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sually, you don’t hear about 159th anniversaries. Wedding anniversaries are only named through the MIKE MCCOMBS 80th. And 159 is not a a widely remembered remarkable year. Also, aside from a few date throughout Amerbirthdays, May 13 isn’t ican history.
But May 13 should be a big day in Beaufort. It was 159 years ago (give or take a few hours), in the early morning hours of May 13, 1862, that Robert Smalls, born into slavery in 1839 in Beaufort, sailed the Planter, a
Confederate transport ship out of Charleston harbor, past Confederate checkpoints and into the waiting arms of the Union blockade. And into the waiting arms of freedom. SEE SMALLS PAGE A5
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An abortion ban, looser gun laws, firing-squad executions A few of the things our state Legislators did for us this year
Adams Outdoor was recently issued a stop work order by Beaufort County for work conducted on two billboards, like the one seen here, along Trask Parkway. The company has also sued other municipalities in South Carolina and in other states over billboard ordinances that do not allow for digital billboards. Photo by Mindy Lucas.
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BEAUFORT y the time you read this, the closing gavel probably will have banged on the 2021 state legislative session. But in case you missed it or just chose to block it out, let’s look a few of the highlights our elected state officials enacted by May 13. – Early in the session, they passed a “fetal heartbeat” ban on abortions, legislation that is expected to be tied up in the courts for some time. – They passed a bill improving in-state tuition assistance to military retirees and their dependents. The bill removes the time limit for retirees to file for the program whereas previous legislation required them to apply within three years of leaving the service. Supporters contend the assistance will increase the number of military folks moving to the state although it’s not a requirement that they live in South Carolina. – They appear to have added firing squads to the acceptable method of state-sanctioned executions since the option of lethal injection has vanished because of drug shortages. As of this writing, specifics of the bill are going back and forth between the House and Senate, but Gov. McMaster has said he’s ready to sign a bill to get the proverbial ball rolling on executions. – Also as of this writing, the Legislature appears to be on a fast-track with a bill to make it easier for gun owners with permits to carry those guns in the open. McMaster says he’s ready to sign this one as well. – We didn’t get the right to use medical marijuana for debilitating illnesses. Our Sen. Tom Davis’ proposal to legalize medical marijuana made it through Senate committee, but yet again, the law enforcement
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2 Billboards in Beaufort County Is an outdoor advertising company using a recently amended ordinance to skirt Beaufort County’s billboard ban? Are they now gearing up to sue? By Mindy Lucas Is a national billboard company using a recently amended local ordinance to skate around a ban on new billboards in Beaufort County? An upcoming hearing to decide the fate of two billboards along Trask Parkway (U.S. Highway 21) may take up that question after Beaufort
County issued a stop work order on the signs recently. The billboards are owned by Adams Outdoor Advertising, a privately held company which has been called the fourth largest out-of-home advertising company in the United States. Beaufort County issued the stop
work order on April 12, the county’s administrator Eric Greenway said by phone on Monday, and has taken a “citations code enforcement action” for violation of the ordinance. A hearing will be held in Beaufort County Circuit Court on June 9 and
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“Ancestor of the Land” spotlights life and times of black farmers New exhibit also pays tribute to artist’s father and family farm
A new exhibit at the Mather School will depict farm life of rural Black farmers and the artist's father, Rufus Daniel Mitchell. Photo provided.
By Mindy Lucas The year was 1976 and Bernice and Andy Tate, who lived in New York City at the time, were visiting Bernice’s father on the family farm in Sheldon. Wanting to try out his new automatic camera, artist and illustrator Andy Tate took some impromptu photos of his father-in-law, Rufus Daniel Mitchell, working in his fields. But an interesting thing happened. The film from that day somehow was never processed and
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WANT TO GO? “Ancestor of the Land” opens Thursday, May 20 with an opening night event from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Mather School Museum, at the Technical College of the Lowcountry, 921 Ribaut Road, Building 1, in Beaufort. The event is free and open to the public and the exhibit will run for a minimum of three months. For more information call 842-379-2787.
wound up in storage, all but forgotten, until 30 years later when the old roll was re-discovered. The husband-wife artist team had moved back to the Lowcoun-
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PAL PETS OF THE WEEK Cat of the Week: Cotija has recently watched her two best friends get adopted. But after a few days of sadness, she has started showing a new side of herself. She is quite the soccer/volleyball player when it comes to her favorite ball. She also loves to tell our staff stories about what happened overnight. We only wish we could understand. Cotija is almost 2 years old, spayed, up to date on vaccines, and microchipped.
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It’s Hurricane Preparedness Week
From staff reports Hurricane Preparedness Week runs through Saturday, May 15. During the next few days, Beaufort County residents are encouraged to set aside some time to review their emergency plans for the upcoming hurricane season, which lasts from June 1 to November 30. Disasters can strike without warning and leave whole neighborhoods flooded and without power and water. Some emergencies can confine residents to their
homes for days or even force them to evacuate the area. As such, it is important to be ready. A few basics for planning include: • Have at least three days of water and nonperishable foods on hand; • Create an emergency supplies kit for both family members and any household pets. Visit ready.gov for emergency items to be included; • Gather copies of important documents, including health
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records, easily accessible. For documents to keep handy, visit https://bit.ly/3yfcbyq; • Learn about hurricane evacuation zones and their vulnerability to storm surge on South Carolina’s coast with an interactive map at https:// bit.ly/3bfxOon; • Download S.C. Emergency Manager (the official app of SCEMD). Using this app, coastal residents can determine their evacuation zone based on their phone's loca-
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF RICHLAND IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO.: 2019-DR-40-1063
Please note this meeting will be conducted electronically via Zoom and broadcasted via livestream on Facebook. You can view the meeting live via Facebook the City’s Page, City Beaufort, SC.
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MICHELLE SMITH, JAMAL BRADLEY, QUINTIN DAVIS Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that the City of Beaufort Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Monday, May 24, 2021 at 5:30 P.M. at City Hall, Council Chambers – 1911 Boundary Street to consider the following applications:
Interested persons are invited to attend the public hearing and to comment on this application. Documents relating to this request are available for public inspection at the City of Beaufort Department of Planning and Development Services, 1911 Boundary Street, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. Monday through Friday. Written comments can be submitted prior to the hearing to the City of Beaufort Department of Planning and Development Services, 1911 Boundary Street, Beaufort, S.C. 29902.
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PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR MAY 13-19
May 17 – Beaufort County Council Finance Committee, 2 p.m., watch on The County Channel May 17 – Beaufort County Council Public Facilities Committee, 3:30 p.m., watch on The County Channel May 17 – Metropolitan Planning Commission, 5 p.m., watch via
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the Complaint concerning the minor child above and that you have failed to contact the agency in regards to your whereabouts in this action, the originals of which have been filed in the office of the Richland County Clerk of Court, on July 29, 2019, at 2:39 p.m. a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at her office at 2638 Two Notch Road, Suite 200, Columbia, SC 29204, within 30 days of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer said Complaint within the statutory time allotted, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in Said Complaint. Scarlet B. Moore, SC Bar No.: 72534 Megan Meekins, SC Bar No.: 102993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 2638 Two Notch Rd., Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29204 (803) 898-8949
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SC marks first sea turtle nest of the year
From staff reports While sea turtle volunteers have been walking South Carolina’s beaches in search of nests since May 1, the official start of the season, it wasn’t until Wednesday, May 5 that they found something to count. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) biologists and volunteers have announced that a mother loggerhead laid the first nest of the season on Seabrook Island. Volunteers Sandy MacCoss and Lucy Hoover spotted a crawl and located the nest on the island 20 miles south of Charleston. "Our staff and nest protection volunteers have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of
the season’s first nest marking the return of these ancient reptiles," said SCDNR biologist Michelle Pate, who oversees the agency's sea turtle nesting program. "We're hopeful for a great season under the watchful eyes of our dedicated volunteer network members." Despite the complications of the 2020 season, which ranged from beach closures to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, it was a successful nesting year for South Carolina’s sea turtle population, with 5,560 nests laid. Because nesting exacts a high energy toll on the large reptiles, female sea turtles do not come ashore to lay eggs every year. This pattern results in nest-
A sea turtle 'crawl' is the track left by a female coming ashore across the sand to find a suitable place to dig a nest and lay her eggs. This crawl on Seabrook Island led to the state's first nest of the season. Photo submitted to SCDNR. ing fluctuations from year to year – 2019 broke all records with 8,795 nests, but 2018 saw just 2,767 nests.
