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SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 2, 2019

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COVERING BEAUFORT COUNTY

Cunningham hosts town hall in Beaufort

U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham. Photo by Bob Sofaly.

By Mike McCombs U.S. Representative Joe Cunningham (D), a freshman Congressman representing South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, held a town hall meeting Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce.

Members of the public were invited to ask questions, share their priorities, and voice their concerns.

Here’s a summary of the first few questions, along with Cunningham’s responses:

What is your message to law-abiding, responsible gun owners? Are you going to take our guns?

You’re talking to a responsible gun owner here. I grew up around guns, I grew up with guns. I’ve got my concealed weapons permit. As far as my position, I’m not proposing confiscating any weapons.

That’s not something that’s part of my platform, that’s not something I’d advance. Don’t confuse what you may see on CNN or other channels

with how I stand. I think we can have common-sense gun safety legislation. I think background checks are something we ought to exercise. I think we can have common-sense gun safety measures and also respect the second amendment at the same time. And I don’t think that guns should be falling into the hands of criminals or those that are so mentally unstable that they should not have firearms.

The House of Representatives has already passed at

least two pieces of legislation that respect the second amendment and also make an effort to make our communities safer. I think when children go to school, parents ought to rest easy about them going to school, or when they go to church or they go to a movie theater. And that’s what this is all about, making people feel safe and making sure we respect the second amendment, as well. Because, like

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THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Dispute over Warsaw Island boat ramp, road erupts into class action suit, community upheaval

By Mindy Lucas A few years before he died, Charles Gardner’s father, Leroy, deeded Charles the land where he now lives in a modest, red-brick house at the end of Warsaw Island Road.

The oldest of five children, Gardner grew up just down the road in a three-bedroom, one-bath wooden house the children shared with parents, Leroy and Ardelle.

For as far back as anyone can remember, the Gardners and the Taylors, have lived on the land and on the island, long before a road was built to the mainland.

In the summers, the family would fish or row over to Dataw to pick vegetables or farm the land. In the winters they would hunt, pick oysters or butcher hogs.

Nearby, roads such as Gardner Drive and Willie Gardner Road still carry the family name.

Now the main road, and the only road on or off the island, Warsaw Island Road splits the land into equal halves before it turns slight-

ly to the right and winds its way toward the northeast corner of the island and the Gardners’ property which overlooks Jenkins Creek.

There, the county road, which wasn’t paved until 1996, turns into a private, 30-foot dirt road that ends at a boat ramp.

Despite only being a short distance from the Gardner’s home and an extended driveway that once veered off to the family’s garage, the road and boat ramp have been used for years by many in the community who rely on the access its provides to the creeks and rivers beyond.

It was, and still is, considered as much a part of the road system to those who live and work on the sea islands, as the road itself.

“Before the road came across to Warsaw, that was the only way people used to go to church or go shopping,” said Gardner.

Before Charles took it over, Charles’ father maintained the road and ramp, often acting as an unofficial custodian of a place that

Ed Atkins shows a copy of a legal document showing ownership of the disputed parcel of land to Charles Gardner, left.

Gardner says the land is his. He says he pays the taxes on it but can’t get any help regarding the current dispute with a man who appears to be homesteading on the property. Photo by Bob Sofaly. served the community as much as his own family.

In fact, as far as anyone knew, the road belonged to the Gardners.

But now the road has been closed and the use of the boat ramp halted. A dispute over who actually owns the road and ramp

has erupted into a legal battle and class action lawsuit.

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SC shellfish season set to open Saturday The 2019-2020 season for recreational harvest of shellfish (clams and oysters) in coastal waters of South Carolina will open one-half hour before official sunrise on Saturday, Sept. 28.

The recreational shellfish season will remain open through May 15, 2020, unless conditions warrant extending or shortening the season.

In the event of another hur-

ricane, major rain event, or pollution spill, shellfish beds may be temporarily closed by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). It is important for harvesters to check with DHEC to verify whether any closures are in effect. This information is available at 1-800285-1618 and can be viewed on the DHEC website. DHEC will use these resources and your

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local newspaper throughout the year to announce temporary closures due to unusual rain events or spills.

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources maintains State Shellfish Grounds for commercial and recreational harvesting of clams and oysters. Twenty Public Shellfish Grounds and 13 State Shellfish Grounds are managed exclusively for recreational gath-

ering. An additional 52 State Shellfish Grounds are managed for recreational and commercial harvest. All state-managed grounds are posted with boundary signs.

Recreational harvesters should obtain updated Public or State Shellfish Ground maps at the beginning of each season, as areas open to

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BEAUFORT UNDER THE BIG TOP

Shellfish season typically runs from Oct. 1 through May 15. This year, the season is opening a few days early. Photo by Erin Weeks, S.C. Department of Natural Resources.

INSIDE

BHS volleyball picks up a region victory with a sweep of Colleton County.

Zerbini Family Circus spends four days in town.

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County continues to spray for mosquitoes

Beaufort County Mosquito Control may conduct aerial and/or ground treatments from through Sept. 27. Mosquito Control applies EPA-registered public health insecticide during ideal weather using low-flying aircraft throughout daylight hours and spray trucks from about 11 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. For more information, contact Mosquito Control at 843-255-5800.

County offers electronics recycling, shredding events

The Beaufort County Public Works Department Solid Waste and Recycling Section has rescheduled the two free electronics recycling events canceled due to Hurricane Dorian.

The events will be held Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the following locations: • Beaufort County Public Works, 9 Benton Field Road, Bluffton • Beaufort County Public Works, 140 Shanklin Road, Beaufort The event is open to all county residents. Any personal comput-

DEATH NOTICE

Vera Shea Coaxum Vera Shea Coaxum, 58, of Delran, New Jersey and daughter of William Coaxum and the late Helen Jenkins Coaxum entered into eternal rest in Marlton, New Jersey on September 1, 2019. Funeral services were at 11:00 a.m.

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ers, laptops, CRT monitors, LCD monitors, CRT televisions, nonCRT televisions, printers, hard drives and miscellaneous electronics (microwaves, cell phones, radios, fax machines, and typewriters) will be accepted.

The department will also host a free shredding event for county residents Oct. 5, at the Shanklin Road Convenience Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For more information, visit www. beaufortcountysc.gov/recycle or contact the Solid Waste and Recycling Section at 843-255-2736.

Recycling topic of Indivisible Beaufort’s Oct. 5 meeting

Indivisible Beaufort’s Oct. 5 meeting will focus to the issue of local recycling, with several speakers addressing the issue.

Jermaine Robinson, regional supervisor for Waste Pro’s residential services, will be joined by Ashley Jenkins, recycling coordinator for Beaufort County’s Public Works/ Solid Waste and Recycling Division.

Lisa Allen, one of the co-founders of Green Drinks Beaufort, will

be part of the discussion along with Rikki Parker of the Coastal Conservation League and Savannah Crabtree, the Lowcountry Field Organizer with Conservation Voters of South Carolina.

The meeting will take place at 11:30 a.m. at the Beaufort County Library at Scott Street. For more information, contact JusticeIndivisibleBSC@gmail.com.

Beaufort County’s drought status remains same

The South Carolina Drought Response Committee, meeting via conference call on Sept. 18, upgraded the drought status for 11 counties and downgraded the status for four counties in the state.

Beaufort, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dorchester, Florence, Oconee and Pickens counties were maintained in Incipient Drought. Marlboro and Dillon counties were downgraded from Moderate to Incipient.

Anderson, Cherokee, Colleton, Greenville, Hampton, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Spartanburg and York counties were upgrad-

ed from Incipient to Moderate Drought Aiken, Abbeville, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester, Clarendon, Edgefield, Fairfield Greenwood, Laurens, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda, Sumter and Union counties were maintained at Moderate.

The drought declaration was removed from Georgetown, Horry, Marion and Williamsburg counties, and the “no drought” status was maintained in Berkeley and Charleston counties.

women—for treatment of their gunshot wounds.

Sheriff's Office investigators and Crime Scene Unit personnel responded to the scene to interview witnesses and to search for forensic evidence. It was learned from witnesses that the subject responsible for the shooting was an African-American man wearing a ski-mask and dark clothing. It was also learned from witnesses that he fled the area on foot immediately following the shooting. The subject was not located.

