http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-last en Content of Bluffton Today http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63873 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63873 FastTrac GrowthVenture, an entrepreneurial training program, will host a free introduction meeting from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Technical College of the Lowcountry New River campus, in the conference room. To register, call 525-8205. FastTrac GrowthVenture classes will be from 6 p. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63850 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63850 Antonio andTamaraBaker of Ridgeland announcethe birth of a daughter. KimoraE’mani Bakerwas born at 1:53 p.m. on July 31,2008, at Beaufort MemorialHospital. Sheweighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces and was 19 inches long. Shejoins siblings Adriana Simmonsand Kaeshi Baker, both 15. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63839 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63839 Idon’t know about you, but the Beloved and Idid not really enjoy the weather asso ciated with Tropical Storm Fay. Iknow, we needed rain, Iknow we were lucky that it turned west when it did; Iknow we are lucky that it didn’t do any major damage. Neverthe less, four days of rain is not what I call good weather. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63833 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63833 “I’m trying to be nice but I just read the. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63831 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63831 Listening to comments about the economy by speakers at the Democratic National Convention, I felt an investigation was warranted. The search became easier as the Investors Business Daily posted an update on the economy Tuesday. Average U.S. income fell when George W. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63828 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63828 I feel that I must comment on the diatribes regarding the USCB decision to play their first baseball season in the Charles Gray Sports Facility in Hardeeville. I am of the impression that the newspapers consider Hardeeville a tourist jump-off town. Allow me to give you another view of Hardeeville that you never considered. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63827 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63827 Right whales aren’t buffalo. They aren’t bald eagles. They aren’t even polar bears. As Americans, we’ve done a decent job protecting what’s left of some endangered species that we can basically take the blame for hunting or poisoning or warming into near- extinction. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63817 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63817 RALEIGH, N.C. —A 21- year-old mother of two who survived fivedaysin her wrecked pickup truck wasin serious condition Wednesday afterbeing pulled from a North Carolina ravine. Aspokeswoman at Carolinas Medical Center said Amber Pennellwas listed in serious condition atthe Charlotte hospital,but shecouldn’t release details. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63814 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63814 COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Department of Cor rections is borrowing more than $14 million to start an energy and water savings program that it expects will generate $1.3 million a year in savings by installing better equipment, drilling new wells and using other conservation tools. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63809 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63809 Plansfor Beaufort County’s first charter school moved forward with approval earlier this month by the State Charter School Advisory Committee. The state committee endorsed the Riverview Charter School’s application forcertification,moving approval for the school to the Beaufort County Board of Education. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63796 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63796 SAVANNAH — A long sought restoration of Tybee Island’s eroded beaches should begin about Oct. 1and cost less than expected, offi cials said Tuesday. An obviously pleased U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, who helped win most of the money for the project, attended an ocean-front briefing. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63793 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63793 Representatives of Beau fort County and owners of three developments proposed for the Okatie area are com ing closer to a development agreement that stands in the way of a rezoning approval. TheownersofOkatieMarsh, River Oaks and Osprey Point — some 254 acres of rural property on S. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63783 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63783 And beating out rival Hilton Head Island High School by a mere two points came as little consolation. “This may be now or never,” said cheer coach Beth Herring. “It takes time to build a program. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63777 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63777 Technically, they were merely halfway around the world. But to the Bluffton teens participating in the L o w C o u n t r y C o m m u n i t y Church’s July mission trip to India, they might have well been in another universe. Eighty percent of the kids at the Christian schools they visited weren’t Christian. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63773 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-1WB8Atd5BSNNGNIu;c-63773 Early on the job, Superinten dent Valerie Truesdale identi fied top educational leaders and put them in an important new role: academic improve ment officers. A year later, those important jobs don’t exist. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63616 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63616 For those looking for a won derful getaway with gorgeous views, good food and friendly people, a cruise along the Dal matian Coast of Croatia should be on the top of your list — as it recently was for me, my wife and afew friends. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63606 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63606 In spite of past and impending budget cuts for all of our state agencies, espe cially those mandated with the protection of our natural resources, a number of proj ects are under way that focus on the understanding and enhancement of our Beau fort County ecosystem and its fisheries. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63604 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63604 It’s back to the drawing board for veteran Bluffton High School volleyball coach Al Stern. After guiding the Lady Bobcats to their first Class 3A state championship last fall, Stern is faced with rebuilding a team that lost the core of its talent to graduation. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63599 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63599 Students should see some relief from crowding on buses running to and from H.E. McCracken Middle School starting today, according to the school district’s Director of Operations Larry Wilson. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63593 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63593 “I was sitting on U.S. 278 at the exit of. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63591 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63591 Conservative writers and callers express fear for our nation’s future should Obama become president, but would anyone in his right mind want to continue the policies of the past seven years? The conservative economic record: Our government now... http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63588 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63588 Claire Ernhart’s Aug. 16 reply to myletter objecting to helmet laws is typicalofmany whowish to impose greaterrestrictionson Thesame impulse would give us a requirementthatred meat and other unhealthy foods be made illegal to reduce long-term medical costs. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63587 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63587 There’s no such thing as a lan guage barrier when it comes to good deeds. Nellie Melendez proved that last week, when the Mexican native and veteran employee of Bluffton’s Off Island Thrift Store found — and promptly returned — $1,700 she dis- covered in a donated handbag. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63581 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63581 “I just want to let everyone. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63575 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63575 Marke’s Heating and Air recently gave $500 to the Little Red Dog Foundation, which provides specially equipped three-wheeled cycles to people with disabilities. Marke’s gives a $500 donation every month to a local charity. The Little Red Dog Foundation provided a special tricycle to the Grace Center for all the children to use. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63571 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63571 PERMATANG PAUH, Malaysia — Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim won a landslide victory in a special election for a parliament seat Tuesday, strengthening his campaign to topple the government and become the next prime minister despite sodomy charges against him. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63567 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63567 CLEVELAND — A man who wrote hundreds of threatening letters over 20 years to black and mixed-race men — including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter — was sentenced Tuesday to three years and 10 months in prison. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63565 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63565 SAVANNAH — A new fed eral report recommends that ships entering and exiting the port of Savannah and other ports along the East Coast slow to 10 knots (about 12 mph) to protect highly endangered right whales. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63563 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63563 The Beaufort County Council put its final touches on the 2009 county and school district budgets Monday, clearing the way for tax bills to go out later this year. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63562 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63562 The Beaufort County Coun cil took its first step Monday to decrease property taxes on registered boats, which council members hope will ultimately lead to more tax revenue. The council gave the first of three readings to an ordinance that would reduce the tax rate on pleasure boats from 10. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63550 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63550 Bluffton Police Chief David McAllisterhopestoneveragain get a 3 a.m. phone call like he did the morning 17-year-old Bluffton High School student Josh George was ejected from his pickup because he wasn’t wearing aseat belt. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63538 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63538 Words and time have always been a passion for Yates Davis. For 35 years, he fit the most descriptive language into an economy of seconds as a TV and radio writer and producer. He hated empty words like “idiopathic” even before the word ruled his daily life. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63537 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-JL0sZb0FFkED6a8u;c-63537 When Nellie Melendez found nearly $1,700 in ahand bag, she could have slipped it in her pocket. Nobody would have known — not her boss at Off Island Thrift, not the woman who donated the bag, not her co workers. Nobody except her. And God. She gave it to her boss, who gave it back to the woman who mistakenly “donated” it. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62756 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62756 Expecting a Class 3A state championship in her first year as the Bluffton High School girls’ golf coach may be ask ing a lot of Tory Kuehner, but that’s OK with her. She actu ally believes it can happen. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62739 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62739 The spotlight will shine on Barack Obama on Thursday when he officially accepts the Democratic Party’s nomination in Denver. But waiting in the wings, with little fanfare, will be two Lowcountry women who share his vision and have worked tirelessly to bring it to light. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62733 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62733 JASPER COUNTY — A 20-year-old Ridgeland man died early Sunday morning in a single-vehicle accident about eight miles north of Hardeeville. Terry Eddings was killed when he was thrown from the rear window ofan Oldsmobile Cutlass on the northbound side of I-95, according to Jasper County Coroner Martin Sauls and the S. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62730 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62730 Police say that Jeffery Byron Tyle, 52, of 11 Eagle Claw Drive in Hilton Head Plantation, was allegedly trafficking suspected cocaine and marijuana from Texas. On June 27, drug task force officers intercepted a package containing five ounces of cocaine and three pounds of marijuana being shipped to Tyle’s house, McIntosh said. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62718 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62718 With a summer’s worth of barbe cued hamburgers, steaks and chicken behind us, it’s time to look for ways to use up the bumper crop of cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers from our gardens and find new ways to enjoy fresh melons. Cold soups made from fruits and vegetables offer revitalizing options for appe tizers or light meals. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62716 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62716 “Approximately four months ago , Charlie. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62714 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62714 Mama would have loved Tropical Storm Fay. She didn’t read mysteries. Wouldn’t admit that she thrived on suspense and would have been shocked if you considered her a pessimist. When television came to town, she waited impatiently for the weatherman. Special reports interrupting the regular programming sent her into immediate gloom and doom predictions. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62711 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62711 The recent board of directors meeting at Sun City was a rude awakening for me that those who pledged to represent us do not. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62710 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62710 We fear for the Okatie. Bluffton’s “other” river, known down stream as the Colleton, isn’t nearly as accessible as the May, but what it lacks in popularity it more than makes up for in development threats. Simply put, the Okatie might be kaput. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62701 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62701 “These are required, at least for the higher level more complex applications,” Wendy Powers, assistant town manager for planning, said Monday. “Everyone is required to have a pre-application meeting – at least for the higher level, more complex applications. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62686 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-5HP9715X9Y2z4R4t;c-62686 One of the largest crowds to attend a Beaufort County Council meeting in recent history showed up Monday to protest the rezoning of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church. In the face of the opposition, the County Council voted to delay making a vote. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62682 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62682 On Friday, the Bluffton High School football team’s season-opener against Hardeeville High School was rained out. A day later, after the neighboring teams finally met, Bluffton’s Jeremy West was the only one walking off the field soaking wet. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62341 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62341 CHARLESTON — It was once dismissed as a “boys club” of rabble-rousers. But the Charleston firefighters union has grown dramatically in size and clout, forcing city and fire department officials to acknowledge its members’ concerns. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62329 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62329 Today is going to be a show-and-tell session. One picture that accompanies this article shows a trees in dire need of pruning, while the other shows how well-done pruning should look. So why and how must trees be pruned? First, trees that don’t get regular pruning tend not be as healthy as those that get pruned. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62321 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62321 The signs that fall has arrived aren’t quite as evi dent in Bluffton as they are in the Upstate. Palmetto trees don’t morph into spectacular colors when the weather gets cold. To find hints that fall is on the nearby horizon we have to look elsewhere.. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62306 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62306 Thereare plenty of dinerswho arecheap. They wouldn’t give 15 to 20 percent. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62295 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62295 “The new Publix is great.. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62293 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62293 There are good things happening in the Old Town. Anumber of those good things were highlighted by last week’s Third Friday celebration, held at the Calhoun Street Promenade. The merchants were happy, as there was acertain amount of business transacted. The attendees were happy because it was apleasant, well-done event that was free to the public. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62290 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62290 Don’t you think there are risks to the environment when we ship gas and oil from across the ocean? You state that in the short term we need oil and gas. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62289 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62289 We have one chance to do this right. There will be no more blank-slate Oyster Factory Parks. Not in Bluffton. Never again will we have 7 acres of relatively unspoiled riverbank in the Old Town to play with. There are no do-overs, no mulligans. Pick your cliché. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62282 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62282 Buck Island and Simmonsville roads neighborhood plan workshop When:. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62281 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62281 Beaufort County Coun cil members will meet again today with members of the School Board to discuss the educators’ budget one more time before establishing resi dents’ tax rates. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62270 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-40Kp6zKxvyF6LlJa;c-62270 A teenager was sent to jail Saturday night after a fight broke out near the end of a football game at Bluff ton High School, a Bluffton Police Department spokesman said Sunday. Eric Brown, 17, was one of 15 people involved in a series of scuffles that started in the stands in the BHS football stadium at around 10 p. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62071 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62071 TheCivicCrusade is anewly formed,nonpartisan group of concerned citizens. We feel deeply that ourgoals,set by a committee, strongly relate to theterm “the American way.” Ouragenda encompasses thephilosophy that the solution doesnot lie in the handsofa few. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62055 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62055 This week, we go along on a road trip with reader Sally Graham of Hardeeville. Graham said, “when the girls need girl time, they just jump in the car and go,” so she and daughter Kera, 20, and niece Megan, 15, had a weekend getaway recently in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62053 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62053 In response to Bud Hillman’snightmare (Tuesday letter)about the Democratic Congress,I think he should bury hishead under the pillow and rethink thecause of his upset. Although Iagree that Nancy Pelosiisa joke, thereal nightmare is the stateofthe Union created by the Republican Party long before the Democrats gained a majority in Congress. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62049 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62049 TheTV ad saysMcCain is amaverick. Yet the old war hero hasvoted 91 percent of the timefor Bush’s failed policies.Amaverick only in hisown mind. McCain also believes Washington is broke. That statementiscorrect. However, thead failsto say McCain is amajor reasonwhy Washington is broke. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62042 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62042 Usuallythere is a ribbon cutting and celebration wheneverthe town of Bluffton finishes a project. Therefore, Iaminviting everyone to aceremony on HeywardStreettosee the sidewalk.Itis24incheswide andincomplete on both ends. It stopsshortofBridgeStreet andS. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62020 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62020 GREENVILLE — A Montana woman pleaded guilty Tues day to stealing the identity of a missing South Carolina woman to gain acceptance to an Ivy League school in what her lawyer called a bid to escape a painful past. Esther Elizabeth Reed, 30, pleaded guilty to fraud and identity theft charges in federal court in Greenville. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62005 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-62005 What should go in Bluffton’s Oyster Factory Park? Where should it go? And what should come first in the proposed $2 million project budget spread over four years? Blufftonians will soon get a chance to weigh in on those questions, letting the Town Council and other officials know what they think about a new conceptual draft master plan. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61997 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61997 MOAB, Utah — A twin-engine plane crashed and burned near an airport not far from Arches National Park in southeastern Utah, killing the pilot and nine passengers connected with a group of skin cancer clinics, an official said Saturday. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61993 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61993 H A A D P CHARLESTON — North Charleston police have scored a major pot bust, seizing 500 pounds of marijuana with a street value of more than $2 million. Police who got atip from fed eral authorities chased a van with New York license plates from an industrial park near the Charleston International Airport. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61992 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61992 HILTON HEAD ISLAND — An island man and his son have pleaded guilty to health care fraud. Federal prosecutors say 63-year-old Charles Eugene Gwinn, of Hilton Head, admit tedfraudulentlybilling$57,589 to Medicare. Gwinn is a for mer owner of Group II Medi cal Supports near Beckley. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61978 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61978 The Marine Corps League is still lookingfor “A FewGood Golfers” to fillout thetourney.There are still severalholes available for sponsorship.All proceedsgo tothe various activitieswe support for Marines,their families, phone cards, scholarships,etc.For information please call 705-2115. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61970 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61970 PICKENS — A convicted sex offender has admitted he strangled a 20-year-old Clem son University student, leav ing her body in her off-campus apartment with her bikini top still wrapped around her neck. Jerry Buck Inman pleaded guilty Tuesday to kidnapping, raping and murdering Tif fany Marie Souers. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61956 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61956 “I have to agree with the Vox concerning. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61954 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61954 I once took a master’s level course that was filled with statistics and probabilities. It was the hardest course I ever took on any level, but it was fascinating and well-taught. I had a life lesson reflecting probability several years ago. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61951 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61951 I’m writing this to help clarify some apparent misconceptions that have been in the VOX lately regarding the Town Council expansion issue. The main issue is not whether we expand or not. The main issue is that the voters should decide, not five people in a room. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61950 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61950 The last thing Bluffton needs is another gated community. But it has one, at Shell Hall — atleast at night. The Town Council granted develop ment approval to Shell Hall seven years ago on the condition that there would be “connection between Shell Hall and adja cent properties to the north and south. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61947 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61947 AirTran jettisons service to Savannah. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61944 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61944 COLUMBIA — Somber budget talks in Columbia last week equate to fewer computers, CDs and classroom supplies in local school districts this year. As part of the cuts made by the five-member S.C. Budget and Control Board, a state Department of Education grant program for innovative teaching ideas is facing a 10 percent reduction. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61942 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61942 AUGUSTA, Ga. — Malcom Frazier, 47, died Friday from injuries suffered in the Feb. 7 sugar plant explosion in Port Wentworth outside Savan nah. Frazier, who had been in critical condition for more than six months at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Augus ta’s Doctors Hospital, died at 12:50 a. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61925 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61925 A stray cat ushered in Beau fort County’s sixth confirmed case of rabies this year, marking ameasurable increase from last year, during which none were confirmed. Themostrecentcaseinvolves four women and one man who were exposed to rabies by a feline on Lady’s Island. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61924 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-DzEXO85HblRVbNP4;c-61924 Deepening of the Savannah harbor to the Garden City ter minal won’t proceed without afight, proponents of the pro posed Jasper port warned this week. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61752 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61752 As a child I would pick black eyed susans on the roadside where we lived and present messy bou quets of the 2-3-foot flowers to my mother. The image of knee-high yellow flowers stayed ingrained in my mind as a black-eyed Susan or Rudbeckia. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61751 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61751 Turmoil in the housing mar ket has led to fears that home prices will drop precipitously, particularly if foreclosures force large numbers of homes onto the market in the coming year. Recently, these fears have driven financial stocks down and led to the government res cue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61718 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61718 “We have young people in the prime of their lives fighting and dying in deplorable conditions for your right to be weak. You live in the greatest country in the world, rich beyond belief, and you don’t have the stones to put down the Twinkie and go for a walk? …Quit looking for some easy fix and commit. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61714 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61714 Storm Fay. Join the wet and windy conversation at www.blufftontoday.com/node/23143.. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61703 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61703 OK,mom.You and anyone else who cares dearly formy safety should probably skip ahead to the nextparagraph.After being couped up in Arizona for seven years, I couldn’t resistthe urge to capitalize on the weather wroughtby TropicalStorm Fay. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61696 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61696 How much is that perfect vacation picture worth? Try $20,000, a guilty conscience and a new nickname. Stubby, for instance. Although summer’s technically drawing to a close, it’s still warm outside, tourists are still coming and our dolphins never leave. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61691 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61691 Pastor Michael Beaumont, seen here with his wife, Karrie, and daughters Avery, 9, and Sadie, 4, joined Live Oak Christian Church on Aug. 17, after serving seven years in Indiana. For more information about Live Oak Christian Church, visit www.liveoakcc.com or call 757-5670. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61690 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61690 Lowcountry Presbyterian services time change. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61686 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61686 “Isn’t it interesting how Bill Roe does his. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61682 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61682 Monday’s editorial page and letter are suggestive. To blame our ills on our leaders is putting “Descartes” before “les chevaux.” Our “leaders” were neither regally born nor self-elected. Short-term Band-Aids are inappropriate for serious long-term challenges. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61681 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61681 This first week back to school for students on the traditional calendar, coupled with the lingering effects of Tropical Storm Fay, made drop-off and pick-up times at the schools hectic. Remember, those folks –including the official crossing guards out on the streets – are there primarily to protect children. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61676 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61676 Hunting Island State Park in northern Beaufort County is known for its high erosion rate, and Tropical Storm Fay didn’t help efforts to preserve the popular park’s shoreline. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61675 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61675 A clerk at the Jasper County Magistrate Office was arrested Friday on charges of embezzle ment and misconduct in office, after a state investigation revealed she took up to $35,000, according to court documents. Hilton Head Island resident Pamela E. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61670 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61670 Plans for a boat mooring area in the Colleton River have been rejected by the S.C. Office of Ocean and Coastal Resources Management after opposition to the project was registered by neighbors. In a letter dated Aug. 19, officials with the state’s Water Quality Division of the S. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61669 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61669 An H.E. McCracken Middle School student who allegedly admitted to bringing abutcher knife to school was charged with a felony, the Bluffton Police Department said. On Monday, a 12-inch butcher knife with an 8-inch blade was found in a bath room at the school, said Lt. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61653 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-59G6e27wh15Qo74v;c-61653 Students are still streaming into Bluffton schools and the planned new schools are still needed here, a preliminary report by district consultant Kelley Carey shows. However, the school district as a whole lost 500 students last year, many of them black middle school and high school students in northern Beaufort County. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-ykD2vGkA6mi7PXDs;c-61502 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-ykD2vGkA6mi7PXDs;c-61502 DEARBORN, Michigan — As Ford Motor Co. faces perhaps the most difficult period in its 105 year history, the company is trying to boost employee confidence by showing them —and letting them drive — the vehicles it hopes will pull the storied automaker out of the financial basement. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-ykD2vGkA6mi7PXDs;c-61499 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-ykD2vGkA6mi7PXDs;c-61499 Car enthusiasts who lusted for nearly 20 years after Nissan’s Sky line GT-R sports car are going ga ga over the new-generation GT-R that’s arriving on U.S. soil. “Incredible,” read the headline in Car and Driver magazine. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-ykD2vGkA6mi7PXDs;c-61487 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-ykD2vGkA6mi7PXDs;c-61487 I’ve already admitted that I’m an uber geek with my love for comics and all, so it should be no surprise that I also love “Star Wars.” I bet I’ve seen each of the six episodes at least 10 times apiece and I must admit that I’ve always kind of wondered what happened during the Clone War. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-ykD2vGkA6mi7PXDs;c-61479 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-ykD2vGkA6mi7PXDs;c-61479 70 ClaireDrive, Hilton Head Island 785-3315. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-ykD2vGkA6mi7PXDs;c-61461 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-ykD2vGkA6mi7PXDs;c-61461 AIKEN — A Louisiana man who appeared at a court hearing in Aiken on Tuesday morning claimed that he is a half brother of the deceased entertainer James Brown. KevinJones,51,ofLouisiana, said that he, his three sisters and two deceased brothers are siblings of the late singer, and he said in court that he plans to undergo DNA testing. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-ykD2vGkA6mi7PXDs;c-61427 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-ykD2vGkA6mi7PXDs;c-61427 If I roll over would you give me a home? My owners had to leave town so suddenly that they totally forgot to take me with them — me and another dog and seven cats. How forgetful! But you know what? I am a great dog and I know that. I am housetrained, I do tricks, I get along fine with other dogs and cats and I absolutely love playing with kids. http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-ykD2vGkA6mi7PXDs;c-61425 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today;see-ykD2vGkA6mi7PXDs;c-61425 Saudis play with theircat outside apet shop in Riyadh,Saudi Arabia.Intheir zeal to keep thesexes apart, the kingdom’s religious police recentlybegan enforcing a ban on thesale of cats and dogsaspetsand walking themin public because men use the animals to hit on women.