Saturday, July 31, 2010 beaufortgazette.com islandpacket.com Campers put on 'whirl' of a performance Madison Bronsky, 10, plays Alice, create the whirlpool that transports Wonderland during the last day of Arts Center of Coastal Carolina on The campers put on a production Wonderland" for their families to program. BRIEFLY CHARLESTON Jellyfish stings up on Charleston coast Welcome to the invasion of the jellyfish. Hundreds of stings have been reported along the Charleston coastline since last weekend. Some suspect a swarm ofjellies rode in with strong onshore winds. Others wonder if a shift in the Gulf Stream or this week's blast of thunderstorms are to blame.
Whatever the reason, WETLANDS Continued from 3A administration and communi- cation. "This change is our best attempt to streamline our own administrative process," 1 he said. "It takes the administrative burden off of the staff in Beaufort." Although Burger said he doesn't expect the change to create delays, some local real estate interests worry closings on property along marshes, beaches and other wetland areas might take longer because the paperwork will have to be mailed to Charleston rather than going through the local office. When such property in Beaufort County changes owners, is subdivided or newly platted, the county requires that the boundary outlining where tidelands, coastal waters or sand dune systems begins also known as the critical line be verified by OCRM. No other counties in South Carolina have this requirement, Burger said.
"It's not a state requirement," Burger said. "We have been doing it as a courtesy for some time. We get a large number VERDIER Continued from 3A Patsy Hodge, who has lived near the cove for 16 years, said it appeared the town's efforts were working. "Things seem to be flowing very well," she said. "My only thing to go by is the condition of the marsh grass.
If there were something there, that marsh grass would be dying or have a darker color. But it's very pretty and green, and that tells me the WANG Continued from 3A Federal court records suggest authorities began looking into Wang and the restaurants after they received a tip from an unnamed local law enforcement officer who frequented the restaurant in Beaufort. The restaurant on Fording ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MEASURES Strict law proposed in Summerville The measure would make it illegal to live in the town without legal resident status. By BRUCE SMITH The Associated Press SUMMERVILLE In a quiet Southern suburb of gardens and parks across the country from Arizona another skirmish in the battle over illegal immigration is brewing. Summerville councilman Walter Bailey, worried there is a void in immigration laws, has proposed an ordinance that goes further than state law, which was sharpened two years ago to allow police to identify illegal immigrants for deportation.
The proposal would prevent illegal immigrants from living in the town of 45,000, which calls itself "Flower Town in the Pines," and in most cases prevent them from working here. Bailey, a former state prosecutor, says it was prompted in part by the Obama administration's challenge of the new Arizona law that was to have taken effect this week. Although a federal judge blocked key of the Arizona law, Bailey said aspects his ordinance is different enough he doesn't think the ruling applies. WELLIVER The Island Packet while other campers her back home from Theatre Camp at the Hilton Head Island. Friday of "Alice in finish the weeklong they are here in force.
"We've had a dramatic increase in stings this week," Charleston County official Nikki Bowie said. "It's not only the number of stings, but the severity." The beach parks normally see just a couple of reported stings a month, if any at all. Isle of Palms, however, had 162 reported stings last Sunday and another 186 on Tuesday. The number of reported stings on Folly Beach jumped from 15 on Wednesday to 150 on Thursday, Bowie said. of critical area line-setting requests that are not associated with permitting, and it takes up a lot of our staff's time." State Sen.
Tom Davis, also a a Beaufort real estate attorney, said it's time to look at Beaufort County's policy and whether it's "absolutely vital to have OCRM verify the plats." to "I want to make sure there aren't unnecessary requirements at the county level that would give rise to delays in closings," Davis said. "The bottom line for me, as a state legislator, is: I want to make sure the closing process is as quick and efficient as possible." County officials said the policy began in 1997 to protect wetlands, county planning director Tony Criscitiello said. Other wetla permit applications, certifications and other requests that must go through the Charleston office beginning Friday include critical-area permit applications, coastal-zone consistency certification requests, general permit applications, critical-area permit amendment requests, critical- of area line requests, permit-transfer requests, permit-extension requests, and maintenance and repair notifications, according to OCRM's website. ecological system is doing very well." Next, the town will work with Beaufort County to im- of prove flow under a series of pipes beneath Red Cedar Street and Bluffton Parkway, Fletcher said. Town Council earmarked $100,000 for that work and other maintenance improvements for fiscal year 2010-11.
The work has not been scheduled, but Fletcher said all remaining cove projects should be finished by next summer. Island Road in greater Bluffton reopened March 31, seven days after the arrests. The Jade Garden on Boundary Street in Beaufort reopened in mid-April. Authorities say the restaurant owners negotiated to hire waitresses and dishwashers smuggled into the U.S. from China and Latin America, housed them in a trailer in Burton and paid them little.
Summerville Walter Bailey "It was outrageous that when, by default, the state of Arizona has to go in there and do the job the federal government ought to be doing instead of showing appreciation and support in Arizona, the federal government sues," Bailey said. A federal judge blocked key aspects of the Arizona law Wednesday but Bailey said his ordinance is different enough that he doesn't think the judge's ruling applies. Bailey's proposal not only requires most employers to check the immigration status of workers but those who rent homes or apartments in town would have to prove they are citizens or in the country legally. "The federal government and to a lesser extent the state government is not doing a whole lot about the immigration problem," he said. He expects some council opposition but says most of the people he has spoken to favor the ordinance.