Beaufort County is conducting roadway repairs on Cedar Crest Circle in Beaufort. The work is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Thursday, Sept. 26, weather permitting.

Motorists and residents should be prepared for lane closures and are encouraged to use extra caution when approaching work zones. For more information, call the Beaufort County Public Works Department at 843-255- 2800.

The two wounded women were treated for their gunshot wounds at the Beaufort Memorial Hospital and later released, while the wounded man was flown to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and, as of Saturday morning, remains hospitalized.

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FROM THE FRONT

Town

from page A1 you, Ralph, the high school I went to, I’d show up and be walking through the parking lot. My friends and colleagues would have their rifles hanging up in their trucks, unloaded, with the door locked. I grew up around responsible gun owners, and responsible gun owners should not be penalized.

In fact, when you look at the statistics here in America, over 80 percent of the people favor background checks. I think the fact that Sudafed is more difficult to purchase than firearms is an issue that we have in this country. I think that we can have common-sense gun safety measures. I think that we’ve already seen that. Two of those are already sitting over there waiting on (the Senate).

We also passed a piece of legislation that would close the Charleston loophole. Ralph, you may be familiar with that. As it stands right now, if a background check is not complete within three days, a gun seller can sell that gun, regardless. It may come up later on that he would have failed that background check. And

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harvest change from year to year. Maps of designated harvest areas may be downloaded from the SCDNR website or accessed online through the Recreational Map Web Application.

Printed maps may also be obtained by calling 843-9539854 or writing the Shellfish Management Section, Attn: Ben Dyar, SCDNR, PO Box 12559, Charleston, S.C. 294222559. When requesting maps,

that’s named after Dylan Roof, who ha d a firearm sold to him because of this loophole and then took that firearm into Mother Emmanuel and murdered nine worshipers as their heads were bowed and as their eyes were closed. So that’s where I stand on this issue.

We’re not proposing taking away anyone’s guns. I think that’s just a scare issue. Don’t confuse my stances with other people, particularly those who are running for president.

Yesterday there was a recognition by young people of the dangers of climate change. What is the best way for Congress to pay it forward or improve our situation?

That’s a great question.

That’s an issue that’s front and center for so many people.

We’re here in the Lowcountry and we see climate change, or at least the effects of it, every single day. We’re seeing flooding increase, we’re seeing the intensity of hurricanes increase. We’re seeing things that are highly alarming. Personally, I feel like we need to recognize the impact that humans are having on this and we need to figure out a way to change the course. The ways we can do that, it’s obviously a short-term and long-term please specify the general area where you wish to harvest.

Recreational harvesters must have a Saltwater Recreational Fishing License, available from SCDNR, at many fishing supply stores, and online. The recreational limit is two U.S. bushels of oysters and one-half bushel of clams in any one day, limited to two calendar days per seven-day period.

One U.S. bushel is equal to 8 gallons. There is a maximum possession of three personal limits per boat or vehicle.

Clams must be at least 1 inch in thickness.

U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham speaks during a “town hall” meeting Saturday morning at the Beaufort Black Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Bob Sofaly. game. One of the things we can do is get the funding to improve our infrastructure and make ourselves in America and the Lowcountry more resilient to flooding and to the effects of climate change.

But also in the long-term solution, we need to finally have the realization that we are having an impact on this and we need to make that pivot away from dirty energy resources. And I’m proud

of what the Lowcountry has done. I feel like we’re leading on this issue, specifically Parris Island, which is a gem here in our district, and something we’re extremely proud of. Not only because we’re one of two installations in the entire country were we make enlisted Marines, but we’re the only installation in the entire country that makes female enlisted Marines. It’s a gem in our district and something we’re

Additional rules and restrictions may be found in the SCDNR Rules and Regulations, available where licenses are purchased or online.

Commercial harvest of shellfish requires a commercial saltwater license, mandatory harvester training, and other licenses and permits depending on where the harvest will occur. Call the Marine Permitting Office at 843-953-0453 for additional information on commercial harvesting requirements.

All harvesters are encouraged to "cull in place," leaving dead shell and smaller oysters

on the shoreline where they will continue to grow and provide habitat for future generations of oysters.

Oyster consumers are encouraged to recycle their shells. Check online or call 843-953-9397 to find locations near you where shell can be dropped off for recycling.

SCDNR uses saltwater recreational fishing license revenues to construct and enhance renewable oyster resources in the coastal counties by replanting recycled shell. All shell collected by the SCDNR is used to restore shellfish grounds in coastal South Carolina.

extremely proud of. On Parris Island, they actually have solar panels and they produce more energy than they consume.

They actually export solar power. I feel like that is something to be commended. And I feel like that is the path forward. And we’re not going to get there overnight, And we’re not going to get there in the next five years. But we need to have that in mind, making that pivot from coal and fossil

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fuels and oil and making that toward clean renewables to clean fuels and solar and wind.

And what we did last week in the House of Representatives was a testament to that. Because last week on the House floor, we passed the bill that I introduced, H.R. 1941, which would ban offshore drilling off the coast of South Carolina.

And that’s good because we don’t have to worry about sitting on the beach at Hilton Head and looking at oil rigs, and we also don’t have to worry about because there’s an oil spill we have birds and fish washing up on our shore covered in oil because there’s an oil spill. And we also recognize that the United States is now a net exporter of energy, and so why would we be opening up our shorelines to drill for more oil just so we can send more oil overseas to other countries. It just doesn’t make sense to me. So that was a step in not only protecting our shorelines, but it was a step toward saying this is not the future of energy, and we need to be looking toward the future and modernizing it so our children and grandchildren can have an environment down here in the Lowcountry just as beautiful as the one we enjoyed.

TIPS FOR RECYCLING YOUR OYSTER SHELLS • DO bring your shell to the nearest shell recycling center.

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• DON'T put live or freshly shucked oysters in South Carolina waters. If the oysters you purchased were harvested outside South Carolina, it is illegal to place them in SC waters. Placing live oysters in our waters can create environmental problems and may harm local oysters or other animals. To avoid contamination, shell should be recycled to SCDNR and properly quarantined.

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FROM THE FRONT

Road

from page A1 What’s even more upsetting, say many who live on the island, is the dispute has spilled over into a once peaceful community in the form of angry roadside confrontations and community upheaval.

It’s a situation that has caused many to wonder, where does the interpretation of the law as it is written end, and the history and intention of a place begin?

A new neighbor Charles Gardner remembers the first time he met Ruben Adams. It was the moment he learned the one-acre strip of land next door had been sold.

Neither he, nor many of his neighbors along the adjoining Ashton Drive, were even aware the property – previously owned by distant relatives of the Gardners – had been sold to a trust a year earlier in a tax sale for $4,000.

In January of 2015, Adams purchased the property for the astonishingly low price of $19,000, according to both Adams and county records.

At the time, Gardner thought it strange that anyone, including Adams, would want to buy the one-acre strip given you couldn’t build on the property – at least that had been his understanding of the “property across the road” for all those years.

According to David Youmans, a surveyor with extensive experience and knowledge of the area, the setback for the strip is 60 feet from the edge of the marsh and 75 feet for a septic system.

“Nobody really wanted to buy it because nobody could build on it,” said Gardner. “I thought the only thing he could do was clean it up and have a picnic on it or something.”

Nonetheless, Adams soon moved a camper to the property and began living there full time. The two neighbors used the same 30-foot road to access their property, which Gardner didn’t think much about since he let others in the community use the road.

Adams attended cookouts at Gardner’s house and helped Gardner get his garage door repaired. For all intents and purposes things were amicable – until Adams began asking Gardner about the road.

In the early ‘80s, Gardner’s father had leased part of the land, road and boat ramp to Alcoa which used the property as a staging area for developing Dataw. A 1995 survey conducted by Gasque and Associates for Gardner shows the boat ramp was “owned and claimed by Leroy Gardner.”

After his father died, Gardner continued maintaining the road and boat ramp, which meant bringing in dirt or gravel for the road or repairing the concrete on the ramp, all things that Gardner has paid for over the years.

What’s more, Gardner pays taxes on the road and the ramp, which are detailed on his property tax bill.

So why was his new neighbor asking about the road?

Adams said he asked Gardner, who owned the road before he closed on the property, “just to see what he would say.”

“I already knew (I owned it) because of my paperwork,” Adams said.

