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COVERING NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY
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MAY 14-20, 2015
WHAT’S INSIDE?
PROFILE
Denice Davis is truly “Boston Strong”
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From left: Carson Gonsales, left, and Tyler Sims team up to clean one of the monuments; Marvin Goodwin, a retired Major in the U.S. Marine Corps, makes sure to clean dirt from instead the letters of a head stone; Jackson Ingram carries a bucket of soapy water to where it’s needed; Jennifer Arsell scrubs some of the older head stones haven’t been cleaned in a long time and have aquired a coating of dirt and algae, including this head stone marked as “U.S. Soldier”. Photos by Bob Sofaly.
By Bob Sofaly
What started out as two men watching an air show and just chit-chatting, ended up engaging hundreds of volunteers to pick up buckets and brushes and take part in a major spring cleaning at Beaufort National Cemetery without any formal planning or strategy. Craig Arsell, Director of the Beaufort National Cemetery, said Sgt. David Terry was standing next to him while watching the Blue Angels in the MCAS air show recently and the two began talking. When Sgt.Terry learned Arsell was the
cemetery’s new director, he asked what he could do as a volunteer. Craig quipped, “Come wash all 21,000 head stones”. David, an aviation technician with MALS 31 at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, took the challenge and ran with it. Originally he got the Marines in his shop to sign up to help. But he ended up with hundreds of volunteers willingly scrubbing away. Some had learned about the effort through mutual friends. Others learned about it through the MCAS Public Affairs Office, or by television clips
or from social media and they simply showed up ready to help. Craig said it only took four weeks to get things organized from start to finish. Craig said the clean-up involves more than just washing headstones. It encourages community involvement and provides a wonderful “teaching moment for our kids”. David agreed adding, “It really feels great. This cemetery is part of history. It’s for the living, not the dead. This place is a CEMETERY continued on page 5
“CHAMPIONS AGAIN!”
By Bill Dalton, Head Coach
Less than five minutes into the second half, the rain came. The wind picked up too, and it looked like the tropical storm that threatened to postpone SCISA’s Soccer Championship on May 9th, at Porter-Gaud School in Charleston, may have finally arrived. Trailing 0-1 to Hilton Head Prep, the Beaufort Academy boys’ soccer team struggled to keep possession and string together the passing combinations that had created several good firsthalf chances, and allowed the Eagles
to rack up a 15-3 record and the #1 overall seed in the play-offs. Fortunately the bad weather only lasted five minutes, and the return of the sunshine saw BA re-take control of the match. Ryan Muniz made the first of a series of devastating runs down the left flank, but the turning point came off a cross from right-winger Jack Olsson. As the Prep defenders began to focus more attention on stopping Muniz, BA’s central midfield trio of Ross Walker, EAGLES continued on page 15
Drummond Koppernaes and Thomas Roddey celebrate after the game.
The boys’ victory on Saturday gave Beaufort Academy its 49th overall state championship during its 50 year history, and was the school’s 25th state title in boys soccer. In addition, BA boys’ soccer holds the SCISA (South Carolina Independent School Association) record for the most championships in a single sport.
FRIENDS
Kicking off the 2015 Beaufort Water Festival
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ARTS
It definitely was an affair to remember…
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Community 2-5 Business 2-4 Health 6 Profile 8 Social 10-11 Schools 12 Sports 14-15 Arts 16 Voices 17 Outdoors 17 Wine 18 Games 19 Pets 20 Events 21 Directory 22 Classifieds 23