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happy memorial day weekend

With all the events and festivals taking place in Beaufort, be sure to honor all the men and women who have ever served our country

Making waves

Beaufort River Swim benefits Learn to Swim program at YMCA

Pete Palmer, 76, is an avid swimmer and is seen at the pool at the Wardle Family YMCA in Port Royal. He is passionate about making sure children in Beaufort County learn to swim.

Wardle Family YMCA’s 6th Annual River Swim will take place this Saturday, May 26. This event attracts swimmers from all over the Lowcountry from teens to seasoned adults in their 70’s, including Pete Palmer, an avid swimmer and a member of the Master Swim Team at the Y. The event is a three mile, open water swim along the shoreline of the Beaufort River.

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A photo for the future: Student wins state award

By Tess Malijenovsky

Mattie Jo Thomas, a Lady’s Island Middle School eighth-grader, won top honors in a statewide competition for her black-and-white photograph, the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee announced this week.

The statewide contest highlighted the committee’s 2020 Vision — that all South Carolina students will graduate with the knowledge and skills to compete in the global economy. Students were asked to write an essay, create a poster or take a photograph in response to the following question: What does education mean to me and my future?

The caption of Mattie Jo’s raw, unedited photograph read: “The world is at my fingertips. Education will determine the course my life takes.”

AWARD continued on page 23

Mattie Jo Thomas, center, holds her new iPad after winning a statewide competition with a photo that captured the essence of the question, What does education mean to me and my future?

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WHAT’S INSIDE?

ARTS

“Picasso at the Lapin Agile” on stage at ARTworks. see page 6

BUSINESS

Three stores on Port Republic Street create an artsy alley. see page 11

PROFILE

Mark and Alison Guilloud: For the love of animals see page 12 INDEX

News 2 Voices 3 Health 4 Arts 6-7 Social 8-9 Profile 12 School 14-15 Sports 16-17 Lunch Bunch 24 Wine 25 Dining 26 Pets 28 Events 29 Directory 30 Classified 31

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Beaufort to install mooring field in harbor, upgrade marina docks Federal grant of $100,000 allows for improvements An improved mooring area in the Beaufort River and upgraded electrical connections will make Beaufort more appealing to visiting boaters through a $100,000 federal grant received by the City of Beaufort and the Downtown Beaufort Marina.

“For boaters who travel up and down the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Beaufort will be a much more appealing place to stop for a night or two or three,” Beaufort City Manager Scott Dadson said of the marina upgrades and new mooring field. “For too many years we’ve overlooked this important part of marketing our city to the boating community.”

Work is expected to run from July 1 through December. The U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Services are the federal funding agency for this Boating Infrastructure Grant. Key elements in the project include: • Installing two step-up transformers to increase the electrical voltage from 208 to 240 volts on the marina’s outermost dock which serves visiting vessels.

The improvement will provide better customer service and make the marina more attractive to larger vessels traveling the Intracoastal Waterway.

• Installing 16 professionally-managed moorings for transient boats in an approved area of the Beaufort River, in the area already used as the city’s “harbor.” Such mooring space isn’t available between Charleston and St.

Augustine, Fla. The new moorings will replace the approximately 12 randomly placed anchoring and also will involve removal of dilapidated boats which will improve water quality.

• Replacing two existing but rusting electrical disconnect systems at the marina and installing new disconnects in stainless steel housings.

The mooring buoys will either be fabricated by a marine contractor or purchased through a vendor. The most cost effective approach will be the one selected. The buoys will be installed by a licensed marine contractor under the supervision of an engineer, said Libby Anderson, Beaufort’s planning director.

The project is part of the capitalization of the Downtown Marina, which is city-owned but managed by Griffin Enterprises. Capital costs are part of the lease agreement with Griffin Enterprises.

The mooring field and electrical upgrade project received endorsements from the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce, Beaufort Sail & Power Squadron and local boaters.

Because of its location within the historic downtown area and proximity to historic and tourism amenities, the Downtown Marina attracts a significant number of transient boaters. During the spring and fall, the major seasons for transient boaters in South Carolina, the marina typically hosts 10 to 20 boats per night, according to the marina management company.

The Downtown Marina has approximately 1,140 feet of pier devoted to transient boats and can accommodate 38-40 boats of 26’ in length. Currently, there are no mooring facilities in the Beaufort area.

Transient boats desiring a mooring must either dock at the marina’s transient piers, if room is available, or continue to 65 miles north to Charleston, or 240 miles south to St. Augustine, Fla. A mooring field with associated professional management will increase the opportunities for boaters moving through the area.

While some boaters prefer moorings, many desire the conveniences offered by dockage at the transient pier. The Downtown Marina falls short in satisfying the electrical needs of large, modern, well-equipped vessels — largely because the electrical service at the marina was installed in the 1970s.

“This grant will help make our marina, and downtown Beaufort, a better choice for boaters as they travel the Intracoastal Waterway. They are a tight-knit community and word spreads fast about marinas with good, or bad, service,” Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling said.

“When these boaters enjoy our restaurants and shops, when they enjoy our Waterfront Park, we want them to share their experience and to come back frequently. Some of them may even decide to relocate here. This is another investment in our future,” he said.

DNR to hold courtesy boat inspections In an effort to keep state waterways safe during the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division will again be conducting courtesy safety inspections at some public boat landings.

The Memorial Day holiday weekend is considered the first blast of summer and one of the busiest weekends of the year on state waters. DNR boating safety and enforcement officers will perform a quick, but thorough, inspection for items such as required safety equipment and proper boat and motor registration.

Those who are not in compliance

with safety regulations or registration requirements will not be ticketed during the complimentary inspections. Boaters will be given an opportunity to correct the problem before they launch.

“Boaters should pay special attention with keeping their safety equipment up to date. Boaters should inspect their lifejackets to ensure that they are in good serviceable condition and without tears or holes. The boat operator is responsible for having a proper fitting U.S. Coast Guard type II lifejacket for all passengers on board. It is especially important to check the size and fit of lifejacket for children. Our courtesy boat inspections

are a proactive way to give boaters this opportunity before launching their vessels,” said Col. Chisolm Frampton, deputy director of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Law Enforcement Division.

The Memorial Day weekend courtesy inspections correspond to the National Safe Boating Week (May 19-25).

Inspections in Beaufort County: • Saturday, May 26: Lemon Island Landing (Edgar Glenn), Chechessee River, 10 a.m. to noon • Sunday, May 27: Pinckney Island Landing (C. C. Haigh, Jr.), Mackay Creek, 10 a.m. to noon.

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Magic in your pocket (and other lessons from Boston)

By Jack Sparacino

Our son Jack recently flew down from Boston for a weeklong visit. He’s very grown up now at 26, with a fascinating job in a terrific city. When he was a little fellow, it was always fun to teach him things. Now the tables are somewhat turned, and that’s fun too. Here are a few of the lessons I was able to absorb while he stayed with us.

1. How old did you say I seem? We had perfect weather coming home from Savannah. Jack drove and I got to ask questions about his flight and the music we listened to on the radio. After a neat blast from the 60’s courtesy of The Doors (“Hello, I Love You, Won’t You Tell Me Your Name”), we heard several songs that apparently came from another galaxy. One that actually started to grow on me (did I really just say that?) was “Glad You Came”

by The Wanted. Jack laughed and agreed there might still be some hope for me musically joining the 21st century. Some.

2. What did Elton John call them?

Showing my age again, we were talking over a lovely dinner at Saltus about how different people have their own individual profiles when it comes to those purchases they’re willing to splurge on a little — or not. When I reminisced about only paying $6 for a pair of “blue jeans” when I was a freshman in college, and not liking to pay all that much more than that today, Jack politely informed me that the term was

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

actually “jeans” or “denim,” not “blue jeans.”

A quick check in my closet revealed that they were all indeed blue, but I’m working on it as I note that 1968 came and went — along with my cool record collection.

Which at one point included Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” (blue jean baby, L.A. lady).

3. Victory at sea. When a friend invited us to take a close-up look at the Victory after a delightful lunch at Sweetgrass, we were treated to a wonderful tour of a venerable ship that was built in 1955.

Turns out that many famous people have been on this vessel, including Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Jack followed Frank down to the engine room and let me know that everything seemed shipshape. Just like our special relationship as we continued to cruise through a beautiful day.

4. Magic in your pocket. Jane and I have had cell phones for years, the same ones come to think of it. You know, the kind that you recharge by turning the crank. When Jack said he was excited about picking up his new iPhone at Best Buy, I wondered what all the hoopla was about. One 15 minute demonstration later over lunch at the Back Porch and

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my brain was spinning. Those phones are like having magic in your pocket. We concluded that it’s not really a question of what they can do, it’s more a question of what they can’t do, and the answer is ... not much. The camera alone is phenomenal, the applications are off the charts, and you can talk to it, for example to ask “the lady” to remind you to do something. Oh yeah, you can also use it to make phone calls.

5. Living off the land. Jack got another kick out of how readily one can put together a fabulous Lowcountry seafood treat. We were “living off the land,” he reminded me, as we prepared crab cakes and steamed clams from the shellfish we harvested. I also learned that in his world in Boston, you simply can’t put too much garlic in a chicken and bell pepper dish. It was fun to watch him cook and walk us through a delicious recipe. Was this the same fellow who once covered a room with spaghetti from his highchair?

6. What’s a mojito? When Jack ordered one of these before dinner one night, I asked him what that was. Turns out it’s a popular cocktail that includes rum, muddled mint leaves, lime juice, club soda and simple syrup. With those ingredients,

I think it could also serve as mouthwash.

7. Not all good movies are supposed to be entertaining.

In this case I learned that no, a movie Jack doesn’t have to be Sparacino “entertaining” to be considered an excellent film. Jack managed to help me understand that just because watching “The Black Swan” made me uncomfortable, it was still a worthwhile and perhaps even valuable experience (a theatrical piece of “art,” as he put it). Just don’t try to get me too excited about ballet.

8. The dog multiplier effect: 2 + 1 = 6. We have two fun little Yorkies and Jack brought his girl Rory with him. That made three Yorkies, each on a hair trigger for anything out of the ordinary: squirrels or lizards on the porch, a dog barking on TV, you name it. It was one chain reaction after another at times. We all learned that the difference between 2 dogs in the house and 3 dogs is more like 4 than 1.

So after a week’s visit that seemed like a day and a half, our wonderful son is back in Boston and we’re left basking in the wake of another lovely family time. If I did the math right, Jack left the Lowcountry three years or so the wiser and Jane and I came out a decade younger.

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From Jonah to Judas, Part V

By Danette Vernon

Khalil Gibran, a poet who lived more than 100 years ago, once beautifully wrote, “Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.”

We rush through our days. We take files home from work and fall asleep over them. We tell ourselves we have to because, “We can’t keep up as it is.” We fill our children’s days, and therefore our own, with soccer, ballet, and any empty spaces which are left, we fill quickly with volunteering at church or some other worthy organization. We’re busy, “We have no time to think.” Exactly. Who can deny, or question our goodness as a mother, or a volunteer, when we so faithfully serve our children or the community?

But what if we did sit quietly for a moment at the “river of silence,” and all that we can’t forgive, or forget, in ourselves or in others, comes up ... then what?

Buddhist Meditation Master Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche provides guidance, and encourages us to not be afraid when we hear the quiet of the river of silence: “Going beyond fear begins when we examine our fear: our anxiety, nervousness, concern, restlessness. If we look into our fear, if we look beneath the veneer, the first thing we find is sadness, beneath the nervousness.

When we slow down, relax with our fear, we find sadness, which is calm and gentle. Sadness hits you in your heart, and your body produces a tear. Before you cry there is a feeling in your chest and then, after that, you produce tears

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in your eyes. You are about to produce rain or a waterfall in your eyes and you feel sad and lonely and perhaps a little romantic at the same time. This is the first tip of fearlessness, and the first sign of real warriorship. You might think that, when you experience fearlessness, you will hear the opening of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony or see a great explosion in the sky, but it doesn’t happen that way.

Discovering fearlessness comes from working with the softness of the human heart. Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness.”

It can seem in life, that only desperate struggle can lead to relief, but according to Chogyam, no, it’s tenderness and tears.