A self-described “frustrated entrepreneur,” Adams, who once owned Carolina Sweets candy business, most recently built and sold spec houses on Hilton Head Island.

Born in Mobile, Alabama, and raised in Louisiana, Adams, who is 67 now, said he started building houses when he was 24.

After the housing bubble burst, Adams said he lost millions on various properties he was holding the mortgages on, including a large home he was fixing up on Callawassie Drive. Before buying the Warsaw Island property, he was living at Tuck in the Wood

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Valerie Gardner, left, daughter of Charles Gardner, discusses past legal action regarding ownership of the parcel of land in dispute.

Calvin Atkins, brother of Ed Atkins, on the right.

Campground on St. Helena Island, he said.

His sudden interest in the road made Gardner suspicious.

But according to Gardner, it really wasn’t until July of 2018, when Adams put up a gate blocking the road – three years after he bought the property – that Gardner realized something was terribly wrong.

Asked if he bought the land believing it included the 30foot road and boat ramp, Adams joked that he “wasn’t real intelligent.”

“What I normally do when I buy properties is I do my due diligence,” Adams said, later adding that it was his wife who questioned Gardner’s ownership of the road and ramp after finding a 1990 Quiet Title.

Three little words Despite the history of the ramp’s use, the title for the land and a variety of documents Gardner has connecting his family to the road, the question of who rightfully owns the road and ramp now seems to hinge on a nearly 30-yearold judgment and three little words: “Save and Except.”

In 1990, after Charles’ mother died without a will, Gardner’s father sought to claim the land and settle with any potential heirs. The “Quiet Title action” awarded Leroy Gardner several lots totaling close to 20 acres.

However, a 1.054-acre portion of one lot was awarded to John Howard, a relative who was given the strip of land by Ardelle Gardner’s uncle, Dan Taylor.

According to Page 11 of the judgment, Leroy Gardner owns all of Lot 15, “… Save and excepting, however, the 1.054 acre portion of Lot 15 situate immediately below (southeast) the unpaved Beaufort County road …”

The judgment goes on to state that the 1.054 acre is owned by John Howard.

And, on Page 12 the judgment says, “The unpaved county road separates the respective portions of Lot 15 owned by the Plaintiff (Leroy Gardner) and John Howard.”

The language is repeated and summarized on the final page of the judgment.

Judge Thomas Kemmerlin, Jr., who served as Master-in-Equity on the title clearance, died in 2010, but the language of his judgment and whether or not it could be interpreted in another way, would be called into question years later.

The Buckner Decision If Adams purchased the property once belonging to John Howard, that meant he only owned the 1.054 acre portion, reasoned Gardner’s attorney at the time. So Gardner, thinking he had open and shut case, decided to take Adams to court.

However, in June of 2018, Judge Perry M. Buckner III of the 14th Judicial Circuit, handed down a partial summary judgment finding the road, the boat ramp and the property to the south belonged to Adams.

The decision left many in the community scratching their heads. Could Buckner have looked only at Page 15, which seems to have more ambiguous language than Pages 11 and 12?

Gardner’s attorney, Bryan Raymond said that part of the basis for an appeal they have filed is that the Circuit Court erred in interpreting the Quiet Title Order from 1990.

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guity in the Quiet Title Order concerning the road and boat landing, the evidence does not show that Adams is the owner of the road or the landing.

“We believe there would likely be an adverse possession of the road due to the Gardners’ use of it, which makes it an implied easement,” added Raymond.

However Adams argues there are no right-of-aways on the property, including any made by SCE&G for a utility pole discovered across the road from Gardner and servicing Gardner’s house.

“There is not one easement anywhere on this property,” he said.

Adams said after he and his wife did their “due diligence” and found the Quiet Title, they read it and decided that language on the final page means that Gardner owned Lot 15 “Save and Except” for the 30foot dirt road owned by John Howard and therefore it now belongs to them.

Adams said unlike the Gardners and others in the community, he is only “going by the documents” which for him includes a Warranty Title.

“It’s their pride that causes their problems, not the facts,” he said.

Just because the community has always used the road and boat ramp doesn’t make it right, he added.

“For them to drive on this property that was not theirs and to try to claim it now, it was wrong then, and it’s wrong now,” he said.

Despite the fact that a surveyor once told him he wouldn’t be able to build on the property, Adams said he would like to build a small home, about 1800 square-feet, on the property.

Adams tried to have the property surveyed again, and the property line re-drawn but that survey, conducted in Sept. of 2017 by Gasque & Associates, was stamped “Problem Plat – See Assessor” and referenced the Quiet Title. A few months later, Adams was sent a letter from the Beaufort County assessor’s office, informing him that the Quiet Title, did not grant him the road.

With a court order in hand, Gardner attempted to have his own property surveyed along the road in 2018. Youmans, who also lives on Ashton Drive across from Gardner, along with Gardner and a few others from his family, were escorted onto the road by deputies from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.

They were met at the gate by Adams who welcomed them, but about a third of the way through the survey, Youmans and the group were abruptly asked to leave by Adams.

In September of 2018, Gardner’s attorney sent a letter to the county asking that no other work be allowed on the road until the appeal is settled.

A few months later, Judge Marvin Dukes III ordered an injunction stating that Adams could not build any permanent structures on the road or that would otherwise render the road permanently unusable.

To this day, the gate remains shut and barrels line its front.

A class action In January of 2019, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of those who say their work or livelihood has been negatively impacted by Adams’ closing of the road and boat ramp. Roughly 35 people

have filed affidavits as part of the suit.

While the landing is one of three on the island, it is the only one to provide access on that side of the island. “Distance and gas” is what make it preferable, many say.

Among those are Ed Atkins, owner and operator of Atkins Bait Shop on St. Helena Island.

Atkins has used the ramp to get on and off Jenkins Creek for more than 50 years. His father used the ramp and his father before him, he said.

“This is how we made our living for many a many years,” he said.

The closing of the ramp is costing him money, now that he’s having to travel farther by truck and by boat.

“I’ve got to go at least 15 miles down the river, and then I’ve got to go back and I pass that ramp on the way,” he said.

Not only is he spending about twice as much on gas, sometimes he has to go out twice a day to make up for the bait that dies on the way.

“More than a third die before I can get back to the shop,” he said. “It’s taking too long to get back.”

He does not understand why the road can’t stay open until the question of ownership is settled.

Neither does Scott Cheslak, another plaintiff in the suit.

Cheslak operates the boats for Charles River Laboratories on Morgan Island, commonly referred to as Monkey Island.

help the 76-year-old cut a new road to his house while his wife, who was sick, remained inside. The new entrance is now off Ashton Drive.

“It was heart wrenching,” said his daughter, Valerie Gardner, who was living in Atlanta at the time. “It made my father feel like he didn’t matter.”

Gardner says Adams frequently films or takes photos of him anytime he is in his yard, or has friends over, even when he is alone.

Valerie Gardner, who recently moved from Atlanta to look after her parents in large part because of the situation, has started taking video and photos of Adams in return.

She sends them to the family’s attorney.

Meanwhile, neighbors in the area said Adams frequently harasses them.

“He follows people down the road and tries to fight with them,” said Champion, who has witnessed some of the confrontations. “He calls the police every week. They’ve been coming out constantly.”

In 2018, Adams called the sheriff’s department 40 times, on everything from trespassing to disturbances, to stolen property or suspicious activity, according to sheriff’s department records.

Neighbors said they are particularly concerned since Adams is often seen wearing a gun, his German Shepherd never far from his side.

Ruben Adams has closed the road at the end of Warsaw Island Road denying the community access to the boat ramp.

His work is part of a contract with the National Institutes of Health.

“We’ve been using the boat landing for over 10 years,” Cheslak stated in an affidavit.

The proximity of the ramp to Morgan Island made it so the work took “little time and manpower,” he said.

Now that the landing is closed, operating the project’s three vessels requires much more time to complete the work.

“This translates to an added cost to the project and to taxpayers,” he stated.

In addition to impacting livelihoods, many on the island feel that part of the community’s history and culture is being stolen as well.

“We grew up around here.

We went swimming and crabbing and fishing. We used to go over to Pollawana, which is Dataw now, and we used to go over by boat every day,” says Georgia Champion. Champion and Gardner share the same great grandparents.