Overall, sea turtle nest numbers across the Southeast have trended up over the past decade, making biolo-
gists across the region optimistic that these threatened reptiles are beginning to recover after several decades of conservation efforts. Four sea turtle species nest on South Carolina beaches: loggerheads, greens, Kemp’s ridleys, and leatherbacks. All four species are classified as endangered or threatened and are protected under the Endangered Species Act in addition to local and state ordinances. Loggerhead nests comprise the vast majority of the state’s total number each year, but 2020 saw at least one nest from each species and even five nests from a loggerhead-hawksbill hybrid. Sea turtle season official-
ly runs from May 1 through October 31, with hatching beginning around the start of July. Sea turtle clutches average 120 eggs and hatch after approximately 60 days. Nesting females may remain in South Carolina waters and continue to nest every two weeks, laying up to six nests per season. Throughout this stressful time, the turtles also abstain from eating. South Carolina beachgoers can help the state’s sea turtles by keeping beaches clean, turning beachfront lights out to avoid disorienting turtles, and giving all sea turtles and nests a wide and respectful berth when encountered on the beach.
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It’s a time to honor the history and innovation that make America’s hospitals not only exceptional, but also—as our nation gratefully acknowledged over the past year—indispensable. Most important, though, it’s a time to salute the providers and employees who this and every week do us proud at Beaufort Memorial, caring for our patients, and one another, with sensitivity and expertise and, yes, heroism whatever their department or job title. We never forget that however well equipped, hospitals are just buildings, bricks and mortar and windows and walls. Their heart and soul are the people who work within. Ours at Beaufort Memorial are the best of the best—and especially this year, we can’t say it often enough.
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‘Decoration Day’ coming to USC Beaufort
From staff reports Gullah Kinfolk Traveling Theater will present “Decoration Day, an Old Fashion Memorial Day Celebration” on Saturday, May 15, with two shows – at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. – at the USC Beaufort’s Center for the Arts. Both shows will be taped for the upcoming release of the
“Decoration Day: The Movie.” The play, led by character Aunt Pearlie Sue, brought to life by Anita Singleton-Prather, tells the patriotic story through musical numbers by the Gullah Kinfolk troupe. The performances will transport the audience back in time to experience Memorial Day “like it ustah' be,” equipped with the
parade, dances at Sam's Stokes Greasy Garage, Silas Green from New Orleans Carnival, story of the Grand Army Hall and Beaufort National Cemetery, as well as Tootie, and Gullah-licious nibbles. All known as events to commemorate the historic Decoration Day. Decoration Day, also known as Memorial Day, was first cel-
ebrated by African Americans in 1865, right after the end of the Civil War. Decoration Day honored the newly liberated enslaved people and those Blacks who served and perished in the Civil War. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased at https://bit.ly/3tyfi0L. The Gullah Kinfolk Trav-
eling Theater, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit multi-disciplinary organization based on the Sea Islands of Beaufort. It was founded in August 2013 by Beaufort County Sea Island native, Anita Singleton Prather, integrating art, education, social justice, cultural tourism, economic development and equity.
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What: Decoration Day, an Old Fashion Memorial Day Celebration When: 3 p.m. or 6 p.m., Saturday, May 15 Where: USC Beaufort’s Center for the Arts Tickets: $40 at https:// bit.ly/3tyfi0L
City begins to hold in-person Council, board meetings
From staff reports After more than a year of remote meetings, the City of Beaufort have started begin to conduct meetings in person at City Hall.
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try after retiring in 2006, and after finding the roll in some old boxes, decided to have the film developed. What they found when the photos came back was simply astonishing. There in black and white was a perfectly preserved time capsule of Bernice’s father-inlaw going about his work on the family farm as if no time had passed at all. In the more than 30 photos, Mitchell can be seen steering a wooden plow being pulled by a white horse down neatly tilled rows or staring intently into the camera as if preoccupied by thoughts of the day. When Bernice Tate saw the photos she experienced something of a flashback she said. “It took me back so many years,” she said. “But it was definitely a ‘wow moment’ and almost brought me to tears.” The re-discovered photos of life on the family farm eventually inspired the couple to begin thinking about a larger art project that would tell the story not just of Rufus Daniel Mitchell, who died in 1987, but of the black farmer in general. That led to “Ancestor of the Land” a new exhibit and installation which can soon be viewed at the Mather School Museum, on the campus of the Technical College
City Council will conduct its work sessions and regular meetings – the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month – at 5 p.m. in the Planning Conference
Room (work session), and 7 p.m. in Chambers (regular meeting). This started May 11. These boards and commissions will also conduct
of the Lowcountry. The exhibit combines photography and digital art with farming implements to capture and celebrate the life and times of Mitchell and his family and the hisBernice toric Sheldon Tate farming community. While the exhibit is meant to be a tribute to Bernice’s father, it also explores Andy various asTate pects of the Lowcountry and Gullah farming experience. “He is a metaphor for almost all of the rural Black families in Beaufort County who had children and sent them away and so forth,” said Andy Tate. As Bernice Mitchell goes on to explain, she was one of nine children who grew up on the small, self-contained farm her father worked to essentially support the family. “My father was just a hard working man that believed in family and family values and taught us to go out in the world and do what you have to do to make things work,” she said, adding that ironically her mother and father never had any intention of their children becoming farmers.
“Their goal was to educate us and move us on,” she said. And true to their wishes, all eight of Mitchell’s siblings either earned college degrees or degrees and certifications that took them away from the farm in Sheldon and “out into the greater world,” she said. “But I grew up on a farm literally, and that I’m proud of,” she said. “I’m just the daughter of a farmer I always tell folks.” Today, the Tates enjoy supporting the local arts community and working with the Beaufort Arts Council and are known for their own thoughtful, multi-faceted exhibits that do more than provide a mere two-dimensional look at a series of paintings or photographs. Their exhibits and installations take viewers into an aesthetically rich, fully developed cultural experience that serves to both enlighten or educate as well as entertain on an artistic level. They were contributors in the fascinating 2019 interactive exhibit “Black Medicine/ White Bodies: An Investigation of Yellow Fever Epidemics in Charleston 1854-1871” held at the McKissick Museum in Columbia, and their 2015 exhibit “Doctuh’ Buzzard’s Hoodoo Awakening” at the Beaufort History Museum was colorful, inviting, thought-provoking and unsettling all at the same time. Other projects include the publishing of several chil-
WHAT’S HAPPENING
The Historic Port Royal Museum
Jazz With Debbie McDaniel
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or upon request, Thursdays through Sundays, The Historic Port Royal Museum, 1634 Paris Ave. The museum features the turn-of-the-century businesses and industries of Port Royal: Shrimping, crabbing, oystering, the railroad, the school and the mercantile. Great gifts featuring local artists are available. For more information. visit www.portroyalhistory.org, email unionchurch1004@gmail.com or call 843-524-4333.
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Join us for our first in–person meeting since the Pandemic! Guest Speaker
Rev. Kenneth Hodges Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church Champion of the Harriet Tubman Monument
Thursday, May 20 6:30 pm
Washington Street Park 1003 Washington Street, Beaufort For added comfort, bring a lawn chair
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6 to 9 p.m., Thursday, May 13, The Foolish Frog, 846 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island.
Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club’s May meeting
6 p.m., Thursday, May 13, Beaufort Yacht Club's new deck on Lady’s Island off Meridian Road. The social will be from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Dues and renewals will continue on the same monthly system prior to the pandemic. The porch bar will be utilized and Club restrooms will be available. The BS&D Club's Best Charter Captain, (two years in a row), Christopher Mattson, will discuss Cobia: how, when, where, and why not; top water and deep water techniques, and rods and reels, and appropriate nets. Guests are welcome. Reservations are not needed. For additional information, contact Captain Frank Gibson at 843-522-2122 or email fgibson@islc.net.
Meet the Mayors
5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 19, Rotary Community Center, 11 Recreation Court, Bluffton. Free and open to the public. The Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals From the Lowcountry present a panel discussion with the mayors of Beaufort, Port Royal, Bluffton, Hardeeville, Hilton Head Island and Ridgeland. Questions must be pre-submitted. Register at https://www.facebook.com/ events/289577446076394/.
2021 John Paul II Golf Classic
9 a.m., Thursday, May 20, Hilton Head Lakes. Foursomes and hole sponsorships available. Contact Brian Quinty at 843-6453838 or register online at JohnPaul2School. org under Support JPII.
Ancestor of the Land – Rufus Daniel Mitchell
5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 20, Beaufort Arts
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their meetings at City Hall: Design Review Board, Historic District Review Board, Metropolitan Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals and Neighborhood
Association. The agenda of each meeting will have information on remote public participation. The meetings will continue to be live-streamed on the
City’s Facebook page. Members of the public who attend in person are asked to maintain social distancing and wear masks during the meetings.
A series of impromptu photos taken by artist Andy Tate led to a new exhibit "Ancestor of the Land." Photo provided. dren’s books and educational works under their imprint “Storybooks-4-kids” which features Andy Tate’s fun and inventive illustrations and Bernice Tate’s storytelling skills. The goal of the books is to promote how the power of art and literacy can “engage, educate and empower the next generation of children to be competitive in their global futures,” they say. “Ancestor of the Land” is timely in that a renewed effort or consciousness has been under way in the last few years in the United States to include small farmers that have been left out of the aid or support process in favor of more largescale or corporate farming operations. “Right now, there is a huge,
huge effort going on at the national and the state level in terms of rural farming particularly targeting black rural farmers,” Andy Tate said. In addition, with no end in sight to the demand for organic farming and the growing popularity of locally grown, locally produced agricultural products, small farmers are finally getting the attention and recognition they deserve on those fronts, the Tates said. “The timing is perfect,” said Bernice Tate. “There is a big thing going on for rural farmers be they Black or White. It’s just the small farmers that we’re looking at.” What’s more, the Tate’s son, Derek Mitchell Tate, a physician based in Bronxville, N.Y., also got into the family proj-
Council, Mather Campus, Technical College of the Lowcountry, 921 Ribault Road, Building 1. A Tribute by Bernice Mitchel Tate, Andy Tate and Dr. Derek Mitchell Tate to the Beaufort County Rural Black Farmer. An authentic Beaufort County, S.C. Gullah Cultural Heritage photographic, visual art, digital art, material culture exhibition and instillation experience celebrating the life and times of Rufus Daniel Mitchell (19131987), his family and the historic Sheldon farming community.
Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club meetings
6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursdays, May 20, June 17, July 15, Washington Street Park. After a year of masks, social distancing, hygiene measures and vaccinations (you have yours, right?), we can finally meet in person. Meetings at the beautiful, newly refurbished Washington Street Park at the corner of Washington Street and Newcastle Street in Beaufort. Speaker for May 20 will be Rev. Kenneth Hodges, Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church and champion of the Harriet Tubman Monument.
LIVE After 5
5 to 8 p.m., Thursdays, May 20, June 17, July 15, downtown Beaufort. Every third Thursday of the month is downtown Beaufort’s newest recurring monthly party with live music, local artists, late night shopping and drink and food specials. Rain or shine. Free entertainment, sponsored by Activate Beaufort, featuring Wayne Grabenbauer and Southbound 17.
CPR training
8 a.m to 12:30 p.m., Saturdays, May 29, June 12, July 10, Aug. 21, Sept. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 20, Dec. 11, at the Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal, offers CPR. Cost is $35 for YMCA certified course. Those interested need to register at the Y as space is
ect by providing a grant making it a true family endeavor. For Bernice Tate, it’s been interesting revisiting her childhood and what was for her, just part of growing up. While the exhibit does have bigger themes and messages, for her it’s still personal. “It’s a funny thing. When Andy came home some fifty-something years ago to meet my parents, he appreciated what we had more than we appreciated what we had because we wanted to get away from it,” she said laughing, adding that you don’t always appreciate what you have until it’s gone. “But that was my dad and we’re just trying to honor him,” she said.
limited and filled on a first come, first serve basis. Questions? Contact William Howell, Aquatics Director, 843-522-9622. To register visit the Y front desk or online at beaufort-jasperymca.org and click ‘Register for a Program’ at the top of the page.
Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Luncheon
5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, June 3, Tabby Place, 913 Port Republic Street. Cost for Chamber Members is $45. Cost for nonmembers is 65. The Chamber's Legislative Reception is the business community’s opportunity to connect with Beaufort County’s state legislative delegation, federal officials, and local elected leaders. This two-hour, evening event will feature passed hors d'oeuvres and complimentary beer and wine. Seating will be limited to encourage attendees to circulate. Attendees can choose to be indoors with A/C or on the patio with fresh air.
Maye River Quilters Guild meeting
10 a.m., Saturday, June 5 via Zoom. To get the link for the meeting, visit mayeriverquiltguild.com. For additional meeting dates and times, and for membership forms to join the group, visit the website or call 843-530-1244.
CPR re-certification
8 a.m to 12:30 p.m., Saturdays, June 5, Aug. 14, Sept. 25, Nov. 13, at the Wardle Family YMCA, 1801 Richmond Ave., Port Royal, offers CPR. Cost is $25 for YMCA certified course. Those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first come, first serve basis. Questions? Contact William Howell, Aquatics Director, 843-5229622. To register visit the Y front desk or online at beaufort-jasperymca.org and click ‘Register for a Program’ at the top of the page.
NEWS
Butterfly ceremony becomes popular event
By Bob Sofaly What started out as a small, personal ceremony to honor lost loved ones, turned into a community-wide remembrance of all loved ones with a release of a thousand butterflies called Release and Remember, sponsored by the Friends of Caroline Hospice, on Saturday, May 8, at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. LaNelle Fabian, Director of Community Engagement for Friends of Caroline Hospice said, “Every year we do a memorial service for the families of our patients who have passed. It was so well received we decided to share this with the community and let them get involved.”
Fabian said they released 1,000 Painted Lady butterflies during the inaugural event and a small donation was made to Friends of Caroline Hospice for each butterfly released. Some of the butterflies hadn’t warmed up sufficiently to take flight and remained stationary for a while, giving observers an ample opportunity to take pictures. Many fluttered to the ground for a few minutes and then took off. It didn’t take long for the popular waterfront park to be full of the small, orange butterflies. Fabian said the Release and Remember ceremony will be an annual event and, although Saturday, May 8, had no actual significance, it might be the
Elaine Lake, left, sings a moving rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow as “painted lady” butterflies are released. date in perpetuity. “It was just the date we picked,” she said. “But weath-
er is perfect and not a cloud in the sky. This may be the date we use moving forward.”
Kris Legge, right, gets photographed with his new friend perched on his shoulder. Legge’s new pal is one of 1,000 “painted lady” butterflies released during Saturday’s event. Photos by Bob Sofaly.