To illustrate, let me tell you a story about a Tender Warrior and his sadness: Once upon a Father’s Day Sunday, a Marine officer who had returned from Afghanistan told of his time overseas, the cost, and the end result.

He started with the affirmation that he managed to bring back all of his men, despite their being in charge of a

This is the first lesson of our time at the river of silence: We can’t “fix” the past. There just is no way back to even try. We can only forgive ourself as Peter did and Judas didn’t. So take some time this week to sit at the river of silence, be still, feel its wetness, and drink deep. It’s a beginning. section of road that was essentially lost within a grid of a 1000 square miles. To make matters more severe, they received no support from a village situated just across the river, and they had even been in fire fights with hostiles hidden within the village. These were firefights, wherein civilian casualties may have been a part of the defense of his platoon. He had maps, Google images, and stories that had harsh asides for a Father’s day message.

What was his point in outlining this portion of his career for us?

His point was that anger and callousness had eventually overridden his “fellow feelings” for others while he was in Afghanistan. He told us how he had even begun to “hate” the local people. The stories that were engraved in his memory were of a people who were so ready for his men to die, that they refused his Marines the simple humanity of a warning when they were about to roll over a crude bomb in the road. The villagers were silent but for the wailing. They cried and shouted in grief for their sons. “Were their sons killed as incidental to the firefights that erupted with some regularity? Had their sons been amongst the insurgents hiding out in the village?” Hard to say.

He had saved his men, but at what cost to himself? With his return to the normalcy of life back in the states, being at war felt different. It felt like he had been party to the taking of the lives of his brothers, as aren’t we all brothers?

And so he cried and he cried. But where does that get us?

This Warrior of the Heart then sought relief in a time-worn story, only from an inspired view — the story of Judas. He noted that Peter and Judas had “both” betrayed Jesus. Yes, that’s true, but so what? His revelation was that there was only one difference between these men, ONE. Both, in his estimation, could have gone on to become men we revere today.

One forgave himself and went on to become a man of faith, his written words read by millions over hundreds of years.

The other tried to “fix” what he had done by returning the 30 pieces of silver. When that didn’t work, he ended it all.

That is the first lesson of our time at the river of silence, we can’t “fix” the past.

There just is no way back to even try.

We can only forgive ourselves as Peter did and Judas didn’t. So take some time this week to sit at the river of silence, be still, feel its wetness, and drink deep. It’s a beginning.

To love and let love, starting with yourself

By Takiya Smith

For the past few years I have embarked on an amazing journey of love. Loving myself, loving others and, in turn, learning to let others love me. Loving oneself might not necessarily sound impossible, just as much as letting others love you sounds inane. However, believe it or not, loving oneself as well as the latter reference of loving others doesn’t always come first hand, second nature or internal as we would all like to think.

For starters, let’s define love as an infinite and exponential form of

emotion, thought, and contentment towards a person, place or thing.

Webster’s defines love as an intense feeling of deep affection, however, being in love is not the subject at hand.

When we love ourselves, infinitely, it means to be never ending and forever.

Loving, exponentially, means to have a continuous and rapid growth of increase.

Furthermore, an emotion is a state of mind that replicates our thoughts into feelings and ultimately leads to being verbalized or actualized.

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focus of these things on ourself, not worrying about what or how we appear to others, self-love begins. Ultimately, the expected result is one that brings a peace, joy, confidence and sense of

happiness that can not be taken or replaced. Therefore, one being happy with themselves — not allowing the thoughts, intentions, motivations, words or actions of others to be controlling factors — effortlessly offers the option to begin to love.

Loving yourself, first and foremost, teaches you to love others and when we have a genuine love for others it allows others to love us. The world would and could be such a great place but let’s start with ourselves first, learning to love and let love.

Locals train for marathon, raise money for cancer research Over the past several years local residents have raised over $50,000 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) by training for marathons, half marathons and triathlons. Now they are preparing to do it again! The program, Team in Training (TNT), is a training and fundraising program in which participants train for an endurance event while raising funds for blood cancer patients in South Carolina.

Local coaches put together group trainings for the walkers, runners and triathletes. TNT also hosts clinics on topics such as stretching and nutrition to 4

assist participants along the way. Since it’s inception, TNT has trained over half a million participants across the US. TNT participants have also raised over $1 billion to fund life saving cancer research and to provide programs for patients and their families.

Last year, several Beaufort residents teamed up in memory of one participant, Wendy Garcia. Members of Team Wendy completed the Nike Women’s Marathon and the Savannah Rock N Roll Half Marathon in her memory and have raised over $38,000 for LLS. Each team member wore a picture of Wendy on his/her

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jersey on race day and crossed the finish line with her on their mind.

Team in Training is currently recruiting team members in Beaufort and Bluffton for their fall season events. Those events include the Nike Womens’ Marathon and Half Marathon, the Marine Corp Marathon, the Nation’s Triathlon and the Rock N Roll Savannah Marathon and Half Marathon. For more information or to sign up now, call Jade Lawson at 843881-8176 or email her at jade.lawson@lls.org, or check out our website at www.teamintraining.org/sc.

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arts&entertainment THE INDIE So Picasso and Einstein FILM CORNER walk into a bar...

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t’s possible that the play “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” by Steve Martin, that wild and crazy guy, is based on the old joke — because in this production, all sorts of people (art dealers, pop stars) walk into the Lapin Agile, and do what most people do as they imbibe: flirt, discuss, attract attention, and come up with theories to advance mankind’s state of being.

The play is about Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, who meet at a bar called the Lapin Agile (the Nimble Rabbit) in Paris. The year is 1904, and in true history, both men are on Rehearsal for “Picasso at The Lapin Agile” in the black box theater at ARTworks. the verge of their successes: Einstein published his special theory of relativity in 1905, and Picasso pained Les Demoiselles d’Avignon in 1907.

Drinking at the Lapin Agile, though, they consort with their love interests and fellow drinkers, and debate about value of genius and talent. Like a good sitcom, special guests make spectacular appearances.

Cheyenne Stanley, who attends Battery Creek High School, has the role of “female admirer” for the character of Shmenidman, an inventor who thinks much of himself.

“There’s a lot of humor,” Cheyenne commented, “and it’s definitely different than high school musical productions.”

Heather Denardo, who teaches a painting, “It’s small but juicy,” he The popular actor and screenwriter plays fast and loose with fact, fame at the Little Brown School and says.

These actors are joined by Matthew and fortune as these two geniuses ARTworks, has the role of Germain, the knowing barmaid at the Lapin Donnelly (Freddy), Dennis H. muse on the century’s achievements Agile. “The play is about the meeting Wilkins (Gaston), Christine Grefe and prospects as well as other fanciful of art and science. The two are (Suzanne/Countess), F. Kwame topics with infectious dizziness.

The play will be one stage May 31 not actually different, the way that Johnson (A Visitor), Tristan Brew people think of them. It’s about (Einstein), Zach Wells (Picasso), and June 2 at 7:30 p.m.; June 3 at 3 p.m.; June 7-9 at 7:30 p.m.; June 10 at 3 how prodigies go about their work,” Chris Petry as Schmendiman.

“Picasso At The Lapin Agile” opens p.m. at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Heather said.

May 31 in the black box theater at Center, 2127 Boundary Street. Tickets Bob Herrick, a toastmaster and Beaufort resident, plays Sagot, the ARTworks, and is produced by the are $17, and $12 each for groups of art dealer. “He’s very outgoing and Palmetto Theater Xperiment and 10 or more, 843-379-2787 and online www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org; ridiculous,” Bob explained. His directed by J.W. Rone. It is a long at favorite moment for his character is running Off-Broadway absurdist Thursdays are “Pay What You Can” when he’s overcome with passion for comedy, Martin’s first for the stage. ($5 minimum).

“JOFFREY: Mavericks of American Dance” from The Documentary Series presented by Emerging Pictures in HD at USCB Center For the Arts on Tuesday, May 29 at 7 p.m.

Synopsis: This film documents how The Joffrey Ballet revolutionized American ballet and dance by daringly combining modern dance with traditional ballet technique; combining art with social statement and even setting ballets to pop/rock musical scores.

Ratings & Reviews: Like most documentaries, the ratings are directly proportional to the interest the audience and critics have in the subject. On that score, the film does very well with Rotten Tomatoes audience rating of 100%. Not enough critics have seen the film to develop a consensus rating, but, based on early reviews, it is likely to be middle of the road.

Previewer Comments: This documentary shows some very early footage of the Joffrey and its development over the years. It relates to the ups and downs of a remarkable dance company that operated “outside of the box.” It shows the fragileness of support for the arts, complete with funding issues and personal conflicts among those in the world of dance. This rulebreaking dance company took formal ballet and changed it. They merged other forms of dance and music with ballet and made dance much more accessible to all. To the classical purist, it was something to be shunned, to others it was a revelation or perhaps even a revolution.

It has had “sold out” screenings in Chicago, San Francisco and NYC’s Lincoln Center. If you enjoy dance, see it!

Rated: Unrated, but can be considered to be PG. Certainly suitable for adult dance fans and students of dance, junior high and older.

Tickets for adults are $7, seniors $6, students $5. Call USCB Center for the Arts box office at 843-521-4145 or purchase day of performance.

Dennis Tavernetti lives on St. Helena Island and retired to the Lowcountry having a lifelong interest in the arts. He encouraged USCB ‘s Center for the Arts to investigate the possibility of bringing Indie, World and Documentary HD films to Beaufort.

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The Best of the Best in Photography The perfect picture is always around the next corner. The winners of the 5th Annual Beaufort County Tri-Club Competition were ready when that special moment occurred. Each year the three photography clubs: Camera Club of Hilton Head, Photography Club of Beaufort and Photography Club of Sun City join together in friendly competition. The winners were selected by a panel of three professional photographers: Bluffton photojournalist Greg Smith; Deanna Bowdish, owner of The Gallery in downtown Beaufort; and Sarah Arkins, professor of photography at USCB. The judges evaluated a total of 89 entries, based on composition, technical quality and interest.

Here are the winners: Novice: The Photography Club of Sun City won all: First Place to Lisa Hiles for “Teardrop Arch.” A tie for Second Place to Paula Smith and Ann Sinclair.

Third place to Carol Corbutt and a tie for Honorable Mention to Wayne Sargent and Tom Mills.

Intermediate: First Place was Ellen Corbett for “Singin’ The Blues” (Beaufort); tie for Second Place: Bill Schmitt (Hilton Head); Jo Abrahamson (Beaufort) and Susan Thomas (Hilton Head). Third Place to Barry Wright (Beaufort) and Honorable Mention to Clyde Lohere (Hilton Head).

Advanced: First Place Tom Korbutt (Sun City) for “Soaring” and Donna Varner (Hilton Head) for “Premium Produce #47”. Second Place: Benjamin Fry (Beaufort); Third Place Jean-Marie Cote (Hilton Head) and tie for Honorable Mention to Jeannine Rowe (Sun City) and John Parsons (Hilton Head) Expert: First Place: Paul Nurnberg (Beaufort) for “Old No. 30 in the Rain”; Second Place to Ron Selby (Beaufort); Third Place to Lamar Nix (Beaufort) and tie for Honorable Mention: Karen M. Peluso (Beaufort) and Vicky Levy (Sun City).

Paul Nurnberg, “Old No. 30 in the Rain,” first in expert level category.

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

Home sweet home

By Lanier Laney

After being gone for more than five weeks on the road, up and down the East Coast, I can’t tell you how great it is to be back in Beaufort! I have newfound appreciation for three major pluses make Beaufort great.

First is the great people in Beaufort. I visited lots of resort towns and none had the great mix of interesting and truly fun folks found in Beaufort. We are really unique in that aspect. We are just big enough to have good restaurants, but not too big that the town is splintered into different social groups. I always say, “Beaufort is still small enough so you know all the players when you hear the good gossip.” Not true in Charleston anymore with booming Mt. Pleasant, downtown with all its tourists and cruise boats and separate beach communities.

The second thing I found that sets Beaufort apart from other East Coast towns is that for a town this pretty and close to the water, it’s got to be one of the most inexpensive and affordable resort communities to live in on the East Coast!