“So we know from our grandparents how that road was used and how that river was a source of income and a source of food. So to take that away is like trying to take part of our history and culture,” she said.

Things heat up On July 11, 2018, deputies from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office arrived to inform Gardner he would no longer be able to use the 30-foot road to get to his property.

“I’ll never forget that date,” said Gardner. “We had no notification.”

Gardner was forced to move his vehicles and boat out of the garage since he will no longer be able to access that side of the house and anything parked inside will be blocked by a fence.

“They said you will have to make your own road,” Gardner said.

Friends and family members arrived the next day to

Adams did not deny this.

The very few times he’s had his gun, it’s because he’s felt threatened, he said. Everything he does is to defend himself, he added.

“I never start a fight with these people,” he said. “You have to watch your back.

That’s what it feels like every time I’m around them. I have to watch my back because someone is going to turn loose on me.”

He said both he and his attorney have been physically threatened. He also said voodoo was involved, but could not offer up any specifics other than a smoke bomb that was left on his fence.

Asked if he feels he’s being treated unfairly or if his character is being maligned, he said he is “being beaten down every single day.”

Richard Williamson, who lives next door to the Gardners, said he met with Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner in the spring of 2018, on behalf of Gardner and the community.

Like many, he cannot understand why the road has not been left open or a court order hasn’t been issued to keep it open.

“He said, until I get an order from a judge telling me what I can and cannot do out there, this is what has to happen,” Williamson said.

Another round with Dukes In May of 2019, after more than two years of sending warning letters and trying to reach Adams, DHEC fined him a total of $5,750 for a number of violations, including occupying the premises without an approved means for treatment and disposal of sewage and domestic wastewater. He is ordered to vacate the premises.

In July of 2019, about six months after Judge Dukes ordered Adams not to build any permanent structure on the road, neighbors watched incredulously as a Adams began digging up the road to install a septic system.

“In my opinion, that’s why he’s claiming the road,” said David Youmans, the assessor most familiar with the property from previous plats. “So he’ll have enough room for the septic system.”

On Sept. 11, Adams was called back before Judge Dukes to determine if he was in contempt of his earlier injunction. Dukes determined that what Adams has installed, part of a drainage field, does not render the road impassable or constitute a permanent structure since it could be dug up.

The road was the only place he could put the drain field, Adams claimed.

While Dukes said he could not find Adams in contempt, he still admonished him.

“I wrote this order with the intent that basically everyone sort of leave that road alone,” Dukes said. “I had hoped and assumed that Mr. Adams wouldn’t do anything with the road, he would leave it completely alone, and y’all would wait to get the ruling. And so I am not happy with Mr. Adams for doing this without conferring with counsel.”

At the conclusion of the hearing, Adams turned toward several people in the courtroom there in support of Gardner and told them to “shut your mouth” and “kiss my ass.”

He winked and smiled at his neighbors and continued to gesture until a sheriff’s deputy came over to calm the crowd.

Five days later, Adams was arrested for assaulting a neighbor, who has nothing do with the road dispute.

Sick of glancing the mailbox or barrels Adams has placed in the narrow bend in the road, Joey Heyward stopped to take photos. His intention was to send them to the county administrator to see what could be done.

Seeing Heyward stopped on the road, Adams ran out to confront him. As can be seen on a video obtained by The Island News, Adams threatened Heyward and began to get close to him. Heyward attempted to get back in his truck but Adams shut the truck’s door on his leg. Heyward called the police.

Heyward said he has a hard time getting his boat trailer in and out of Ashton Drive and has hit Adams’ mailbox by accident before.

The week before the arrest, Heyward said Adams chased him down Warsaw Island Road and followed him to a gas station where Heyward called police. Adams filmed Heyward the entire time, he said, until the police arrived.

“He harasses everybody,” Heyward said.

At his bond hearing, Adams was ordered to turn over any firearms he owns. Heyward took out a restraining order soon after.

Waiting on a decision Gardner and the plaintiffs in the class action suit have been told it could take years before their suits are settled.

Asked if he would like to see the dispute solved peacefully, Adams said, “These people will not go to peace. They don’t want peace.”

Asked if he would ever consider sharing the road, Adams said no.

In the meantime, Gardner still cannot go out into his yard without being filmed or photographed by his neighbor.

Gardner’s daughter, Valerie, said the dispute has taken a toll on their family. She has a brother in Atlanta who, along with some others, is helping with their father’s legal fees.

“We’re very tied up in knots over this whole thing,” she said.

At times Gardner seems somewhat defeated, his shoulders slump forward when he is talking. At other times he is more animated, as if he still has some fight left.

“They thought I was just going to take it,” he said. "They thought I was going to lay down dead.”

The appeal is now with South Carolina’s Court of Appeals.

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Beaufort’s Hannah Merchant powers the ball over the net against the Colleton County Cougars on Thursday, Sept. 19 at Beaufort High School. The Lady Eagles went on to win in straight sets, 25-13, 25-22 and 25-10. Photo by Bob Sofaly.

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Beaufort Academy was a two-point conversion away from tying the game in the third quarter, but Holly Hill Academy reeled off 24 unanswered points to hand the Eagles a 40-14 loss Friday.

Elijah Fess rushed for 76 yards on 16 carries and scored a 4-yard touchdown, and Ja’sean Lawson rushed for 77 yards on 14 carries. Kai Jenkins went 5-for-10 for 69 yards and threw a 7-yard TD pass to William Tumlin, who finished with four catches for 65 yards.

Malakai Steiniger led the Eagles’ defense with 12 tackles.

BA (0-3, 0-1) hosts Northside Christian next Friday.

SEPT. 26 Girls Golf Beaufort, Bluffton, Hilton Head Island, May River at Eagles Pointe, 4 p.m.

Swimming Battery Creek at Hilton Head Island Regional Meet, 6 p.m.

Girls Tennis Beaufort Academy at May River, 5 p.m.

Hilton Head Island at Beaufort, 4:30 p.m.

Volleyball Bamberg-Ehrhardt at Whale Branch, 6:30 p.m.

Battery Creek at Allendale-Fairfax, 6:30 p.m.

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SEPT. 27 Football Battery Creek at Wade Hampton, 7:30 p.m.

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Battery Creek gutted out a five-set win over Region 8-3A rival Wade Hampton at home Thursday.

The Dolphins won the final two sets to rally for a 3-2 (19-25, 25-18, 18-25, 25-17, 16-14) victory and sweep the season series from the Red Devils.

Dazanni Hinton had a huge night at the net with eight blocks and five aces to go with her 15 kills, including the clinching point.

Laiani McCullough added 10 kills, six digs, and two aces, while Paige McArthur had seven kills, seven aces,

Beaufort High volleyball picked up a region victory with a sweep of Colleton County on Thursday.

The Eagles evened their Region 7-4A record with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-22, 25-10) win over the Cougars. Hannah Merchant led Beaufort with 11 kills and was 14-of15 at the service line, and Zyaire Middleton dished out 17 assists. Peyton Polk again filled for injured all-state setter Madison Gallion and handed out 10 assists while going 10-for10 serving with two aces, and Sakura Simmons anchored the defense with a team-high 28 digs and went 14-for-14 serving.

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and four digs, and Halle DeJesus dished out 30 assists.

The Dolphins (7-8, 3-1 Region 8-3A) were scheduled to travel to Bluffton for a tri-match with the Bobcats and Glynn Academy on Tuesday. *** Beaufort Academy volleyball cruised to three more wins last week.

The Eagles rolled to a 3-0 (25-9, 25-18, 25-14) victory over Hilton Head Prep on Sept. 17, as Emily Ann Hiers dished out 25 assists to go with six digs, three kills, and two aces, and Chase Vaigneur led a balanced at-

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tack with 11 kills along with six digs and four assists.

McCayla Willingham was strong at the net with seven kills and six blocks, and Mary Hanna Hiers racked up 52 digs.

BA kept the momentum going with a 3-1 (25-8, 23-25, 25-3, 25-8) win over Charleston Collegiate a day later.

Willingham had a teamhigh 13 kills and two blocks, while Vaigneur had an impressive line with nine kills, eight digs, seven aces, and five assists. Amelia Huebel added seven kills and two aces, Emily Ann Hiers had 23 assists, six kills, and three aces, and Mary Hanna

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Girls Golf Beaufort, Bluffton, Hilton Head Island, May River at Legends at Parris Island, 4 p.m.

