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Beth Israel Cemetery in downtown Beaufort desecrated with graffiti
This gravestone at the Beth Israel Cemetery on Bladen Street is in the process of being cleaned. Submitted photo.
By Mindy Lucas Several headstones in an historic Jewish cemetery in downtown Beaufort have been defaced with graffiti, police reports show. The graffiti, discovered at the Beth Israel Cemetery on Bladen Street, was reported to the Beaufort Police Department on Monday, April 27, according to a report released by the department. An officer with the depart-
ment responding to a call about the vandalism found the name “Jesus” and a heart symbol etched on the backs of at least seven headstones. The markings were found on six headstones belonging to one family, and a seventh headstone belonging to a second family. According to the individual who made the call to the police, the cemetery had been cleaned two weeks before the
incident and the marks were not there then, the person told the officer. The caller had gone to the cemetery to check on lawn work when the graffiti was discovered. “We are saddened by this incident in our cemetery, or on any sacred property,” President of the Beth Israel Synagogue Barbara Mark said in an email. Mark went on to thank the Beaufort community for its support and said the
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thoughts are appreciated. The one-block cemetery was purchased by the congregation in 1908, Mark said. The cost to repair all seven of the damaged headstones could cost upward of $2,000 or more, the caller told the officer. A permanent marker found behind a nearby bird bath has been submitted for fingerprint testing, the report stated.
Water Festival canceled for 2020
From staff reports The Beaufort Water Festival Board of Directors released a letter the community on Tuesday announcing there would be no Beaufort Water Festival this summer as a result of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus outbreak. The event was originally scheduled for July 17 through 26, 2020. Instead of this year, the 65th annual event will take place in July 2021. Here’s a copy of the board’s letter to the community: To Beaufort and the Lowcountry Community, Our Water Festival crew has spent many months planning the 65th Annual Beaufort Water Festival for July 2020. Paramount to our planning has been the current status of COVID-19 and the health precautions needed to maintain a safe environment. Our organization has three driving factors: the community, partnerships, and volunteers. The relationships among these elements are what makes the Annual Beaufort Water Festival a leading, time-honored tradition throughout the southeast. Considering the recommendations from the Center
CHASING THE WIND
Fripp Island firefighter McHone works as a storm chaser By Mike McCombs In mid-April, when a group of deadly storms cut a swath across South Carolina, killing nine and wreaking havoc in Hampton and Colleton counties along the way, Port Royal’s Benjamin McHone had a front row seat to the preview.
In Mississippi. A part-time firefighter on Fripp Island, McHone is also a storm chaser. “About a week out, you can get a relatively accurate forecast using models, so we were forecasting a significant severe weather outbreak – the Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina path,” McHone said. “We knew prominent daytime tornadoes would be in Mississippi, and our target, my target was Tupelo. But we ended up making it down south where
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Suspect identified in shooting of jogger
Above: One of five Go-Pro cameras attached to Benjamin McHone’s Chevrolet Suburban in which he chases storms. Main photo: Storm chaser Benjamin McHone of Port Royal said he will be leaving soon to go to the midwest and chase more tornadoes. Photos by Bob Sofaly.
By Mindy Lucas A man who was arrested in connection with an attack on a woman in North Charleston, has been identified as the alleged shooter of a 72-yearold woman out jogging in a Beaufort neighborhood on April 22, police say. Isaiah Clay- Isaiah ton Perdue, Perdue 23, of North Charleston, was arrested on April 23, the day after the Beaufort shooting, according
Outdoor dining again an option By Mike McCombs Monday was the first day restaurants in South Carolina were allowed to open to outside dining after more than a month of curbside and take-out only and several spots around Beaufort took advantage. The deck was busy at Panini’s on the Waterfront during lunchtime. “We’re fortunate to have
WHO IS OPEN? A good way to find out what Beaufort-area restaurants are offering outdoor dining, as well as their hours and menus offered, is to visit the Facebook group Beaufort SC AREA Curbside, To-Go & Delivery.
as many seats as we do outside. We were ready for it,” Panini’s owner Paul Thomp-
son. “People were well-behaved with no issues, and the staff was fully up on all the safety precautions. It was a good pace. Nobody got out of control.” Next door at Hemingway’s Bistro, owner Kanani Robinson, with Thompson’s help, was still making sandwiches plates early into the
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Restaurants opened their outdoor seating for lunch Monday in Beaufort. Here, the Maddox family of Beaufort enjoys a day out of quarantine to have lunch at Panini’s. The response from all seated was, “We love it.” Photo by Bob Sofaly.
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Charleston woman killed in alligator attack A 58-year-old woman was killed in an alligator attack on Kiawah Island in Charleston on Friday, May 1. The woman has been identified as Cynthia Covert of Johns Island, according to the (Charleston) Post and Courier. The death is the third such fatality involving an alligator attack in South Carolina since the state started keeping records in 1976, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, including a 2018 fatality of a 45-year-old woman who was killed in Sea Pines on Hilton Head Island. – Mindy Lucas
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to a statement issued by the Beaufort Police Department. In that incident, Perdue allegedly attacked and seriously injured a woman with a machete before fleeing from a North Charleston motel. The Beaufort victim, who has not been identified, was jogging on Lafayette Street, in the Pigeon Point neighborhood the day before the North Charleston incident, when she was shot. According to witnesses, the suspect drove up, stopped in front of the victim, got out on the driver’s side of the car, and then fired a number of shots at her with a handgun. Investigators were able to obtain an image of the suspect’s vehicle from surveillance footage, a 2010 Nissan Versa spotted fleeing the scene. They were also able to obtain a partial number from the car’s S.C. license tag.