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community stepped up to protest the medical advancement as a pathway to hell. Davis plans to push the state’s effort, called the Compassionate Care Act, to join 36 states which allow the use of when the Legislature reconvenes in January 2022 to tackle “unfinished business.” – And McMaster, who is running for a second term in 2022 in case you missed it, announced as of June 30, the state will no longer participate in the federal COVID-19 unemployment assistance – those $300 per month checks. He apparently has authority to do without action by the Legislature. The Palmetto State joined Montana as the second state in the nation to take this action to drive folks back into the workforce. – The Legislature didn’t make a decision on what to do with the state-owned Santee Cooper utility company nor did they establish much groundwork – publicly – for
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from page A1 And not just for himself. He delivered his family, as well as all the families of all his enslaved crewmates. It was a remarkable act by an even more remarkable man.
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the county is also preparing for “a more protracted and longer legal battle,” he said. Adams Outdoor Advertising has a history of suing municipalities that impose certain restrictions on billboards. The company sued the town of Mount Pleasant in 2020 after the town rejected the company’s requests to erect new digital billboards and convert traditional billboards to digital signs. It has also sued municipalities in other states. Beaufort County does not currently allow new billboards and does not allow internally illuminated signs. Companies can paint or refinish the surfaces of the signs or structures in order to maintain them but does not permit “substantive maintenance.” But a recent change to the text of the ordinance may be complicating matters. In October, Beaufort County Council voted in favor of amending the Community Development Code to allow for “minor modifications to billboards to improve safety standards during hurricanes and high wind events,” after the company petitioned the county for the change.
Despite his protest, Bill Sammons of Elliott Street lost his 10 sable palms to Dominion's electric lines, the latest victims in the utility's campaign. There are still more of the SC state tree to be removed before they finish. Photos by Lolita Huckaby.
story last week, “Old Bessie vs. one old pole” brought up a problem that city officials have encountered before but apparently haven’t addressed. The story of an abandoned utility pole crushing a family car in the North Street neighborhood and none of the utility companies taking ownership was a situation the city also experienced during the Boundary Street renovation. S.C. Electric and Gas, which preceded Dominion Electric, agreed to put active power lines underground. But it was noted during the project that a number of the power poles along Boundary had lines which were not longer active – telephone lines, cable, etc. As one travels the community’s roadways and notice the trees which have been clipped, or removed by Dominion, you have to wonder if ALL those wires are necessary.
debris being dropped illegally into their dumpsters. One Port Royal restaurant, according to reports, had to increase their weekly pickups from three days a week to five days.
Garbage fee update BEAUFORT – Closer to home, good news on the garbage collection scene. The County Council has backed off the idea of adding a flat $169 fee for using the drop-off sites and opted for adding a special millage fee
to cover the costs. But if this business of garbage collection is of interest to you, stay tuned. The consultants have recommended an eventual cost per visit to the sites down the proverbial road. Also on the subject of garbage collection, county officials have been reporting little impact, in terms of littering, since two collection sites were closed. On the other hand, Port Royal town officials say their restaurants and businesses are reporting a major increase in the amount of household
After serving in the U.S. Navy for the remainder of the Civil War, Smalls returned to Beaufort, purchased the home of the man who enslaved him, became a local businessman, advocated for public education, and then was a delegate to the state convention that wrote a new S.C. Constitution. He would later be elected to the
S.C. House of Representatives, then the S.C. Senate. And he was elected to and served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. But it’s fair to say, as remarkable as Smalls was, he may have achieved none of his accomplishments if not for that night in May, 159 years ago. Smalls’ actions that night
are the stuff great movies are made of … except not this time, not yet. But somehow, outside of the Lowcountry, Smalls actions are not all that well known. If you’re new to Beaufort or just vacationing here, or if you’ve been here all your life and just don’t know much about the Robert Smalls story, I encourage you to take a
little time and dive in. Visit the Robert Smalls monument and gravesite at Tabernacle Baptist Church or take a trip to the Beaufort History Museum and learn a little about Smalls. A trip to the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park couldn’t hurt. Or read a detailed 2017 chronicle of the actions of
that night 159 years ago by Cate Lineberry of Smithsonian Magazine at https://bit. ly/3bki7Mw. The more you know about Smalls and his heroics, the harder it is to believe he isn’t a hero to more Americans.
The hurricane safe signs were to be made of a material that, if ripped off by strong winds, would not cause any harm to people or property. However, rebuilding or replacing the foundation of billboards is still not allowed under the current ordinance, officials say. The company was in the process of replacing the poles that held up the sign when the stop work order was issued, Greenway said. Adams Outdoor, however, said it is going by regulations governed by the state’s Department of Transportation (SCDOT). When reached for comment earlier in the week, the company’s General Manager Liz Mitchum said, while she could not respond to questions asked by reporters by phone due to the company’s corporate policy, she could send a bulleted statement addressing the issue. According to the emailed statement, the company applied to repair and rebuild the billboards under an SCDOT regulation which allows for the “repair/ rebuild of nonconforming billboard in the event the same is partially damaged by wind or other natural forces.” The statement went on to say that Adams Outdoor received approval from SCDOT for the work and that “no local government permit or per-
mission is necessary.” “Nevertheless, prior to performing the work, Adams informed Beaufort County that it would be performing the work approved by SCDOT and supplied Beaufort County with a copy of the approved applications,” the statement said. State legislators and those watching changes to the state’s billboard laws over the years have said the highway act was meant to get rid of billboards in disrepair, not securely tied down, falling down, or not properly permitted, or those considered “non-conforming.” The act wasn’t meant or shouldn’t override county regulations, some have also noted. Under Beaufort County’s current ordinance the county’s Code Enforcement Department has the ability to issue a notice to the permitted party if a sign becomes dilapidated or structurally unsound so that the sign can be removed. Two county council members took issue with the recent motion to amend the ordinance to allow for the safety modifications when it passed 9 to 2 in October. Both Alice Howard and Paul Sommerville voted against the measure. “As I think everyone knows, the billboards are all grandfathered,” Sommerville said. “The idea is to get rid of them
and all this does is prolong the life of them.”
The strategy of applying for permits to convert current billboards to digital is the latest in a long line of aggressive tactics, including legal action, the company has employed to fight state and local ordinances that do not favor them, some say. “This is not just a new billboard here and there,” said Chuck Newton chair of the Sea Island Coalition, an area group which is concerned about the effects the revised ordinance might have on signs throughout the area. “Beaufort County prohibited billboards several years ago, and overturning a carefully-considered and even-handed policy establishes a horrible new precedent …,” he said. After Adams Outdoor filed suit against the town of Mount Pleasant in 2020, they then offered to drop the lawsuit if the town would approve four new digital billboards and the conversion of one existing billboard to a digital format, effectively dropping planned digital billboard conversions at the base of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge and at a shopping plaza in the town, according to a Dec. 26 article in The (Charleston) Post and Courier. The lawsuit claims Mount Pleasant’s sign ordinance violates its civil rights and refers to the U.S. and S.C. constitutions. The company has
asked that their permits be approved and damages and legal fees be paid, according to the newspaper. The company is also challenging billboard regulations in Virginia Beach, Va., and has challenged regulations in Madison, Wis. However, a federal judge there dismissed the company’s lawsuits, local newspaper reports stated. Still, many residents are left wondering how will laws meant to clean up South Carolina’s roadways now be used to open the door to other types of advertising and if state laws will be used to trump local county ordinances. Some states, particularly those where tourism and natural resources are driving forces in the economy, have banned billboards altogether. Hawaii, Alaska, Vermont and Maine all do not currently allow billboards, or “off-premise” signs. "To the extent Adams is successful here and in Mt. Pleasant and other jurisdictions where digital boards are an issue, we change the face of South Carolina forever,” Newton said. “Billboards only go up, and are seldom if ever taken down.”
the process of redistricting which they say will take place this fall, in time for the 2022 elections. Legislation was introduced to make the redistricting, aka gerrymandering, easier for the public to watch … a process not unlike making sausage.