Girls Tennis Colleton County at Beaufort, 4:30 p.m.

May River at Beaufort Academy, 5 p.m.

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OCT. 2 Volleyball Holly Hill Academy at Beaufort Academy, 5 p.m.

Hiers contributed 31 digs and four aces.

The Eagles capped the perfect week with a 3-0 (256, 25-15, 25-16) win at Holly Hill Academy on Friday.

Huebel had a big night at the net for the Eagles with 10 kills and five blocks, while Willingham added seven kills and three blocks.

Emily Ann Hiers had a solid all-around match with 14 assists, nine digs, four kills, and three aces, and Vaigneur collected seven kills, eight assists, two blocks, and two aces. Mary Hanna Hiers anchored the defense with 13 digs and added three assists.

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Playing their first matches without Gallion, the Eagles beat Effingham County 2-0 (25-13, 25-13) before falling to host Statesboro 2-0 (25-12, 25-16).

Merchant led the Eagles with 10 kills while also filling in at setter and dishing out 11 assists and going 16-for-16 serving.

Middleton dished out 13 assists to go with five kills, and Polk led the team with 37 digs and helped cover the setter position.

The Eagles (11-3-1) were slated to travel to Hilton Head Christian Academy for a non-region matchup Tuesday.

OCT. 3 Girls Tennis Beaufort Academy at Hilton Head Prep, 4 p.m.

Volleyball Ridgeland-Hardeeville at Battery Creek, 6:30 p.m.

OCT. 4 Football Beaufort Academy at St. John’s, 7:30 p.m.

Creekside Christian Academy at Battery Creek, 7:30 p.m.

Whale Branch at Woodland, 7:30 p.m.

OCT. 5 Cross Country Battery Creek at Military Magnet 5K Invitational, 9 a.m.

Beaufort at Wendy’s Invitational, McAlpine Greenway Park, Charlotte, N.C. Volleyball Beaufort at Oceanside Tournament, Oceanside, TBA

The Eagles (15-1) were scheduled to travel to Colleton Prep on Tuesday.

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Beaufort High’s Elissa Hooper claimed individual medalist honors in a Region 7-4A match Thursday at Eagles Pointe Golf Club.

Hooper shot 54 to edge Hilton Head High’s Courtney Clegg by two shots, but the Seahawks shot 237 to defeat Beaufort High by 23 shots.

Joanne Straub (67), Angelina Guerrero (69), and Rylee Hill (70) rounded out the scoring for Beaufort.

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Cummings eager to bounce back after worlds CJ Cummings hasn’t had many opportunities to learn from his shortcomings, but in those rare instances, he has always come back stronger.

Cummings and coach Ray Jones hope the Beaufort native and weightlifting wunderkind can make history repeat itself.

Cummings’ road to the 2020 Tokyo CJ Olympics hit a Cummings bump Saturday in Pattaya, Thailand, where the 19-year-old Olympic hopeful fell short of the podium at the 2019 IWF World Championships.

A four-time junior world champion and two-time youth world champion, Cummings was trying to earn his first medal at the senior world championships, but he finished a disappointing ninth, missing his final attempt in the snatch and his first and third efforts in the clean and jerk, the latter of which was a desperate attempt at 191kg in an effort to sneak onto the podium.

“I know I won’t always have the best competition, but it is frustrating because the past years I’ve never had a good experience at the senior worlds,” Cummings told TeamUSA.org.

“It’s frustrating, but I’ll have my day someday.”

Despite the subpar showing in Thailand, Cummings remains a favorite to qualify for the Olympics, as he entered the week ranked second on the 73kg Absolute Ranking List, from which 13 lifters will qualify for Tokyo.

“Unlike typical CJ, he put a ton of unnecessary pressure on himself,” Jones said. “He has had such quality competition lately that we are going to call this one his mulligan.”

Eagles can’t keep pace with Valdosta

Beaufort High’s defense could only stand strong so long against Georgia powerhouse Valdosta in a 44-7 road loss Friday.

The Eagles’ defense showed some resistance early, keeping Beaufort within 14-0 after one quarter, but the Wildcats were able to stretch the lead to 30-0 at halftime and 44-0 entering the fourth quarter.

Tyler Haley connected with his older brother, Matthew Haley, for a touchdown pass to get the Eagles on the board in the fourth.

Daryl DePass and William Winburn each recorded interceptions, and Alvin Wilson and Theo Washington each had a sack for Beaufort.

The Eagles (0-3) return home to face Blythewood on Friday.

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Penny McKim also won a nice serving bowl and tote bag from Habitat For Humanity ReStore.

Getting ready to start drawing names for the monthly door prizes Lesquanda Smith won a T-shirt from Deals. during The Island News’ Island Girls Night Out.

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Jeanie Pickel won a door prize from Beaufort River Glass.

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t’s Thursday afternoon, and I’m sitting in “The Log” in Williamstown, Mass. At the moment I’m having a bowl of soup, a local beer, and trying to avoid the ever-changing images on the billboard-sized television screens — compelling, insistent images that distract one from the murals that adorn the walls of this historic Williams College hang-out.

Earlier this week, my wife and I drove north to a wedding in central Vermont.

Actually, it was not a wedding; rather it was called a “commitment ceremony” lacking the legal consequences attached to a state-certified contract.

Vermont does not encourage its residents to “live free or die” — that’s New Hampshire.

But this is a culture that encourages detachment and off-the-grid independence.

As one drives its back roads, one sees small mountains of firewood in everyone’s front

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yard. These stacks of wood announcing a contempt for the local power company and a sense of self-sufficiency.

Although we got “marriage lite” — there were promises made, music played and food consumed by the 150 or so guests who gathered in the flower garden adjacent the historic farmhouse. There were, however, differences between the Vermont commitment and the South Carolina contract.

The invitation made it clear that one should bring their own bottle of wine if one was going in that direction. So we had fair warning there would not be any alcohol drinking before or during

the ceremony itself. We did bring our own wine.

Sure enough, there was a Bridgestone Radial-sized wheel of Vermont cheese and a large jug of iced tea on the back porch when we arrived.

I’m not an alcoholic but believe that hearing self-written vows (“I promise to give you the space to create, and to fail, and to be you, …”) while one is completely sober is a reliable recipe for cynicism. I would later learn — to my chagrin — that most of the guests were Buddhists and got their equanimity without assistance from distilled spirits.

By the time the vows were done and we had marched over to the restored barn for the reception, I was ready for a glass of any fermented grape, domestic or foreign, whether aged in stainless steel canisters in California or oaken barrels in the Piedmont.

But we couldn’t find a corkscrew.

At this point, someone

said there was a “tall man” at the reception and that he had a corkscrew in his pocket. This rumor spread through the crowd, triggering a frenzied interrogation of any man 5-feet-6-inches or taller. But if there was such a “tall man” with a corkscrew, he did not admit it.

Finally, completely frustrated, there was a covert, self-help mission to the farmhouse kitchen that produced a seldom-used, vintage corkscrew that allowed us to sip wine as we settled into the huge, covered-dish, mostly vegan meal.

After a second glass of Bogle Chardonnay, my corkscrew anxiety began to subside and we leaned back and engaged the other people sitting at our table — people we did not know.

These conversations began with the coming winter and huge stacks of firewood in front of every house. Then we moved to the proposed

deployment of F-35s to Burlington (they don’t want them); to Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream (Half Baked is the best flavor ever).

But for me, the real attraction of weddings — whether full-bodied or lite — is discovering those things that make us different; and those things bind us together.

What made this wedding different was the fact that most of the guests were in their 60s and 70s — the men with ruddy, weather-sculpted faces. The women were slim, healthy and wore their gray hair long. They dressed in embroidered, ankle-length dresses that took one back to the 60s. Seeing this crowd, one got the notion that maybe a meatless, smokeless, alcohol and gluten-free diet made a difference. Maybe there is something to be said for chopping one’s firewood before breakfast.

I am a Notary Public, and in South Carolina, a Notary can

endorse the contract of those who have acquired a marriage certificate. Over the years I have “married” a half dozen couples, and in most cases, those marriages remain intact.

But there is no guarantee.

There is no vow, venue or number of bridesmaids that will ensure the “death do us part” promise.