Bailey's ordinance is based on a recent Fremont, ordinance already under court challenge. He is concerned about a challenge to the Summerville law if it passes but "I don't think the threat of expensive litigation ought to keep us from doing the right thing. Sometimes you have to figure out what is right and stand up for it and take your lumps." According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, lawmakers in 44 states passed 191 state laws and adopted 128 resolutions on immigration in the first six months of this year. Five were vetoed. Immigration is a federal, not local, issue, said the Rev.
Harry Villacis, Hispanic outreach minister at Summerville's Faith Assembly of God. He says concern about new immigration laws, both the local and state ones and the drumbeat of others around the country, has prompted many Hispanics to leave in recent months. Only 35 parishioners now attend the weekly Spanish services at the church, about half as many as in January, he said. "They are very afraid," he added. "They are going to Texas or New Mexico or Washington state where they can receive a drivers license.
At least they can have an ID where they can drive to work without any difficulty." SC coast hits 11th straight day of heat advisory By BRUCE SMITH The Associated Press CHARLESTON Heat advisories were posted from the Carolinas to the Great Plains as the South continued to roast Friday under temperatures and humidity that made beaches feel more like bakeries. It was the 11th straight day of a heat advisory or warning on the South Carolina coast, said Julie Packett, a weather service meteorologist in Charleston. She said the pattern is expected to continue through August. DEATHS OBITUARIES David Hagood David Hagood, 68, of Burton, husband of Jeanette B. Hagood, died Friday, July 30, 2010, at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
Arrangements by Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Mae Simmons Mae Glover Simmons, 64, of St. Helena Island, widow of James Simmons, died Thursday, July 22, 2010, at her residence. Funeral services will be at noon today at the Scottsville Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery. Arrangements by Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals.
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Children take a break from the heat Friday at the fountain in the Waterfront Park in Charleston. BRUCE SMITH The Associated Press Forecasts for Friday highs mainly were in the upper 90s to 100 throughout much of the South. The heat index, which combines humidity and tem- St. Helena Island, died Friday, July 30, 2010, at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Arrangements by Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals.
Dinah Williams Dinah Gregg Williams, 67, of the Pleasant Point community of Lady's Island, wife of Roy Williams, Friday, July 30, 2010, at 'Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Arrangements by Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals. Hattie Williams Hattie L. Williams, 76, of Port Royal, died Friday, July 30,2010, at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Arrangements by Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Nancy Wolfe Nancy Leaf Wolfe, 85, of In Loving Memory Of Sgt. Maj. Reginald A. Binette May 10, 1930 July 31, 1980 GONE 30 YEARS 5 Death Leaves A Heartache No One Can Heal. Love Leaves A Memory No One Can Steal.
Anon Sadly missed but not forgotten by Wife, Children, Family Friends of the sun, drink fluids and get some air conditioning. Forecasters say high humidity from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic is exacerbating the summertime heat. Elizabeth Spencer, a Charleston city worker who helps the elderly, said one woman ran up a $600 electric bill as her small, inefficient window air conditioner ran almost nonstop to keep up with the heat. "It's absolutely unforgiving. We have never had heat like this," she said.
perature, was well over 100 degrees from South Carolina to eastern Oklahoma. The National Weather Service urged people to stay out Columbia, formerly of Hilton Head Island, widow of John Saxton Wolfe died Monday, July 26, 2010. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. today at St. David's Episcopal Church in Columbia.
Entombment will be at 4 p.m. Sunday in the memorial garden at Church of the Cross in Bluffton. Arrangements by Dunbar Funeral Home, Northeast Chapel, Columbia. In Loving Memory of Bessie Mae Wiggins Holmes a.k.a. "Gal" July 15, 1938 July 31, 2008 Be it the warm summer air or a cool evening wind Blowing through the leaves in the trees We know it's you, Mrs.
Bessie Mae Holmes Bringing us your laughter and love On an angel kissed breeze Though for two years now The heaven you have been (7-31-2008) Every day you appear in our hearts our minds Over and over again Our souls are light and full of much joy and love We rest peacefully knowing that You are there with our Lord God above Penned Written by: Melissa-Anne Poole 6-30-2008 Rest in peace Gal. With love, the Family DEATH NOTICE Edward C. Thomas Ill Edward C. Thomas III, 75, who friends and family knew at died July 23rd, 2010 from natural causes. Mr.
Thomas was born October 28, 1934 in Washington, DC, and was one of five brothers and sisters. Ted received a bachelor and law degree from American University and married Jeanne Roy of Washington, DC June 5th, 1965. Mr. Thomas had a long and successful career in real estate law with Safeway, Marriott, McDonalds's, and as principal of his own firm. Ted was a faithful Christian, active at St.
James Church of Potomac, MD, and St. Luke's Episcopal Church on Hilton Head Island, SC and demonstrated a lifelong commitment to many Christian ministries. Ted was an avid golfer, a terrific storyteller, a loyal Washington Redskins fan and a wonderful husband, father and grandfather who celebrated his faith and family every day. Mr. Thomas is survived by his loving wife, Jeanne, son Edward and daughter Carolyn; and three grandchildren.
Mr. Thomas is also survived by his sisters Barbara Jacques and Janet Murray and brother Jeffrey Thomas. In addition to his parents, Mr. Thomas was preceded in death by his sister Patricia Kloss. A memorial service for Mr.
Thomas will be held at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 50 Pope Avenue, Hilton Head Island, SC, on Wednesday August 11, at 1:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, Mr. Thomas had requested that donations be made to Goal Belize Prison Project in Mike Znachko, 29 Seabrook Landing Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926. The Island Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
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