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Lowcountry News Thu 8-15-24
HERE’S SOME GOOD STORM NEWS FOR A CHANGE. WE CAN JUST WAVE AT HURRICANE ERNESTO WHEN IT BLOWS BY WAY OFF SHORE OVER THE WEEKEND, THOUGH WE WILL SEE LARGER AND LONGER WAVES OFF OUR BEACHES, WHICH WILL HELP SURFING, BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE A HIGHER DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS, THOSE DANGEROUS UNDERTOWS THAT GO OUT TO SEA AND CAN TAKE SWIMMERS OUT WITH THEM. RIP CURRENTS ARE BLAMED FOR ABOUT EIGHT DEATHS A YEAR IN THE CAROLINAS.
Romance Novelist Jennifer Vido in Beaufort
The Gull Island series captivates readers with Vido’s sweet romances set in the charming Lowcountry. In 2024, Vido’s talent garnered accolades, with Baltimore Magazine readers naming her Best Local Author in their annual Best of Baltimore poll, while the Baltimore Sun acknowledged her with an Honorable Mention in their Best of 2024 Author Category. In recognition of her literary achievements, Baltimore Magazine honored Jennifer as a finalist for Best Local Author in their 2023 Best of Baltimore Readers’ Poll.
Jamie Ertle’s Monday WX Forecast 08-12-2024
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A heat advisory is in place until 6pm for all the viewing area; we’ve got feels like temperatures of 109° in Beaufort to 105° in Hinesville. Sunshine has given way to partly to mostly cloudy skies and I’m expecting isolated storm development from 4pm to 7pm. That’ll most likely be in the Lowcountry and down I-95. A stationary front will remain just to the west of through Tuesday before dissipating and then some weak high pressure will build in from the north and hang out through at at least Friday.
SC Commissioner Weathers: Lowcountry Oyster Co. to Expand Production
Lowcountry Oyster Company is expanding its operations with the construction of a $6.4 million seafood processing and cross-dock facility in Green Pond, South Carolina. The Colleton County facility is projected to create 30 new jobs. With a state-of-the-art chilled water wet storage system and climate-controlled processing and holding areas, including...
Odie Davis, 62, is coaching girls’ basketball in Beaufort, S.C.
Flash forward - Coach George Pepper and I ran a resource room together back in 1980 under the banner of special education. We had fun, and so did our students. One of them, Odie Davis, was on coach Pepper’s cross country team and on coach Fred’s track team. One day, Odie was called to the guidance office and they apologized for misplacing Odie in our program but they had fixed his schedule so Odie could tread water in the mainstream of the curriculum canal. Odie objected and said ours was the best class he ever had, and he had never been so successful. We juxtaposed stuff around and made Odie a teacher's aide at Shields School, then he’d come back to us for a period of decompression. I contacted Odie last week – he’s 62 and living in Beaufort, S.C., and has been the head girls’ basketball coach at Bridges Preparatory School the last four years. He joined the Marines after graduation from Cape and works at a Marine base in Beaufort as a mechanic. It gets better. Odie asked, “How is your wife doing? Tell her I said hello,” which I did. And Susan remembered, “You know that bookcase in the garage we've been toting around for 44 years? Well, Odie made that in shop class.” Moral of the story: “Good kids often go on to a life as good people.”
Education Briefs
Port Royal’s Poulin to attend Honors College at College of Charleston. Marielle Poulin of Port Royal (29935) will attend the Honors College at the College of Charleston starting this fall. Poulin joins an inspired learning community within the Honors College. Honors students enjoy personalized mentorship, unique opportunities, and small,...
NEWS BRIEFS
Move in for students at USCB to impact travel in Beaufort and Bluffton, August 17 and 18. The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) warns that on Saturday, Aug. 17, and Sunday, Aug. 18, there are expected travel delays around the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) campuses in downtown Beaufort and in Bluffton.
What’s Happening
4 to 5 p.m., or 5:15 to 6:15 p.m., Mondays/Wednesdays or Tuesday/Thursdays, Happy Art Studio, 10 Sam’s Point Way, Beaufort. Ages 8 to 13. Painting, drawing, clay or crafts. Visit www.happyartstudio.net. CALENDAR. Rotary Club of Sea Island Social. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 20, Windhorse Gallery, 809 Paris...
ON THIS DATE
2019: Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang speaks at the Grand Army of the Republic Hall in Beaufort. At the event, Beaufort-born South Carolina artist Ment Nelson gives Yang a portrait of the candidate he painted. 2021: In a private service, Beaufort’s Jill Striebinger becomes the first South Carolina woman ordained...
The HSSR Talked With High School Head Football Coaches From Chester, Blackville-Hilda, and May River At Media Day On July, 29th
Columbia — Several head coaches (Kevin Jones - Blackville Hilda, Victor Floyd - Chester, and Richard Bonneville - May River) who attended the annual HSSR media day on July, 28th at the University of South Carolina were interviewed about their teams for the upcoming 2024 season. Blackville-Hilda brought 12...
The ‘Marshside Mama,’ a coastal culinary fave, is back in the kitchen
DAUFUSKIE ISLAND, S.C. — At least once a day, a patron bellies up to Casey Long’s bar, looks around the place and asks him about Marshside Mama’s Cafe. About the time rock-and-roll icon John Mellencamp played a set on the stage across the room. Or if he...
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: New Edisto coach working to change the culture
Marcus Livingston returned to Edisto to coach the Cougars and quickly learned that his alma mater was in dire need of some T.L.C. “Trust, loyalty and commitment are the qualities we’re looking to hang our hat on,” Livingston said. “We started in the spring, and have continued to preach that message throughout the summer. We want to be focused on the field, and guys are starting to buy in to the philosophy.”
Have boat, will eat: Daufuskie Island’s food scene making a comeback
DAUFUSKIE ISLAND, S.C. — The leafy gnarled limbs of a three-centuries-old oak tree give cover to the dining room of the Island Shack Cafe, where the neighborhood dog makes the rounds in search of scraps and musicians serenade diners from a Bluetooth speaker lashed to a pole. A shack...
Drivers urged to avoid flooded 7000 block of Parkers Ferry Road in Adams Run
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — 7000 block of Parkers Ferry Road in Adams Run is flooded according to the Charleston County Sheriff's Office. Officers are asking drivers to avoid this area.
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