But I do think this is the time and place for one to make promises, to pledge one’s heart, and to apologize.

Yes, I said “apologize.”

It would go something like this: “I apologize for the tedium and exasperation you will inevitably feel from my comments and conversation; and I apologize, here and now, for the heartbreak and sadness I will inflict upon your head and your heart in the course of our life together.”

Well, you get the picture.

Scott Graber is a lawyer, novelist, veteran columnist and longtime resident of Port Royal. Email Scott at cscottgraber@gmail.com.

As a society, we’ve reverted to hieroglyphics

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here were several text messages on my phone when I got up this morning. They were part of a string of messages from my sisters.

The first message had little emojis and keyboard characters like an asterisk, number sign and a percentage sign. The text message clearly indicated that my sister was irritated at her adult son.

The emoji was the picture of a round head snarling followed by multiple number signs (#), dollar signs ($), and percentage signs (%). This was her form of

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swearing, which we were not allowed to do as children.

My older sister, being the English language expert in the family, corrected her by suggesting she just use the red round face with the character signs over the emoji’s

lips. You could tell things were not going well when the younger sister sent her the emoji of the exploding head.

The experience with my sisters reminded me of an entire text conversation I had with my daughter one morning while visiting. She texted me pictures of pancakes and croissants with question marks. Clearly, she was asking what I wanted for breakfast. I texted her back a picture of a cup of coffee and bagel. She sent a text back with a happy face next to the coffee and a sad face next to the bagel. I sent

her back a picture of the emoji with a tear drop. I do love my morning bagel.

Now I ask the question.

When did we go back to cave man pictures and Egyptian hieroglyphics to communicate?

Nobody writes out actual sentences anymore. There are so many different texts that I must decipher that I finally printed out the meaning of some of these symbols.

Oh, the little face blowing kisses, and the face with one tear drop, and the laughing head are very clear. But some of them

escape me.

Fortunately, there is a Unicode out there that is helping to standardize some of these expressions. There are multiple categories like, smileys and people, animals and nature, food and drink, activity, travel and places, objects, character symbols and flags. You can get multiple sentences across without using one article.

In a way, I guess this new language is helpful to people who speak different languages. They can communicate with one another using the Unicode. Maybe that is what the caveman had in mind

as he was drawing his stick people and animals.

Could it be that as we get deeper into our emojis and character symbols, we might be able to decipher the meanings of both the caveman drawings and the hieroglyphics better. I do not know. But in the meantime, Happy Smiley Face!

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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Welcome to the Circus

Clockwise from top: Julian Zerbini takes a bow with his show horses after their performance Friday. ••• When performers aren’t performing, they sell popcorn, peanuts and, of course, colorful balloons.

••• Alberto Algeria juggles during the Zerbini Family Circus on Friday. At one point, Algeria’s high-energy act had five pins in the air at one time. ••• Circus acts sometimes aren’t about trained animals or balancing. Here, “Robocar” transforms itself from a late model Camero into a giant walking robot. Photos by Bob Sofaly.

All wet: Beaufort’s Walk for Water doubles up 2018 event

With 660 participants on Saturday, Sept. 21, the Beaufort Walk for Water, now in its third year, has made a name for itself on the community events calendars of Beaufort and Port Royal.

All proceeds from the event, estimated at $65,000 this year, will benefit Charleston-based Water Mission, a non-profit Christian engineering organization that builds safe water solutions in developing countries and disaster areas.

“We were blown away by this year's response by the community and our sponsors, as we ended up almost doubling the participants over last year,” said Robert Lasher, chair of the Beaufort Walk for Water committee. “I think people realize how

incredibly important having clean safe water really is, and how Water Mission is doing this right. Knowing that participating in this walk can give one person access to safe water for life, it really hits home.”

People started arriving around 8 a.m. at Live Oaks Park in Port Royal.

After the opening ceremonies finished at 9 a.m., participants picked up a bucket and began to walk a 3-mile route. The Port Royal Fire Department filled up the walkers' buckets at the Sands for the remainder of the walk to symbolize the walk that millions of women and children make every single day to collect unsafe water.

Kevin Herr, Director of Church

Partnerships with Water Mission, demonstrated a typical water filtra-

tion system used to provide clean and safe water in the 55 countries

Water Mission currently operates, and the importance of long-term investment into these communities.

“Water Mission was actually born out of disaster relief work after Hurricane Mitch in Honduras,” Her said.

“Today, 21 years later, partially thanks to support from the regional walks such as Beaufort Walk for Water, we were able to mobilize quickly in the Bahamas to set up a solar-powered process using reverse osmosis to remove the saline from readily available ocean water in the Bahamas.”

For more information, follow @ BeaufortWalkforWater on Facebook and Instagram, or call 843-769-7395.

Donations can be made online at: events.watermissions.org/Beaufort19.

Local DAR chapter celebrates US Constitution Week

The Thomas Heyard Jr. Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution continued their celebration of Constitution Week on Wednesday, Sept. 18 after receiving an official proclamation from the City of Beaufort. Chapter historian Jouette Duckworth, left, received the proclamation from Beaufort City Councilman Mike McFee, right, during a brief but patriotic ceremony at the bust of Thomas Heyward. Photo by Bob Sofaly.

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Members of the Thomas Heyward, Jr. Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and friends gathered Wednesday, Sept. 18 at Beaufort’s Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park, near the bust of Thomas Heyward, Jr. to mark the beginning of Constitution Week, the week-long national celebration of America’s most important document, the United States Constitution.

Mrs. Nancy Crowther, vice regent of the Thomas Heyward, Jr., chapter, presided over the celebration. The chapter chaplain, Mrs. Gladys Cousar, offered the opening and closing prayers.

Mike McFee, Mayor Pro Tem of Beaufort, presented chapter historian Jouette Duckworth with a Certificate

of Proclamation signed by Mayor Billy Keyserling. S.C. Governor Henry McMaster sent a proclamation, as well.

The tradition of celebrating the Constitution was started decades ago by the Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1955, the DAR petitioned the U.S. Congress to set aside Sept. 17-23 annually for the observance of Constitution Week. The resolution was adopted by Congress and signed into Public Law 915 on Aug. 2, 1956, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

A quick history lesson, courtesy of a release from the DAR.: The United States of America functions as a Republic under the Constitution, the oldest document still in active use that outlines the self-gov-

ernment of a people. This landmark idea that men had the inalienable right as individuals to be free and live their lives under their own governance was the impetus of the American Revolution.

The 38 signers of the U.S. Constitution were delegates from the original states who gathered several times, in several places, first drafting the Declaration of Independence signed by South Carolina representatives Thomas Heyward Jr., Thomas Lynch Jr., Arthur Middleton and Edward Rutledge.

Once the colonists defeated the British army and won independence, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the Unit-

ed States, on Nov. 15, 1777 with Henry Laurens, William Henry Drayton, John Mathews, Richard Hutson, and Thomas Heyward, Jr. as delegates representing South Carolina.

The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments. The need for a stronger Federal government soon became apparent and eventually led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.

The present U.S. Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation on March 4, 1789. The signing delegates representing South Carolina were: John Rutledge, Charles Coteswortth Pinckney, and Pierce Butler.

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Puccini’s final opera opens Met’s 2019-20 HD series

By Alan Schuster Once again, the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday afternoon HD presentations will feature a wide variety of performances at USC Beaufort’s Center for the Performing Arts. Among them will be three of Puccini’s most popular heroines, Turandot, Tosca and Madam Butterfly.

While these three are staged for Peking, Rome and Nagasaki respectively, another one should have much more local interest – Porgy and Bess, set in Charleston.

Tickets are now available at the USC Beaufort Center for the Arts at 801 Carteret St, Beaufort, online at www.centerforthearts.com or by phone at 843-521-4145. All seats are general admission. Adults are $20, OLLI members $18 and students $10.

Here are the Met briefs for each of the 10 HD transmissions: Oct. 12, Turandot: Thrill-

Famous tenor aria Nessun Dorma among many highlights

ing dramatic soprano Christine Goerke brings her fierce portrayal of the princess to the stage in Franco Zeffirelli’s dazzling production of Puccini’s final masterpiece.

Roberto Aronica is the mysterious prince Calaf who sings opera’s world famous tenor aria, “Nessun Dorma” with Met Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin at the podium.

