from Columbia University and has authored several publications including Community Initiated Development, The Economics of Rehabilitation, and the Feasibility Assessment Manual for Reusing Historic Buildings.

Rypkema’s book, The Economics of Historic Preservation: A Community Leader’s Guide is widely used by preservationists nationwide and has been translated in to Russian and Korean.

The lecture is co-sponsored by the City of Beaufort and will be at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, at USC Beaufort’s Center for the Arts, at 805 Carteret Street. A reception will follow the lecture.

Ticket prices are $25 with discounts and free tickets available for members at various levels.

Call 843-379-3331 for reservations.

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Port Royal pickleball players looking for new home for sport they say is growing

Pickleball enthusiasts are looking for a new venue in which to play their fast-paced game as The Shed, where they now play, has been approved to be sold to a Charleston furniture maker. Here, Rosemary Rosen returns a volley while teammate Jan Glover sets up during their weekly game Friday morning at The Shed.

Rosemary Rosen powers the plastic “pickleball” over the net as she and other pickleball enthusiasts play Friday morning.

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nies that target and defraud seniors; Act 62: Subjecting utility monopolies to competition and promoting renewable energy; Act 32: Expanding physician's assistants' scope of practice.

"Tom Davis is truly a champion for the people he represents – ensuring they get a fair deal from the General Assembly – and also for citizens and taxpayers across the state

By Mindy Lucas Sixty-nine-year-old Emily Upperman started playing pickleball four years ago after she and her husband retired and moved to Port Royal.

Some neighbors had told them about a group that played at The Shed – the townowned building on Paris Avenue – so one morning Upperman decided to give it a shot.

She was hooked from the start.

“It’s probably the most fun I’ve ever had,” she said. “It’s exercise without feeling overwhelmed.”

The sport is growing as can be seen over on Hilton Head and in Bluffton where there are hundreds of players and a number of courts, both public and private. And now the craze seems to have caught on North of the Broad, particularly in Port Royal.

The group of men and women, retirees and working professionals, started with about 16 members but has since grown to more than a hundred, Upperman said. Each player has been paying the Town of Port Royal $50 per person, or $75 for non-residents, for six months of unlimited play.

But now the group will have to find another place to play.

The Town of Port Royal has approved the sale of the 6,000-square-foot space to high-end Charleston furniture and cabinetry makers, Perrin Woodworking, and expects to close on the sale next

month, confirmed Mayor Joe DeVito. The town will keep a separate building behind The Shed which currently houses a dance studio and marketing firm.

In the meantime, DeVito says the town is “actively pursuing options” to help locate a new home for the Pickleball community and “would love to see them continue to play in Port Royal.”

A cycling enthusiast himself, DeVito said he and other council members have been receptive to the idea of Pickleball in Port Royal and feel it fits with the Port Royal brand of “Cool, coastal and far from ordinary.”

“There’s no question it does,” he said. “Pickleball is growing. It’s a great sport for people to stay active. It’s fairly low impact and easy to do, and it’s exciting and that’s what Port Royal is all about.”

One idea as a possible home for the soon-to-be displaced players is to use some abandoned tennis courts behind Port Royal Elementary, said both DeVito and members of the pickleball community.

However, the courts would need to be refurbished before playing on them, and the town would need to work out details for their use with the school district.

In the meantime, pickleball fans say it’s not just a fun sport with great camaraderie, it’s also good for your health.

who want a more open and accountable government," State Senate President Sen. Harvey Peeler said in a release. "He is respected by his colleagues in both chambers and by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for his principled, intelligent advocacy on behalf of what he believes."

Davis has received "Legislator of the Year" awards from a broad range of groups, including the South Carolina Club for Growth and the S.C.

Association of Taxpayers, the Conservation Voters of South Carolina and Sierra Club South Carolina (for opposing offshore drilling, protecting the environment, and championing renewable energy), and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the S.C. Public Health Association (for increasing access to healthcare, especially in rural areas).

“I am a state senator, and I am passionate about effecting

LIKE TO SEE A PICKLEBALL GAME? If you’d like to get a look at pickleball firsthand, you can attend a free tournament at 8 a.m. on Saturday, March 14, at Beaufort High School’s tennis courts, 84 Sea Island Parkway Beaufort.

Proceeds raised from players of the tournament will benefit the Beaufort High School tennis team.

Paddles and a plastic ball are all that are needed to play pickleball. Photos by Bob Sofaly.

But what exactly is pickleball?

According to the USA Pickleball Association, pickleball is a paddle sport that combines many elements of tennis, badminton and PingPong. It can be played indoors or outdoors as doubles or singles, and is usually played on a badminton-sized court with a slightly modified tennis net.

Also, since the court is a fourth of the size of a tennis court, there’s less ground to cover making it ideal for players of all ages.

“Pickleball could be a sport enjoyed by all ages that the younger could learn from the older how to play, and I think that would be a great bond for the two generations,” Upperman said.

What’s more, since it’s low impact, many people who are no longer able to play tennis have turned to pickleball a

source for continued fitness, she said.

Upperman’s group, made up of retirees, plays as many as five mornings a week. Another group made up of people who work during the day, plays two evenings a week at The Shed, she said.

There are also out-of-towners, or visitors to the area, who have played at The Shed, she said.

“I would say we are averaging about 10 people a month who come through and play on their way to Florida, and then they stop and play on their way back,” she said. “But we are told all the time that people are vacationing now where they can find a place to play.”

She and others in the group hope Port Royal will embrace the sport and thinks it would be a “very good asset” to help market the area.

“For Port Royal, that would be real feather in their cap,” she said.

change to improve the lives of all South Carolinians,” Davis said. "But I also have a special obligation to the people of Beaufort and Jasper counties – to make sure they are treated equitably when the state decides how to spend our tax dollars. Before I was elected in 2008, our area wasn't being treated fairly – but we are now.

"For example," he continued, "USC Beaufort used to be funded at only 38 percent of the statewide per-pupil average;

now, in 2020, after many years of hard work and advocacy, it will be funded at 100 percent.

And there's been progress like that for our area across the board – on roads and bridges, K-12 education, economic development, and more. I am running for re-election to the South Carolina Senate in order to continue and build on these legislative accomplishments.”

Davis’ opposition is Democrat Nathan Campbell, an educator.

League of Women Voters Beaufort celebrates 100-year birthday

League Members and Friends

By Jacquelyn Markham “You have a voice — a big voice — so you want to vote in every single election,” Catherine Forester, Founding President of the League of Women Voters of Beaufort, told those who gathered at the Centennial Soiree hosted by the League to celebrate the Feb. 14 birthday of the League of Women Voters of the United States.

“That is our privilege; yes, it’s a right, but it’s a privi-

Harrier Keyserling Emerging Leaders and Senator Margie Bright Matthews lege,” Forester continued, as she urged the audience to take their right to vote seriously.

Many of the LWVB members and guests at the soiree wore extravagant white hats and white dresses draped with “Votes for Women” sashes or embellished in gold. The women’s costumes called to mind the spirits of their foremothers who fought diligently for the vote in a “century of struggle,”

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as historian Eleanor Flexner coined it in her 1959 groundbreaking study of the women’s rights movement in the United States.

Held Feb. 15 at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club on Lady’s Island, the Centennial Soiree also celebrated the third anniversary of the local League of Women Voters, recognized for its contributions in a proclamation presented to LWVB by the county and city of Beaufort.

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Alice Howard, Beaufort County Councilwoman, read the proclamation at the soiree. Among other resolutions, it honored the founding members, Catherine Forester, Susanna Glattly, and Julie Laney and proclaimed February 15, 2020 as a day in honor of the League of Women Voters of Beaufort Area.

Howard ended her reading by challenging women to run for office, especially the young women who represented the Harriet Keyserling Emerging Leaders Program. This program, also honored in the proclamation, was established in Keyserling’s name to develop and support emerging leaders in our community.

This significant birthday soiree in Beaufort was in sync with the national celebration of the LWV. In a letter published by the Washington Post, the LWV was commended for its 100 years of “empowering voters and defending democracy.”

The League of Women Voters was founded by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1920 during the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, held just six months before the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified.

As the suffragists knew, women’s right to vote would not end the fight for equality, so in 1923, Alice Paul introduced the Equal Rights Amendment, a priority for today’s LWV nationwide.

While the soiree celebrated the victories, it also included a program on the status of the Equal Rights Amendment.

The ERA panel made up of Senators Margie Bright Matthews and Tom Davis, and moderator Maureen Woodlock, informed the audience on ERA both nationally and in the state. Speaker Shirley Perry recited Sojourner Truth’s speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?” and Professor Robert Landrum provided a historical perspective of the

League of Women Voters for the program. The young women of Battery Creek High School representing the LWVB Harriet Keyserling Emerging Leaders Program were special guests.