Following up on the bridge HARBOR ISLAND – Last week’s ceremonial opening of the new and improved Harbor River Bridge got some folks wondering why at least part of the bridge approach ramps couldn’t be developed as a recreational fishing pier. When the Broad River Bridge was replaced in 2004, the northern span was left
Digital billboards coming to Beaufort? Adams Outdoor also recently applied for permits to convert 10 existing signs at locations throughout the county to digital, Greenway confirmed on Monday. The company had marked the box on the applications, dated April 27, that states the signs would be illuminated. The application also states internally illuminated signs are prohibited in Beaufort County. The applications list at least two locations on Sea Island Parkway and Trask Parkway and three along Parris Island Gateway. The value of the 10 signs, according to the applications, totals $1.7 million dollars. They do not specify how much revenue the signs would generate for the company. Questions sent in a separate email to the company about the permits and what exactly they include went unanswered at press time. While the company can apply for the permits, it doesn’t mean they will be approved, Greenway said. The process for reviewing the applications has just started, he said. Adams Outdoor has fought for digital billboards in Beaufort County in the past.
standing and is now one of the county’s most popular fishing pier. Same with the new Ravenel Bridge over the Cooper River where the old bridge span was developed into not just a fishing pier, but a lovely park area. Well, it turns out S.C. Department of Transportation engineers considered a fishing pier at the Harbor River bridge site in the early planning stages but ruled against the idea because of the lack of adequate parking. Following up on the pole BEAUFORT – Mindy Lucas’
Lolita Huckaby Watson is a community volunteer and former reporter/editorial assistant/columnist with The Beaufort Gazette, The Savannah Morning News, Bluffton Today, Beaufort Today and The Robesonian (Lumberton, N.C.). She can be reached at bftbay@gmail.com.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS Options & References for a Healthier Life
What to know about youth summer camps during COVID-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released guidelines to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection at youth summer camp. But what do those guidelines mean for families and children who look forward to the ritual of attending overnight or day summer camp? "There not one strategy that's going to completely eliminate risk. But using multiple strategies can reduce the risk for everyone who's attending," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician. Some of the strategies include trying to limit the size of the camp as much as possible so that it's a smaller group of children—maybe with one camp counselor or supervisor rather than having large groups of children mixing. "Testing prior to attending camp one to three days before camp starts is another strategy that can help reduce the risk of someone coming to the camp who's infected and going on to transmit to others," says Dr. Rajapakse. "And, certainly, if anyone is feeling ill or having symptoms in any way, they should not be attending."
Masking
"The great thing about summer camps is that most of the activities have been outdoors. And we know that outdoors presents much lower risk of transmission. For indoor settings, masking is encouraged, as well as adhering to the physical distancing recommendations to further reduce the risk of transmission," Dr. Rajapakse says.
High-risk activities "Certain activities in camps can pose more highrisks. Those include eating meals together. These are especially times where people really need to adhere to the physical distancing recommendations since you can't be masked, obviously, while you're eating. Additional kind of supervision and education for kids around those times is going to be important. And keeping most activities to the outdoors as much as possible is also one of the other recommended strategies."
Considerations Dr. Rajapakse says each situation for a family and child
will be unique. Taking stock of who is in your family and who is at high risk for illness is an important consideration. "If you have a healthy child who doesn't have any known risk factors for more severe illness, then, certainly, that might be a lower-risk situation to send your child to camp. Whereas if you have a child who has underlying health conditions, who may be at a higher risk for illness, if they were to get infected, it might not be the best situation to send them into a camp type or group-type setting." Gather information about the camp's safety protocols and how they plan to ensure a safe experience for your child. "It's also important to understand what the camp is doing, what precautions they are putting in place, what guidance your local public health organizations have given them and how closely they're (the camp) planning to follow those instructions. This information can help you feel a bit more comfortable, as well, in making a decision,” explains Dr. Rajapakse.
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"We know that some kids have really struggled this past year with mental health issues, feelings of isolation, anxiety, depression and, certainly, for them, being able to return to an activity like going to a summer camp—if that's something that they really enjoyed in the past—may
make a big difference to their well-being over the summer," says Dr. Rajapakse. Information in this post was accurate at the time of its posting. Due to the fluid nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientific understanding, along with guidelines and recommendations, may have changed since the original
publication date. For more information and all your COVID-19 coverage, visit the Mayo Clinic News Network and mayoclinic. org. Source: By Deb Balzer; https:// newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/what-to-know-about-youthsummer-camps-during-covid-19/
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Trio of multi-event winners lead Dolphins at region meet
LowcoSports.com Battery Creek claimed 12 individual titles — including two each from Michael Martello, Myra Smith, and Keona Sanders — at the Region 8-3A track and field meet on Wednesday on the Dolphins’ home track. The host Dolphins swept the podium in the boys 110 hurdles, as Trevin Singleton (15.64) took gold with teammates Noah Player and Kendall McMillan right behind him. McMillan added gold in the high jump (5-6), and Player won the triple jump (40-9), edging runner-up Singleton (40-3). Battery Creek’s boys also cleaned up in the throws, as Michael Martello won the discus (156-1) by a wide margin with teammate Tanner
McCracken (115-5) in second, while McCracken won the javelin (132-2) with Player in third, and Martello claimed the shot put (47-10). David Tobin placed third in the pole vault (10-0). On the girls side, Myra Smith (12.62) edged teammate Erica Tobin (13.21) in the 100 meters, as the Dolphins finished 1-2 in the sprint. Smith also claimed the 200 (26.81), while Tobin won the 100-meter hurdles (17.67) and Keona Sanders claimed gold in the 400 hurdles (1:13.11) and the high jump (5-0), edging runner-up Tobin (4-10). Madison Berbigler also claimed goal for the Dolphins, winning the shot put (25-4.5). Smith also finished second in the long jump (15-6.5) and the
Battery Creek’s Michael Martello took top honors in both the discus and shot put. triple jump (32-5.5), while Kiara Wilson took silver in the discus (78-6) and Tobin was second in the javelin (107-6). The Dolphins will compete in the Class 3A Lower State qualifier May 15.
Battery Creek’s Erica Tobin, center, shows her championship form as she clears a hurdle in the girls 100 meter hurdles during the Region 8-AAA track meet at Battery Creek. Photos by Bob Sofaly.
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Holy Trinity Boys Soccer State Champs 2021
Dominant defense, Dyer’s OT goal lift Mighty Lions to first state title
LowcoSports.com Sophomore Levi Dyer scored the only goal of the night in the first overtime period, and Holy Trinity’s boys soccer team made it stand up for a 1-0 victory over Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach and the program’s first SCISA 1A state title Friday in Columbia. Riding the momentum of the Mighty Lions’ win in the girls title game earlier in the evening, the Holy Trinity
Wilson in goal made sure the lone goal was enough, as Jennings made six first-half saves and Wilson stopped six shots in the second half and overtime to preserve a 100-minute shutout. The win capped off a remarkable undefeated season for the Mighty Lions, who had never won a playoff game before putting together a perfect 11-0 campaign culminating with their first state title.
boys turned in a masterful defensive performance, playing the Saints to a scoreless draw for 80 minutes of regulation. Holy Trinity had numerous scoring chances throughout the match but couldn’t get one past a standout Saints goalie until Dyer broke through in the 89th minute. The Mighty Lions’ outstanding back line and the combination of sophomore Andrew Jennings and senior Addison
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Mighty Lions rally in second half for second straight SCISA 1A title
LowcoSports.com Holy Trinity claimed its second consecutive SCISA 1A girls soccer title on Friday in Columbia, rallying from a one-goal deficit at halftime for a thrilling 3-2 victory over Cambridge Academy. Trailing 2-1 at halftime, the Mighty Lions locked in on defense after the break and
punched in two goals to add the 2021 title to their 2019 crown after being denied the opportunity to defend their crown a year ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Best of all for the Mighty Lions, all three goal scorers from the championship game will be back to make a run at a three-peat, as eighth-graders Callah Dan-
do and Ava Shearon found the back of the net along with sophomore Ella Cooler. Junior goalkeeper Mary Clanton Bozard also returns after a stellar performance all season long, including eight saves to preserve the narrow margin in the title game for the Mighty Lions, who finished the season with an 8-2 record.