Oct. 26, Massenet’s Manon: Soprano Lisette Oropesa appears as the title character, a tragic beauty who yearns for the finer things in life. Tenor Michael Fabiano is the besotted Chevalier des Grieux, whose desperate love for Manon proves their undoing. Maurizio Benini conducts.

Nov. 9, Madam Butterfly: The heartbreaking role of the doomed geisha will be sung by soprano Hui He, with tenor Andrea Care as the American naval officer who abandons her. The exceptional tenor Placido Domingo makes his

role debut as U.S. Consul Sharpless, while Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts Anthony Minghellla’s sweeping production, a perennial audience favorite.

Nov. 23, Philip Glass’s Akhanaten: The production stars countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo as the revolutionary title ruler who transformed ancient Egypt.

To match the opera’s hypnotic, ritualist music, director Phelim McDermott includes a company of acrobats and jugglers. Karen Kamensek is at the podium.

Jan. 11, 2020, Wozzeck: Seven weeks later, it’s Alban Berg’s Wozzeck. After wowing audiences with his astounding staging of Berg’s Lulu, William Kentridge now focuses his imagination on Wozzeck.

Baritone Peter Mattei sings the title role, alongside a commanding cast that includes soprano Elza van den Heever and tenor Christopher Ventris.

Feb. 1, 2020, George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess: One of America’s favorite operas.

James Robinson’s stylish production transports audiences to Catfish Row on the Charleston waterfront, vibrant with the music, dancing, emotion and hearbreak of its inhabitants. The dynamic cast features the sympathetic duo of baritone-bass Eric Owens and soprano Angel Blue in the lead roles.

Feb. 29, 2020, George Frideric Handel’s Agrippina: A dark comedic tale of intrigue and impropriety in ancient Rome. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato sings the role of the controlling, power-hungry mother of Nero, as she plots the downfall of the Roman Emperor Claudius and the installation of her son, sung by mezzo Kate Lindsey. Harry Bicket conducts Sir David McVicar’s ingenious reframing of the ancient action.

March 14, 2020, Wagner’s

WANT TO GO? What: Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday HD Presentations When: 10 Saturdays from Oct 12 through May 9, 2020.

Where: USC Beaufort Center for the Arts, 801 Carteret St, Beaufort Tickets: Available at USCB Center for the Arts, online at www.centerforthearts. com or by calling 843-5214145. All seats are general admission.

Cost: Adults $20, OLLI members $18 and students $10.

The Flying Dutchman: Starring famous bass-baritone Bryan Terfel, who brings his acclaimed portrayal of the doomed sea captain to an HD performance for the first time.

Valery Gergiev conducts a new staging by Francois Girard which turns the stage into a rich, layered tableau reminiscent of a vast oil painting.

Soprano Anja Kamper makes

her Met debut as the devoted Senta, whose selfless love is what the Dutchman seeks.

April 11, 2020, Puccini’s Tosca: Anna Netrebko, whom the New York Times hailed as “magnificent” when she sang the role for the first time in 2018, returns as Puccini’s explosive diva. Tenor Brian Jagde is the idealistic painter Mario Cavaradossi and baritone Michael Volle completes the fatal love triangle as the sinister Scarpia. Bertrand de Billy takes the podium to direct Sir David McVicar’s stunning production.

May 9, 2020, Donizetti’s bel canto Maria Stuarda: After her triumph as Violetta in last season’s La Traviata, soprano Diana Damrau returns in the role of the martyred Mary, Queen of Scots. Mezzo Jamie Barton is her imperious rival Queen Elizabeth I, and tenor Stephen Costello is the Earl of Leicester. Maurizio Benini conducts.

Silent Witness photo exhibition coming to USC Beaufort The photographic exhibition “Silent Witness” is coming to USC Beaufort’s Center for the Arts beginning Oct. 3 and will run through Nov. 12.

“Silent Witness” is a profound and inspiring photographic-art collection that documents the power of healing between horses and humans – more especially through the alignment of retired military veterans with off-the-track veteran racehorses.

Through this remarkable body of work by photographer Shelly Marshall Schmidt, this message is captured and presented with breathtaking beauty, insight and impact.

Schmidt’s work represents years of photographing the connections between military veterans who are experiencing the unseen, silent wounds of post-traumatic stress, and off-the-track Thoroughbreds who can struggle with much the same internalized trauma – connections that have been enabled through a program known as Saratoga WarHorse.

Woven throughout the exhibition are the haunting words

WANT TO GO? What: Silent Witness: Through the lens of photographer Shelly Marshall Schmidt, with writer/presenter Marti Healy When: Oct. 3-Nov. 12 Where: USCB Center for the Arts Opening Event: 5:307:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, wine and light refreshments followed by featured presentation by photographer Shelly Marshall Schmidt and with writer Marti Healy at 6:30 p.m. The event is free, and seating is limited.

of writer, Marti Healy, who has also spent extensive commitment involved with this subject.

The Silent Witness exhibition premiered in Aiken in November 2018, where both the photographer and the writer are based, and where the Saratoga WarHorse program has a site on the grounds of Aiken Equine Rescue.

The Exhibition received such a tremendous response, that requests for it to be host-

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All portraits in the Silent Witness exhibition will be available for purchase, with a portion of the sales supporting the USCB Center for the Arts.

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WHAT TO DO Register for YMCA youth indoor soccer

Registration for YMCA Youth Indoor Soccer is open thru Oct. 7 at The Wardle Family Y located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal. Ages 3-9. Season is Oct. 28-Dec. 20. Cost is $55 for Y members, $70 for non-members. For additional info, contact Mike Woods, Y Sports Director, at 843-522-9622, ext. 244. Register at the Y or beaufort-jasperymca.org.

Register to be a Tiger Shark

BYAC Tiger Sharks Swim Team registration is open for the 2019-2020 season. There are three levels of swim team for ages 5 and up who meet swim team group requirements: Shark Pups; Group 1; and Group 2. Evaluations on going on now for group placement. Learn more online at beaufort-jasperymca.org (click on Aquatics>Swim Team), stop by the Y in Port Royal (1801 Richmond Ave.) or call the Y at 843-522-9622.

YMCA to offer CPR class

The Wardle Family YMCA, located at 1801 Richmond Ave in Port Royal, offers CPR classes for community members on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 8 a.m. to noon.

Cost is $35 for this YMCA-certified course and those interested need to register at the Y as space is limited and filled on a first-come, firstserved basis. Questions? Contact Lou Bergen, Aquatics Director to register for this class. Call the Y at 843-522-9622 or visit beaufort-jasperymca.org

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Seaside Stitchers return to action

The American Sewing Guild (ASG) is a notional Organization of sewing enthusiasts. The S.C. Central Savannah River Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has a neighborhood group in the Beaufort area named Seaside Stitchers, which hs returned from hiatus. The meetings are the third Monday of the month at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club at 1 p.m.

Monthly meetings are for everyone who sews.

It is for sewers of a variety of skill levels and interests so anyone who has an interest in sewing is encouraged to attend and find out what ASG is all about. For more information, go to www.

ASG.org. For more information about Seaside Stitchers, contact Sheila Tindall at 843-838-9473

unique and interactive experience for children of all ages. Children will have the opportunity to see, touch, and safely explore their favorite vehicles that serve our community.

The event will feature many different types of equipment to explore, including a fire truck, ambulance, a Humvee, construction vehicles, and even a helicopter. The entertainment area will include a variety of activities including face painting, bounce-houses for kids and much more. And to round out the experience, enjoy music and fabulous food, drinks, and libations available for purchase.

In the case of rain, the event will be postponed to Dec. 7. Pets are not allowed at the event.

Call Brittany Rosson at 618-967-6815 or visit www.touchatruckbeaufort.com for more information.

Monday night is Movie Night at USCB Center for the Arts

Legal clinics at downtown library

Monday night is Movie Night at the USCB Center for the Arts, celebrating inspiring documentaries: Honeyland and Raise Hell: The Live and Times of Molly Ivins.

Monday movies start at 7 p.m. and all seats are $7. Tickets can be purchased online at uscbcenterforthearts.com or at the door.