A birthday celebration would not be complete without food and drink, and Debbi Covington catered the party in style.

LWVB would like to identify the committee: Anne Bander, Jane Caffrey, Barbara Childs, Catherine Forester, Irene Goodnight, Tedi Light, Maryellen McManus, Jean Stokes, Lisa Wandrick, Maureen Woodlock and officers Catherine Forester, President; Anne Bander, Secretary; and Lynn Quigley, Treasurer.

The League of Women Voters of Beaufort is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that encourages informed and active participation in the voting process. For more information, contact lwvbeaufort@gmail. com.

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YMCA celebrates successful 2019 at annual meeting

Carolina Sportscare & Physical Therapy 2019 Community Partner of the Year The Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry welcomed members and guests to their annual meeting Feb. 20, which recognized volunteers, donors and staff who helped advance the Y’s cause to strengthen the foundation of our community.

The meeting was presided over by in-coming YMCA Board Chair, Bennett Schiller, and Y CEO, Michael Bostwick. Schiller has served on the YMCA Board in various capacities including Treasurer and Vice-Chairman for five

years.

During the annual meeting the Y welcomed three new board members: City of Beaufort Human Resources Assistant Shantell Miller; retired businessman Larry Schaefer; and Port Royal Town Councilman and lawyer, Kevin Phillips.

During the program, four volunteer/organizations received special recognition for their service to the Y, and Y staff member, Karen Prince, was presented with the Em-

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to Country Aircheck.

Though he began recording in 1997, he didn’t release his first album until 2003’s Honesty. His other albums include 2006’s If You're Going Through Hell, 2009’s It's America and 2011’s Take a Back Road.

His latest studio album, 2019’s Caught Up in the Country, was his first release in seven years.

Atkins believes it’s the most daring collection of his ca-

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ies as well as his “strong arming” of meetings and agendas for his own purposes.

“This county is in such a bad spot right now,” Covert said Monday night. “We’ve asked you to resign and let’s move on.”

Rodman, who began the meeting seemingly resigned to allow for an election of a new chair, initially proposed that a series of meetings be conducted by councilman Larry McElynn in which McElynn would interview each council member and the county’s administrator to “identify if there are any people who feel that I’ve done something unprofessional, or that is detrimental to the county in anyway,” he said.

“Because people have been critical of me, I’m entitled to have the opportunity to confront my accusers,” he added.

He then proposed that an elec-

Karen Prince 2019 YMCA Employee of the Year

ployee of the Year award.

Prince has been with the Y for 17 years working in the YMCA childcare department.

Jennifer Tuckwiller received the 2019 Robert V. Wardle Service to Youth Award. This award is given in honor of Robert V. Wardle, whose donations were instrumental in the founding and continued operation of the Wardle Family YMCA. Tuckwiller is the past YMCA Board chair and a member of the Beaufort Beach Ball Fundraiser and Auction

reer, touching on emotions and sounds which will continue to expand his range — from the twangy title track to the slowburn cover of Jason Isbell’s Cover Me Up. “I’ve never taken it lightly,” he said in a release, “but with some of the other albums, I got to take my time for part of the album.

But then when you get that first single finished, you gotta go, and you start working at a faster pace for the second half of the album.

This time, I got to take that time with every song.”

Opening for the evening will be Scott Stevens, followed by Lainey Wilson as the second act. tion be held after those interviews in two weeks. But that proposal received immediate pushback from council members.

As he did in February, Covert once again attempted to make a motion to amend the council’s rules and procedures as it relates to the chairman’s removal.

Rodman then overruled the motion, stating that since it was an “off-agenda item” it was out of order. The embattled chairman then attempted to adjourn the meeting.

However, Councilman Brian Flewelling, the council’s parliamentarian, advised the chairman that parliamentary procedure dictated that the matter be allowed.

A vote to overturn or sustain the decision of the chair was held and the decision to allow the motion passed 7 to 4.

A lengthy discussion followed, at which point several council members argued not to change the rules but rather that the chairman go ahead and resign.

“There is a path forward that

Jennifer Tuckwiller receives 2019 Robert V. Wardle Service to Youth Award (with Mike Bostwick Y CEO)

Committee, as well as a volunteer and sponsor of the annual Beaufort River Swim and BYAC Swim Team.

Carolina Sportscare and Physical Therapy was named Community Partner of the Year, awarded to the Y partner who exemplifies a strong commitment in strengthening our community; Community Bible Church was named Volunteer of the Year in recognition of demonstrating exceptional dedication to YMCA values by giving of time and talent;

and Carmen Meyer was recognized as Active Older Adult of the Year for demonstrating a love of life by being active and being a model for healthy living that has no age limit.

The Y also celebrated the positive impact made through Y programs and services; welcoming 2,184 new members in 2019, that overall expands the Y reach to more than 12,000 children, families and adults through YMCA sports, summer camps, childcare, BYAC swim team, wellness pro-

grams, and swimming lessons.

The Y’s Annual Scholarship Campaign provided financial assistance totaling $345,147 for YMCA programs and services.

Those in attendance were also treated to two powerful and personal Y stories; one by long-time Y supporter Brenda Black and one from Y Preschool parent Doshie Sample.

Overall, members visited the Y 121,228 times throughout 2019.

Women In Reconstruction lecture comes to Penn Center The Hastings Gantt Reconstruction Era Lecture Series presents the Women In Reconstruction: The Lives of Charlotte Forten, Susie King Taylor & Laura Towne with guest speaker Suzie Parker Devoe at 10:30 a.m. Saturday March 14 at the Penn Center’s York W. Bailey Museum.

Taylor escaped bondage at the age of 14. Forten, an educated teacher from Philadelphia, and Towne, a Boston medical school graduate boarded a steamship.

All three ended up in Beaufort and the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1862. Three women of different backgrounds, age and race. Where did they

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I think should be taken,” said Councilman Joe Passiment who called the discussion “troublesome” before asking that Rodman go ahead and vacate the

chairmanship.

“So I’m going to ask you to do us a favor and do it that way because I think it would be in the best interest of everyone,” he said.

Councilman Chris Hervochon who voted for the chairman’s objection to be overturned also called for immediate action.

“Where we are right now, I think we need immediate certainty for the public, I think we need immediate certainty for this council, and I think we need immediate certainty for the administration,” he said.

However, Rodman continued to argue that he was entitled to hear “from his accusers” and asked that members bring forward specific grievances.

come from, what did they want and why did they stay?

Each was forever changed by their time in the Lowcountry. This program will remind listeners of the power of education and resourcefulness of women who worked during the era of Reconstruction.

The Hastings Gantt Reconstruction Era Lecture Series aims to provide a deeper understanding of how individuals, organizations, and even schools like Penn School, contributed to our nation’s – and especially Beaufort County’s – Reconstruction Era history, beginning in 1861 and lasting through 1898.

Hervochon stated that he had brought his concerns to the chairman the day before by phone and asked him to resign. He also mentioned that in addition to his concerns, Councilman York Glover had outlined his in an email to the chairman, and yet no action was taken to address those.

“It really has to do with protecting this county as it moves forward and the best way to do that is to make sure the integrity is there, the honesty is there, transparency is there,” Glover then stated. “We can move this county forward but it’s going to take everybody working together and not dividing us as a community.”

Rodman then called for a 5-minute break after which he announced his immediate resignation. The move automatically made Vice Chairman Paul Sommerville temporary chair.

Following procedure, Sommerville then called for nominations for a new chair. The council voted unanimously to elect Joe Passiment chairman.

The lecture series is named in honor of Hastings Gantt, an unsung hero of the Reconstruction Era and formerly enslaved man from St. Helena Island, who once owned the 50 acres of land know today as the Penn School National Historic Landmark District and sold it to Towne, the founder of Penn School and one of the subjects of Saturday’s lecture.

Gantt later served in the S.C. Legislature at the same time as Congressman Robert Smalls.

For more information, visit http:// www.penncenter.com/history-and-culture-program, email vsmalls@penncenter.com or call 843-838-8554.

Town Center to host St. Patrick’s Day Festival

By Mindy Lucas Get out your green and get ready for a bit of craic (that’s Irish for a good time). Beaufort Town Center’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival will take place from noon to 4 p.m.

Saturday, March 14.

The event will feature live entertainment, food from area restaurants and food trucks and children’s activities.

Got a leprechaun costume you’ve been dying to dust off? Now’s your chance. New to the event this year, the festival will feature a costume contest beginning at 2 p.m.