Using a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division database, investigators narrowed the search to Perdue. Beaufort investigators, with the assistance of the North Charleston Police Department and the Charleston field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives, executed a search warrant on Perdue’s North Charleston apartment and 2010 Nissan Versa, which had the same damage as seen in the Beaufort surveillance footage, the release stated. In addition, investigators recovered evidence from the vehicle that established Perdue’s presence in Beaufort the day of the shooting. They also recovered a firearm of the same caliber used in the shooting and ammunition matching the same brand and caliber used in the shooting, the release stated. No charges had been made as of press time, Tuesday, May 5, in connection with the Beaufort incident,
but warrants for possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime and attempted murder have been obtained for Perdue in connection to the shooting. Perdue is being held at a detention center in Charleston. He has declined to speak with investigators. Currently, there are no known connections between Perdue and the victim, the release said. The victim was struck at least once in the shooting, an earlier statement issued by the department said. She was taken to Beaufort Memorial Hospital at the time of the incident, where she was stabilized before being flown to the Medical University of South Carolina. While the suspect has been identified, police say the incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information about this case or the suspect is asked to call Investigator Josh Dowling, at 843-322-7950, department’s Anonymous Tip Line at 843-322-7938.
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Search suspended for missing diver in Port Royal Sound By Mindy Lucas The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing scuba diver last seen diving off Hilton Head Island in Port Royal Sound, officials say. The missing man was identified as Alan Devier, 49, of North Charleston, according to a news release issued Sunday, May 3, by the United States Coast Guard. First responders and volunteers with a number of agencies searched more than 7,589 square miles but were unable to locate Devier, who was first
reported missing on Tuesday, April 28. “Working alongside state and local agencies as well as numerous volunteers, we have searched aggressively since Tuesday evening,” Capt. John Reed, Commander of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Charleston, said. “Despite that effort, we have been unable to locate Alan. It is with a heavy heart that I have suspended our active search for him. The Devier family remains in my thoughts and prayers,”
he said. Devier and another diver were reported missing in another incident in mid-March, said Lt. j.g. Phillip Vanderweit, with U.S. Coast Guard Sector Charleston. The two divers had been known to hunt for fossils and sharks’ teeth in Port Royal Sound before, according to local reports. In that incident, the two divers were reported missing off the coast of Hilton Head Island on Thursday, March 12, but were found alive on
Friday, March 13. In this most recent incident, the Coast Guard received notification that Devier was missing on Tuesday, April 28, after a call to the agency was made from Beaufort County Dispatch requesting a helicopter to assist in the search. Devier began diving around 3 to 3:30 p.m. and was the only person in the water while another individual waited in a boat, Vanderweit said. He was reported missing later that day, around 6 p.m., about three miles off shore near the
entrance of Port Royal Sound. “We immediately launched our resources including small crafts and helicopters,” Vanderweit said. The Coast Guard also deployed the Coast Guard Cutter Pompano, an 87-foot patrol boat based at Tybee Island to assist in the search. The search continued through the week before it was suspended on Sunday. While Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston served as the lead agency in the search, other agencies that assisted
in the search included: the Coast Guard Air Station Savannah, Coast Guard Station Tybee Island, Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Tybee Island, Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Coast Guard Cutter Pompano, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, Beaufort County Marine Rescue Squadron, S.C. Department of Natural Resources, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Fripp Island Fire and Rescue and Parris Island Fire and Emergency Services.
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The Henry Robinson Boardwalk and The Sands Beach reopened to the public at noon on Tuesday, April 24 in Port Royal. Not too soon for Shelby King, left, and fishing partner Doug Boeres. The two were all smiles as they made their way down the boardwalk to get in a little fishing.
The Sands Beach and Henry Robinson Boardwalk in Port Royal re-opened Tuesday, April 24, although coolers and chairs were prohibited, according to Van Willis, Port Royal town manager. Photos by Bob Sofaly.
This woman seems to be tangled in a forest of boat trailers while taking a walk near the boat ramp Tuesday following the opening of The Sands Beach in Port Royal.
Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry receives $10,000 grant From staff reports Since South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster’s mandate on March 23, the Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry’s facility has been closed to member use to focus solely on new community needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. These needs included operating a grab-and-go community meal program and Emergency Personnel Kids Camp. Now, Bank of America Merrill, a long-time YMCA supporter, is assisting the Y in providing these basic needs by generously provid-
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ing a $10,000 grant to help with a portion of the operating costs of these programs at this unprecedented time. These included providing childcare for medical professionals and first responders so they need not worry if their children are in a safe place, as they care for our Beaufort-area neighbors affected by the Coronavirus. In addition, to providing this Emergency Personnel Kids Camp, the Y is also operating a grab-and-go community meal program for local students age 18 and younger in conjunction with the Beaufort Count School
District. “We truly appreciate the Bank of America Charitable Foundation and Merrill for their donation to the Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry,” YMCA Executive Branch Director Kaylin Garst said. “With their support, we were able to quickly respond to these immediate needs in our local community, even in the midst of this pandemic. These programs not only strengthen our community when we need it most, but they shine a light on the critical work the Y does when we receive support from terrific partners like Bank of Ameri-
ca Merrill.” “As we collectively navigate this health and humanitarian crisis, we recognize that the private sector can play a pivotal role to help communities in need like Beaufort,”Mark Munn, Charleston/Hilton Head Market President for Bank of America, said. “The Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry is the perfect partner for these efforts because of their work to provide relief directly to the community through needed meals and child care for front-line personnel.” The Grab-And-Go Meal
Program, open to the entire community, is located in the parking lot of the Y. Anyone age 18 and younger can receive a full breakfast and lunch, including juice and milk, fom 9 a.m. to noon Monday to Friday. Since the beginning of this service, The Y has provided more than 2,000 meals to the community. Additionally, to ensure that these children have access to books, the Y provides them with free books daily, (all age-appropriate books) to keep. The Emergency Personnel Kids Camp is available for children ages 4 to 12 years
old and takes place from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the Wardle Family YMCA in Port Royal. Extended hours are offered in order to meet the needs of these first responders as they work shifts of more than 10 hours per day. All program participants receive three healthy meals per day during the program. The Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry serves approximately 12,000 individuals annually through programs and services provided in Beaufort and Jasper counties. Learn more at beaufort-jasperymca.org.