My jaw would literally drop at some of the prices in food stores and restaurants during my trip. Items were $3 and $4 dollars more for the very same items you’d

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find in Bi Lo. And wine $5 to $7 more than the same item here (not to mention restaurant drink and wine prices! Some were $18 per drink or glass of wine!).

Entrees in restaurants would start at $35 (and did not include sides). In one hotel in NYC a friend told me her room service cup of coffee cost $29! I had a conversation with Gary Lang of Breakwater and Lantz Price of Saltus once and they said that restaurant entrees in Beaufort are $10 to $12 cheaper than the same comparable meal in Charleston or Savannah. Another reason we are lucky to be in Beaufort.

The third thing I have found a new appreciation for is that in Beaufort we are blessedly free of the “P-word,” as in “Pretentious.” I had almost forgotten after living here so long that there are a lot of people out there in other cities who spend a lot of their time trying

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A “fancy” Virginia garden party.

to dominate you with their madeup personas through name dropping, intellectual one-upmanship, or in-yourface possessions. I attended one particular swanky garden party in the estate country of Virginia (pictured above). The garden was spectacular with enormous shooting fountains, 10 acres and 15 different garden “rooms.” The house was chock-a-block with treasures. Hardly any wall space left with all the paintings and statues. It was really too much though with all the swags and tassels covering every square inch. I whispered to my host a question, “Why is everything here so over-the-top?” (OTT).

She whispered back, “Because the owner was the son of a sharecropper and has to prove he’s not that anymore.” Thus the “P-word” reared its ugly head. One thing missing from that party that I also noticed was much laughter — certainly none at the “whooping” level one usually finds at a Beaufort party. I coined a phrase on the spot: “If pretentiousness is around, the laughter dies down!”

So we have a lot to be thankful for here in Beautiful Beaufort By the Bay! And I look forward to seeing you at some party in Beaufort this summer where we can all have a “whooping” good time together!

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Serving up sophistication at the Supper Society The kick off dinner of The Supper Society was received with much success to a sold out table on Thursday, May 17, at the Old Bay Marketplace. Originated by Historic Beaufort Foundation and Main Street Beaufort, USA, Supper Society dinners feature four-course meals created by local chefs entirely of local ingredients. This first gathering featured chefs Brian Waters of Saltus River Grill and Christopher Hewitt of Southern Graces Bistro. The menu highlighted cobia, oysters and local produce.

Students from LOUD, a local nonprofit that uses media arts and performance slam style poetry to focus teens on strategies for success, served the meal. Gratuities that the students receive will help pay for a trip to San Francisco to compete in HBO’s “Brave New Voices” series. The Beaufort Youth Orchestra provided entertainment. The events are to be held four times a year, and the menus and the guest chefs will be made public, but the full menu and location will be revealed two days prior to the events only to those who have purchased tickets. See you at the next supper! Pictures by Captured Moments Photography.

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No one can dispute that Warren Buffett is a good investor — he’s made a ton of money over many years and it’s been well-documented. He holds court periodically and even his public calls have been pretty good, like his “Buy American. I Am.” editorial in the New York Times on October 16, 2008.

(More recently he said bonds should come with a warning label, so take that for what it’s worth.) You could do worse than trying to emulate Warren Buffett.

So what is St. Warren actually doing? Well, fortunately some college professors did the heavy lifting. They analyzed Berkshire Hathaway’s quarterly filings from 2006 all the way back to 1980, 2,140 quarter-stock observations. CXO Advisory had a nice summary of their work. In the words of the professors: “we observe a median holding period of a year, with approximately 20% of stocks held for more than two years. At the other end of the spectrum, approximately 30% of stocks are sold within six months.”

Yep, Warren Buffett has turnover. He blew out 30% of his portfolio selections within six months, and held about 20% of his picks for the longer run. That is active trading by any definition.

According to Dorsey, Wright and Associates, Inc., a mythology has grown up around Mr. Buffett, that he has a somewhat magical ability to select stocks and then holds on to them forever.

The truth is far more pedestrian, and encouraging since it is something any investor can do. He might be holding on to what is working, but his portfolio holdings are pared relentlessly. If I had to guess, I suspect Warren Buffett is simply doing what every good investor does. He’s using his best judgment to select stocks and then cutting the losers and letting the winners run.

There’s no glory — or capital gain to be had — in holding an underperforming stock for the long run. Mr. Buffett’s stock selection may be above average, but his genius is more likely in his discipline.

Don’t be conned by the myth of buyand-hold. Even Warren Buffett isn’t doing it. Search everywhere for good investment opportunities, hang on to the winners and get rid of the losers.

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artsy alley

By Pamela Brownstein

Embracing the age-old desire to create with your hands as well as the recent Do It Yourself (DIY) popularity, three small businesses cater to those who want to expand and explore their crafty side through painting, knitting and sewing.

All three owners are friendly, helpful and knowledgeable about their craft.

And each store offers a wide range of classes as well as space for the experienced or the novice to come and practice or create.

COASTAL ART SUPPLY For Jennifer Kassing-Bradley, the best thing about owning an art supply store is the interaction with budding artists.

“I love being around the students and teaching classes,” she said.

With an undergraduate degree and a master’s from SCAD, Jennifer first realized the need for a place to purchase art supplies in Beaufort in 1998. Before that, she said, she had to go to either Savannah or Charleston to find the products she needed.

Coastal Art Supply, across from The Beaufort Inn, offers professional artist supplies such as paint, brushes, canvas and supports, pads, pencils and sheet goods (charcoal papers, etc.)

Jennifer said that paint is the most popular item they sell, and she even helps customers mix paints to get just the right color.

The store feels like a large, open loft, and tables toward the back make a nice spot to work and to hold classes.

Jennifer and her husband are expecting their first baby in the fall.

Details: Located at 812 Port Republic St., open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Call 843-524-ARTS or visit www. coastalartsupply.com for a full calendar of classes.

COASTAL KNITTING Owner Judy Algar, who opened her knitting shop three years ago on the corner

Judy Algar at Coastal Knitting.

Rhonda Jordan at Tabby Fabric & Studio.

The entry way to Coastal Art Supply.

The sitting area at Tabby.

of West and Port Republic streets, offers a variety of needles, hooks, notions and accessories for beginner to expert.

She said she found her niche in Beaufort and “the community has been so receptive to me.”

“I learned to knit sitting on the floor under the dining room table at my grandmother’s house when I was 5,” she said. “It’s something distinctly female, knitting and crocheting never go away.”

Judy explained that during the American Revolution, hand knitting and weaving cloth became a source of pride for the colonists because they did not want wear cloth made in England.

She said during all the wars, making socks and getting them to the soldiers was very important, and women formed huge clubs just to knit socks.

Bins of yarn in all colors and textures line the walls and the aisles of the cozy store. There’s a section for baby items — hats, booties, etc. — and examples of scarves and beautiful knit tops can be found throughout.

A former occupational therapist, Judy said knitting can be very healing for people because it gives them something

to do with their hands and makes them feel productive.

Judy said her most popular classes are for beginners, and she enjoys teaching people how to knit and crochet.

Children’s classes will start this summer for those 9 years and up. For adults, beginner classes are held on Tuesdays, intermediate on Wednesdays.

Details: 900 Port Republic St. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Call 843-470-0148 or visit www. coastalknitting.com for a complete listing of classes.

TABBY FABRIC & STUDIO Tabby is the new kid on the block, having just opened in March.

Owner Rhonda Jordan carries a large selection of as well as pattern books and embroidery items.

Her store has a calming effect, with clean lines and filled with light. Up front is an inviting sitting area, and in the back, she has a fully equipped studio, complete with a row of sewing machines, that can be used for classes, parties and drop-in sewing.

Rhonda said, “Although sewing rooms are more often found in big cities, I wanted one in my store, and there’s no other space like it in Beaufort.”

At Tabby this Friday, May 25, there will be a Friday Night Sew-cial where sewers can bring their project, be it a quilt or a dress, and work on it in the company of other like-minded crafters.

Rhonda, a SCAD grad and mother of two, said knowing the other stores were already here did influence her decision to set up shop on Port Republic.

“It seemed like the right fit,” she said.

Details: 910 Port Republic St., open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. 5 p.m.

Call 843-379-5700, or visit www. tabbyfabricandstudio.com to find out about sewing classes.

With these great resources in downtown Beaufort — and all within walking distance of each other — now there’s no excuse to keep putting off the handmade project you’ve always dreamed of doing.

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profile

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

mark and alison guilloud

for the love of animals

By Lanier Laney

Mark Guilloud (pronounced Gill-yard from his French Huguenot ancestors) grew up in Athens, Ga., but spent every summer on his grandfather’s cattle ranch in Texas. Both his father and uncle were veterinarians, so exposure to the world of animals came early. (His grandfather had him driving the cattle trailer at age 13 on the ranch).

He met the love of his life, Alison, who is from an old Savannah family, in a physics class at UGA. “It was love at first sight, although she was sitting on the back row and I sat on the front row because I needed to get a good grade and raise my GPA to get into vet school,” says Mark with a laugh. They were married the following year and Alison went on to get a degree in Microbiology and Mark got his DVM. After college, Alison got a coveted job as a Merck pharmaceutical rep and Beaufort was part of her territory. “She was the one who brought me here,” says Mark. “And it proved to be a great decision when we moved to Lady’s Island after college. I love the small town life and lovely people here. Every time I leave and return I wonder why I left.”

They raised two wonderful children here, Blake 22, and Bailey, 19, who are at the College of Charleston.

Mark opened his own veterinarian practice here 23 years ago — The Animal Medical Center of the Lowcountry on Shorts Landing Road (about four streets behind Publix off Sams Point Road on Lady’s Island). Alison left Merck and became his practice manager, aka “My boss for 23 years,” says Mark, adding, “She’s a fantastic organizer and motivator and I’ve been lucky to have her by my side. She put together the best support staff I could ever imagine working with.”

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VISIT THE VET’s office The Animal Medical Center of the Lowcountry 27 Shorts Landing Road, Lady’s Island Phone: (843) 524-0198 Website: www.LCpetvet.com Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Friday, 9-11 a.m. Saturday These include Gina, Frank, Shelly, Abby, Cora, Erin, Ashley, Tara, Sumor, Tammi and Stephanie. The practice has now grown to also include another great vet, Dr. Caroline Webb Wreden, as well as Julie Snyder who does acupuncture on animals with back, leg, and other problems. Most of their business has come from client referrals over the years since they are not on the main road.

The practice at Shorts Landing Road has grown to include boarding, bathing, acupuncture, chiropractic treatments, weight loss therapy, lots of geriatric work, dentistry, behavioral counseling, and surgery. They’ve frequently been awarded “Best Vet” by The Beaufort Gazette and The Island News Reader Choice Awards over the years. Says Mark, “I am truly blessed to be doing what I love.

To be able to get involved with many families, in good and bad times. Solving ‘puzzles’ presented to me. I employ a humble approach to each case, and treat each as if it was my own pet. I look for non-verbal clues in the animals and combine those observations with state-of-the-art tests to tell me what steps to take. I’m lucky to be surrounded by a like-minded highly trained staff.”

Mark jokes that the closest he’s come to being famous is when he performed successful emergency surgery on Barbra Streisand’s dog.

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“And I also once gave an enema to a dog that regularly played with Steven Spielberg’s dog in the Hamptons,” says Mark with a laugh.

I asked him if there are any special challenges that face summer visitors to the Lowcountry when they bring there pets here. “Yes,” Mark said, “there are lots of summer problems here people new to the area don’t know about — from parasites to heart worms.”

He was very surprised to find that in a national survey, only 50% of owners administer heart worm protection. “Thirty-five percent of that untreated half will contract and most likely die from heartworm, which is very sad because it’s such a easily preventable disease — just one tablet a month.” He added, “just one mosquito bite can infect a dog with 50 heartworm larvae.”

He also feels that neglected dentistry problems causes many pets to die years earlier than necessary. “The life span of pets can be increased by two years or longer with proper dental care,” says Mark.

As far as the future is concerned, Mark says with a smile that he’s “halfway to retirement and looks forward to continue doing what they do best — listening to their clients needs and filling them.”

