Bluffton Today

Sembler’s foes press their case

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By SARITA CHOUREY
For Bluffton’s sake, kill the Okatie Crossing shopping mall, said the leader of the state’s most prominent environmental group Tuesday..

Poll workers must attend one of three meetings

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

The training sessions will last about four hours and are recommended for new poll workers only. Opening and closing training (including operating the voting machine) will be a part of this lesson. Bring a snack to eat during a short break..

Save those raindrops falling on your head

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Joyner, of the Clemson University Extension System, and the Leadership Class will plant a rain garden at the museum and attendees can learn how to plant their own rain gardens. Ocean Woods Landscaping, the Hilton Head Public Service District and the LowCountry Rain Barrel company are co-sponsoring the planting.

Abused woman gets help from Self Help

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Abused woman gets help from Self Help
By LINDA KAUFMAN
Sherry (not her real name) was highly regarded by her peers and took great satisfaction as a reading teacher for elementary school children. After several years on her own, she thought she’d found Mr. Perfect and married him, surrounded by her children and friends.

In remembrance

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Survivors include his wife, Lilla H. Nash; two children, Gail Isenberg of Cornwall, Vt., and Gary Nash of Delaplane, Va.; three other children, Barclay A. Greene of Washington, D.C., and Sarasota, Fla., Carolyn Elizabeth Greene of Potomac, Md., and Sarah Lowry of Seattle; and two brothers, four sisters, 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Birth

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Melissa Wilkins of Yemassee announces the birth of a daughter. Dominique Nevaeh Badger was born at 5:58 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in the Beaufort Memorial Hospital. She is the daughter of the late Dominick Badger. She was 19 inches long and weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces.

Support pink for some green

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Support pink for some green
Music will be provided by Infinity and proceeds go toward scholarships for high school seniors in Beaufort and Jasper counties. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased from any member the Nu Delta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., or call 812-8844 or 524-8756.

Coastal Discovery Museum plans busy month

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

The Coastal Discovery Museum has a lot on its table for March, ranging from fine art to fanged critters eager to eat you..

Residents dump their drugs in successful Sheriff’s Office event

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Residents dump their drugs in successful Sheriff’s Office event
“The purpose of this event was to reach out to the citizens of Beaufort County with expired or leftover medicines including prescription and over-the-counter drugs, vitamins and herbal supplements in their homes, and provide them the opportunity to have these materials safely disposed of,” according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.

Regional News

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

3 p.m. March 14: ACS’s Relay For Life teams will march in Hilton Head’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Kickoff is at 3 p.m. on Pope Avenue. The Relay’s goal is $125,000. “Fight Like a Girl” T-shirts and more will be for sale at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. The Relay For Life itself will be held May 7 at Honey Horn.

Regional News

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Sculptures by Kishel are an “alloy of nature and technology, of metal in a plastic world,” according to a press release. “On display will be sculptures for the home and garden of all sizes; small tabletop, wall, ceiling, patio and garden. His unique style runs from nonrepresentational to figurative, minimalist, naturalistic and green.

Heritage Library to host genealogy seminar

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Hosted by the Heritage Library Foundation, the largest genealogical organization in the world, the seminars will be led by top genealogical experts including “Using DNA in Your Genealogy,” a book sale and opportunities for 30-minute one-on-one consultations with Christopher Child and David Dearborn.

Study of fatal fire still a few months off

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

The National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., is studying the June 18, 2007, blaze that gutted the Sofa Super Store in Charleston. Its report had been expected last year..

Census Bureau still needs local workers

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Both full-time and part-time census jobs are available, to allow flexible schedules, Statham said. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or have a U.S. permanent residency card (green card), be 18 or older, have a valid Social Security number, and pass abasic skills test.

Area Budget Blinds franchise honored

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Budget Blinds offers homeowners and businesses in the area free consultations, professional measuring and installation, and a selection of window treatments including shutters, blinds, draperies and shades..

CPC to distribute new phone directory

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Communication Publishing LLC will distribute a total of 92,000 copies throughout Beaufort, Hampton and Jasper counties, according to Publisher Brent Cooper of Beaufort..

Weichert Realtors adds Wilder to team

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Weichert Realtors adds Wilder to team
Wilder has 20 years of real estate experience. She is a member of the Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors..

We say ...Vets should watch a game with our kids

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Shawn Morrison, the coach of H.E. McCracken Middle School’s baseball team, would love for some of those aging, baseball-loving veterans to watch agame with his kids to show them what it really means, what baseball was (and perhaps still is) all about..

You say ... VOX

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

“Civics 101A: It’s true all spending bills.