of downtime, as well. “I found myself with the time to study severe weather and the forecasting aspect of it,” McHone said. In 2017, he took first trip out west, basing out of Oklahoma City. He traveled wherever the severe weather was and helped out around there. “Some people are forecasters, some are damage surveyors,” McHone said. “I’d like to think of myself as a beginner jack-of-all-trades. I’m learning every single day.”
trooper, if there’s a tornado, we’re going to let him know where it is,” McHone said. “If there’s public hanging around, we’re going to let them know to get inside. We make social media posts so that we can reach a significantly higher number of people.” McHone will also be in touch with the National Weather Service. “We give them information on what’s happening on the ground, things they can’t confirm with radar.” If McHone chases with other people, he is usually designated as the medical car. A trained EMT, McHone carries a lot of medical equipment with him. “If we come up on tornado damage or anybody that’s hurt, obviously, at that point, the chase is completely done,” McHone said. “We’re going to give up on the tornado and assist with the damage and search and rescue.”
Partners in crime McHone’s company is called Tornado Warned. It consists of McHone and his father Michael McHone. When Benjamin is certain they’re going somewhere, he informs Michael McHone, who makes the drive down from Cape Cod. McHone often partners with a group called Tornado Intercept, which has four to five members. He met. the owner, Stephen Jones in 2017 at a gas station in Kansas. Jones is also from the Beaufort area. Lastly, McHone also hooks up with Tim Walsh of the Bluffton Township Fire District. McHone and Jones first worked together last year near Okemah, Okla. Walsh is intently working on “nowcasting” (radar imagery, surface observations, satellite data, assisting with navagation). He was with McHone for the recent Mississippi tornado. McHone, whose company can be found on Facebook under the name tornadowarned, said he would like to expand his company further, beyond just himself and his father, and hopefully, he would like to make it out west, maybe the Oklahoma area. He would, however, also like his organization to move into a nonprofit disaster response role, to accompany chasing tornadoes, blizzards, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc. “If it’s a natural disaster, we would be there to assist with food, water, clothing, necessities,” he said.
The nitty gritty McHone and crew want to be as close as they can get to the storm, within a mile preferably. There they will focus on getting any footage or data they collect, particularly on how the tornado starts, to the National Weather Service, the NOAA, any organization that is science oriented. “Everyone is looking more in depth into tornado genesis because it’s not well understood,” McHone said. And here is where the money comes from – brokering out the footage to news channels. “Most people find a broker, one that specializes in weather, and upload the footage, see if networks want it,” McHone said. “Then they can license out the video to multiple news sources at one time.”
old Ford F-250 diesel crew cab, firmly believes the most dangerous part about storm chasing is the driving. “I just bought this vehicle a month and a half ago, and I already put more than 10,000 miles on it,” said McHone, who may have to total out his vehicle for hail damage. Hail is the wild card weather event most people don’t think about. “You’re dealing with serious hail, hail sizes of a baseball and greater,” McHone said. “There is also the potential there you’ll have to finish a chase with no windshield or missing side windows.” And don’t forget, the tornado is still a factor. “After you get over driving for 30 hours, driving around all over the place, which is incredibly stressful, the tornado can change direction, and now you’re worried about your positioning.”
An abstract job Much like in his job as a firefighter, McHone finds himself doing the opposite of everyone else when the danger is highest. In this case, he’s running toward the storm. What he does when he gets there isn’t always set in stone, though. Part of his job is simply to be a watchdog. “When we go out into the field, we come up on a state
Rubber on the road When people find out he’s a storm chaser, for many of them, their only frame of reference is the movie “Twister.” McHone points out, though, that there’s at least one point where “Twister” fails badly. “One thing that Twister doesn’t portray as well, a lot of times before they get tornadoes, they’re just sitting in a field. And tornadoes just happen to form where they’re sitting at. “But a lot of times, even if you’re in the right area, you’re going to have to drive 100 miles to go and catch up to something,” McHone said. McHone, who just bought a new used 2007 Chevy Suburban to take the place of his
How it feels McHone admits that this can be a dangerous job. He also admits on some level, the people that do this enjoy the danger. It’s why they come back. He said it’s like 10 minutes of pure adrenaline when a large tornado is heading toward you. “It’s audible,” McHone said. “You can hear and feel it completely sucking trees out of the ground. (You’re) feeling the air. Maybe those that were with me, the only way that we can describe the feeling as death.”