September 30: Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins – Raise Hell tells the story of media firebrand Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on the Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it. Her razor sharp wit left both sides of the aisle laughing, and craving ink in her columns. She knew the Bill of Rights was in peril, and said “Polarizing people is a good way to win an election and a good way to wreck a country.” Molly’s words have proved prescient.

Join the Beaufort Track Club at the Beaufort High School track from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night for an open community track workout. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts are posted each week to ensure that you are getting the workout that you need.

Visit the Facebook page “Beaufort Track Club” for more information.

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4th Touch A Truck Fundraiser

On the first Saturday of every month, the May River Quilters Guild meets at Palmetto Electric Cooperative, 1 Cooperative Way, Hardeeville.

Members meet at 9:30 a.m. for social exchange.

The meeting starts at 10 a.m. Please call 847707-6034.

A support group for individuals with Parkinson’s Disease and carepartners meets the first Thursday of each month at the Beaufort Memorial Lifefit Wellness Center from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

For more information, visit our Facebook page or call Ric at 843-525-1229.

The Junior Service League of Beaufort will host its 4th Touch A Truck fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 16 in downtown Port Royal from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Paris Avenue. Cost of admission is $5 per person.

Touch A Truck is a family event that offers a

The Beaufort County Library is offering free legal clinics at the downtown branch at 311 Scott St. Each clinic will feature a 30- to 40-minute lecture followed by an open question-and-answer session. All session run from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m.

Get free answers concerning wills, estates and probate (Sept. 30), Landlord/tenant law issues (Oct. 14) and family law issues (Oct. 28).

For more information, call the S.C. Bar Pro Bono Program at 803-799-6653, ext. 158 or 1-877797-2227, ext. 158 or visit www.scbar.org/clinics.

The clinics are not designed to provide guidance on a specific situation. If you need legal advice on a specific situation, you will need to contact an attorney.

Royal Pines arts and crafts event

The artists and crafts people of Royal Pines invite you to their fall event on the patio of The Tavern at the Lady’s Island Country Club from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 12. Items include handmade soaps and lotions, kiln-fired glass, bottle candles, photography, tie-dye clothing and much more. Bruster’s ice cream cart will be there with ice cream cups, apple dumplings, and their fall flavor.

Friends of Hunting Island lighthouse tours

The Friends of Hunting Island will present tours of the historic Hunting Island Lighthouse

at 10 a.m. every Thursday in October. Keeper Ted and his team will tell you all about the history of the Lighthouse, which was built in 1875 and is the only Lighthouse in South Carolina open to visitors.

If you are at least 44 inches tall, you may also climb the 184 steps to the top of the Lighthouse.

Reservations are recommended by calling 843838-7437 and the fee is $2 per person.

Puppy Plunge at the YMCA

YMCA Puppy Plunge will be held on the third Saturday of the month starting Oct. 19 from 9 to 11 a.m. (weather permitting) at the Y outdoor pool at 1801 Richmond Ave. in Port Royal. Pups can splash, swim and play in our safe, enclosed outdoor pool area.

Cost is $10 per pup, and all proceeds benefit the Y’s Learn to Swim program, which teaches local children and adults to swim at a reduced cost or for free. Dogs must be well behaved, current on all required vaccines and leashed until inside the pool area. Owners must be present at all times and humans are not permitted to swim in the Puppy Plunge. Visit beaufort-jasperymca. org or call 843-522-9622 for more information.

TCL hosting annual oyster roast, 5k

The Technical College of the Lowcountry will host its annual oyster roast and 5K on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Beaufort Campus at 921 Ribaut Road. The Halloween-themed Oyster Ghost Roast & 5K by the Bay takes place on the TCL Beaufort Campus along the beautiful Beaufort River. The 5K starts at 5 p.m., spanning the campus and Spanish Moss Trail.

The oyster roast kicks off at 6 p.m. with allyou-can-eat oysters, chili, hot dogs, brownies, lemon bars and more catered by Jim'N Nick’s.

All-You-Can-Drink wristbands are available for purchase at the gate for $10. The event will feature a live DJ, karaoke, cornhole, a college football viewing area, and lots of children’s activities.

The Oyster Ghost Roast (only) costs $30 for adults, $15 for ages 13-17 and is free for kids 12 and younger. The Oyster Ghost Roast and 5K by the Bay, which includes Oyster Roast/Afterparty Ticket, medal, and T-shirt, costs $60 for adults and $30 for those 17 and younger.

All proceeds benefit the Student Veterans of America TCL Chapter and TCL’s Student Government Association. Learn more at www. tcl.edu/oyster or call 843-525-8264.

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LAST WEEK'S CROSSWORD & SUDOKU SOLUTIONS

THEME: THINGS GHASTLY AND MACABRE ACROSS 1. *Like Freddy Krueger's fingertips 6. Roman goddess of fertility 9. Late comedian Bob 13. Painter's support 14. Ornamental pond dweller 15. New York's amusement Island 16. *Morticia to Fester 17. Not decaf.

18. *____ hell, or cause trouble 19. *Bram Stoker creation 21. *DÌa de los ____ 23. Geological period 24. Queen of Spades, e.g.

25. It's all the rage 28. *Like Zombie's skin color 30. Fine-____ pen 35. Miners' passage 37. Marinate, e.g.

39. Miss America's topper 40. Unacceptable 41. Proprietor 43. Jet black 44. One thousand in a kilogram 46. Country dance formation 47. Cincinnati players

48. Croatia's neighbor 50. Shower with affection 52. *Horror movie actor Christopher 53. Fireplace conduit 55. French vineyard 57. *Like some Mansions 61. *Paris OpÈra House inhabitant 65. Come to terms 66. Indigo extract 68. Quickly fry 69. Sucrose 70. Long time 71. "Sesame Street" Muppet 72. Jury colleague 73. Tire depression 74. Slap DOWN 1. Email button 2. *Medusa's snakes 3. Between ports 4. Reconnaissance, for short 5. Lung-covering membrane 6. Southern stew staple 7. *Author known as Master of the Macabre 8. Fraternal letter 9. Gray-haired 10. "Put a lid ____ ____!"

11. Acapulco money 12. *Coraline's buttons 15. Kudos 20. Rodeo rope 22. *Crematorium jar 24. *Jonestown poison 25. *Vampire's canines 26. Love intensely 27. 1/100 of a rial 29. *Werewolf's cry 31. *Coffin's stand 32. Confusion of voices 33. Wear away 34. *____ Macabre 36. *Mummy's home 38. Lotto variant 42. Throw up 45. Flour fluffer 49. A in IPA 51. Wipes blackboard 54. Bovine milk dispenser 56. Render harmless 57. Door fastener 58. Chills and fever 59. Strong desire 60. Getting warm 61. Closely confined 62. Chicken of the sea?

63. Related to ear 64. Spiritless 67. *"He Knows ____'re Alone"

SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 2, 2019

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www.LowcountryRealEstate.com Beaufort Memorial

WELCOMES Tiffany Bersani, M.D. ..................................................

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to Beaufort Memorial OB-GYN Specialists

Dr. Tiffany Bersani has joined

Beaufort Memorial Obstetrics & Gynecology Specialists and will be seeing patients in the practice’s Beaufort and Bluffton locations.

A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Albany - State University of New York with a Bachelor of Science in biology, Dr. Bersani earned her medical degree from State University of New York Upstate in Syracuse.

Board eligible in obstetrics and gynecology, she recently completed her four-year OB-GYN residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she performed rotations in gynecology, obstetrics, gynecology oncology, reproductive endocrinology, urogynecology and maternal fetal medicine.

Call 843-522-7820 to schedule an appointment.

SEEING PATIENTS IN BEAUFORT AND BLUFFTON BEAUFORT MEDICAL PLAZA

989 RIBAUT RD., SUITE 210, BEAUFORT

BLUFFTON MEDICAL SERVICES

7 ARLEY WAY, SUITE 101, BLUFFTON

Dr. Bersani will be joining the Beaufort Memorial team of women’s health specialists (L to R): Christopher

B. Benson, MD, FACOG; Maggie Bisceglia, CRNP; Soldrea Thompson, MD, FACOG; Marlena Masavage, MD, FACOG; Gregory A. Miller, MD, FACOG, Suzanne Wolf, FNP-BC; Catherine Tambroni-Parker, CNM, at Beaufort Memorial OB-GYN Specialists and Eve Ashby, DO, at Lowcountry Medical Group.

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