Eagles soar into Class 4A title match after beating South Aiken
LowcoSports.com Beaufort High’s dream boys tennis season will end with the Eagles playing for a state championship. Coach David Riedmayer’s squad put together another outstanding effort Tuesday, beating visiting South Aiken 4-1 in the Class 4A Lower State final to advance to the state championship match. The Eagles will face A.C. Flora at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Florence Tennis Center. With a crowd of football,
baseball, and basketball players and coaches cheering them on, the Eagles claimed four of the five singles courts, clinching the victory without contesting the doubles matches. Graeme Angus, Tucker Martin, Bodie Daniel, and Griffin Stone all claimed straight-sets victories to secure the victory. Beaufort (15-2) will play for its first-ever state title against an A.C. Flora program that has been a perennial contender. The Falcons
won their last state crown in Class 3A in 2015 and finished runner-up in Class 4A in 2017 and 2019. Singles 1. Graeme Angus (BHS) def. Serastian Rogerson 6-2 6-2 2. Tucker Martin (BHS) def. Pate Rowan 6-2 7-6 ( 8-6) 3. Jasper Gazzo (SA) def. Diego Alvarez 6-0 6-1 4. Bodie Daniel (BHS) def. Ben Porcha Konjinuic 6-1 6-2 5. Griffin Stone (BHS) def. Haze Matthews 6-0 6-1
Beaufort High School’s No. 1 singles player Graeme Angus returns the ball to North Aiken’s Sebastian Rogerson during the first set of their Lower State Championship match Tuesday at Beaufort High School. Angus won the match in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. The Eagles won the overall match 4-1 and will advance to the State Championship match Saturday in Florence. Photo by Bob Sofaly.
Beaufort’s boys, Bluffton’s Heyward highlight Region 7-4A track meet
LowcoSports.com Beaufort High’s boys and James Island’s girls claimed the team titles, and Bluffton’s Tacoya Heyward put together a dominant individual performance to highlight the Region 7-4A track and field championships Wednesday at Beaufort High. The host Eagles racked
up 159 points to edge Lucy Beckham (145) and May River (133) for the boys title and finished second in the girls standings with 155.5 points, trailing only the champion Trojans (183). Beaufort’s boys had four individual champions — Zyrin Odom won the 400 meters and the triple jump, Nash Mills took the 800, Kar-
los Holman claimed the 110 hurdles, and Alvin Wilson won the discus — and racked up points with top-three finishes. Mills was second in the 1600 and 3200, Wilson was second in the shot put, Charlie Bennett placed second in the 800 and third in the 1600, and Darryl DePass was third in the 200 and fourth in the 100.
Beaufort’s Layla Warren picked up wins in the 100 hurdles and the javelin and placed second in the 400 hurdles to lead the Eagles to a runner up finish. Jayla Daise won the shot put and was third in the discus, and Reyonce Black claimed silver in the 100 and bronze in the 200. Anaiya Houseal (high jump) and Acionna
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Fourth grade students from Beaufort’s St. Peter’s Catholic School proudly display the mock check representing the $1,000 donation to their school from the Rotary Club of Beaufort. The Rotary Club of Beaufort annually supports nonprofit organizations in the Beaufort area. The donation is designated for the purchase of books for the Catholic elementary school’s library. With the students are (back row, left to right) school librarian Melanie Coombes, school principal Ann Feltzer and Rotary Club of Beaufort President Robert Bussa. Photo submitted by Rotary Club of Beaufort.
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From staff reports Ajané Jones, a senior at Battery Creek High School, was selected to receive a $2,500 STAR Scholarship from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. Jones, recommended by P.E.O. Chapter W of Beaufort, is Treasurer of Student Government, Editor of the yearbook, clarinet section lead- Ajané er and band Jones chaplain, and was the inaugural member of the Leader in Me school improvement model. In addition, Jones serves her church as a leader in the Christian education program CrossKids. She will attend
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‘Cancel culture’ shuts down necessary dialogue
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sat down last year and started combing the Internet looking for all the columns I wrote during my journalism career, mostly from college, but also from my tenure as a technology columnist for the Montgomery Advertiser newspaper. The tech columns were pretty generic. I wrote about the newspaper’s website, its reader forums, reader complaints, the usual. My college work was more problematic. As editor-in-chief, I wrote a column at least every other week. I covered a lot of issues from a pro-student perspective, but on one occasion I wrote a terrible column about Black identity and how I felt I was misperceived by other Black students. I used racially insensitive imagery in describing some of my perceived detractors. I was angry and used the power of my position to try to inflict hurt and embarrassment. Classmates with cooler
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heads patiently discussed with me the ramifications of what I had done, and all these years later I’m still embarrassed by the column – but I kept it in my collection. Why? Because I wrote it. Because it represented my thoughts at that moment in time, with my bad judgment and bitterness displayed in all their ignominy. Should I be canceled now for what I wrote 30 years ago? Should that column be removed from the university’s online archives? Why not every other thing I wrote? Some, myself included, would argue history
demands the record be preserved intact for the sake of completeness. Should I be fired from my current job? Would justice be served? What individual could file claim to being most offended? So no, I am not comfortable with the idea everything bad from the past must be excised from existence, and not just because of my own example. Let me clear, though: I am completely opposed to conservative intransigence on an issue they have mischaracterized and weaponized. By definition, conservatives want things to stay as they are or were, but that is not a defensible position when tradition and “owning the libs” are the only justifications. For example, how does one make an argument for Confederate monuments when most were installed by power structures invested in promoting the false Lost
Cause narrative surrounding the Civil War or later as a thumbing of the nose to the Civil Rights Movement? With everything we know about the war and the rights movement, why are people still defending these relics, which number in the hundreds and exist in states that were never even part of the Confederacy? These are fair questions, I think, but Republicans have weaponized the notion of reappraising historical and social matters using the catch-all label of “wokeness,”a term they use pejoratively as a knee-jerk reaction to any inquiry of which they don’t approve. I admit there are progressives who have pushed hard in seeking correctives to a culture that for too long deemed one perspective – white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant – as the only one worth honoring, but that’s how negotiations work: Ask for a lot
upfront, but accept a lesser amount. It’s called compromise. Deeming any efforts at offering broader context to historical events (The 1619 Project), being more inclusive (LGBTQ), addressing racial disparities (take your pick) or addressing police brutality as “wokeness” and therefore bad is disingenuous at best and simple-minded at the very least. Some of the loudest voices don’t even seem to know what “woke” means. NBC News surveyed Congressional Republicans, and their definitions were all over the place. Some admitted they couldn’t define it. A Republican Senate aide said, “It's … about a particular worldview of racial, social hierarchies and social leveling and things like that.” Equality. Who would want that? But as the aide added later, calling something “woke” stirs the base. Like calling someone a “social justice
warrior” (as opposed to being a warrior for injustice?), saying someone is “virtue signaling” (is it better to identify as a vice character?), or calling BLM “Burn Loot Murder” because it’s unthinkable to utter the phrase “Black Lives Matter.” “Cancel culture” seems to apply only when conservatives want to defend things. Not because those things deserve to be defended, but because a liberal might have raised the initial question. When conservatives target people or institutions, they call it “freedom of speech” or “the market at work.” The Republican Party has sent its base on a cultural snipe hunt, but party leaders don’t seem to be in on the joke. Terry E. Manning lives and works in Savannah, Ga. He is a Clemson graduate and worked for 20 years as a journalist. He can be reached at teemanning@gmail.com.