“Acquaintances become friends when they realize you genuinely care about them and their pet. My staff and wife help me and each other when a sad loss occurs. I am reminded all too frequently that life here is very temporary. I can only hope to affect as many as possible in a positive manner. Pets never cease to amaze me with their amazing personalities, unique only to them. I love my people and I love their pets.

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A focus on students, teachers and educational events in northern Beaufort County

Partnership allows students to take college courses The world’s largest university specializing in aviation and aerospace will begin offering college-level courses at Battery Creek High School under a new partnership.

Beaufort County becomes only the second school district in the nation to offer “dual enrollment” courses with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University through the university’s Worldwide Campus, which has more than 150 centers around the globe, including one at Beaufort’s Marine Corps Air Station.

Embry-Riddle has residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz.

Battery Creek High Principal Ed

Burnes said the new dual enrollment courses will allow qualified students to earn high school and college course credits simultaneously at no additional cost to parents.

The courses will be offered in Battery Creek’s Military Science and Aeronautical Engineering Academy, one of three options in the school’s “Tri-Academies” along with Arts and Humanities and Health Sciences and Information Technology. Battery Creek High’s Tri-Academy model is one of 10 “programmatic choices” that allow district students to enroll in schools outside their zoned attendance areas.

Thirty-four students have requested

and been approved for transfers to Battery Creek High next school year, according to district reports.

“Our Board of Education wants Beaufort County to be a leader in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), and this new partnership with Embry-Riddle is another strong step in that direction,” said Superintendent Valerie Truesdale. “It also broadens the menu of academic choices that we offer to students and their parents.”

Dawn Beattie, associate director of the Embry-Riddle campus at MCAS Beaufort, described the new partnership as “a wonderful opportunity for high school students to participate in

aeronautics-oriented classes led by highly qualified college instructors.”

“This program will introduce students to many different areas within the aeronautical field,” Beattie said. “And doing that in high school is a perfect time for students to gain knowledge and accumulate experience that will be a boost to their college careers and beyond.”

Col. (Ret.) Jack Snider, a veteran Marine pilot who retired as the Marine Corps Air Station’s commander last year, is coordinating the new additions to Battery Creek’s academic program and hopes to increase the number of courses offered by the school.

SCHOOL briefs • Thursday, May 24, Riverview Charter School’s TIDEWATCH Showcase, 5 p.m.

Participants should arrive 15 minutes early if Thursday is not a regular TIDEWATCH day for your child.

• Thursday, May 24, all library books are due to Mossy Oaks’ library.

• Thursday, May 24, Beaufort Academy Hawaiian Shirt Day in honor of Mr. Clark (no jeans); and Annual Sports Banquet, 6 p.m.

• Friday, May 25, Riverview Charter School reenrollment forms for returning students are due.

• Friday, May 25, Beaufort Academy’s Lower School Spring Fling, 10:30 a.m. Eighth grade students to Rancho Grande, 11:30 a.m.

Students in Spanish 3/Spanish 3 Honors to Rancho Grande, 12:30 p.m. Middle and Upper School ice cream social after school.

• Monday, May 28, NO SCHOOL for Memorial Day. • Tuesday, May 29, Mossy Oaks students will be getting wet so they will need to bring the following: a swimsuit with a T-shirt to wear over it, towel, sunscreen, water shoes (if available) and a school uniform to put on afterwards. Feel free to join your student at the following times: Kindergarten and 1 grade from 9-10:30 a.m.; second and third from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; fourth and fifth from 1:15-2:45 p.m.

• Tuesday, May 29, final exams for Beaufort Academy seniors and eighth graders begin.

• AMES Academy at Beaufort Elementary School is accepting applications for the 2012-13 school year.

Frog v Alligator Third grade students at Broad River Elementary came home from the South Carolina STEM Innovative Challenge at the Citadel Military College with an armload of trophies. They participated in the Go Play Challenge by creating a computer game that taught math skills. They had to write an essay, design a website and present their project. With the assistance of their teacher Latasha, technology coach Barbara Doctor and parent volunteer Lydia Hurt they designed a game called “Frog vs. Alligator.” In the game, the frog has to beat the alligator to the bank. The only way to do it is to answer multiplication problems as the frog hops from Lilly Pad to Lily Pad. Their winning website can be found at www.weevly.com/ multiplicationhoppers.com.

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Third grade students at Broad River Elementary came home from the South Carolina STEM Innovative Challenge at the Citadel Military College with lots of trophies.

E.C. Montessori student Caleb Ulmer plays the violin dressed up as a pirate. class, is the proud winner of Riverview Charter School’s 2012 Cabbage contest. Mariah’s cabbage weighted 10.5 lbs. She will enter the state competition and hopefully win a $1,000 scholarship.

Younger kids encourage the upper grades to do well on the PASS tests at Broad River Elementary School.

Mariah Midyette, a third grader in Mr. Mail’s class, is the proud winner of Riverview’s 2012 cabbage contest, with her cabbage weighing 10.5 lbs.

Blue & White Booster Club. In addition to the Junior Division, Division A, and Division B matches, Cat Island Pro Jill Wilson played in an exhibition match with Michelle Clark and two pros from Hilton Head. Kudos to the excellent committee: Katherine Hefner, Leigh Ann Pingree, and Kelly Gray on a very successful tournament. These are the following winners: Division A, Alan Mobley and Jenny Baldwin; Division B, Renee and Rob Mathai.

Step Up for Kids Forty-five National Honor Society members from Beaufort High School collected donations and participated in CAPA’s “Step Up for Kids” run/walk on April 21. Thirty members collected donations and participated in the walk/run, and another 15 members served as volunteers along the route, cheering on the participants and providing water. Melissa Welch, Beaufort High School National Honor Society Advisor, served on the planning committee for the event.

Early age pep rally for PASS test Kindergarten through second grade students at Broad River Elementary held a Pep Rally for the upper grades to encourage them as they prepared for the PASS test.

Pirates perform in tune On May 17, E. C. Montessori & Grade School students performed a violin-based play, “The Adventures of Egbert.” Students dressed up either as a clown or a pirate for the play.

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Naturalist takes students to Spring Island Third grade teachers at Riverview Charter School collaborated with Naturalist Tony Mills.

Last Monday, third grade students toured Spring Island and completed their chapter of the animal kingdom with Mills learning about the animals and habitats on the island.

The biggest cabbage wins Mariah Midyette, third grader in Mr. Mail’s

BA students visit STARBASE Fifth graders at Beaufort Academy enjoyed their week at STARBASE at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. During these five days, they learned about a wide variety of subjects, such as Atmospheric Properties, Newton’s Three Laws of Motion, 3-D Computer Aided Design, Nanotechnology, Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics, Navigating and Mapping, the Engineering Design Process, and Rocket Construction, among others. Two highlights of the week were using the 3-D design software and launching rockets. The students assembled rockets after learning about forces, travel, along with Bernoulli’s Principle and Newton’s Laws. They took turns launching and retrieving them, then removed the motors and reassembled the chutes so they could bring them home.

Diggin for dinosaur bones The second graders culminated their study of dinosaurs with a simulated dinosaur dig on the BA campus. Dr. Bobby Bell and Mr. Frank Booth acted as the paleontologists and both assembled the skeleton and gave anatomy lessons as the students brought them the bones they found.

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USCB faculty honored with professorship award For more than a decade, numerous University of South Carolina Beaufort faculty members have been honored with the Carolina Trustee Professorship award. This year’s recipient is Babet Villena-Alvarez, Ph.D. With a background in French and Spanish literature, Alvarez researches Language for Special/Specific Purposes (LSP). She is the chair of the Humanities and Fine Arts department

and serves on eight councils/committees on campus, in the community and in her profession.

According to Alvarez, “Of the many Babet Villenacommittees I have Alvarez chaired in the past, the most challenging and equally gratifying was when I was invited

to lead the internal giving campaign for the USCB Family Fund last year. Our committee was able to encourage 62% more faculty and staff to participate as compared to the previous year.”

Faculty at all seven baccalaureate and regional campuses of the USC system are eligible for the Carolina Trustee Professorship Award. In addition to Alvarez, the following USCB faculty have been recognized as Carolina Trustee

Professors: Gordon Haist (2011), Carl Eby (2009), Lynn Mulkey (2004), and Ronald Harshbarger (2001).

Alvarez has been at USCB since 1994 and has no plans of going elsewhere. “I am blessed to have a wonderful job in superb USCB campuses nestled among the South Carolina Sea Islands.”

For more information, please see http://www.sc.edu/provost/ carolinatrustee.shtml#recipients.

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Nonprofit hands out grants to 11 teachers Eleven teachers in northern Beaufort County public schools earned grants totaling more than $5,000 this week from the Northern Beaufort County Public Education Foundation. The funds will be used for lessons in the fall semester.

Foundation board members delivered balloons and good news to the winning teachers on Wednesday, May 23. The grant money will be handed out when school resumes in August.

“We were pleased with the quality of the applications and the creativeness we are seeing,” said Jim Grimsley, chairman of the nonprofit foundation. “It’s good to be back in the business of giving money to help teachers.”

A group of local residents and parents formed the Northern Beaufort County Public Education Foundation about 20 years ago. The goal then — and now — was to provide outside, private financial support to teachers in northern Beaufort County public schools.

After a hiatus of about five years, the foundation re-organized earlier this year. About two dozen teachers applied for grants in April. Another round of grants likely will be made available after the new school year starts and will be awarded for the second semester.

Artscapade, the Northern Beaufort County Public Education Foundation’s primary fundraiser, is rising again and will be held in February. Additional fundraising events may be scheduled between now and then to support more

grants.

“We value the support of the community, and we exist solely to support our teachers in all the good work they do,” Grimsley said. “It’s a great feeling to hand out even a little bit of money that can help a teacher do his or her job just a little better.”

Grant funds must be used between the start of school in August and Dec. 31, and all recipients must submit an afteraction report detailing their project.

Award recipients for Fall 2012 include: • Josefina Blanc, Whale Branch Elementary, Animal Figures.

• Robert Carlin, Whale Branch Early College High School, TV Productions.

• Shelia Cato, Beaufort High, Passing End of Course Exam.

• Patricia Girard, Broad River Elementary, Shutterbug Books.

• Yolanda Goethe, Beaufort Middle School, Waking Up Students with Graphing.

• Cassandra Menning, St. Helena Elementary, Healthy Habits for Careful Kids.

• Kelly Pulaski, Coosa Elementary, Coosa Leadership Initiative.

• Scott Shipsey, Lady’s Island Middle School, LIMS Junior Leadership.

• Harry Smith, Lady’s Island Elementary, Sport Stacking Upgrade.

• Melissa Welch, Beaufort High, Perception Goggles.

• Renee Woods, Lady’s Island Elementary,Cookie Sheet Comprehension.

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Kayak Dash for Trash for Cash Saturday June 9th, 12:30 p.m., on the Beaufort River

This new Water Festival event combines the beauty of the Beaufort River and going green for the environment. We will be helping to keep our waterways clean while enjoying a beautiful afternoon kayaking in the Beaufort River. Cash Prize for the most trash collected and the most unique piece of trash collected. Bring your own kayak or one will be provided for you by event sponsor The Kayak Farm.

Sports Saturday Saturday June 16th

Space is still open to compete in the Horseshoe Tournament sponsored by WoodTech Cabinets, and the Men’s Softball Tournament sponsored by Marine Federal Credit Union. Horseshoes starts at 9 am at the Live Oaks Park, Port Royal; entry fee is $30 for 2 person teams. The Softball Tournament starts at 8am at the Parris Island softball complex; entry fee is $200 per team.

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Beaufort Water Festival T-Shirts are now available for SALE at the Visitors Center and Downtown Marina. Advance tickets available on-line.

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3 named to all-region second-team The University of South Carolina Beaufort softball team had three players named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s NAIA All-Region Team, the organization announced last week.

Sophomore Katie Rietkovich and freshmen Shelby Zipperer and Taylor Triplett were second-team selections from the East Region.

Rietkovich, who played second base and hit in the leadoff and No. 3 spots in the lineup for USCB, was named to one of five at-large spots on the second team.

She hit .455 with a team-high 10 home runs, 60 RBIs and 18 stolen bases.