Winners will be chosen from two categories – adults and ages 14 and older, and children, ages 13 and younger – and selected by crowd applause. Winners will receive a “Pot O' Gold Prize Pack.”

The event is free and benefits Beaufort County Animal Services, which will be on site and taking donations. The Town Center is at 2127 Boundary Street.

For more information visit www.beauforttowncenter.com.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Opozda named executive director for Help of Beaufort

Lori Opozda has been named executive director for Help of Beaufort, an area organization that provides such services as meals to those who are ill, disabled or are in need of meal preparation through its Mobile Meals program.

Opozda has served with the organization for five years, starting as a pantry volunteer and head of pantry, then as a board member and interim executive director. She was named as the organization’s permanent director in December.

The organization is planning a smoked ham sale for Easter weekend and a 5K walk on May 11.

Sanders joins Collins Group Realty

Wendy Sanders has joined Collins Group Realty as team support specialist for the company’s Hilton Head office.

Sanders will be responsible for welcoming valued clients, office administration and sup-

port for the company’s marketing department.

A Clemson alumnus, Sanders holds a degree in marketing and has previous work experience in advertising and communications on Hilton Head Island and in Greensboro, North Carolina. She and her husband Chris, have lived on Hilton Head for 25 years and have three children.

LED Lowcountry taps Anderson to head company’s marketing department

LED Lowcountry has tapped Steve Anderson to head the company’s marketing and communications department. The Bluffton-based business specializes in energy-efficient lighting for commercial and industrial facilities throughout coastal South Carolina and Georgia.

Anderson will focus on working with property managers and gated community management to reduce their costs through LED lighting conversion.

A graduate of the College of Charleston with degrees in communications and business, An-

derson has more than 25 years of experience in commercial and residential property management in South Carolina and Georgia.

Port Royal’s ZenDen to celebrate second anniversary with event

Port Royal’s ZenDen will hold an anniversary celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 21 at the business at 707 and 709 Paris Avenue.

ZenDen, which is celebrating its second anniversary, features art, soap, jewelry, textiles and handmade furniture from local contributors and those who are practitioners of the healing arts.

The event will feature hourly giveaways and food trucks and many of ZenDen’s artists and contributors will be on hand. The Garden Market will also be open for the season.

Have an employee or business announcement? The Island News routinely prints business briefs when space allows. Send announcements to: mindy@yourislandnews.com.

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Whale Branch boys come up short in title bid

By Justin Jarrett LowcoSports.com COLUMBIA — When the season began, the Whale Branch boys basketball team was virtually unknown across the state.

Sure, the Warriors had a bigtime recruit in Nick Pringle, who was headed to Wofford, but they didn’t even crack the preseason top 10 in Class 2A. When the season ended Friday night at Colonial Life Arena, the Warriors had flirted with toppling a dynasty.

Whale Branch’s dream season ended with a 53-39 loss Friday in the Class 2A championship game, as Gray Collegiate held off the Warriors’ challenge to claim a third consecutive state title.

“We were here. We had a chance,” Whale Branch coach Jim Raymond said. “We put ourselves in position, just the ball wouldn't bounce one way, couldn't get a call another. Just couldn't finish the deal. The guys played about as well as I could ask them to play.

“It was fun for a while.”

Indeed it was.

The Warriors had been plagued by sluggish starts throughout the playoffs, but they charged out of the gate Friday. After an initial turnover led to the War Eagles

going the foul line, Whale Branch rattled off nine straight points to take a 9-1 lead.

Gray weathered the storm, though, and outscored the Warriors 16-2 over the remainder of the first quarter. When Pringle went to the bench after his second foul with 3:27 left, Gray’s Chase McDuffie took over, scoring nine of his game-high 22 points in the first quarter.

Chisolm stopped the bleeding with five quick points to start the second quarter, and a Shemar

Williams bucket pulled the Warriors within 19-18 before Chisolm picked up his third foul with 3:15 left in the half.

Still, the Warriors went toe-totoe with the two-time defending state champs, and consecutive buckets from Pringle — including a thunderous follow jam off a missed jumper — pulled Whale Branch even until a costly Warriors turnover led to a transition bucket that put Gray up 24-22 at halftime.

The teams traded baskets ear-

ly in the third quarter, but when Pringle picked up his third foul with 4:07 left in the period, the War Eagles took advantage. With Pringle unable to patrol the paint, McDuffie went back to work, first driving the lane and then draining a 3-pointer from the corner to help Gray stretch the margin to 39-31 after three quarters.

Any hope of a comeback evaporated in the early minutes of the fourth quarter, when Pringle was whistled for his fourth and fifth fouls in a span of 85 seconds, end-

ing his outstanding high school career with a painful walk to the bench with 5:44 left in the title game.

Pringle finished with 11 points, six rebounds, and three blocks, while Chisolm had a team-high 13 points. They both shed tears as they joined Raymond to collect the runner-up trophy.

“The thing is, they have so much invested,” Raymond said.

“And when you get invested and it doesn't go the way you want, it should hurt. And it does hurt for those guys. I mean they battled and gave as much as they could.

They did it all season.”

In the process, they rallied a community. Five charter buses of fans made the trip to Columbia on Friday, and all of Seabrook spent the week celebrating the Warriors’ trip to the big stage as the culmination of a season that won’t soon fade from their memories.

“We were able to have all these home games, and the gym was packed and it was going crazy,” Raymond said. “People were excited about Whale Branch basketball, and these guys competed with the hearts of warriors.”

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Captains announced for 1st Lowco Basketball Showcase

By LowcoSports.com The team captains for the inaugural Lowco Basketball Showcase are all set, and it’s a star-studded group of area hoops stars.

Eight players from six different schools throughout Beaufort and Jasper counties have committed to taking on the role of team captains and trying to draft the winning team for the inaugural event March 27-28 at Beaufort Academy.

The all-star weekend will

tip off with the Rising Stars games on Friday, March 27, showcasing the area’s top players in 10th grade and younger. The girls Rising Stars game will feature a matchup of sensational sophomores in Whale Branch star Kynew Barnwell (14.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 2.7 apg, 2.4 spg) and Hilton Head Prep’s Ella Clark (10.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 2.2 apg, 2.6 spg). The boys will follow with a marquee matchup of Beaufort High sophomore Zyrin Odom (9.8 ppg, 10.0 rpg) and

Ridgeland-Hardeeville sophomore Brandon Howard (10.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 4.7 apg, 2.5 spg).

Friday’s festivities will also include a slam dunk contest and 3-point shootout.

On Saturday, March 28, the Lowco’s top juniors and seniors will take center stage for the All-Star games. The girls All-Star teams will be captained by two of the area’s most dynamic players with Bluffton’s Tatyana Aiken (14.5 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 3.4 apg, 5.8 spg) and John Paul II’s Tkai

DeVore (19.5 ppg, 13.2 rpg, 4.1 apg, 4.4 spg) leading the way. The boys All-Star game will feature a matchup of two more senior stars in Ridgeland-Hardeeville star Mauriq Singleton (11.8 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.5 spg) and Whale Branch standout Shawn Chisolm (15.7 ppg, 7.0 rpg).

The remainder of the participating players will be announced next week.

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Oh, the things you’ll see!

After reading books about human health, Nevaeh White, 6, from Hardeeville Elementary School, gets some help from USC Beaufort nursing student Skylar Carter while listening to her own heart beat.

Friday was Grab Your Hat and Read With the Cat Day, part of the Read Across America initiative for pre-K through 3rd grades. Area elementary school students took full advantage as they came by the bus load to the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Historic Campus to have volunteers read to them. Here, after reading stories about dogs helping people, Aiiana Chapin, 7, of Port Royal Elementary School, pets Bailey a seven-year-old American Mixed Breed. Photos by Bob Sofaly.

SPORTS ROUND UP

BOYS SOCCER Hat trick for Peduzzi leads HHCA past Lions

Hilton Head Christian Academy’s boys evened their record with a dominant 8-1 win over visiting Holy Trinity on Monday.

JP Peduzzi scored a hat trick, Cameron Strickland and Khalyl Chaplin each added two goals, and Quinn Ryan scored a goal for the Eagles.

Rashad Gadson again anchored a strong defensive showing for HHCA, and Riley Shinn stopped five of the Lions’ six shots on goal.

Parker Smith scored the lone goal for the Lions, while Jacob Beach (10 saves) and Andrew Jennings (two saves) shared time in goal.

GIRLS SOCCER Holy Trinity loses tough match to HHCA

Hilton Head Christian Academy’s girls picked up their first win of the season with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over visiting Holy Trinity on Monday.

