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A DAY TO APPRECIATE MILITARY The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce and local business community will celebrate the area’s military for their commitment to the defense of the United States and their peacekeeping efforts around the globe. The Beaufort Regional Chamber’s annual Military Appreciation Day will be held Saturday, September 10 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Laurel Bay in Beaufort. All active, reserved, retired military and their families are invited. Military Appreciation Day is a free event and open for all to attend. This event gives community leaders, as well as the public, the opportunity to honor and thank our local military and families. Military Appreciation Day is made possible by our sponsors; Hargray, Marine Corps Community Services and Atlantic Marine Corps Communities, along with a host of many other regional businesses. Local military and their families will be treated to a fun-filled day with children and adult activities including face painting, carnival games, music, free food and drinks from local vendors. The Beaufort Regional Chamber has hosted Military Appreciation Day for many years as one of several ways it supports the area’s military. A number of elected officials, the Beaufort Regional Chamber’s Military Enhancement Committee and members of the board of directors will also be present. For more information on the event, including information on how to help sponsor the event, contact Amy Kaylor at 843.525.8524 or amy@ beaufortsc.org.
september 8-15, 2011
PROFILE
breaking ground M
arine Corps Air Station Beaufort hosted a ground breaking ceremony for the Joint Strike Fighter Hangar and Training Center on Thursday, Sept. 1. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast awarded the $70,300,000 contract on June 6 to Hensel Phelps Construction Co. of Orlando, Fla., for the construction of the training facility and hangar.
BREAKING GROUND continued on page 20 With hard hats and gold shovels, military and civilian dignitaries officially break ground for the new hangar and flight simulator center for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on Thursday, September 1, at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. Photos by Bob Sofaly.
Sept. 11 commemoration On Sunday, Sept. 11, the community will come together to remember during a 9/11 Commemoration at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. The civil ceremonies will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the worship service will begin at 10:30 a.m. According to Beaufort City Councilwoman Donnie Beer, the civil ceremony will include a number of local, county and military dignitaries. There will also be two speakers: Phillip Woody, of the Red Cross, who was in New York on 9/11; and Teri Maude, whose husband lost his life when the Pentagon was hit. A number of musical groups and singers will perform, including Riverview Charter School and the Naval Hospital choir. The Exchange Club of Beaufort will also recognize the firefighter and law
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Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore helps build dreams. see page 6
SPORTS
Beaufort High beats cross-town rival Battery Creek. see page 13
FOOD
Lunch Bunch goes Greek at Athenian Gardens. see page 24 INDEX
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