Triplett, who split time at first base

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and designated player for the Sand Sharks, was named second-team DP. In 33 games before having her season cut short by injury, Triplett hit .370 with seven home runs and 29 RBIs. Zipperer, the Sand Sharks’ center

fielder, was named to the second-team as an outfielder. In addition to being one of the top defensive outfielders in the Sun Conference, Zipperer hit .409 with three home runs, 36 RBIs and a team-high 14 doubles, as well as 13

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The Sand Sharks finished their inaugural season with a 37-11 record and finished second in the Sun Conference with a 12-5 mark in league play.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION OFFICERS’ SPOUSES’ CLUB RUN FOR THE TEA The top 5K finishers were: • 1st Place Male finisher, 20:20: Captain Alex Goodno • 2nd Place Male finisher, 20:38: Major Steve McClune (pushing two boys in a stroller, by the way) • 3rd Place Male finisher, 20:53: Major Al Bryant • 1st Place Female finisher, 21:13: Dr. Heath • 2nd Place Female finisher, 25:19: Sarah Porter • 3rd Place Female, 26:00:

Christy Steen Congratulations to our “Most Spirited” 5K & Kids’ Race finishers: • Male Most Spirited: Colonel Brian Murtha • Female Most Spirited: Captain Erin Berard • Boy Most Spirited: Xavier Casanova • Girl Most Spirited: Madeline McBride And a big thank you to all the race’s sponsors.

beaufort summer tennis camp The camp will be held June 11-15, at Beaufort High School. Morning QuickStart Tennis will be from 9-10 a.m. for ages 5-8, $80 for five hours.

From 10-11:30 a.m., ages 9-11, $120 to play for 7.5 hours.

The afternoon practice will be intermediate, for ages 1216, from 3-4:30 p.m., $120.

Advanced is for ages 12-18, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., $175.

Quick Start Tennis, also known as “10 and Under Tennis,” is a competitive play format that features modified equipment and courts, allowing kids to rally and play the game of tennis earlier than the expected advanced lesson training. Bring a hat and water bottle. No flip flops.

For the Beaufort Tennis Camp afternoon session, high performance is the priority.

For more information, contact BHS Coach David Riedmayer at 321-0381 or email riedmayer@hotmail. com or Teaching Pro Warren Florence at 441-0871.

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LOUD partners with local organizations to garner funds for appearance on HBO As July gets closer and the school year comes to a close, LOUD students, armed with sponsorship packets, hit the streets to seek support from their hometown. In case you have been living under a rock for the past few months, LOUD, an acronym that stands for Living Out Ur Dreams, is a local 501c3 organization utilizing media arts and performance slam style poetry, during after school hours, to focus teens on three components of success: academic achievement, holistic development and violence prevention.

Jamila Alston, a 17-year-old junior at Beaufort High School, is a native of St.

Helena Island with deep Gullah roots and wings carved from ambition. “I know I am meant for something great, someday I will own my own school,” Jamila stated after being asked where she sees herself 10 years from now.

Jamila, a member of the LOUD Slam Team, prides herself on her strong intellect both when it comes to books and common sense. While she studies AP Latin and takes Honors Math courses, she plans to apply for the Gates Millennium Scholarship next year as a senior to help her pay for college in fall 2013. She is currently in the process of completing her application to New York

University (NYU), her first school of choice.

Jamila is also an accomplished slam poet, having been introduced to the craft the summer of 2009 when she joined the LOUD Program (www. livingouturdreams.org). This summer, Jamila and her fellow Slam Team mates will travel to San Francisco, Ca., where they have been invited to compete on HBO’s “Brave New Voices,” the nation’s largest youth slam competition featuring teams from all over the United States and several different countries.

In order to participate, however, LOUD students must get to San

Francisco, Ca. They began fundraising in April, seeking $20 from 500 givers upon receiving notice that they were selected to compete. Last week LOUD partnered with Main Street Beaufort, USA acting as servers for their first Supper Society fundraiser.

The LOUD Slam Team is still seeking approximately $7,500 to reach its goal of getting all five Slam Team members to San Francisco for the weeklong event.

Remember that every little bit helps in the quest for these students to live out their dreams! For more information about how to donate or sponsor a student, visit www.livingouturdreams.org.

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The Royal Readers Book Club welcomed a new member, Micalene Roberts, at its annual Hunting Island meeting. The book discussed was “Nice to Come Home To” by Rebecca Flowers.

The author is a close friend of book club member Marianne Hamilton’s daughter, Meredith; the two met when they attended Ohio State. This personal connection allowed Marianne to share insights into Ms. Flower’s writing. The Peggy book was enjoyed by Chandler club members. Some of their comments included: “I thought the book was a good read and the beach is a great place to discuss the evolving ideas we all had about a woman’s place in society and the changes in family life.” And, “The book’s interaction among sisters especially hit home for me.” The book selection for June is “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”

by Jonathan Safran Foer.

Also, the Hamilton’s son Jack and his partner CJ recently visited from Chicago.

They fished, shopped and dined at a variety of local restaurants including Wren, Saltus and Southern Graces.

Their trip also included a day at the beach and a visit to Charleston.

A few members of the Royal Pines

From left is Marie Spencer, Nancy Steeves, Kathy Fehlauer, Joey Patrucco, Ellen de Guzman and Debbie Mitchell.

Garden Club shared their Mother’s Day with the ladies at Bayview Nursing Home. The Garden Club ladies arranged flowers in pinch bottles which were then placed beside the residents’ dinner plates.

Members who participated in this lovely and thoughtful endeavor were Nancy Steeves, Joey Patrucco, Marie Spencer, Kathy Fehlauer, Ellen deGuzman and Kathy Mitchell.

Megan Rauenhorst will graduate from Beaufort High on June 1 at 7 p.m. She’ll be volunteering at Harbor Island doing the Sea Turtle Patrol this summer and working at Outback as a hostess/server.

She’ll be attending the University of South Carolina in Columbia this fall and majoring in pre-pharmacy. Annette and Bob Rauenhorst have many reasons to be proud. Good job, Megan!

Happy Birthday to Mary Cieplowski of Rivers Court who turns 39 again this month.

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By Hattie Lawton Ficklin

“Decoration Day” was a favorite holiday for me when I was a child. We spent all day in town. I watched the parade, or ran behind it, in the morning. My family and I attended the ceremony at the National Cemetery after the parade. When I was in elementary school, some of the elementary children staked the flags at the cemetery for this important day. The streets were lined with tables laden with all kinds of food — cakes, fish, shrimp, chicken, pork chops, oysters, collard greens, macaroni and cheese, cornbread, and many other delicacies that showed off the cooking of our parents and grandparents from which a meal could be prepared and sold. The carnival was in town, and we could ride the attractions as well as go to some of the shows. It was a day of fun from morning until evening.

The year that hurt me the most was the year that I waited all day to go to Decoration Day and my grandparents didn’t tell me to get dressed because we were going to Beaufort. When I heard the train late in the evening, I knew something had happened because we didn’t have Decoration Day. The reason was the Second World War was going on and we couldn’t have the traditional celebration that year.

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Beaufort Then & Now

This moment in Beaufort’s history is an excerpt from the book “Beaufort ... Then and Now,” an anthology of memories compiled by Holly Kearns Lambert. Copies of this book may be purchased at Beaufort Book Store.

For information or to contribute your memory, contact Holly at lowcountrymemories@hotmail.com or beaufortmemories @gmail.com.

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The River Swim continues to grow in popularity and the Y is hoping for an even greater turnout over previous years.

Proceeds from the Beaufort River Swim benefit the YMCA of Beaufort County’s Learn to Swim Program. Last year the Y raised more than $2,000 for the swimming programs. In addition to support from the River Swim, a scholarship program and outside grants from nonprofits such as the United Way and Rotary helped raise and contribute more than $28,000 to aquatics in 2011. More than 500 individuals were impacted through swim lessons and aquatic programming and education that were provided by the YMCA throughout the year.

Swimmers of all levels participate in the River Swim: triathletes, recreational lap swimmers and competitive age group swimmers. The race starts at Port Royal Landing Marina between 8:30 and 9 a.m., travels around the bend, passes the Beaufort Memorial Hospital, and finishes at the boat ramp at the corner of the Downtown Marina, adjacent to the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Supporters can get a great look at the swimmers coming down the river in their multi-colored swim caps along the bluffs on Bay Street Saturday morning.

Pete Palmer, who has lived in Beaufort for 11 years, is on the committee at the Y for the Learn to Swim Program and said, “It’s not simply about the River Swim, it’s about the kids.”

He said swimming saves lives, and that the leading cause of accidental death in children ages 3-11 is drowning. Especially with the amount of water in Beaufort County and the Lowcountry, he feels it’s even more important that kids here learn proper swimming techniques and to be familiar with the water, not just in the pool, but the ocean and other waterways.

Palmer recently went to nationals with his Master Swim Team in Greensboro, N.C., and said he beat his time, so he was pleased. At 76, he jokingly said he has outlived most of his competition.

“I am passionate about the Learn to Swim program,” he said, and added that supporting the river swim benefits a great cause.

The YMCA hopes to continue to grow and be able to raise money to serve more individuals in the community who want to learn to swim.

Come out and be a part of this great event and help them toward their goal.

The YMCA is a not for profit organization promoting youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. The organization is overseen by a volunteer board of directors within the community.

For more information or to register, visit www.ymcabeaufortcounty. com or call 843-522-9622.

Matti Jo Thomas’ photo: The world is at my fingertips. Education will determine the course my life takes

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continued from page 1 Mattie’s teachers Lynn Jester and Cadra Rooney coordinated student entries at Lady’s Island Middle. There were 1,076 entries overall from students in schools across South Carolina.

State Rep. Andy Patrick from Beaufort County and Education Oversight Committee Interim Executive Director Melanie Barton presented the award and an iPad courtesy of private donations at a ceremony at the school Tuesday, May 22. Lady’s Island Middle School’s

Principal Mona Lise Dickson and Mattie Jo’s parents, Martin and Suzan Thomas, were also there supporting her achievement.

Mattie Jo wrote in describing her winning photo: “Education is the foundation of today’s society. Without proper education, our world wouldn’t be anywhere near what is today. From my perspective, education represents the world which is everything. In order to be my definition of a successful in life, a well and proper education is the key.

Education means my dreams, and it shows how the world is at my fingertips.

Education will determine the course your life takes.”

Daughters of the American Revolution have annual spring luncheon The Thomas Heyward Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met for their annual spring luncheon this month and installed their new slate of officers to serve for 2012-2014. The incoming officers were presented with be-ribboned red roses and were sworn in by the outgoing chapter chaplain. Pictured, from left, are Nancy Hailston (Treasurer); Anne Kennedy (outgoing Chaplain); Charlene Shufelt (Regent); Harriet Bosiack (Vice Regent); Laura Beall (incoming chaplain); and Eliza Oliwa (Recording Secretary).

Not pictured are Nancy Anderson (Corresponding Secretary) and Nancy Chesnutt (Historian). Nancy Crowther was presented with a special gift in recognition of three years of dedicated service as chapter Regent. For more information about the DAR, please contact Regent Charlene Shufelt at 525-0158. the island news | may 24-30, 2012 | www.yourislandnews.com

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The Lunch Bunch is treated to a special tasting menu at

GRIFFIN MARKET

By Pamela Brownstein

Riccardo Bonino, owner of Griffin Market, treated the Lunch Bunch to an absolutely incredibly tasting of the best that his Italian restaurant has to offer.

The six-course meal was an education in cuisine from northern Italian, where Bonino is from, as well as an appreciation of all the details that go into preparing fresh, authentic, yet inventive, dishes.

The Cold Antipasti featured four amazing items: Vitello Tonnato, rare veal roast thinly sliced, served cold and topped with a tuna and capers sauce; Melone con Culatello, cantaloupe slices wrapped in Culatello, the best part of Prosciuttos; Caprese, fresh, handpulled Mozzarella with ripe heirloom cherry tomatoes, basil from the Griffin Garden and extra virgin olive oil; and Alici, anchovies in gribiche vinaigrette with sieved eggs and capers, served with Ciabatta bread. The dish also featured homemade breadsticks that were thin and crunchy on the outside and soft in the middle, so tasty.

The Hot Antipasti course had three small, yet exquisite, items: Arancini, crispy saffron risotto balls stuffed with

The Cold Antipasti plate.