Abby Peduzzi scored a hat trick to lead the way for the Eagles, and Mikayla Kelca and Isabelle Cunningham split time in goal.

Abby Carte broke through for the lone goal for Holy Trinity. Keeper Mary Clanton Bozard kept the Lions in it with eight saves.

TRACK & FIELD Eagles start strong at Lower Richland

Beaufort High placed third in both the boys and girls team standings in a strong field at the Diamond Hornets Invitational at Lower Richland on Saturday.

The Eagles finished third among 19 teams on the girls side and third out of 18 in the boys

Beaufort High’s Quinn Wilson goes up for the header against Wade Hampton during their nonregion soccer game on a wet Tuesday night at Beaufort High School. The Eagles lost the match, 3-0. Photo by Bob Sofaly. standings.

Layla Warren was the only individual champ for Beaufort’s girls, winning the javelin, but several Eagles posted strong marks.

Charlize Antia was second in the 1600 and third in the 3200, Anaiya Houseal placed second in the high jump, and Heaven Dagin and Anna Lyles tied for third in pole vault. Lyles was also fourth in the high jump.

Kendrick Williams led the way for Beaufort’s boys, winning the discus and placing fourth in the javelin, while Nash Mills took gold in the 1600. The Eagles were second in the 4×400 relay, Joshua Wilborn placed third in the 800, and Aydreyan Laurie was third in the 400 hurdles.

EDUCATION BRIEFS

On Feb. 25, Beaufort City Council recognized Cory Sharrow, a senior at Battery Creek High School, as Battery Creek Student of the Month for demonstrating perseverance as part of character education in the schools. Cory Sharrow, at right, is joined by his mother, Michelle Sharrow, and Mayor Billy Keyserling.

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Children’s book author Lisa Anne Coullen reads one of her books to a kindergarten class from Hardeeville Elementary School during Friday’s Grab your Hat and Read With the Cat Day.

Warriors lead locals at Lowcountry Invitational

Whale Branch led the local contingent at the Adidas Lowcountry Invitational on Saturday in Woodland, as the Warriors girls finished sixth and boys were eighth among 12 teams.

A pair of discus throwers led the way for the Warriors, as Erin Rivers won the girls disc and JacQuez Frazier claimed the boys title. Also on the girls side, Kaylyn Caldwell was third in the triple jump, and the Warriors placed second in the 4×100 and third in the 4×400 relays. Jermaine Fields was second in the boys 200, and Makhi Spicer placed third in the discus.

Battery Creek’s girls were just behind the Warriors in seventh place, as three Dolphins claimed top-three finishes. Myra Smith was second in the 100 and third in the long jump to lead the way, while Erica Tobin placed third in the 100, and Emonee Johnson was third in the 100 hurdles.

Bluffton placed 11th in both the boys and girls standings, with Aniya Lee (girls discus) placing second and Armando Macias Jimenez (boys 1,600) finishing third.

BASEBALL Big first inning holds up for Rebels

Thomas Heyward plated nine runs in the first inning and held on for a 13-10 win over Battery Creek in the Hilton Head High tournament Tuesday.

The Rebels took advantage of five walks and three hit batsmen in the big first inning, as Peyton Bennett delivered a two-run double in the nine-run frame. Bennett also walked twice and scored three runs, Carter Zareva was 2-for-2 with an RBI, two walks, and two runs, and Josh Gobel had an RBI triple.

Jonathan Gordon, Lukas Kinsey, and Josh Schott each had two RBIs, and Emmanuel Burke and Lance Thompson each had a double and

Bluffton High team wins countywide academic competition

A team from Bluffton High School took the top spot March 7 in Beaufort County’s Academic WorldQuest Competition at Hilton Head Island High School Bluffton High’s winners emerged victorious from an eight-question tie-breaker to narrowly beat a team from May River High that finished in second place. A team from Hilton Head Island High came in third, while a team from Whale Branch Early College High tied with Hilton Head Christian Academy for fourth.

Teams from Beaufort High and May River High came in fifth and sixth, respectively.

The World Affairs Council of Hilton Head presented the ninth annual competition in partnership with the Beaufort County School District. This year's categories for questions focused on the nation’s top national security issues as voted on by the leaders of World Affairs Councils across the country.

Bluffton High will travel to Washington next month for the national competition, said Ivan Bennett, the project director for WorldQuest in Beaufort County. The World Affairs Council pays the students’ travel expenses.

Academic WorldQuest is the flagship educational program of the national network of World Affairs Councils and is held annually

scored twice for the Dolphins.

Jeremy Clemmer earned the win for THA, allowing five runs (three earned) over 2 1/3 innings, and Louie Smith picked up the save, coming on with the tying run at the plate to record the final out via strikeout.

GIRLS LACROSSE Eagles earn big road win at Irmo

Beaufort High girls lacrosse is off to the best start in program history after an 11-6 win at Irmo on Saturday.

The Eagles jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the first half, as Amyah Todd led the offense. Beaufort remained in control in the second half, as Morgan Wright saved more than half of the Yellowjackets’ shots.

BOYS GOLF Dolphins win rain-shortened Lowcountry Invitational

Hilton Head Prep’s boys golf team edged Bishop England by five shots to win the Lowcountry Invitational played Tuesday at Chechessee Creek Club.

The final round of the event was rained out Wednesday.

The defending SCISA 2A champion Dolphins fired a team score of 213, as three of their four players carded rounds of 72 or better. Mackenzie Gallagher led the way for the Dolphins with a round of even-par 70, matching Hilton Head Christian Academy’s Max Green for the best round of the day, though Green won a scorecard playoff for medalist honors.

Hilton Head High tied for third at 221, followed HHCA in fifth with a 224. May River, Beaufort High, and Bluffton rounded out the eight-team field.

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BA hosting Enrollment Open House on March 12

Beaufort Academy is currently enrolling for the 2020-2021 school year, and invite prospective students and parents to explore BA as they make a decision for next school year.

BA is hosting an Enrollment Open House on Thursday, March 12 to display what Beaufort Academy offers students in grades Pre-K2 through 12. Learn about leadership integrated curriculum, electives, athletics, and programs.

For all Open House attendees, BA is offering waived application fees, a savings of $100 per student applicant.

On Thursday from 9-11 a.m. or 4-6 p.m., student ambassadors will give tour of BA’s campus, and prospective students and parents will meet Beaufort Academy’s educators and students. Explore the new robotics team, choral ensembles, and speech and debate team. The Athletic Director will be available to answer any questions about the 12 inclusive athletic teams that students in middle and upper school can participate in.

Summer enrichment camp information will also be available. BA welcomes the opportunity for parents to tour our campus and discuss how BA can help your student become a successful, engaged, independent learner.

VOICES

I am hopeful we have a shot at redemption

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t’s Saturday and I’m in Montgomery, Ala., with my wife, Susan, and we’re at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice — aka the Lynching Memorial—which was built by the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI).

This installation of rectangular steel boxes memorializes 4,400 people who were lynched — mostly in the American South — between 1877 and 1950. Each rusted box represents a county, and they are lined up like a regiment of silent infantry, and each is inscribed with the names of the men (and women) who were lynched in each of these counties. This is not a destination I would have chosen on my own.

Although my destinations tend to favor West Africa or Northern Italy, there was a time when I sought-out

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well-tended fields where thousands of young farm boys perished in an effort to capture an insignificant ridge or an unimportant stone bridge. My wife was never enthusiastic about my taking our son to Antietam or Petersburg; although we would later learn that her great grandfather, Joseph Reid, had fought with the 7th Virginia Calvary, Ashby’s command, and his sidearm resides in our bookcase.

In those days I believed that the Civil War had dealt

with slavery in the sense that hundreds of thousands soldiers had paid a price for that sin. I believed that their blood, both blue and gray, had bought some measure of absolution for our collective guilt. I was not so naive to think there were no lingering problems. But believed a gradual reconciliation was under way.

The EJI says the Civil War was only a promise—an unfulfilled promise followed by years of violence, and intimidation, and that ultimately blacks were forced off the land and into urban ghettos.

The EJI says we must acknowledge the horror — and take responsibility for it — if we want redemption.

The Memorial also comes with a museum which is a modest, white-painted brick building within 500 yards

of the Alabama River where many of the slaves arrived by steamboat.

The Legacy Museum begins its narrative with a video showing that most of these slaves arrived from Richmond, Norfolk and Baltimore — cities in the Upper South — rather than Liberia or Angola.

After that, one descends a ramp into a darkened simulated prison where wraith-like, holographic men, women and children tell their haunting stories. This leads to a larger room where one takes a journey from slavery times to the time of lynchings, immigration, segregation and, ultimately, resistance. All of which is presented by way of enlarged photographs, videos and interactive maps.