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SC sea turtle nesting season has begun at Hunting Island By the S.C. Department of Natural Resources The sea turtle season began locally in Beaufort County on Monday, May 4 when the Friends of Hunting Island Turtle Conservation Team found its first loggerhead turtle nest. For now, beach searches are being done only by day leaders. Volunteer training and volunteer searches will be announced in the near future on the Friends of Hunting Island web page. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) biologists reported the start of sea turtle nesting statewide with a nest laid April 30May 1 on Lighthouse Island. Located within the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, the site of South Carolina’s densest sea turtle nesting, the loggerhead nest was discovered by U.S. Fish and Wildlife sea turtle technician Billy Shaw Friday morning. South Carolina’s official sea turtle nesting season runs from May 1 to Oct. 31 each year, so this year’s season begins right on time after an early start in 2019. Nesting in South Carolina typically starts soon after Georgia’s first nesting report, which occurred on Saturday, April 25. “Staff and volunteers are
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• Report all sick/injured/dead sea turtles and nest disturbances to the SCDNR at 1-800-922-5431 so that staff/volunteers can respond as soon as possible. • Respect boating laws and boat cautiously, especially in small tidal creeks where sea turtles like to feed. Boat strikes have emerged as the leading cause of death for sea turtles in South Carolina. • Keep artificial lights off the beach at night during nesting season – this includes beachfront property lights and flash photography, which can disorient nesting mothers and hatchlings. • Always respect sea turtles by observing them from a distance on the beach. Individuals that violate federal law by harming or interfering with sea turtles or their nests can be subject to civil penalties of up to $25,000 and up to a year’s imprisonment. • Keep beaches and oceans clean by avoiding single-use plastics. Plastic bags and balloons are among the most common trash items found on South Carolina beaches and can cause injury or death when sea turtles mistake them for food. • Promote and support programs for continued conservation of sea turtles in South Carolina
Sea turtle tracks mark the beack at Hunting Island State Park. Photo by Friends of Hunting Island. very excited to celebrate the official opening of sea turtle season,” Michelle Pate, SCDNR sea turtle biologist, said in a release. “This year has been an especially difficult one for all of us globally, and we welcome the seasonal return of these ancient creatures back to South Carolina's nesting beaches.” Pate added that she expects a productive season, though not reaching the level of nesting seen in 2019. In 2019, South Carolina celebrated a record-breaking season in which sea turtles
laid the greatest number of nests ever recorded in a season. Volunteers and biologists counted 8,802 nests in South Carolina, which represented a 37 percent increase over the previous record set in 2016. Last season also followed an unusually low year in 2018, in which only 2,767 nests were counted due to cyclical nesting patterns. Because nesting exacts a high energy toll on the large reptiles, female sea turtles do not come ashore to lay eggs every year. This pattern results in nesting fluc-
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evening while the patio was as full as it could legally be. “It was mostly all locals who are ready to come back out,” Robinson said after her supply of sandwiches had finally been exhausted. “The way I look at it, if they’re not too scared to come out, I’ll be here for them.” Hemingway’s wouldn’t normally serve food outside of the lunch hour, but the popular hangout didn’t stay open to serve take-out and Robinson decided it was time after being
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tuations from year to year, but as a whole, sea turtle nest numbers across the Southeast have trended up over the past decade. This makes biologists across the region optimistic that these threatened reptiles are beginning to recover after several decades of conservation efforts. The ongoing COVID-19 global health crisis is expected to reshape sea turtle nest protection efforts this year. Typically, more than 1,300 volunteers from 30 different nest protection programs
closed for 47 days. Robinson said the bar got a much-needed face lift. “It was much-needed,” she said. “In 25 years, this place had never been closed longer than a week.” McMaster’s guidelines for outdoor dining included: • tables, chairs, and seats should be cleaned/sanitized after every customer; • space tables a minimum of 8 feet apart (measured from all edges of the table); • limit table groups to eight individuals; • eliminate gatherings in the building when entering or exiting outdoor seating area;
spend the summer months patrolling South Carolina’s beaches each morning for crawls, the telltale tracks left by a female sea turtle as it trundles ashore. Volunteers and biologists meticulously identify, count, and protect these nests throughout the season until they hatch, after which time nests are inventoried to collect additional data. Due to current guidelines meant to safeguard employee and community safety, the volunteer network has been restricted
A masked waitress takes lunch orders at Panini’s. Restaurants in Beaufort opened for outdoor lunches on Monday. Photo by Bob Sofaly. • maintain strict social/physical distancing guidelines; • open areas and temporary tents must have all sides of
until beaches across the state fully reopen and state employees are permitted to fully return to the field. Four sea turtle species nest on South Carolina beaches: loggerheads, greens, Kemp’s ridleys, and leatherbacks. Loggerhead nests comprise the vast majority of the state’s total number each year, but 2019 saw 20 green sea turtle nests and one Kemp’s ridley nest (only the fourth in the state’s history). All four sea turtle species are classified as endangered or threatened and are protected under the Endangered Species Act, in addition to local and state ordinances. Sea turtle clutches average 120 eggs and hatch after approximately 60 days. Nesting females may remain in South Carolina waters and continue to nest every two weeks, laying up to six nests per season. Throughout this stressful time, the turtles also abstain from eating. South Carolina beachgoers can help the state’s sea turtles by keeping beaches clean, turning beachfront lights out to avoid disorienting turtles, and giving all sea turtles and nests a wide and respectful berth when encountered on the beach. the tent open; • there must be a state approved fire extinguisher within 75 feet of any tent area; • there must be a minimum 7-foot, 6-inch headroom (ceiling height) in any tent area. The Governor’s full list of guidelines for outdoor dining can be found at governor.sc.gov. “It’s going to be interesting over the next couple of weeks,” Thompson said. “We’re very fortunate, we’re going to come out of this OK, we were prepared for it. “But there’s going to be a lot of struggle, a lot of hurt. Not just restaurants. We’re going to lose too many businesses.”