Vision for SC’s enlightened development almost doomed from start
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t is Wednesday, 6:30 a.m., and I’m on a wooden deck, with complimentary coffee, waiting for the sun- rise above the blue-tinted mountains of western North Carolina. I’m at the Pisgah Inn, elevation 5,000 feet, but the sun has not crested a dark ridge just to my left. There are two other people on the semi-dark deck, one who asks, “Are you writing poetry?” “No,” I respond. “I’m doing a column for my newspaper back home.” “And where is home,” she asks. “Beaufort County,” I reply. The Pisgah Inn is four buildings clinging to a 1,000-foot-high ledge at Mile Marker 408 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The two-storied buildings are not impressive — we’re not talking about hand-hewn logs or huge stone fireplaces one might find in Montana. But those who know
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Pisgah forgive the 50’s-era architecture because of the magnificent, ever-changing, topographical map-like view that extends 30 miles to the East. A view that infuses a sense of serenity and wonder. Below, especially in Minnesota, there is confrontation and convulsion. There has been another killing, another night of anger, tears and calls for justice. All of which reminds me of a book, by my friend Tom Wilson, titled “The Ashley Cooper Plan.” This is a book about the founding of South Carolina and the concept of governance envisioned by Lord
Anthony Ashley Cooper — a layered society that had the Lord’s Proprietors at the top; followed by a hereditary nobility; then by landowners, then tradesmen and, finally, laborers. The Cooper Plan gave governance of Carolina to those at the top, but it came with a concept called reciprocity. Reciprocity meant each class had a duty to the other classes. In the case of the nobility a duty to govern fairly and with generosity — with noblesse oblige. Then, in 1690, a surge of “immigrants” arrived in Charleston from Barbados. Barbados had an economy based on sugar cane, sugar plantations and slavery. Initially the slaves were Irish; but they tended to die. So when African slaves arrived in Barbados they replaced the Irish and would eventually make up 70 percent of the island’s population. The South Carolina Colony — a colony that was
raising indigo for British textile makers — had no trouble shifting from wagepaid labor to slave labor and putting them on the bottom rung of it’s “Great Chain of Being”. This “Great Chain of Being” was at odds with other American colonists, especially those in New England, that came ashore with compacts that fooled around with the notion that all people were created equal. And slavery worked well with a culture built upon difficult work in flooded fields; then labor on huge cotton plantations requiring the application of marsh mud in winter and weed-chopping in the summer. The South Carolina concept of “Being,” its largetract agriculture and the absolute authority of the plantation elite did not remain solely in South Carolina. As the cultivation of cotton went westerly — to Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi —
these same concepts went with it, creating enormous wealth and elaborate moral justifications for the expansion of an economy based on slave labor. And that expansion began to collide with New England’s wagebased labor. Many southerners pointed to New England’s mill workers, especially the children in those mills, saying they were no different from slaves. But there was no question that these over-worked, shortlived children were not chattel. They were not bought, sold and mortgaged. We all know the history of the compromises that were made to reconcile the difference of opinion. We know about Thomas Jefferson’s belief that slavery had to end; about the Missouri Compromise; about the Dred Scott decision; about the internecine blood-fest that decided the issue in 1865. Well, we thought it decided the issue — but iterations
of this same debate linger on today. As I sit on this elevated deck, looking past Funnel Top Mountain and down upon the fertile plain that is South Carolina, I wonder what might have happened in the slave-owning Barbadians had not left Barbados? If hurricanes and worry about insurrection had not forced them to relocate? But the prospect of getting South Carolina’s cotton into the great Triangular Trade Route, an obsession with the accumulation of property, a contempt of centralized government (brought to us by the Scots-Irish), and a belief in firearms to protect that property conspired to end Ashley Cooper’s and John Locke’s vision for South Carolina’ s enlightened development.
Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. He can be reached at cscottgraber@gmail.com.
Our children are the responsibility of all of us
s the elected officers of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), we are writing to express our concerns for children as the pandemic continues. Representing more than 750 pediatricians statewide, we stand united with our AAP colleagues (more than 67,000) nationally to speak out on behalf of the health, safety and well-being of the children and families under our care and advocacy umbrella. We take our oath of service seriously and will always “educate, advocate and agitate” for children. Our current concerns are threefold. – 1. There seems to be a complacency developing that children are safe from the ill effects of the COVID-19 virus. Let’s be
ROBERT A. SAUL, MD
clear — they tend to suffer less ill effects than adults, but recent data shows that children are making up a growing share of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S., accounting for nearly 21 percent. Since the start of the pandemic, more than 3.63 million children have tested positive, making up about 13.6 percent of all cases. Children can still suffer severe consequences and even death, and we all worry about the long-term unforeseen consequences for childhood
infections and long-term health. They deserve our protection now. Since children are not currently eligible for the vaccine, they will continue to spread the virus (and its more infectious variants) unless the adult population establishes herd immunity with overwhelming immunization. To get all children safely back in school, back in athletics, back in summer camps, and back in all of their vital social activities that they need, it is now up to the adults to get vaccinated and stop the spread. We should do no less. The vaccine is safe. – 2. Vaccine hesitancy is a serious concern to us and our colleagues. The vaccine was developed with apparent lightning speed, but in point of fact, its development was
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based on decades of science. So, its rapid speed to market and into arms in no way reflects a disregard for safety. Its safety is really undeniable, and appropriate precautions are being taken even given some recent concerns. As noted above, if we want to take care of the medical and social needs of our children, vaccine hesitancy needs to be replaced with vaccine urgency. – 3. A movement is afoot to discourage the wearing of masks while we are still in the midst of the pandemic, have not yet achieved sufficient immunization levels, and in spite of clear evidence that masks decrease the spread of the virus. We fear that this movement puts the health and well-being of children at increased jeopardy. We still need to stop the
respiratory spread until vaccine hesitancy is replaced by vaccine urgency and we have enough of the population protected. As health care professionals who wear masks all day at work and then again when we are out in public, we can attest to ease of mask-wearing and sense of pride that comes with protecting others. We think the health and safety of our children far outweighs the alleged affront to the civil liberties of others. Mask-wearing will be unnecessary in the not-too-distant future if we all just wear the masks until the public health officials give us the go-ahead. Our children are our most precious resource and our most vulnerable citizens going forward. We must do everything we can to protect their health now to give them the best chance at a healthy
tomorrow. It is the responsibility of all of us. Robert Saul, MD – President, SCAAP Elizabeth Mack, MD – Vice President, SCAAP Martha Edwards, MD – Secretary-Treasurer, SCAAP Kerry Sease, MD – Immediate Past President, SCAAP Robert A. Saul, MD, born and raised in the Chicago area, graduated from Colorado College (Colorado Springs, C0lo.) and from the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He completed a residency in pediatrics at the Duke University Medical Center and a fellowship in genetics at the Greenwood Genetic Center. He is Professor of Pediatrics (Emeritius) at the Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Upstate and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine – Greenville. He currently serves as the President of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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o police officers’ really use profiling? One of the best studies done on profiling, Racial Profiling Studies in Law Enforcement: Issues and Methodology, is the study done by Minnesota House of Representatives Research Department dated June 2000. The term profiling refers to the police practice of viewing certain characteristics, reports, and behaviors and stopping a person based on the officer’s training, observations, and reports. Suspicious behavior and indicators of criminal behavior might include a citizen’s description, report of a crime in progress, report of a crime previously committed, or a person running or driving away when asked to stop by the police. Profiling is used to identify suspicious activity or signs such as a person with a bulge on his waist line that may be a gun; who is standing in a high crime area, where guns are often used in crimes; who has gang tattoos and wearing gang colors of clothing; who quickly turns away from the police officer, avoids eye contact, and begins walking away from the officer; who is a known convicted felon or a person who has been the subject of many complaints in the past; who drops something while walking away; who is acting nervous; and who is sweating heavily on a cold night; and it is 2:00 AM in the morning. All of these observations need not be present to legitimately arouse a police officer’s suspicion. Profiling is an established law enforcement practice. Profiling has evolved with the incorporation of social science theory and statistical methodology into law enforcement’s crime solving and crime prevention strategies. Profiling has been shown to be a successful and legal supplement to other policing strategies.