One of the maps tells us — county by county — where

the lynchings took place and who was lynched. In this regard, there was one lynching in Beaufort County — a man named William Cornish in 1901. By contrast, there were 10 lynchings in Colleton County and six in Hampton County. (I suspect the number is low in Beaufort because black folk still enjoyed a numerical majority in 1901.)

The museum experience is not pleasant — or particularly hopeful — and I walked through the exhibits stunned and stupefied all the while trying to deal with my feelings. And I suspect these feelings vary with each individual visitor.

A few may think what is presented is exaggerated.

Some may feel it’s time to move on; or that they cannot be blamed for the sins of

their grandparents. But I believe the vast majority come away sad and many of the white folks feel a sense of shame.

But the problem I have is that I knew my grandparents — they lived in Florence County where there were nine lynchings — and I loved them. It is tough, perhaps its impossible, to condemn the people who nurtured you and with whom you share your DNA. But the Montgomery memorial stirs-up deep, long-buried anger and anguish for the sin that was part of our nation’s birthing.

It is remarkable that Alabama — cradle of the Confederacy — gives us a shot at redemption.

Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. Email Scott at cscottgraber@gmail.com.

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day regardless of your ancestry

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n Tuesday, March 17, Americans across the country will celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day. Even people with no Irish ancestry will wear green.

Employees will sit around their offices eating green frosted cupcakes. The men will wear their Shamrock ties and the women will put on their Leprechaun scarves.

All the local bakery shops will serve green frosted donuts and (heaven help us), the local bars will serve green beer. Of course, a dark glass of Guinness is also acceptable for the holiday.

And even though my

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spouse will only drink his Heineken (a Dutch beer), at least it comes in a green bottle.

Now when I was a child, my parents made a big deal out of Saint Patrick’s Day. My mother’s name was Claire

Kelly – talk about Irish!

And my Dad’s mother was also part Irish. And like many descendants of the Irish, we always celebrated.

Dad would put on a pot of corned beef and cabbage and it would be simmering in a pot all day. He would also concoct a mustard sauce to put on the food. It was delicious.

However recently, I had my DNA tested and, lo and behold, there in my DNA, was proof that I also had Viking blood running through my veins. According to the paperwork, many Norwegian women have light eyes (blue

or green) blonde hair (my original hair color) and are of tall stature.

“My People!” I said to my spouse.

Yes, there is still a lot of Irish in my DNA, but I was excited to learn of this Viking connection. Now with all the new genetic testing, it turns out that many of the Irish descendants have some ancestors from Norway. The Irish coastal towns were popular with the Vikings and it was the Vikings, after all, who founded towns like, Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, and Cork. Their recorded history in Ireland dates to

795 A.D. After reading up about the Irish and Norwegian history, I realized I did not know my Viking holidays. I knew that Saint Patrick’s Day commemorates the arrival of Christianity in Ireland but was unaware that Norway also celebrates the arrival of Christianity with Saint Olaf’s Day. And so, in order to honor my newly discovered ancestors, I plan on celebrating Saint Olaf’s Day which is July 29. I was also pleasantly surprised to find out that the Norwegians eat a popular dish called Kumla which is

made up of chopped ham and grated potato. Now I can plan my Saint Olaf Day dinner menu.

And so, to honor all my ancestors I bid you – Slan Abhaile (safe home) in Irish Gaelic and Hadet (good-bye) in Norwegian.

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to you, regardless of your ancestry.

Lee Scott, a writer and recent retiree, shares her everyday observations about life after career. A former commercial banker responsible for helping her clients to reach their business objectives, Scott now translates those analytical skills to her writings.

She lives on St. Helena Island and enjoys boating, traveling and reading.

the Beaufort County Democratic Convention. For information, please visit www.beaufortscdems.org or email beaufortcountydems@gmail.com.

FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. FURTHERMORE, YOU ALSO MAY BE SUBJECT TO A PERSONAL MONEY JUDGMENT FOR THE COSTS AND ATTORNEY’S FEES INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER IN THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING IF THE COURT FINDS THAT THERE IS COMPLETE ABSENCE OF A JUSTIFIABLE ISSUE OF EITHER LAW OR FACT RAISED BY YOUR OBJECTIONS OR DEFENSES. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE YOUR DEFAULT AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE, BY PAYMENT OF ALL PAST DUE LOAN PAYMENTS OR ASSESSMENTS, ACCRUED INTEREST, LATE FEES, TAXES, AND ALL FEES AND COSTS INCURRED

BY THE LIENHOLDER AND TRUSTEE, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEFAULT. Any response or inquiry should be made in writing to King Cunningham, LLC, Attn: Jeffrey W. King, Esq. who is serving as Trustee in this matter, at the following address: 1000 2nd Ave S, Ste 325, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582.

NONJUDICIAL PROCEDURE, YOU WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT OR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED EVEN IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. YOU MAY OBJECT TO THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE AND REQUIRE FORECLOSURE OF YOUR TIMESHARE INTEREST TO PROCEED THROUGH THE JUDICIAL PROCESS. AN OBJECTION MUST BE MADE IN WRITING AND RECEIVED BY THE TRUSTEE BEFORE THE END OF THE THIRTY-DAY TIME PERIOD. YOU MUST STATE THE REASON FOR YOUR OBJECTION AND INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS ON THE WRITTEN OBJECTION. IN A JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR OBJECTION, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT AND PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. FURTHERMORE, YOU ALSO MAY BE SUBJECT TO A PERSONAL MONEY JUDGMENT FOR THE COSTS AND ATTORNEY’S FEES INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER IN THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING IF THE COURT FINDS THAT THERE IS COMPLETE ABSENCE OF A JUSTIFIABLE ISSUE OF EITHER LAW OR FACT RAISED BY YOUR OBJECTIONS OR DEFENSES. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE YOUR DEFAULT AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE, BY PAYMENT OF ALL PAST DUE LOAN PAYMENTS OR ASSESSMENTS, ACCRUED INTEREST, LATE FEES, TAXES, AND ALL FEES AND COSTS INCURRED

BY THE LIENHOLDER AND TRUSTEE, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEFAULT. Any response or inquiry should be made in writing to King Cunningham, LLC, Attn: Jeffrey W. King, Esq. who is serving as Trustee in this matter, at the following address: 1000 2nd Ave S, Ste 325, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582.

Page 1312, records of Beaufort County, South Carolina, via your failure to pay property owners association dues, assessments, special assessments, and/or taxes (collectively “Assessments”) to MBV Vacation Owners Association, Inc., as more particularly described in that certain Claim of Lien recorded in Lien Book 142, at Page 1373 records of Beaufort County, South Carolina. The total amount due to pay the Assessments in full is $1643.25, along with attorney fees $350.00 and costs $383.80.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-32-325, S.C. CODE ANN., 1976, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING: IF YOU FAIL TO CURE THE DEFAULT OR TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER WITHIN THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE, YOU WILL RISK LOSING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH A NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE. HOWEVER, UNDER THE NONJUDICIAL PROCEDURE, YOU WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT OR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED EVEN IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. YOU MAY OBJECT TO THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE AND REQUIRE FORECLOSURE OF YOUR TIMESHARE INTEREST TO PROCEED THROUGH THE JUDICIAL PROCESS. AN OBJECTION MUST BE MADE IN WRITING AND RECEIVED BY THE TRUSTEE BEFORE THE END OF THE THIRTY-DAY TIME PERIOD. YOU MUST STATE THE REASON FOR YOUR OBJECTION AND INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS ON THE WRITTEN OBJECTION. IN A JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR OBJECTION, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT AND PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. FURTHERMORE, YOU ALSO MAY BE SUBJECT TO A PERSONAL MONEY JUDGMENT FOR THE COSTS AND ATTORNEY’S FEES INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER IN THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING IF THE COURT FINDS THAT THERE IS COMPLETE ABSENCE OF A JUSTIFIABLE ISSUE OF EITHER LAW OR FACT RAISED BY YOUR OBJECTIONS OR DEFENSES. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE YOUR DEFAULT AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE, BY PAYMENT OF ALL PAST DUE LOAN PAYMENTS OR ASSESSMENTS, ACCRUED INTEREST, LATE FEES, TAXES, AND ALL FEES AND COSTS INCURRED

BY THE LIENHOLDER AND TRUSTEE, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEFAULT. Any response or inquiry should be made in writing to King Cunningham, LLC, Attn: Jeffrey W. King, Esq. who is serving as Trustee in this matter, at the following address: 1000 2nd Ave S, Ste 325, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582.