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Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the IRS has extended the tax filing deadline to Wednesday, July 15. Due to current social distancing guidelines in place related to the pandemic, the IRS has approved a 100 percent secure virtual process that allows trained Lowcountry VITA volunteers to offer free tax preparation services directly to clients in the safety of their home. In collaboration with the Beaufort County Human Services Alliance, United Way of the Lowcountry, Inc.,
free tax preparation to those who qualify, remains available through a combination of a secure teleconferencing web portal and by telephone. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free tax help to persons generally earning $54,000 annually or less, differently-abled persons, persons 60 and older, and limited English-speaking persons. To volunteer or obtain more information, visit www.vitalowcountry. org or call 843-321-9071.
Marines conducting live-fire training
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island will be conducting extend-
ed live-fire training from 6 a.m. until 2 a.m. May 13-14. The marsh and waterways in the range impact area to include Archers Creek, Ribbon Creek, and Edding Creek will be closed to boater traffic. For questions regarding firing times and waterway closures, please contact the Weapons and Field Training Battalion Range Control at 843-228-3170.
McMaster announces appointments to Election Commission
Governor Henry McMaster announced two appointments to the State Election Commission on
Thursday, April 30. The appointments fill two vacant seats on the five member commission. Mrs. Linda McCall will fill Seat 3, which was previously occupied by Mr. Harold Faust, who died earlier this year. She will complete Mr. Faust’s term ending on Sept. 15. Mrs. McCall, 63, is retired and most recently worked in the office of Congressman Mick Mulvaney from 2011-2017. Ms. JoAnne Day will fill Seat 1, which was previously occupied by Mrs. Amanda Loveday, who resigned late last year. She will complete Mrs. Loveday’s term ending on Sept. 15, 2022. Ms. Day, 74, is retired and most recently worked for the IBM Corporation as a managing
consultant from 1998 to 2009.
County electronics recycling event rescheduled
The Beaufort County Solid Waste and Recycling Department’s free electronics recycling event originally scheduled for Saturday, May 16, at the Beaufort and Bluffton Public Works sites, has been rescheduled for Saturday, June 20, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. A reminder release will be sent closer to the new date. For more information, contact the Solid Waste and Recycling Section visit www.beaufortcountysc.gov/recycle or 843-255-2736.
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Battery Creek hires Ashe as head football coach By Justin Jarrett LowcoSports.com Battery Creek didn’t have to look far to find its new football coach, as the Dolphins announced Friday that former Beaufort High assistant Terrance Ashe will take the reins next season. Ashe came to the Lowco in 2019 to serve as the co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Beaufort High. His coaching career stretches back to 2012 and
includes a six-year stint at River Bluff High School from 2013-18, during which he served in Terrance a variety of Ashe roles, including junior varsity head coach (2014), quarterbacks coach (2015), and offensive coordinator (2015-17). He also was the head track coach at Holy Spirit Prep in 2013 and head
softball coach at River Bluff from 2015-18. “When we look for coaches, we look for someone who is going to not just coach a team, but build a program,” Battery Creek AD Sarah Hayes said. “Coach Ashe is the right person because he has the leadership qualities to do just that. He has the drive and determination to take the Battery Creek football program to the next level.” The Dolphins were close
to turning the corner under Walter Wilson, who guided them to a 4-6 mark and a playoff spot in his first season in 2017 but couldn’t sustain the success. Battery Creek has not finished .500 since going 6-6 under Jim Shuman in 2012, which was also the last time the Dolphins won a playoff game. With that said, the Dolphins’ nine wins over the past three seasons are their most in a three-year span since
winning 11 from 2013-15. Ashe said he recognizes the challenge ahead of him and is grateful for the opportunity to put his stamp on the program. “The vision that our principal, Mr. Chad Cox, and our AD, Coach Sarah Hayes, have established for Battery Creek is one of excellence,” Ashe said. “I am excited and proud to be a Dolphin. Greatness is upon Creek Nation, and the Creek will rise!”
Ashe is a South Carolina native and was a football and baseball standout at Cheraw High School, where he graduated in 2005 before attending Clemson. He walked on to the football team and later earned a scholarship and contributed to the Tigers’ ACC division title in 2009. He is working to complete his master’s in sport management and will join the Social Studies department at Battery Creek.
Crowds flock to newly re-opened Hunting Island Beach
Many of the roads in Hunting Island State Park remain under several inches of fresh rainwater. Here, the entrance into the park remains under four inches of water easily negotiated. Because of deeper water elsewhere in the park, traffic has been rerouted to the beach and is well marked.
Hunting Island State Park officially opened for business Friday, May 1, as did many state parks in the Palmetto State. Surfers and fishermen were among the visitors taking advantage of the perfect Springtime weather.
Except for a few signs and some sand fencing, Hunting Island is as pristine as ever.