Bolognese sauce and Mozzarella; Fiori di Zucca, Griffin’s Garden zucchini blossoms filled with fresh Mozzarella and anchovies; and then our favorite of the entire lunch, a shot of the Zuppa, a sweet corn and blue crab bisque topped with crispy pancetta and chives. We all agreed it was an absolute must-have.

The first pasta course included Tagliatelle Verdi, handmade spinach pasta in a sage butter and early spring vegetable sauce, and Ravioli, handmade pasta stuffed with veal roast and served in a sage butter and veal jus sauce.

Bonino emphasized that their ravioli is handmade and cut out and this elevates it above other frozen pastas.

The second pasta course had two

The Hot Antipasti plate, with our must-have, the shot of Zuppa.

amazing dishes. The Carbonara made with artisanal Abruzzo spaghetti in an Evelyn’s Acres Farm Eggs, Pancetta and Parmigiano Reggiano sauce. And also Griffin’s signature dish, Tagliatelle alla Bolognese: handmade tagliatelle egg pasta in a slow cooked three meats and imported San Marzano D.O.P. tomato sauce. Served on small plates, both were so delectable and satisfying.

For dessert, we all fell in love with the Budino, butterscotch budino topped with salted caramel sauce. And even though we were all so full, we enjoyed the plate of various biscotti.

I cannot say enough about this fabulous restaurant, but don’t take my

The second pasta course with Carbonara and Tagliatelle alla Bolognese.

The biscotti plate with Amarettini, rosemary shortbread, chocolate hazelnut truffle and a cannoli.

word for it, it’s a favorite of Pat Conroy, who dines there often.

Griffin Market is located at 403 Carteret Street, Beaufort. For more information, call 843-524-0240 or visit www.griffinmarket.blogspot.com.

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Let’s back up a bit though and see what and why. We’re in France this week, where two main concepts determine their upper level of wine. One is the federal and regional laws that determine the name of the wine. The top level is the “Appellation d’Origine Controllee” wines which is where the wines are named for their place of origin, where the grapes are grown. These laws include the second concept, “terroir’” which is a French term for soil, but in the world of wine is expanded to mean not only soil, but the soil content, the climate where the soil sits and the weather on the soil in each vintage. Since certain soil types enhance the flavors in certain grapes only authorized grapes are grown on any given “terroir.” This means that at the AC level (also called AOC) Chardonnay is grown in the Burgundy region but never in the Bordeaux region.

And Syrah is grown in the Cotes du Rhone region but never in Alsace. France is the source of many grape varieties, just every region and every winery only makes wines from varieties that their land is allowed to grow.

The AC laws were enacted in 1935 so that consumers would be guaranteed that the name of a wine on a bottle was in fact what was in the bottle. (For history buffs, there were French wine laws going back several decades earlier, but all that information is more than I figured we needed today.) After World War I, many American soldiers came home with a new understanding and desire for French wines - in particular those of the Rhone city of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. To the horror of producers in Chateauneuf, many “copies” of their wines flooded the market, often at lower prices than they could charge for the real wines. It was the producers in Chateauneuf that banded together, wrote codes for their wines and lobbied the government to establish national wine laws. After the Rhone region, all the others followed and the French wine laws became the standard for other European countries’ wine laws. In addition to controlling what grapes are grown where, the AC laws also control how much is grown per acre, how many gallons are produced be acre

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Interestingly, as of the end of 2011, VDQS ceased to exist as a wine category in France.

I have forced you through all this legal mumbo jumbo because our wine this week used to be a VDQS. In the Burgundy region, the main white grape variety is Chardonnay. (There are bits of Aligote in certain spots and a tad of Pinot Blanc, although that is fading.) So main, in fact, that most of us don’t go beyond Chardonnay.

White Burgundies are Chardonnay. Period! Except for one little village just southwest of the town of Chablis.

And that gets us to this week’s wine. Saint-Bris, or more correctly Saint-Bris-le-Vineux, is this village. Currently, there are about 100 hectares (250 acres) of vines planted here. Until the late 19th century, though, there were close to 40,000 hectares of vines. Paris, being close by with just a carriage or horse ride, was the main market for wine from Saint-Bris, made from the now-extinct Roublot grape. Since this was before any of the French wine laws, many of these wines were called “Chablis” even though 750 ML

they came from different soil and grapes. At the turn of the century, vineyard diseases and stiff competition from more southern vineyards knocked out most of the SaintBris wine business. At some later point, Sauvignon Blanc grapes were introduced into Saint-Bris. If you look at a map, the village is very close to the western end of the Loire River and the appellations of Sancerre and PouillyFume. Both of these were, and still are, producers of wonderful Sauvignon Blanc wines. Geologically, even though it was not known then, the soil in Saint-Bris is close to that near Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume. So, a town in Burgundy, where Chardonnay is the reigning white grape, is growing a non-Burgundy variety. This was the oddity of Saint-Bris and the reason their wines were designated as VDQS rather than AC. It was 1974, when these Sauvignon-based wines were considered good enough for VDQS status under the name “Sauvignon de Saint-Bris. And what’s this about a promotion? In January 2003, these wines were elevated to AC level with their new name “Saint-Bris.” At the same time, their VDQS designation was repealed.

So, our wine this week is a Saint-Bris, AC wine from Burgundy, made from Sauvignon Blanc. Its producer is Simmonet-Febvre, a Chablis company that was founded in 1840 by Joel Febvre, a barrel maker. The company is known for their fine Chablis wines and a really delicious Cremant de Bourgogne (sparkling white Burgundy) as well. Currently, they are owned by the large Louis Latour firm. The Saint-Bris is made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc grown on limestone and clay soil. It is fermented in stainless steel and all of it goes through a malo-lactic fermentation. It is fresh and zesty with lemon notes and subtle hints of green herbs. It has a creamy texture, thanks to the malo-lactic fermentation, that makes it different from all the other Sauvignon Blanc wines we’ve been drinking. One time, in the mid-1980’s, I spent a rainy couple of hours in a small cafe in this village waiting for some stragglers in my group to catch up with us. And what do you do on a rainy day in a tiny town in France?

Drink the local wine, of course. And, ever since then, I’ve had a soft spot for this wine, bought it the few times it came into South Carolina as a VDQS and celebrated when it got its promotion to AC status. This month five cases came into South Carolina. And, now, for $9.99, you can try some too. Rain or shine. Enjoy!

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By Terry Sweeney

Traveling anywhere far from home is always a challenge for a Happy Wino.

What if the local wine merchant whose palate and character I’m not familiar with tries to foist a bottle of white wine vinegar masquerading as Sauvignon Blanc on this poor unsuspecting and thirsty Southern gentleman? After all, around 5 o’clock I can be talked into trying just about anything (speaking of course only in terms of the grape!).

I made the mistake once in a dubious downtown Augusta, Ga., cafe/bar of ordering a glass of wine only to have the gum-chewing waitress ask me, “What flavor?” What? This is not BaskinRobbins, missy! You can guess how good the wine was.

Many a time, visiting people in the past, I have arrived at my host’s house only to find out he or she didn’t drink wine but were informed that somebody long ago had left him or her “a fancy foreign bottle of something’” they’d never opened. Of course, my imagination would take flight. Suppose it’s a super

expensive bottle of some rare French cabernet that these poor ignorant yokels have mistakenly shoved into the back of their pantry? Is it my duty to inform Terry them that they are Sweeney about to pour me a $1,200 bottle of Chateau Margeaux from 1974? Or do I just feign surprise when it tastes like a smoky, raspberry, chocolatey silky glass of liquid heaven? All of these moral dilemmas are instantly solved as I spy the tiny figure of a grotesque yellow kangaroo peeking back at me from the label. Yellowtail?! That marsupial peepee that washed up on the shores of our supermarket wine shelves years ago? Oh no! Not for me! Not when I’m supposed to be on vacation! And certainly not on my honeymoon!!!

So, naturally I felt the need to take precautions on this special occasion at the many stops I was to make at friends’

houses along the way in the Hamptons, N.Y., Pennsylvania and Virginia. Before arriving at anyone’s domicile, I would purchase my own wine to guarantee it was something delicious yet economical, and that I could drink several bottles of it without getting the hairy eyeball from my host or hostess (as in “He’s drinking us out of house and home!”).

The only problem with my plan was that I’d forgotten how much more Lowcountry Southerners drink than their Northern neighbors. After finishing just one bottle (which maybe three or four of us were sharing), they would announce, “Well we better eat before we get too wasted.” Huh? Is that a joke? One bottle all by myself is what I consider my “warm up.” I’m far from ready to call “ game over” until I’ve been up at bat quite a few more times! Needless to say, I expect to receive numerous 12 step pamphlets in the mail sent anonymously by these Yankee wine wussies!

Anyway, it was worth it. We worked out our itinerary so we just “happened” to arrive at Happy Hour. Due to the hot

early summery weather, I stuck to Pinot Grigio which I like to drink over ice.

And wouldn’t you know? I managed to find six different delicious Pinot Grigios that were all under $10. If you can’t find them here, ask Bill’s or Red Dot to order them for you. Or go directly to the winery’s websites and order them yourself. I guarantee a couple of bottles of these beauties and you’ll feel like you’re on your honeymoon too!

Here are my heavenly half dozen: • Sterling Vintner’s Collection Pinot Grigio/Central Coast 2010 on sale for $7.99 • Pinot Grigio 2009 Whole Foods 365 label bottled by DiFlora in Italy: $8.99 • Las Renas Macabeo 2010 Spanish from the macabeo grape, but drinks like an Italian Pinot Grigio: $6.99!

• Musaragno Organic Pinot Grigio 2010: $7.99 • Stellina di Notte 2010 Pinot Grigio: $8.99 • Barboursville Vineyards (a Virginia Pinot Grigio) 2011: $8.99.

Cheers!

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dining guide

A listing of local restaurants in northern Beaufort County:Your resource for where to eat AMATA THAI FUSION: 2127 Boundary Street, Beaufort Town Center; 843-379-9197; L.D. ATHENIAN GARDENS: 950 Ribaut

Road, Beaufort; 379-9222; Greek; L.D.

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

SPOTLIGHT ON:

LOWCOUNTRY PRODUCE

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

SAKE HOUSE: 274 Robert Smalls

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

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

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

BELLA LUNA: 859 Sea Island Parkway,

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

BERRY ISLAND CAFE: Newpoint

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

BERTOS GRILL TEX-MEX:

SANDBAR & GRILL: 41B Robert Smalls Parkway, Beaufort; 524-3663; L.D.

2400; Home-style Southern; B.L.D.

St. Helena Island; 838-3188; Italian; B.L.D. Corners, 1 Merchant Lane, Lady’s Island; 524-8779; Soups, salads, ice cream; B.L.D.

9 Market, Habersham Marketplace; Mexican; 644-1925; L.D.

BIG JOE’S BAR-B-Q: 760 Parris Island Gateway, Beaufort; 770-0711; L.D.

BLACKSTONE’S DELI & CAFE: 205

Scott St., Beaufort; 524-4330; B.L.

BLUE DOG CAFE: 736 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island, inside The Lowcountry Store; 838-4646; L.

BOONDOCKS RESTAURANT:

1760 Sea Island Parkway, St. Helena Island; 838-0821; D.

BREAKWATER RESTAURANT & BAR: 203 Carteret St., Beaufort; 379-0052;

Upscale dining, tapas; D.

BRICKS ON BOUNDARY: 1420

Boundary St., Beaufort; 379-5232; Salads, sandwiches, appetizers, sports bar; L.D.

CAROLINA DOG & DELI: 968

Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 379-2122; L.

CAROLINA WINGS & RIB HOUSE: 1714 Ribaut Road, Port Royal;

379-5959; Wings, ribs, sports bar; L.D.

CAT ISLAND GRILL & PUB: 8

Waveland Ave., Cat Island; 524-4653; Steaks, seafood, pasta, burgers, more; L.D.

DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT: 1699

11th St. W, Port Royal; 524-7433; Seafood; D.

EMILY’S TAPAS BAR: 906 Port Republic St., Beaufort; 522.1866; D.