LEGAL NOTICES City of Beaufort Finance Department Procurement Administrator RFP 2020 -112 1911 Boundary St. Beaufort, SC 29902 Submittal Deadline: The submittal deadline is 2:00 P.M. ET on Thursday, April 2, 2020.

City of Beaufort NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Proposed Rezoning The City of Beaufort will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of Beaufort City Hall, 1911 Boundary Street, Beaufort, S.C. to consider the following rezoning: Rezoning .31 acres of property located at 2411 Oak Haven Street from T-3 Subur-ban District (T3-S) to T5-Urban Corridor District (T5-UC). The property is further identified as District R120, Map 5, Parcel 277A. Applicant: Samuel M. Levin.

Documents relating to this request are available for public inspection between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. Monday through Friday at the Beaufort City Hall, 1911 Bounda-ry Street, Beaufort. Interested persons are invited to attend the public hearing. Written comments can also be submitted to the City of Beaufort Community & Economic Devel-opment Department, 1911 Boundary Street, Beaufort, S.C. 29902.

Note: If you have special needs due to a physical challenge, please call (843) 525-7011 for additional information.

City of Beaufort PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP 2020-112 WATERFRONT PARK PLAYGROUND The City of Beaufort, South Carolina is seeking proposals from qualified contractors to design, procure and install a new playground at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

The RFP and additional documents may be accessed on the City’s website, www.cityofbeaufort.org under – Finance, Procurement, Current Bid Opportunities, or by contacting the Procurement Admin-istrator 843-525-7071.

Sealed Proposals must be submitted to:

City of Beaufort PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP 2020-106 FABRIC STORM PANELS FOR PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION The City of Beaufort, South Carolina, is soliciting proposals from qualified licensed manu-factures and suppliers for the purchase of removable Storm Panels for two historic buildings which are contributing structures in the Beaufort Historic District/Beaufort National Landmark Historic District.

This project is being funded in whole or in part by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program as authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. All applicable policies of FEMA, as well as state and federal legal requirements shall apply.

The RFP and additional documents may be accessed on the City’s website, www.cityofbeaufort.org under – Finance, Procurement, Current Bid Opportunities, or by contacting the Procurement Administrator 843-525-7071.

Sealed Proposals must be submitted to: City of Beaufort Finance Department Procurement Administrator RFP 2020-106 1911 Boundary Street Beaufort, SC 29902 The submittal deadline is 2:00 P.M. ET on April 3, 2020.

Official Notice: By authority of the Beaufort County Democratic Party, the Beaufort County Democratic County Convention is hereby scheduled on Saturday, March 28th at 10:00 AM at the Holiday Inn 2225 Boundary Street, Beaufort, SC for the purposes of: (1) Electing delegates to the State Democratic Convention at its biennial convention, May 30, 2020; (2) Electing officers; and (3) Considering and Adoption of County Party Resolutions to take to the State Convention. Precinct Caucuses will be held prior to the convention for the purposes of electing delegates to

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENT TO SELL Name and address of Purchaser: JUSTINO A. MONTES DE OCA CONTRERAS & ELIZABETH AMANTE NAPOLES, 700 W JACKSON AVE APT 131, MCALLEN, TX 78501.

MBV Vacation Suites: A fee simple undivided 0.0147723220820258% ownership interest in of the Project as tenants(s) in common with the holders of other undivided interests in and to the timeshare property known as MBV VACATION SUITES, as established by that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for MBV Vacation Suites, recorded at Deed Book 3406, Pages 1312- 1365, et seq., of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Beaufort County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number U1601-W4B. You are in DEFAULT under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for MBV Vacation Suites recorded in Deed Book 3406 at Page 1312, records of Beaufort County, South Carolina, via your failure to pay property owners association dues, assessments, special assessments, and/or taxes (collectively “Assessments”) to MBV Vacation Owners Association, Inc., as more particularly described in that certain Claim of Lien recorded in Lien Book 142, at Page 1376 records of Beaufort County, South Carolina. The total amount due to pay the Assessments in full is $1643.25, along with attorney fees $350.00 and costs $383.80.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-32-325, S.C. CODE ANN., 1976, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING: IF YOU FAIL TO CURE THE DEFAULT OR TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER WITHIN THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE, YOU WILL RISK LOSING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH A NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE. HOWEVER, UNDER THE NONJUDICIAL PROCEDURE, YOU WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT OR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED EVEN IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. YOU MAY OBJECT TO THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE AND REQUIRE FORECLOSURE OF YOUR TIMESHARE INTEREST TO PROCEED THROUGH THE JUDICIAL PROCESS. AN OBJECTION MUST BE MADE IN WRITING AND RECEIVED BY THE TRUSTEE BEFORE THE END OF THE THIRTY-DAY TIME PERIOD. YOU MUST STATE THE REASON FOR YOUR OBJECTION AND INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS ON THE WRITTEN OBJECTION. IN A JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR OBJECTION, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT AND PERSONAL LIABILITY

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENT TO SELL Name and address of Purchaser: MATTHEW IDUH OKOPI & GLORIA OCHANYA OKOPI, 10B ACCRA ST ZONE 5, ABUJA, 00000.

MBV Vacation Suites: A fee simple undivided 0.0147723220820258% ownership interest in of the Project as tenants(s) in common with the holders of other undivided interests in and to the timeshare property known as MBV VACATION SUITES, as established by that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for MBV Vacation Suites, recorded at Deed Book 3406, Pages 1312- 1365, et seq., of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Beaufort County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number U1606-W39B. You are in DEFAULT under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for MBV Vacation Suites recorded in Deed Book 3406 at Page 1312, records of Beaufort County, South Carolina, via your failure to pay property owners association dues, assessments, special assessments, and/or taxes (collectively “Assessments”) to MBV Vacation Owners Association, Inc., as more particularly described in that certain Claim of Lien recorded in Lien Book 142, at Page 1374 records of Beaufort County, South Carolina. The total amount due to pay the Assessments in full is $1681.75, along with attorney fees $350.00 and costs $398.25.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-32-325, S.C. CODE ANN., 1976, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING: IF YOU FAIL TO CURE THE DEFAULT OR TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER WITHIN THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE, YOU WILL RISK LOSING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH A NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE. HOWEVER, UNDER THE

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENT TO SELL Name and address of Purchaser: RICHARD JOHN HESTWOOD & CAROLYN K. HESTWOOD, 302 ALLANDALE DR, BETHEL PARK, PA 15102-3376.

MBV Vacation Suites: A fee simple undivided 0.0147723220820258% ownership interest in of the Project as tenants(s) in common with the holders of other undivided interests in and to the timeshare property known as MBV VACATION SUITES, as established by that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for MBV Vacation Suites, recorded at Deed Book 3406, Pages 1312- 1365, et seq., of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Beaufort County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number U1203-W36B. You are in DEFAULT under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for MBV Vacation Suites recorded in Deed Book 3406 at

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Beaufort native Greenly enjoying his best life

By Mindy Lucas

pression. In danger of losing his scholarship, he was advised to go to psychotherapy which he credits not only for saving his college career, but for saving his life.

Psychoanalysis and learning to embrace his “authentic self” also helped him later in life when he finally learned to accept that he was gay, he said. And going through some of those painful earlier times helped him to become more empathetic and more respectful of others.

“Because I’ve been through it,” he said. “And now I accept myself and am more accepting of everybody’s differences around me, and I’m happier.”

M

ike Greenly is living his best life.

The 75-year-old Beaufort native, who now lives in New York City, has had a full life as a former executive-turned-freelance writer, inspirational speaker and speech coach.

He regularly works with clients from all over the world – some of whom he’s never even met. And he enjoys helping people, whether it’s by writing a speech that could make a career or helping someone to overcome a fear of public speaking.

It’s a story that could have ended with its first act and still have been pretty good story.

But it didn’t end there. In fact, in some ways, it only started there.

Greenly, who once struggled to find his own voice in the world, has gone on to write hundreds of songs for others to sing – from pop songs to chorals to country songs and even dance club hits.

Yes, dance club hits.

In fact, as a Billboard Top 10 lyricist, Greenly has had multiple songs on the Dance Club Charts – including four that went on to become No. 1 hits.

Take for example “With You,” written for Kimberly Davis, lead singer of the ‘70s band Chic, of the mega disco hit “Le Freak” fame. It’s a song that came in at No. 4 on the Billboard Dance Club Chart in 2014.

Or “Get Up,” another hit written for Davis that came in on the same charts at No. 12 in 2010.

He also wrote Virginia’s new official state song “Our Great Virginia” which was passed into law in 2015, as well as many others.