By Mike McCombs It’s unclear if the re-opening of Hunting Island State Park on Friday, May 1 was a rousing success, but it’s clear it was popular. Long lines of people waiting to get in the park, despite reduced hours marked the Beaufort County jewel’s first weekend open since all South Carolina State Parks were closed March 28. According to Park Manager J.W. Weatherford, the reduced hours are a result of a smaller workforce than usual at the park. Weatherford said those numbers should improve shortly and things will get back to normal. Weatherford also said to expect changes in the traffic pattern within the park. This is because of a lot of standing water as a result or recent heavy rains. Park rangers took advantage of a park without visitors
While not exactly staying the recommended six feet apart, people gathered in small pods which did remain distanced from one another, although beach chairs, umbrellas and lounging in the sun was prevalent as seen here Friday, May 1, on Hunting Island’s South Beach. Photos by Bob Sofaly. or campers and got a lot done during the shutdown. Rangers cut up downed trees, pruned dangerous trees and ground up stumps left from the past two hurricanes. Then, staff went through all of the beach accesses and roped them off, showing peo-
ple how to get on the beach, while also protecting the sand dunes. Sand fencing was installed to protect the re-nourished sand dunes and keep sea turtles and their babies from going over the back side of the dunes, as well.
Permits in hand, next phase of Mossy Oaks project nears Help is on the way for the often-flooded Mossy Oaks neighborhood now that all federal and state permits have been secured. Neal Pugliese, chairman of the multi-jurisdictional Mossy Oaks Drainage Task Force, said the permits – from the Army Corps of Engineers, South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control, Ocean & Coastal Resource Management, and South Carolina Department of Transportation – were received in almost record time. “We boiled it down to eight months. The permitting process would normally take years,” he told City Council during its April 28 Work Session. Pugliese commended the coordination and cooperation among the agencies for expediting the permits. He also thanked U.S. Sen. Lindsay Graham, State Sen. Tom Davis and State Rep. Shannon Erickson for their help during the permitting process. Bids are due back in early May for the next phases of the project, he said. In 2017, the task force was formed to address the issue of repeated flooding in the Mossy Oaks neighborhood.
The area, comprising approximately 550 acres and several hundred homes, flooded following heavy rains, high tides, and storm surges. An engineering study identified factors such as inefficient drainage structures and poor drainage patterns. Other complicating issues included homes built on slabs, along with ditches overgrown with vegetation. The City obtained two grants totaling $1.5 million to help fund the project. The engineering study, completed in the summer of 2018, divided the project area into Basin 1 (north side of neighborhood) and Basin 2 (south side) where water collected repeatedly due to misaligned drainage pipe ele-
vations, Pugliese said. Roughly 30 areas where drainage is poor have been identified and all locations will be improved, he said. In 2019, workers cleared out and graded the Jane Way Ditch in Basin 1, which was overgrown with vegetation and used for dumping. Currently, flap gates have been ordered for the Spanish Moss Trail where it abuts Battery Creek. “These will prevent water surging into the neighborhood during severe weather events,” Pugliese said. Other fixes on the way include increasing the pipe size and elevation in the vicinity of the duck pond in Basin 1 and installation of a larger pipe at the correct elevation at First
Blvd. and Jane Way. While no area in the Lowcountry is safe from hurricanes that occur at high tide, the Mossy Oaks improvements will significantly improve drainage for average or above average storm events, Pugliese said. The Mossy Oaks area falls within multiple jurisdictions so it would have been easy for the City Council to point
the finger elsewhere for action and funding, but they did not, Pugliese said. “Many thanks to the City Council for having the courage to take this on,” Pugliese said at the meeting. “The Council could have kicked this can down the road by saying ‘not my problem.’ City Council did not do that, which is why we’re in the position that we’re in, getting ready to start con-
struction on this project while delivering relief to a most deserving community.” Pugliese noted that unidentified people were still dumping trash in the existing drainage ditches. “It is imperative that everyone understand that drainage ditches are for stormwater … period,” he said. The City’s codes enforcement staff and police will be checking for illegal dumping, he said.
Coast guard reminds boaters to practice boating safety with a Float Plan As recreational boaters return to our waterways, The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Port Royal Sound Flotilla 10-1 would like to remind all boaters to always practice safe boating. Especially important is the filing
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The insidious, infectious effects of the DUMB-20 virus U nless you have been living in a cave, you know all about COVID-19, a highly infectious and mortally dangerous coronavirus ravaging our republic. But, there is another highly infectious virus rushing through our country at present. It is the highly contagious virus of stupidity, aka DUMB-20. It is easy to identify those who have become infected. We see them on TV parading together in front of state capitols, hospitals, and our frontline heroes of care-givers. Easily identifiable symptom of the insidious DUMB20 virus is that it encourages those who are infected to generously share their infection with others. Another indication is that it causes the infected person to ignore and violate the federal government’s own recommendations for avoiding COVID-19. DUMB-20 causes the infected person to burst out in a screaming revolutionary rage demanding the incarceration of America’s most respected health experts. The other epidemiologic dynamic of DUMB-20 is that it is a slow developing infection, with mild clinical symptoms, until after a few weeks, bang, they go down hard. Since we have no known clinical tests for identifying those infected with DUMB20, it will sadly be a long time before we can ascertain DUMB-20’s mortality rate. DUMB-20 has recently mutated, and some who appear to be infected with the newer strain (DUMB-20a) are suggesting outrageously wrong remedies for combating COVID-19, such as drinking poison. I have been studying DUMB-20, but I missed this “a” mutation until just recently. Kill me now, or kill me later?