However you choose to experience Lowcountry Produce — breakfast or lunch, dining in or taking out, for a full dinner or just for happy hour — you won’t be disappointed in all that this market and eatery has to offer. Lowcountry Produce Market & Cafe is located at 302 Carteret Street, Beaufort. Open for breakfast and lunch, dinner on Friday and Saturday nights. For more information, call 843-322-1900.

GOURMET ON WHEELS: 812-8870;

Healthy home-cooked meals delivered to your door weekly; D.

GREAT GARDENS CAFE: 3669 Trask Parkway, Beaufort; 521-1900; L.

HAROLD’S COUNTRY CLUB BAR & GRILL: Highway 17-A & Highway 21, Yemassee; 589-4360; Steaks, wings; L.D.

HEMINGWAY’S BISTRO: 920 Bay St., Beaufort; 521-4480; bar & grill; L.D.

HOUSE OF TOKYO: 330 Robert

Smalls Parkway, Beaufort; 521-9011; Japanese; L.D.

ISLAND GRILL: 7 MLK Drive, St. Helena Island; 838-2330; L.

JADE GARDEN: 2317 Boundary St.,

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

JIMMY JOHN’S: 2015 Boundary St.,

FUMIKO SUSHI: 14 Savannah Highway,

Beaufort; 524-0918; L.D.

GILLIGANS: 2601 Boundary St.,

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

GRIFFIN MARKET: 403 Carteret St., Beaufort; 524-0240; Authentic Italian; L.D.

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

MAGGIE’S PUB & EATERY: 17

Market, Habersham; 379-1719; L.D.

MAGNOLIA BAKERY CAFE: 703

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

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

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

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

STEAMER: 168 Sea Island Parkway; Lady’s Island; 522-0210; L.D.

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

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

MARKETPLACE NEWS: 917 Bay St.,

SUWAN THAI: 1638 Paris Ave., Port

Beaufort; 470-0188; Ice cream and sandwich cafe; B.L.

MARYLAND FRIED CHICKEN: 111 Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 524-8766; L.D.

MEDICAL PARK DELI: 968 Ribaut Road, Beaufort; 379-0174; B.L.

MOONDOGGIES CAFE: 930 10th St.,

Royal; 379-8383; Thai cuisine; L.D.

SUZARA’S KITCHEN: Newcastle Square, Beaufort; 379-2160; B, L.

SWEETGRASS: 100 Marine Drive, Dataw Island; 838-2151; L.D.

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

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

UPPER CRUST: 97 Sea Island Parkway,

PALM & MOON BAGELS: 221 Scott

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

PANINI’S CAFE: 926 Bay St., Beaufort;

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

L.T.’s HOMECOOKED MEALS: Sea

PAPAYA THAI AND SUSHI: 1001 Boundary St., Suite D, Beaufort; 379-9099; L.D.

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

LADY’S ISLAND COUNTRY CLUB: 139 Francis Marion Circle, Lady’s

PIACE PIZZA: 5-B Market, Habersham,

LA NOPALERA: 1220 Ribaut Road,

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

LOS AMIGOS: 14 Savannah Highway;

PLUMS: 904 1/2 Bay St., Beaufort; 5251946; Sandwiches, seafood, live music;L.D.

LOWCOUNTRY PRODUCE & CAFE: 302 Carteret St.; Beaufort; 322-

Q ON BAY: 822 Bay St., Beaufort; 524-7771; Barbecue, Southern cooking;L.D.

Beaufort; 521-4445; L.D.

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

Island; 522-9700; L.D.

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

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

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LUTHER’S RARE & WELL DONE:

JOHNSON CREEK TAVERN:

KOOKY MOOKY’S: 101 Scott St.,

Parkway, Hamilton Village, Lady’s Island; 524-2662; Japanese steak house; L.D.

SHOOFLY KITCHEN: 1209 Boundary

burgers; 379-8555; L.D.

FRYED GREEN TOMATOES SOUTHERN EATERY & CAFE:

FUJI RESTAURANT: 97 Sea Island

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

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

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

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

SGT. WHITE’S: 1908 Boundary St.;

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

FOOLISH FROG: 846 Sea Island

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

SEA ISLAND PIZZA: 136 Sea Island Pkwy, Beaufort; 522-1212; L.D.

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

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

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

Beaufort; 379-3287; L.D.

Lady’s Island; 521-1999; L.D.

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THEME: MOVIE QUOTES ACROSS 1. Balanced ride 6. Mythical giant bird 9. Iranian monarch 13. Her face “launched a thousand ships” 14. Lawyer group 15. Abu ____, United Arab Emirates 16. It describes the siege of Troy 17. *”Thank you ___, may I have another.”

18. Churns 19. *”I’m ready for my _______.”

21. Whitman’s craft 23. ___-been 24. Italian money 25. An NBA game can never end with this 28. Bumpkin 30. Bald Eagle to Americans, e.g.

35. Party request 37. Crucifix 39. Outburst of firearms 40. One who employs something 41. “Revolutionary Road” novelist 43. In the near future 44. Mortise and _____ joint 46. Corpulent President 47. Youngster 48. The Terminator, e.g.

50. Whiskey grain, pl.

52. Laurie Partridge actress 53. ____ Piper 55. Tote 57. Team spirit 60. *”What we’ve got here is _______ to communicate.”

64. Shariah-approved meat 65. What Salinger’s catcher was in 67. Weighed 68. One of three hipbones 69. Charged particle 70. Bornean ape 71. It preceded the violin 72. Defensive ___ in football 73. 4 x 4 race, e.g.

DOWN 1. Elegant and stylish 2. Holler 3. Greek muse of history 4. Fido’s restraint 5. Make lovable 6. Wood file 7. *”Help me ___-Wan Kenobi” 8. Plural of “carpus” 9. Heard round the world?

10. *”Give me down to there ___.

Shoulder length or longer” 11. Competently 12. ___ and her towels 15. *”The stuff that ______ are made of.”

20. Shylock’s line of work 22. Metal-bearing mineral 24. Olga Korbut’s outfit 25. *”You can’t handle the _____!”

26. Nisei’s parent 27. Movie premiere, e.g.

29. *”You’re gonna need a bigger ____.”

31. Cat-headed Egyptian goddess 32. Silent film comedian Harold _____ 33. Call forth 34. *”Show me the _____!”

36. High school ball 38. Confront 42. Ancient stone slab with markings 45. *”I love the smell of ______ in the morning.”

49. Zip 51. Bachelor on “The Bachelorette,” e.g.

54. Suggestive of the supernatural 56. Sunlight distraction 57. a.k.a. French Sudan 58. Medley 59. Ralph in Spanish 60. Manage without help 61. Eurasian mountain range 62. Actress Sofer 63. Trend-setting 64. Human immunodeficiency virus 66. Old-fashioned “far”

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pets

Learn about canine behavior with Tracie Korol

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Is greener grass worth the risk?

long time ago, when I was a new first homeowner, I had a lawn service treat my yard. It seemed the home-ownerly thing to do.

My grass was lush, green; there were no weeds. And then Dave, my 35-pound brown dog, developed a lump on one of his rear paws. The vet couldn’t identify it any farther than “Hmm, it’s a lump,” gave me some cream to rub on it and it eventually went away. Then Dave started to itch all over and I stopped caring about my grass.

According to the National Pollutants Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), homeowners tend an estimated 40 million acres of turf (Environmental Science and Technology, 2005). If classified as a crop, lawns would rank as the fifth largest in the country after corn, soybeans, wheat, and hay (USDA, 1992). Fertilizers applied to lawns are roughly equivalent to the application rates for row crops (Barth, 1995). Our (treated) lawns receive an estimated five to seven pounds of chemicals per acre annually (Schueler, 1995).

Yikes! Pair those heady statistics with the study presented in the January 2012 issue of the journal Environmental Research that concluded that exposure to professionally applied lawn chemicals was associated with a significantly (70%) higher risk of canine malignant lymphoma. Dogs with serious malignancy were also 170% more likely to come from homes where owners used chemical insecticides. Is greener grass worth the risk? Although most lawn care companies will try to convince you that their products are safe for your pets, here are a few things to consider before treating your lawn:

BowWOW!

Facts, observations and musings about Our Best Friends

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

Always wipe your dog’s paws off after walks to remove any residue, and wipe down their fur as well if they have been playing in treated grass.

First, lawn care companies are only obligated to provide information on “Active Ingredients” in their products.

This list of active ingredients often leaves out the many “Inert Ingredients” that are also found in the treatment products, many of which are known carcinogens or have documented health risks associated with them. One chemical that is often considered an inert ingredient is 2, 4-D, the focus of the Transitional Cell Carcinoma study.

If you are curious about the information that these companies are willing to share, I encourage you to contact them for more detailed information about the full chemical content of their lawn care products so you can evaluate their safety for yourself. You may be surprised at how reluctant they are to share this information with you — if they do at all.

Secondly, dogs are not people, and generally speaking, lawn care companies are concerned with how their products may affect people. Dogs are at greater risk of exposure and potential side effects

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from lawn care chemicals because: • Dogs do not wear clothing, as a rule, and they are low to the ground.

Chemicals get on fur and are more easily absorbed into the skin.

• Dogs do not wear shoes, either.

Chemicals are absorbed through the paw pads and are then tracked into your home. They will be ingested when dogs lick their paws, as they often do. (And, let’s not forget our cat friends, either.)

• Dogs don’t just walk on the grass, they roll in it, lay in it, sniff around in

it and dig in it — all opportunities to inhale, ingest and absorb more toxins than the average human would.

• Also, it’s not uncommon for dogs to eat grass while out in the yard, either intentionally or as part of all of the grunge they chew on while outside.

Ways to Reduce Your Dog’s Risk While there is no way to guarantee that your dog will not develop cancer, there are some proactive things you can do to reduce their risks — especially when it comes to lawn care chemicals.

• Use only natural lawn care products in your yard. Examples are using corn gluten meal as a natural weed killer and fertilizer, or diatomaceous earth and boric acid for pest control. Reducing exposure is the best way to prevent potential side effects.

• Be aware of ALL the environments in which your dog may be exposed to lawn chemicals. Even if you don’t use them in your yard, consider yards you pass when going on walks, the parks where you and your dog play, and other public areas that may be treated.

• Always wipe your dog’s paws off after walks to remove any residue, and wipe down their fur as well if they have been out playing in treated grass.

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

what to do Pickled on the Porch tradition continues

Pickled on the Porch: A summer tradition continues Thursday, May 24, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 309 Federal St. A benefit to support the programs of USCB Center of the Arts, Beaufort Children’s Theatre and Beaufort Theatre Company. Presentations from “The MET Opera: Live in HD” and “Emerging Pictures: Indie Films.”

Beaufort author will hold book signing

Beaufort author Kim Poovey will be signing copies of her book“Truer Words” on Saturday, May 26, from noon to 4 p.m. at McIntosh Books, 917 Bay Street, at the Old Bay Market Place in downtown Beaufort. Kim Poovey is a writer and storyteller living in Beaufort. She is also a psychologist at Laurel Bay Elementary.

“Truer Words” is a novel about Emma Victoria Brown, a young woman born and raised in the Lowcountry during the Victorian era. Call 843-524-1119 for more information.

Session helps identify, manage household pests

The Clemson Cooperative Extension Services will host two sessions on “Identifying and Managing Household Pests.” The sessions will be held on Wednesday, May 30, at the Beaufort County Library, 311 Scott Street, beginning at 10 a.m. Doctor Eric Benson, Clemson University Cooperative Extension Entomologist, will share his expertise on the emerging bedbugs, and the Formosan and Subterranean termites. Please call the Beaufort Cooperative Extension Office at 843255-6060, extension 114 to register.

Audition for ‘Who Knew Talent Revue’

USCB Center for the Arts invites you to audition for the “Who Knew Talent Revue” on Wednesday, May 30. If you love to sing, dance, or play in band, we have a great opportunity for you or your band to be on stage. All you have to do is call is 521-4145 to schedule your audition time. Specific auditions are as follows: Vocalists, 5:30 p.m.; Dancers, bands, etc., 8:30 p.m. Non returnable photo and resume helpful if available.

Limited to ages 16 and older.