“But writing a song is different from having a song published,” he said recently, by phone from his home in Manhattan, explaining that not every song he writes

Mike Greenly is published or becomes a hit.

Still, not bad for a once shy and sometimes bullied Jewish kid from Beaufort who went on to launch not one but two successful careers.

It’s a second act that many only dream of or romanticize, but for Greenly, the road to success or self fulfillment wasn’t always an easy one.

Early Memories Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, Greenly was just an infant when his family moved back to Beaufort where his mother was originally from.

In those days, Jewish families in Beaufort were so few in number that Greenly can still recall many of them by name.

“It was a very small community,” he said.

He particularly remembers the Keyserlings and their son Billy, who would later become one his oldest friends and confidants.

And he still remembers what it felt like to be viewed with contempt or suspicion, and be called a “dirty Jew boy.”

“I felt hurt and wounded,” he said, recalling painful memories from that time.

As an English major later at Duke University, Greenly struggled with anxiety and de-

Early Career Moves Writing lyrics wasn’t something Greenly set out to do. Not at first anyway.

As a former Avon executive, Greenly would often change or edit songs that would come across his desk meant for use in marketing initiatives or sales meetings simply because he knew the campaigns or projects better than the person writing them. Before long, he was writing the song lyrics himself.

One day, after leaving Avon to go out on his own, he and a composer friend who had teamed up on a song for an agency pitch, received particularly good feedback.

After the meeting Greenly turned to his friend and said, “You know, they loved our song.

Why don’t we try writing songs for the public?”

After his initial foray into “public” songwriting, Greenly was hooked.

Soon he was writing songs not just for pop singers and powerhouse vocalists like Kimberly Davis, who he met when she would come in for agency work as a demo artist, but lyrics for chorals and songs “with a purpose” as well.

Songs like “Always My Angel,”

a song he was asked to write in memory of those who were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting in 2012.

Or “I See You,” a song he wrote to call attention to the way older Americans are sometimes treated. Performed by recording artist Grant Maloy Smith, the song was recently adopted by the organization Masterpiece Living, a multi-specialty group specializing in aging issues.

“I love using my words to make a difference,” he said.

about,” he said, adding that he is looking to incorporate it in the work he is doing with Reconstruction Beaufort or as he thinks more about what he’d like his legacy to be.

These days, Greenly is enjoying life more than ever – whether he’s writing songs, working on more corporate endeavors or walking executives through the ins and outs of public speaking.

He’s particularly excited about an upcoming Earth Day-themed performance at Carnegie Hall in

Beaufort native and songwriter Mike Greenly (left) often teams up with members of the Nile Rodgers & Chic band including Nile Rodgers (right) and singer Kimberly Davis, not pictured.

Greenly’s longtime friend, and Beaufort Mayor, Billy Keyserling said Greenly’s song “Common Ground” about putting aside differences and trying to find common ground with others “really resonated” with him.

“It connected with me in a way that I hadn’t really thought

April. The performance features a number of award winning performers and songwriters from a variety of genres and Greenly will be making a presentation on songwriting.

“I’m thrilled,” he said, laughing. “My parents would be so proud.”

Beaufort’s Campfire Tyler takes his music from backyard to the studio

By Mike McCombs It was roughly at this time a year ago that Tyler Littlejohn made a discovery.

Born and raised in Beaufort, the longtime food and beverage worker was employed at Panini’s in downtown Beaufort when he decided to put everything into his music.

“I found out you could get paid for singing at a restaurant,” Littlejohn said, “… and then they’d still feed you at the end of the night.”

That was enough for Littlejohn, who began performing under the name Campfire Tyler, to finally kick the food and beverage industry and take a chance on himself. He began busking, first at Panini’s, then Hemingways, and eventually achieved a milestone of sorts when he made performing his sole source of income.

On Friday, Littlejohn, 27, will reach another milestone of sorts, when he releases his first album.

Early on, Littlejohn aimed

Campfire Tyler performs on the patio at Hemingway’s Bistro on Sunday, March 8. Photo by Mike McCombs. to make his shows really personal, “like we were just hanging out in the back yard,” he said. “That’s where the name Campfire Tyler came from.”

He says the process of both writing and recording an album really coincided with yet another milestone in his life.

When he quit drinking. “(The songwriting really) started as a way to keep busy when I quit drinking,” Little-

john said.

Most of the seven originals on Campfire Tyler’s self-titled release were started in July but finished after Littlejohn quit drinking in September.

“I was just holding myself back. I was masking a bunch of things by drinking,” he said.

“Sometimes, we just need to get out of our own way.”

Still, it’s not like Littlejohn wrote a handful of songs and

an album appeared. It took a chance meeting to put Campfire Tyler on the path to his first professional recordings.

Littlejohn took his 7-yearold daughter to see a kids show put on by Jevon Daly, a longtime local musician, at Coligny Plaza on Hilton Head Island. It was when he chatted Daly up about a song he had performed that Daly, in turn, steered him toward Kyle Wareham.

Wareham recorded and produced Campfire Tyler.

After the initial tracks were recorded in November at Shelter Recording Studios on Hilton Head with Littlejohn and his guitar, Wareham fleshed them out, adding other instrumentation and polishing the product. Recording wrapped up in February.

Littlejohn says Campfire Tyler has “an earthy feel. It draws from a lot of influences … bluegrass, hip-hop, rock and country. All kinds of music.”

And he says in some way,

WANT TO GO? What: Campfire Tyler album release.

When: 6 p.m. Friday, March 13.

Where: Island Tattoo, 115 Arrow Road, Hilton Head Island.

About it: There will be food, discounted tattoos and Campfire Tyler’s self-titled release will be available for $10 on all digital platforms and compact disc (if they ship on time).

all of the songs are based on what was happening before and during his recovery. Littlejohn is particularly happy with the track Hot and Cold, his favorite song on the album.

“The song itself helped me get through some things,” Littlejohn said. “It helped me say some things I couldn’t say at the time.”

Though he enjoys performing, Littlejohn says he’s found the best part of the process is

the songwriting. “I love performing,” he said, “but songwriting is a way to express myself.”

If you’ve grown to enjoy seeing Campfire Tyler performing around town though, have no fear. He won’t be giving it up anytime soon. He will continue to mix his dozen or so originals in with an eclectic group of cover songs, from Shaggy to a mash-up of Britney Spears’ Baby One More Time and Chris Isaak’s Wicked Game.

From Boondocks to Hemingway’s and Bricks to Rosie’s, Littlejohn will be busy. He has even locked up a regular summer gig on Hilton Head, playing every Thursday night at the Frosty Frog from the first of June through August.

In the meantime, Littlejohn plans to put any proceeds from his recording back into promotion for his live gigs and keep plugging along.

“Sometimes you’ve got to get out of your own way.”

The Room: Songs and Stories of Free Women makes debut at USCB USC Beaufort’s Center for the Arts is thrilled to produce the theatrical premier of a new play, The Room: Songs and Stories for Free Women, written by Sara Daise and performed with her mother, actress and storyteller Natalie Daise, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 20.

A moving storytelling performance, the production includes traditional and non-traditional music and two characters, the Griot/ Caretaker of The Room and the Singer/Griot.

The stories will include a folk tale of Yemaya, goddess

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of the ocean; a story of Charlotte Forten, who needed The Room while teaching in Beaufort; Harriet Tubman, who used the room many times but in this case, right before the raid up the Combahee River; Alice Wine, a woman from James Island, whose memories of Reconstruction had a major impact on Voting Rights; and other narratives of women of color collected during the period of Reconstruction, including Kathleen Daise, who raised nine children on St. Helena Island.

The Room chorus is made up of wonderful Gullah sing-

ers, including Mahogonee, Natasha Robinson and Deara Walters. The Room also features dancer Miya Shiquan Fowler, M.S., with textiles and costumes by Donellia Chives of Ngome Design. The Room honors all those who came before to make space for us.

A special art exhibit entitled “What it Means to be Free: Art From Women of Color,” curated by Diane Dunham, will be on display through April 6.

Tickets are on sale now.

Adult tickets are $20, Senior/ Military are $18, and students are $15. Tickets are available

WANT TO GO? What: The Room: Songs and Stories for Free Women.

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 20.

Where: USC Beaufort’s Center for the Arts, 801 Carteret Street.

Tickets: Adult tickets are $20, Senior/Military are $18, and students are $15 – available at USCBcenterforthearts.com or at the box office.

at USCBcenterforthearts.com or at the box office located at 801 Carteret Street.

Natalie, left, and Sara Daise perform in The Room: Songs and Stories for Free Women.

AROUND TOWN WHAT’S HAPPENING

Activities at Hunting Island State Park

more information, call 843-522-9622 or email beaufort-jasperymca.org.