DAVID TAUB
It is not a happy time for us, with more than 62,000 deaths after only three months, adding 2,000 or so more losses every day. We all seek the return of “normality” as quickly as it is safe to do so, absent an effective vaccine. Physical distance and isolation have clearly reduced the spread of COVID-19, saving uncounted lives and serious illness. In contradistinction, these life-saving government guidelines also appear to promulgate the rapid spread of DUMB-20. It seems to be a zero-sum infectious agent: the more folks avoid COVID-19 by staying out of the public domain, the more folks become infected with DUMB-20 as they flood the public domain. To what end? “Give us Liberty or Give us Death,” they scream. I’d be damned careful of what you wish for! There is no magic elixir to make COVID-19 disappear; this will occur only when effective vaccines are developed and provided to all the denizens of spaceship Earth. In the meantime, what is the best method for mitigating all the misery, illness and death, and our economic maladies characterized by the highest unemployment since the Great Depression? The answer to that is a complicated puzzle, even for the greatest minds of our time. I have previously written about “leadership,” and how we require it today more than ever, most certainly at the highest levels of government and with insight and empathy most poignant. Sadly, this commodity
seems to be in short supply, much as we are in short supply of nasal swabs. I also have written about why “unity” is a key element in combating the ravages of COVID-19. Regrettably, this too is in short supply. Where are all those damned factories that are supposed to be making these desperately needed commodities? At the highest level of our Federal government, hands are washed frequently, but not to disinfect but to abdicate responsibility and leadership. Fortunately, this needed but rare supply of leadership seems to be in amply supply in most of our courageous state Governors. Governors who mandate that “wrestling” or tattoo parlors are an essential business are NOT on that list. Imagine what we could accomplish if there was plenty of the rarest commodity, united leadership, at ALL levels of government. Our cherished Constitution protects and guarantees the rights of fools to behave foolishly. But, it doesn’t protect them from being infected with DUMB-20. Until all the powers that be are singing from the same song sheet, both viruses, COVID-19 and DUMB-20 will continue their rapacious invasions of our republic with all its attendant destruction. I think that the vicious DUMB-20 virus and its “a” variant, may actually have already invaded the sacred realm of Washington, D.C. Some of the most obvious symptoms seem to be present there already. Let us pray this is not so. But if it IS true, pray it suffers a quick and ignominious demise. David M. Taub was Mayor of Beaufort from 1990 through 1999, and served as a Beaufort County Magistrate Judge from 2010 to 2015. He may be contacted at david.m.taub42@gmail.com.
US News: All Beaufort County high schools in top half of SC schools Bluffton High School is listed among South Carolina’s Top 10 high schools in 2020 rankings released last week by U.S. News and World Report magazine. Three of the district’s high schools are ranked in South Carolina’s Top 25, and all six are ranked in the state’s top half. U.S. News compiles its annual rankings based on student test scores, on-time graduation rates and how well schools prepare students for college (college Advanced Placement courses). “Our teachers and students put so much effort into our academic programs, and it’s wonderful for them to see their hard work rewarded,” said Bluffton High Principal Denise Donica. Out of 245 high schools
TOP 10 SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOLS FOR 2020 As ranked by U.S. News School (county) 1. Academic Magnet High (Charleston) 2. Charleston School for the Arts (Charleston) 3. Wando High (Charleston) 4. Palmetto Scholars Academy (Charleston) 5. Spring Hill High (Lexington/Richland District 5) 6. Dreher High (Richland District 1) 7. Fort Mill High (York District 4) 8. Bluffton High (Beaufort) 9. St. James High (Georgetown) 10. Nation Ford High (York District 4)
across South Carolina, U.S. News ranked Bluffton High No. 8, Hilton Head Island High No. 20, May River High No. 24, Beaufort High No. 40 and Battery Creek High No. 56. Whale Branch Early College High was ranked No. 96 despite the fact that its students
take college-level courses – and earn two-year college degrees – through a partnership with the Technical College of the Lowcountry rather than through the Advanced Placement classes that represent 40 percent of the U.S. News ranking metrics.