She says ...It’s time for the May’s ‘spring cleaning,’ so get ready to get muddy

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Lisa Sulka
This past week was National Employee Appreciation Day, and Town Council paid tribute to our employees with a pancake breakfast. Special thanks goes to Bluffton BBQ, Corner Perk and Waste Management for their generosity in helping with this breakfast..

Juried art and craft show planned for Honey Horn

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Juried art and craft show planned for Honey Horn
The Art Market at Historic Honey Horn, a juried fine art and craft show, is set for April 24 and 25 on Hilton Head Island. Artwork will come in all shapes, colors, meanings and media, including: clay, wood, fibers, metals, glass, jewelry, watercolors, oil, mixed media and photography.

Norfolk Southern ordered to plant bushes, stock fish, pay $4 million

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By SARITA CHOUREY
Five years ago, nine people were killed and more than 250 were sent to ahospital when a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying chlorine crashed into two locomotives and two rail cars. One of the train’s tank cars was punctured and released chlorine gas.

Powwow returns to Hardeeville

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Powwow returns to Hardeeville
By ERINN MCGUIRE
From Bluffton, take U.S. 278 to Interstate 95 and cross the overpass; turn left onto U.S. 17. At the first stop light, turn right. Go straight through the next intersection, which is an odd one; the street will eventually become Church Road. Continue until the road ends at a T.

Who has spots? A leopar ard, a giraffe and … Jake!

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Who has spots? A leopar ard, a giraffe and … Jake!
By CRIS RICHARDSON
People with mastocytosis have an abnormal accumulation of these cells, which, when triggered, lead to avariety of symptoms. Mastocytosis affects less than 200,000 people in the nation, though there are likely more cases that simply go undiagnosed.

When a fishing guide gets a day off, he goes fishing

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

When a fishing guide gets a day off, he goes fishing
By Jason DuBose
Calm breezes, clear water and bright sunny skies would make sighting the fish easy, if you can call it that. Often, even under the best of conditions, it’s only very subtle clues that give away the location of aschool of fish.

ACE students attend international hair show

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

ACE students attend international hair show
“It gives students an indepth knowledge of the various opportunities that the profession can offer them,” McKnight said. “It also gives them a broader frame of mind regarding the industry. The industry is not just about being a stylist or barber.

Focus Education

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

GREENVILLE – H.E. McCracken seventh-grade chemistry teacher Dawn Sumner will be one of 118 science teachers statewide to attend the Science Plus Institute this summer at the Roper Mountain Science Center in Greenville, the state Department of Education announced Monday.

‘America’s Best Social Critic’ to speak at USCB

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

‘America’s Best Social Critic’ to speak at USCB
He was the winner of the 2006 Great Teacher Award from the Society of Columbia Graduates and is the author of “Melville: His World and Work (2005),” which won the Lionel Trilling Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award in biography.

Opportunities

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Rising Stars is an afterschool tutoring program that aims to raise test scores. Shirley Kinlaw, a former tutor with Seeds of Success, offers Rising Stars from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays..

TCL educators honored at state conference

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

TCL educators honored at state conference
TCL’s director of student support services, Rodney Adams, was honored at the same conference as a nominee for the A. Wade Martin “Innovator of the Year” award. The award is named for the first executive director of the technical and industrial training program in South Carolina.

Okatie performs ‘Folk Songs & Storytelling’

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Okatie performs ‘Folk Songs & Storytelling’
Goodwin worked with students for seven weeks before the show, helping them learn to tell their own stories and published stories using individual and group narratives, role-playing and variations on an original story..

CODA visits Bluffton High to prevent dating violence

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

CODA visits Bluffton High to prevent dating violence
By Sara Wright
“So many children don’t see healthy, loving relationships,” said Martha Lawrence, communications coordinator for CODA. “They see ones that shouldn’t be repeated. We want to tell our children what healthy loving relationships look like. They don’t include.

Okatie boasts Math Bowl winners

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Okatie boasts Math Bowl winners
These kindergarten through second-grade students won the March Madness Math Bowl March 5 at Okatie Elementary School. They were rather excited about it..

M.C. Riley’s best honored for their second-quarter competence

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Following is alist of Michael C. Riley Elementary School who made the honor roll recently..

State has blinders on when it comes to driver-vision law

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By JIM DAVENPORT
Lawmakers on Wednesday plan to discuss ameasure that would eliminate the five-year checks. The current law “puts a tremendous burden on the public to have to go and send in a vision test,” said state Rep. Gary Simrill, a Rock Hill Republican who co-sponsored the bill.

A day of sun brings out warmth-loving wackadoos

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Tim Wood
Awoman was driving ared Sebring convertible with the top down. In the passenger seat, a20-something man —very buff, but scarily pale —was standing up in his seat with nothing but athong on, shouting, “I love the sun! I love Bluffton!” They were headed for the Alljoy dock.