There are fun, interesting and educational activities every day hosted by Park Ranger and Lowcountry Master Naturalist Megan Stegmeier.

• Sundays: Sand/Candy Art, 11 a.m.; Do You Want To Build a Snow Globe (March 15, 22), 2 p.m.

• Mondays: Reptiles of the Lowcountry (March 16), 11 a.m.; A Walk In The Woods (March 16), 3 p.m.; Secrets of the Salt Marsh, 4 p.m.; Full Moon Lighthouse Climb (March 9), 7 p.m.

• Tuesdays: Driftwood Painting, 11 a.m.; Beach Walk, 3 p.m.

• Wednesdays: Alligator Talk, 11 a.m.; Stepping Stones, 2 p.m.

• Thursdays: Interpretive Lighthouse Tour, 10 a.m.; Feeding Frenzy, 3 p.m.

• Fridays: Nature Center 20th Anniversary Celebration, 1 p.m.; Fish Printing (March 6, 13, 27), 2 p.m.

• Saturdays: Sunrise Lighthouse Climb (March 28), 6:45 a.m.; Tie-Die, 11 a.m.; No Bones About It (March 7, 21), 1 p.m.; Driftwood Painting, 2 p.m.

For a description of these programs and a complete calendar of activities, go to southcarolinaparks.com/hunting-island and click on “Programs & Events.”

All are invited to attend these free events, though there is an entry fee to Hunting Island State Park and reservations are needed for lighthouse programs. For more information, call 843-838-7437 or go to the Friends of Hunting Island website and the Facebook page: FOHI Sea Turtle Conservation Project.

Donate non-perishable foods to YMCA

Snowbirds! Wondering what to do with your unopened, non-perishable food items at the end of your stay? Drop them off at the YMCA and we’ll deliver them to a local food bank on your behalf. The YMCA is conveniently located in Port Royal at 1801 Richmond Ave. For

Hunting Island Lighthouse Tours

10 a.m., every Thursday (March 19, 26) and some Tuesdays (March 17, 24). The Friends of Hunting Island will present Lighthouse tours of the historic Hunting Island Lighthouse.

Keeper Ted and his team will tell you all about the history of the Lighthouse, which was built in 1875 and is the only Lighthouse in South Carolina open to visitors. If you are at least 44 inches tall you may also climb the 167 steps to the top of the Lighthouse. Reservations are recommended by calling the Nature Center at 843-838-7437. Regular Thursday tours are $2 per person. Park entry fees apply.

Friends of Fort Fremont / Southeast Chapter of the Native Plant Society oyster roast

5:30-8 p.m. Friday, March 13, Live Oak Park, Port Royal. The Friends of Fort Fremont and the Southeast Chapter of the Native Plant Society will be holding their annual fundraiser.

Tickets are $30 per person and include oysters, chili, appetizers, and dessert. There will be live music by the Sweet Ferns and amazing silent auction items. Tickets may be purchased at www.fortfremont.org or by check payable to Friends of Fort Fremont, Box 982, St. Helena Island, S.C. 29920. For more information, call Janelle Proctor at 843-441-3036

3rd annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival

Noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 14, Beaufort Town Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Area restaurants and food trucks will be selling food and drinks, and there will be live entertainment. The event will also have activities for children of all ages. New to the Festival this year will be an adult and kids costume

contest. The event benefits Beaufort County Animal Services. The Festival is accepting vendor applications online until March 1.

Additional information can be found on the Beaufort Town Center website (www.beauforttowncenter.com) and Facebook Page (www. facebook.com/BeaufortTownCenter).

Oyster, 14 Hutson Lane, Seabrook. Fundraiser for Richard Hricik, Democrat for S.C. Senate District 43. Minimum $45 donation includes oysters, beer, wine. Children 13 and younger free. For more information or to RSVP, call Emily at 843-532-3434 or email thankyou@ richardforsc.com.

The Pickled Eagle Championship pickleball tournament

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8 a.m. Saturday, March 14, Beaufort High School Tennis Courts. On site registation begins at 7:30 a.m. Cost $40, $5 for each additional division. Double elimination. Skill divisions: 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0. Two division of singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. Age divisions restricted to 50+, 60+ and 70+. To register online, go to pickleballtournaments.com and search pickledeagle. Register online and get a free T-shirt.

Proceeds go to the Beaufort High School tennis team.

America’s Boating Course

8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 14, Saturday, March 21 and Saturday, March 28, Port Royal Town Hall, 700 Paris Avenue, Port Royal. Offered by America’s Boating Club of Beaufort.

If you are new to boating, have never taken the course or just want to refresh your knowledge about boating this is a course to consider. Learn the basics of recreational boating in this National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) approved class. Satisfies South Carolina Boating Educational Course Requirements. And many boat insurance companies offer discounts to graduates. Price: $75 includes book and navigation tools; additional person in household sharing the book is $17. Contact hlontz@yahoo.com for more information.

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2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 15, Lady’s Island

7 p.m. Mondays, USC Beaufort Center for the Arts, 801 Carteret Street. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased online (www.uscbcenterforthearts.com) or at the USCB Center for the Arts box office. Upcoming schedule: March 16 – A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood; March 23 – 1917; April 27 – Little Women.

Adaptive Golf Experience Coaches Training

5-8 p.m. Friday, March 20 at Parris Island Four Winds and 8 a.m. Saturday, March 21 at Parris Island Driving Range. With PGA/ LPGA Master Golf Professional Judy Alvarez. Cost $20 per person. Included Friday dinner and book. Workshop designed for therapists and volunteers who want to serve as Adaptive Golf Coaches. For more information or to register, go toAdaptiveGolfExperience.com.

FWDG hosting nature photographer John Nickerson

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 21, FWDG, 745 Robert Smalls Parkway, Beaufort. Local furniture store FWDG is hosting award-winning nature photographer John Nickerson (Leaning Palm Studio). Guests will have an opportunity to meet the photographer and view his prints. Nickerson’s work is centered around capturing the beauty of South Carolina natural world. Fifteen percent of the purchase price of the prints will be donated to the Port Royal Sound Foundation. FWDG will also donate $500 to the Foundation. The photography pop-up gallery is free to attend and open to the public.

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Who Is Jesus?

Investigating Christ An Atheist Examines the Evidence for Jesus

For Lee, everything changed when his wife became Christian.

He had married his high-school sweetheart, Leslie, and became an award-winning investigative journalist for the Chicago Tribune.

They both assumed that God was a fairy tale; they believed only in what they could see and experience. But his wife was introduced to Christianity by a friend, and one day she shared with Lee that she now believed in Jesus.

Lee felt like he was losing his wife.

She was becoming a different person. He worried she would no longer be the joyful, fun-loving woman he had married. He had not signed up to be married to a Christian! One of the things he most loved about her was how reasonable and logical she was. If he could demonstrate to her that Christianity is false, then perhaps she would leave it behind and everything could go back to how it was before.

He decided to approach Christianity like a crime investigation.

Without telling his wife what he was doing, Lee began to use his skills as an investigative journalist to explore the historical claims of Christianity. He began seeking out experts in fields such as history, archaeology, Scripture, psychology, and medicine. He interviewed them at length, raising the typical objections against Christianity.

For each of his questions, Lee discovered compelling evidence.

The facts indicated that the Gospels are reliable biographies of Jesus written by eyewitnesses, remarkably close to his lifetime. Jesus clearly understood himself to be divine, and it is this claim that led to his crucifixion. He did not have the attributes of a crazy person, nor did it make sense that he was a liar. He even fulfilled a great number of Old Testament prophecies about the Jewish Messiah.

Evidence for the Resurrection was especially persuasive.

Lee especially sought evidence to disprove the Resurrection of Jesus.

But he found that the alternative theories, such as the idea that Jesus somehow survived crucifixion, simply did not hold up against the known facts. Jesus had truly died, and yet a great number of witnesses had seen him alive after his death. This is what caused thousands of Jewish people to abandon their traditional faith and begin to worship Jesus as God. Instead of convincing his wife, Lee became convinced.

Although he did not want to believe, he was determined to follow the facts wherever they led, as in a courtroom. The evidence pointed to the verdict that Jesus was truly who he claimed to be. Lee eventually came to believe in him, joining his wife as a follower of Christ. Lee’s story has helped millions of people to explore the facts about Jesus and come to their own conclusion about him.

Lee Strobel shared his journey in the bestseller, The Case for Christ, recently made into a movie. The Case for Jesus, written by Dr. Brant Pitre, is another excellent book exploring the truth of the Gospels.

Who Is Jesus?

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