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One way or another, locals will find way to the trail head
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t’s Saturday, in the time of Covid, and I’m in the middle of the Beaufort River. I began this swim — with several friends — in Port Royal and now we’re 50 yards from Beaufort Memorial Hospital. In thirty minutes we ought to be staggering up the boat ramp in Downtown Beaufort. In an ’open water’ swim one’s mind wanders. “Will I make it?” is the first question many ponder as they jump into the opaque, gray-green water. “Will my heart seize-up?” is another topic for those of us advanced in years. “Wasn’t a Great White recently tagged just off Charleston Harbor?” is yet another thought that invades the mind. But this morning my mind settles on the small bobble-headed swimmer awarded to those who do well in this 3-mile race. “But wait just a minute! This is not the official race — Beaufort’s Open Water Swim won’t happen until June 6. There won’t be any ‘bob-
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ble-heads’ awarded today. Nor any commemorative t-shirt or complimentary tote bag.” Some of you might know that I have a small assemblage of ‘bobble-heads.’ You know this because I have them lined-up and lighted in a way that makes it impossible to not see them as one enters our living room. These ‘bobble-heads’ are living testament to my self-absorption; a non-stop craving for praise; a galloping end-stage narcissism. I started swimming as a boy at Ocean Drive Beach (a/k/a North Myrtle Beach) but got serious as a teenager in Texas. There, as part of the Fort Sam Houston Swim Team, I became competitive, chlorinated, convinced that
exercise taken in the company of young, Speedo-wearing girls was as close to Nirvana, or Bora Bora, as I was going to get. Later, when I got to Beaufort, I had the good fortune to swim for Dick Fetters on the Beaufort Masters team. In the last five years I’ve done my laps with Donna Altman and John Harris. These three-times-a-week (2,000 yards or so) workouts have become essential to my sense of well-being and to my physical health in general. When the pandemic hit town, the swimming pools at Beaufort High and Battery Creek closed down. Then the YMCA in Port Royal shuttered its pool. This sent me out to Hunting Island. Although swimming laps in the ocean is difficult, and keeping track of one’s yardage almost impossible, the beach was beautiful and largely deserted. But then South Carolina closed Hunting Island and that left the “Sands Beach.” Then, alas, Port Royal’s Town
Council closed down their little piece of water. I am aware that these are extraordinary times and social distancing is the strategy that has been employed to contain and defeat the virus. But for many hip- and knee-replaced, brittle-boned boomers getting regular, robust exercise is — was — part of our lives. And as the Governor’s lockdown continued, many of those Lipitor, Lovastatin and Motrin-gulping grandparents wondered how to slow the atrophy, calcification, stenosis. Dean Moss — widely credited as the principal architect of the Spanish Moss Trail — went to the Beaufort County Administrator early on asking that she keep the path open to the public. He said there would be signs saying that one must maintain a 6-foot setback. He said this last, best venue for serious exercise would not be abused. Dean, and his wife Wendy Zara, ride their bicycles the full length of the Spanish Moss Trail several times
... this pandemic has introduced the Trail to a whole new battalion of bikers, and walkers, and runners who will get themselves, one way or the other, to the trail head.
each week. Don and Donna Altman do an early morning, several-miles-long hike that includes parts of the trail every day. And as I ride my fat-tired bike along the trail, I see mothers pushing baby strollers, fathers running with their young sons, and muscular, spandex-wearing bikers zipping down the pathway. Importantly, County Council has just allocated $160,000 of tax accommodation money for the purpose designing and permitting for the intersection that will happen where the trail crosses Ribaut Road in Port Royal. This intersection — enthu-
siastically endorsed by the Town of Port Royal — may bring a new cohort of bikers and runners right down to the Sands Beach within a year’s time. Dean Moss has been less successful extending the Trail into downtown Beaufort. He wanted an off-thehighway-pathway paralleling Bay Street. But this pandemic has introduced the Trail to a whole new battalion of bikers, and walkers, and runners who will get themselves, one way or the other, to the trail head. Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. Email Scott at cscottgraber@gmail.com.
Tears cried for memories of the old neighborhoods
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he community I live in reminds me of one of those old-fashioned neighborhoods that I lived in when I was a child. We would be playing in a neighbor’s yard and the mother would say, “You kids stay here, your mother had to go pick up your father.” Or a neighbor would call and ask, “Do you have a cup of sugar? I am in the middle of baking.” Everyone helped each other out. This kind of camaraderie happened all the time. It was like the neighborhoods where Grandma lived next door and the Aunts and
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highlighting daily life observations
Uncles down the street. Now instead of picking up the phone to connect, or running over to Grandmas, it is the Community Net. Neighbors asking neighbors for rides to the airport, or to pick
up a car at the Jiffy Lube. It seems like there is always someone in need, and many others willing to help. A neighbor only has to ask and people respond. A recent incident is an example of this kind of community mind. I was in the process of moving winter clothes and found a plastic container in the back of the closet. When I opened it, I discovered thirty years of old VHS tapes from our old camcorders. I was so excited but remembered I had not owned a VHS tape player for years.
When I looked at some of the labels on the tapes, I found they were marked with dance recitals, plays, graduations and a host of other captured memories. There was also an old Beta tape with “Mr. Mom” and “Beaches” recorded on it. I am sure this was recorded before the warning: “Copyrighted. Punishable by 10 years in jail and a $25,000 fine.” (I threw the tape away.) When I told my girlfriend Chris about my find, she suggested I put a request out on our “Net”. So, I did. “Wanted – VHS player to
borrow.” Within minutes, I had five e-mails telling me I could borrow theirs. EUREKA! Then I got a call from a man named Russ who had recently moved to the neighborhood. He said he had one that not only played; but you could record to a DVD. He explained that about 10 years ago he bought it so he could transfer years of old films onto some DVDS which he then gave to his wife for their anniversary. Now this guy gets good marks from me right away. So, I drove over to his house
and picked up the player. As I sat there sobbing, watching the old movies, I was reminded of how lucky I was to have lived in so many great places with such good neighbors. So, welcome to the neighborhood, Russ, you fit right in. Lee Scott, a writer and recent retiree, shares her everyday observations about life after career. A former commercial banker responsible for helping her clients to reach their business objectives, Scott now translates those analytical skills to her writings. She lives on St. Helena Island and enjoys boating, traveling and reading.
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PROACTIVE APPROACH Doctor Blok’s objective is to create a modern coroner’s office to work with law enforcement, the legal system, and our citizens to ensure that every case is quickly and fairly resolved always with respect to those involved. He favors a proactive approach to reduce injuries and deaths by using new and innovative ideas in the community.
To the living we owe respect, But to the dead we owe only the truth.
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