Sheriff ’s Office has golf tourney at Parris Island

Sheriff ’s Office Spring golf tournament The Beaufort County Sheriff ’s Office is holding its Spring 2012 Golf Tournament at the Legends at Parris Island Golf Course on Friday, June 1, to raise money for its annual Appreciation Dinner. The dinner is to thank our deputies, administrative staff and volunteers for their service throughout the year. We would appreciate your support of this worthwhile event in the form of donations of rounds of golf, golf equipment, gift certificates or other items to be given away as prizes. Your company could also sponsor snacks or beverages or by sponsoring a team of

Plaza Stadium Theater Fri. 5/25 - Thurs. 5/31 Battleship “PG13” Showing DAILY 1:30-4:15-7:00-9:35 Men In Black 3 “PG13” Showing DAILY 1:30-4:15-7:00-9:15 Avengers A “PG13” Showing DAILY 1:30-4:15-7:00-9:35 Dark Shadows “PG13” Showing DAILY 1:40-4:00-7:05-9:15 What To Expect When You’re Expecting “PG13” Showing DAILY 1:40-4:00-7:05-9:15 41 Robert Smalls Pkwy, Beaufort (843) 986-5806

four deputies to play in the tournament.

To support the Sheriff ’s Office or to sponsor the tournament, contact Brian Baird at 255-3405 or brianb@bcgov.net.

Author of ‘The Treasure Train’ to sign books

Rob Young, author of “The Treasure Train,” will be signing copies of his book on Saturday, June 2 from 12-3 p.m. at McIntosh Book Shoppe in the Old Bay Market Place at 917 Bay Street. Mr. Young is a former mayor of Augusta, Ga., and an award-winning documentary writer and producer. “The Treasure Train” is a “riveting account of love, loss and redemption in the closing days of the Civil War.” For more information, call 524-1119.

Fellowship Concert Choir has spring show

Event: Fellowship Concert Choir (FCC) Annual Spring Concert Description: Fellowship Concert Choir (FCC) will present its Spring Concert with familiar spirituals and gospel songs.

Time and date: 6 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at Union Baptist Church, Port Royal.

Price: Free to the Public Contact information: (843) 812-6111.

Christopher Paul releases new album

Christopher Paul, local entertainer and recording artist, releases a new album at a free concert on June 2 at 7 p.m. called “Beyond This Place.” On Saturday, June 2, from 7-9 p.m. at Seaside Vineyard, Christopher Paul’s CD release party will feature free hors d’oeuvres and a performance by the entertainer. Seaside Vineyard Fellowship is located at 100 Sea Island Parkway, Lady’s Island.

Space is limited and reservations must be made at www.cpaul.com.

of the Lowcountry will tee off at 9 a.m. on June 2 at the Ocean Creek Golf Course, Fripp Island. This years Title sponsor is Summit Place of Beaufort offering 5-star Senior Living. The tournament benefactor is Alzheimer’s Research and Patient Care and The CART Fund (Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust).

Cost of the tournament is $85 per person in advance, and the fee includes: golf, cart, beverages, prizes, goody bag and lunch. Tournament format is fourman captain’s choice. Contests include: $20,000 Hole-in-one chance, longest drive, closest to the pin, putting contest before the tournament and team prizes.

Call 843-476-9872 to register.

Learn more about Parkinson’s Disease

More than one million Americans suffer from Parkinson’s Disease, a progressive neurological disease. We invite you to learn more about Parkinson’s at a support group meeting on Thursday, June 7, at 1:30 p.m. at Helena House in Port Royal. The featured speaker will be Adrienne O’Neill, the South Carolina State Director of the Parkinson’s Action Network. The Beaufort Parkinson’s Support Group meetings are always held on the first Thursday of the month at Helena House. They are free and open to the public. For information or to arrange transportation, contact Rose Ewing or Eric Fennell at Helena House at (843) 982-0233.

Habitat holds High on the Hog BBQ Festival

Join us for Habitat for Humanity’s High on the Hog BBQ Festival at Whitehall Plantation on Lady’s Island, sponsored

by Piggly Wiggly. Friday, June 8, from 5-9 p.m. will be “Everything Lowcountry,” best of Lowcountry cooking, sponsored

by Sea Eagle Market, entertainment by Chris Holly. Saturday, June 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. will be “High on the Hog BBQ Competition” for the best butts and smokin’ ribs in Beaufort. Entertainment and kids activities all day. Tickets for Friday are $10, Saturday, $12, or both days for $20. Get tickets at the Habitat for Humanity ReSale Store, online at www. highonthehog.info, or on site.

Golf tournament to benefit USC athletes

Beaufort County Gamecock Classic Golf Tournament, sponsored by DuPriest Construction Co., will be held on Saturday, June 9, at 9 a.m. at the Sanctuary Golf Club at Cat Island.

Proceeds will benefit USC Scholarship Athletes. This is a four person scramble, Captain’s Choice format. Entry fee of $100 per player includes a green fee & golf cart, gift bag, awards lunch, beverages (on course), and hole contests and prizes. If you would like to play or get a team together, please call Linda McCarty at 843-521-1445 or send to Beaufort County Gamecock Club, 2 Carolina Lane, Beaufort, SC 29907.

Naturalist Bouknight Rotary holds Memory speaks to photo club Links Golf Tournament Naturalist and photographer The 8th Annual Memory Links Golf Tournament hosted by the Rotary Club

Marvin Bouknight will speak at the Photography Club of Beaufort on

June 11. Using his outstanding images and knowledge of our environment, Marvin will inspire photographers how to become part of nature as they try to capture the flora and fauna of the Lowcountry through their lenses.

Currently the naturalist at Oldfield and with a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Management from Clemson, Marvin has worked in this field for more than 20 years. His company, Nature Nook LLC provides wildlife management and interpretive consultation, stock photography, seminars, workshops and training. He is the author of “South Carolina Lowcountry...Naturally”, a photographic and interpretive tour though the beauty and diversity of our area. Teaming up with award winning photographer, Eric Horan, they offer photo “safaris” to locations around South Carolina, Florida and Texas The Photography Club meets at 7 p.m. at ArtWorks, on Boundary Street. Marvin will be available for a book signing a half hour prior to the meeting. The public is invited to attend. Free admission. For more information, contact Rebecca Bass, president, rwbass@embarqmail.com.

Summer art programs offered at ARTworks

ARTworks presents two summer art programs for children.

• Three weeks of Summer Art Blast with CJ Norwood, June 25-July 20.

Children ages 6-14 will experience the beauty and techniques of: Acrylic paint and collage; art journaling and bookmaking; and drawing from nature.

Space is limited, so sign up by calling 843-379-2787 or email cjane8163@ yahoo.com. $110 per one week session, limited 50% scholarships available.

• Four weeks of Theater Summer Camp with Heather Denardo, June 11- July 13. Children ages 6-16 can experience the drama of performance skills, Lowcountry tails, theatrical design, and puppets. Call 843-379-2787 or e-mail heather.denardo@yahoo.com to sign your child up today. $110 per one week session, limited 50% scholarships available. ARTworks is located in Beaufort Town Center, 2127 Boundary Street, www.artworksinbeaufort.org.

• Clay on Thursdays at ARTworks with Trevor Foster. Learn basic techniques or refine your skills and explore new techniques. June 14-July 26: handbuilding 10 a.m.-noon, and wheelthrown from 1:15 to 3:15 p.m., or 6 to 8 p.m. Glazes and firing are included: $125 plus $25 per 25 pounds of clay. Meet the artist-instructor on Friday, June 8, 5-7 p.m. in the gallery at ARTworks in Beaufort Town Center. To register: thealligatorhunter@hotmail. com, or call 803-707-5961.

• Learn to create fused glass with Greg Rawls: Thursday June 14, 6 to 9 p.m., $75. You will learn how to cut glass and assemble it into an artistic pattern that will be fused into an 8” square sushi dish that you can take home and use.

We will discuss different types of glass, safety, the science of glass fusing and the amazing potential of fused glass.

Contact greg.rawls@hargray.com or go to www.artworksinbeaufort.org for more information. ARTworks is at 2127 Boundary Street in Beaufort.

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Dr. Jill C. Blau 3 Celadon Drive, Suite A Beaufort, SC 29907 Phone: 843-379-9913 Fax: 843-379-9914 islandpodiatry@gmail.com

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antiques

The Collectors Antique Mall

Lime Lite Salon

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

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

INSURANCE

For All Your Insurance Needs

Attorney

Andy Corriveau phone: (843) 524-1717

Christopher J. Geier

Attorney at Law, LLC Criminal Defense & Civil Litigation Located on the corner of Carteret and North Street Office: 843-986-9449 Fax: 843-986-9450 geierlaw@gmail.com http://geierlaw.com

For All Your Insurance Needs Amy Bowman phone: (843) 524-7531

LAWN CARE Coosaw Landscapes, Inc.

CLEANING SERVICES

Personal care for your yard Chris Newnham 843-694-3634 coosaw.landscapes@gmail.com

Merry Maids

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

Lawn Solutions Jim Colman 843-522-9578

www.lawnsolutions.us Design, Installation, Maintenance

CONSTRUCTION

Chandler Trask Construction

PEST CONTROL

Chandler Trask 843.321.9625 Chandlertraskconstruction@gmail.com ChandlerTraskConstruction.com

PLUMBING

Lohr Plumbing, Inc.

Brett Doran Serving the Lowcountry for over 20 years.

Service, New Construction, and Remodeling.

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property management

Palmetto Shores Property Managment

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

ROOFING

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

All repairs and new additions.

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tree service

Southern Tree Svs. of Bft., Inc. Ronnie Reiselt, Jr. P.O. Box 2293 Beaufort, SC 29901 843-522-9553 Office 843-522-2925 Fax

technology

Collins Pest Control

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

COUNSELING/PSYCHOTHERAPY

Dawn H Freeman MSW LISW-CP

PEt grooming

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

Furbulas Dog Grooming and Pet Sitting

Brittany Riedmayer 843-476-2989 • 843-522-3047 furbulasdoggrooming@hotmail.com • Member of National Dog Groomers Association of America.

• Change your dog from Fabulous to Furbulas with a personal touch.

DENTISTs

Net Solutions Technology Center, LLC Technology solutions for business or home. www.easierway.com 843-525-6469 Phone 843-521-0955 Fax 38 A-B Sams Point Road, Beaufort, SC 29907

websites

Beaufort Mobile Website Design Paul Richardson 843-441-8213

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Palmetto Smiles

Jennifer Wallace, DMD 843-524-7645 palmettosmilesofbeaufort.com

driving lessons

First Step Driver Training, LLC

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weekend scenes from

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WHAT’S INSIDE?

AROUNDTOWN prOFILE

Beverly Porter is a true friend to our community. see page 9

happY wINOs

ABOVE: The Bands, Brews & BBQ event served up barbecue at its annual fundraiser in Port Royal. See page 14.

BELOW: ARTworks holds “Re-Nude” exhibit and fundraiser. See story, page 10.

Let’s have some wine for breakfast. see page 15

FOOD

Irish recording artist Harry O’Donoghue entertains the crowd with traditional Irish folk music last Saturday during the fifth annual Beaufort Irish Festival.

Photo by Bob Sofaly. See more about the Irish Fest, pages 12-13.

Lunch Bunch goes to Habersham for Piace Pizza. see page 24 INDEX

T.I.N. Favorites contest continues In case you didn’t already know, The Island News wants to find out what you like best about Beaufort by voting for at least 10 businesses or community leaders you consider to be your favorite. It’s fun and easy!

Simply go our website at www.yourislandnews.com, look at the categories, then choose your favs. Once the votes are counted from the 127 categories, we’ll announce the winners later in March. You have only until midnight on Sunday, March 11, to cast your votes for T.I.N. Favorites. Show support and make your votes heard!

WINNERS SAY CHECKMATE

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wo Beaufort students take home wins during a recent South Carolina chess tournament. Beaufort Academy third grader Kevin Rogers won the K-3 state title while BA kindergartner Whit Suber won Kindergarten State Champion.

This is the third straight year a BA chess team player has won this title. Beaufort Academy Chess Coach Darrin Rogers said, “The team is playing phenomenal chess.” The chess team will be tested in May when they attend the K-6 national chess tournament in Tennessee.

Pictured at right is Whit Suber; far right is Kevin Rogers.

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