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Good and Bad Profiling LARRY DANDRIDGE
Most would agree that profiling is a lawful and useful tool when it is not based purely on race or ethnicity. On the other hand, racial profiling occurs when a police officer stops, questions, arrests, or searches someone solely on the basis of the person’s race or ethnicity. Critics typically use this definition when condemning racial profiling, as do law enforcement agencies when denying the existence of racial profiling. Few things are more important to the vast majority of police officers and more on their mind than proving they are race-neutral in their public safety duties. Officers know they do use profiling to identify suspected criminal activity and to stop reported criminals and reported suspicious persons. Police departments and academies certainly train and direct officers to use their skills, training, citizen reports and complaints, community requests for close patrol, briefings, wanted information, reports, statistical information, experience, knowledge of criminal activity, the time of day or night, the weather, a person’s behavior, and other information to help them identify criminal activity. Unfortunately, there have been cases where, police officers have stopped, questioned, searched, and arrested someone solely on the basis of the person’s race or ethnicity. This history of racial profiling calls for increased training for law enforcement personnel to better sensitize officers to the subtle and unintended ways in which broad-based
racial assumptions and stereotypes may lead to racial profiling and other racially biased justice outcomes. Racial profiling has also led to redoubling efforts to recruit minority persons into positions of responsibility throughout the justice system. However, because it is hard to find qualified minorities, who are interested in low paying police officer jobs, more long-term strategies, like the Police Explorers program, aimed at the earlier preparation and encouragement of children of color for careers in the justice system are needed. Most police officers are committed to doing everything they can to help every citizen they come in contact with, including using profiling correctly and condemning racial profiling. Every day, police officers are able to control themselves, even when threatened, cursed at, and spit upon. COPs do things like: • Changing flat tires, pushing disabled vehicles out of the road, clearing clogged street drains when they were clogged and frozen with snow and ice, giving first aid, and giving money, toys, and clothing to those in need. Playing basketball with street kids, removing dangerous obstacles from roadways, visiting businesses and giving crime prevention advice. Driving folks with dementia home and a thousand other things to serve and protect. • Addressing everyone (including criminals who were disrespectful and disorderly) with dignity, using sir and mam, please, thank you, and you are welcome, avoiding cursing, giving money to folks they arrest and jail so that they did not leave jail broke and so they remembered
EDITOR’S NOTE This is column 11 of a 12-column series on what citizens should know about police officers, use of force, and challenges the police and citizens face. Columns 1 through 10 introduced the series by answering the questions: 1.
What are the risks involved in police work?
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How does a COP (Constable on Patrol) decide on what level of force to use?
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When can a police officer use deadly force?
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When can deadly force be used on a fleeing felon?
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Do life and death decisions made by police really have to be made so quickly?
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What does the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office do for Beaufort County?
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Do police officers take care to avoid hurting innocent bystanders?
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Do police officers have to retreat when facing a dangerous person?
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Can a police officer be unfit to serve, even if they do not break the law?
10. Do police officers have to retreat when facing a dangerous person? 11. Can a police officer be unfit to serve, even if they do not break the law or violate department written policies? 12. Why do police officers not hot pursue and chase down every person who runs from them in a vehicle? 13. Why do police officers sometimes use choke holds on people? 14. Why do the police not shoot guns and other weapons out of people’s hands? 15. Why do police sometimes use deadly force on people brandishing a Fake Gun? 16. Why do the police not read everyone their Miranda rights? 17. How does a police officer deal with a person with a knife or other edged weapon? 18. Why do many police officers have second jobs? 19. How much training does a police officer get? 20. How many police departments are there and how many COPS are on the job per 1,000 citizens? 21. Are all police departments certified by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)? 22. How thorough are the background checking, screening, testing, and interviewing, of police recruits and officers transferring from one department to another? 23. Why do police departments need armored cars and other military types of equipment? 24. Are Driving While Impaired (DWI) and Driving Under the Influence (DUI) really all that serious crimes? 25. What is qualified immunity? These columns are not meant to replace carefully reading local, county, state, and federal law or the need for a lawyer when seeking legal advice. Larry Dandridge is not an employee of THE ISLAND NEWS and his opinions are his alone. Readers should rely on their local police and sheriff’s departments, federal law enforcement agencies, and their attorneys for all law enforcement information and legal advice. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of these articles, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed by the author or THE ISLAND NEWS for damages resulting from the use of information contained herein.
it was a compassionate policeman they had encountered. Giving children’s books to the children in cars that I stopped for traffic violations, eating lunch with children in the schools in their beat, and giving warnings, rather than tickets where ever and whenever they can. However, these examples of what most call “community policing” are not enough to completely stamp out racial profiling and to build the trust and respect needed be-
tween the public and police. Only significantly increasing: screening of recruits, training of police officers, funding of police, public education on policing and laws, and passing a police reform bill will build trust, cooperation, and respect between the public and police officers. Larry Dandridge is an honors graduate of three police academies and a DoD Counter Terrorism course graduate. He served as a police officer and deputy sheriff in AL and MO. He has also worked as a consultant with the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center in GA and SC, and the Military Police and Customs operations in TX. An accomplished writer and motivational speaker, the owner of TVV Publishing, a retired Army Test Pilot, the author of the award-winning BLADES OF THUNDER (book One), a retired Aerospace Industry Region Manager, a past University Business, Writing, and Aeronautics Instructor, and volunteer Patient Adviser at the RHJ VA Medical Center, he writes two columns, as a free-lance writer, for the ISLAND NEWS, the Veterans Benefits Column and the What Citizens Should Know About Policing Column. You can contact Larry at his email, LDandridge@earthlink.net.
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PVT
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Can You Help Their Dream Come True?
The padded turf will create land next to the Sea of Galilee.
Can you help us build an amazing playground for our smallest students?
Peter’s house will have a small climbing wall and five slides.
Our youngest students need a new playground.
Can you help us make this playground a reality?
We would like to build a new school playground for our students, ages 3-5. The children have to cross part of our church parking lot to reach the current playground, and the equipment is nearing the end of its useful life.
Many of you love to do things that benefit kids. Our school serves children of all faiths, and this project will bring joy to children for years to come.
The new playground will be connected to the school, and it will feature a fun biblical theme based on the life of the apostle Peter. The children will be able to play in Peter’s house, take a ride in his boat, and even “walk” on water to a child-friendly image of Jesus!
Our school has raised more than half of the funds we need, but we are still $40,000 short. If you are moved to help, would you please reach out to us at the contact information below? You can also give online or spread the word by visiting the GoFundme page below. Each gift adds up to make a big difference. Thank you so much!
You can give online at GoFundMe Charity charity.gofundme.com/PetersPlayground Saint Peter’s Catholic School • 70 Lady’s Island Drive, Beaufort, SC 29907 • (843) 522-2163
The children can climb onto Peter’s boat, which rocks like a see-saw
Like Peter, the children can “walk” on the water toward Jesus!