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An appeal of an issuance of a construction permit stopped efforts by developers to take down this landmark live oak on 12th Street in Port Royal, South Carolina as seen, Thursday, Aug.11. There are two landmark live oaks on the parcel, which is divided into five lots. Efforts to save the second tree are ongoing, and the Port Royal Zoning Board of Appeals will decide the fate of this tree. Photo by Tony Kukulich/The Island News.
Left: Isabelle Hipple, shown here holding a sheep’s brain, has earned recognition following her research project for the Governor’s School for Science and Mathmatics. Photo courtesy of the Hipple family.
Appeal halts removal of landmark live oak
Izzy and the fruit flies
By Tony Kukulich The day after the Town of Port Royal issued a building permit, chainsaws were lopping limbs from the trunk of a landmark live oak estimated to be between 150 and 200 years old. But a last-minute appeal brought the effort to a halt. The tree is one of two landmark live oaks that town residents have been trying to preserve since a building permit was requested for the property they occupy. Nearly a dozen and half residents spoke in opposition to issuance of the requested permit during a crowded public hearing early last month. A petition with more than 300 signatures to save the trees was presented during that meeting.
Research project earns recognition for Beaufort student By Tony Kukulich
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esearch completed between her junior and senior years of high school has netted Beaufort resident Isabelle ‘Izzy’ Hipple statewide recognition, and next year she will represent South Carolina in a national science conference in Washington, D.C. Completed over the course of six weeks at the University of South Carolina, Isabelle’s project was entitled "Sperm Precedence in Genetically Differentiated Populations of Drosophila Melanogaster." “I just worked with fruit flies over the summer, basically just doing evolutionary genetic research,” Isabelle said
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4 running for 2 Beaufort City Council seats From staff reports Four candidates are on the ballot for two at-large Beaufort City Council seats up for grabs in the Nov. 8 General Election. The two candidates from the pool of Josh Gibson, Wilma Holman, Mike McFee and Josh Scallate with the most votes in the non-partisan municipal elections will be elected. McFee is an incumbent. There are also four candidates – Mike Murphy, John Newman, Gary Nizzi and Mike Wilt – on the ballot for two commissioner seats in the Fripp Island Public Service District. Noon on Monday, Aug. 15 was the deadline to file to run in municipal elections in Beaufort County.
casually, giving the impression that evolutionary genetic research is something every high school student does. A student at the prestigious South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM), Isabelle explained that every student is required to complete a research project after their junior year. She started her research with a theory that sperm precedence is a factor in speciation, the development of new and distinct species. If that last sentence left you wondering if you squandered your high school years, these next few aren’t going to make you feel any better.
“Sperm precedence is the idea that the sperm of one male is more likely to fertilize the egg of a female than the sperm of another for some reason,” Isabelle noted with the ease and confidence of someone very comfortable with complicated subject matter. “We see sperm precedence very clearly in different species of drosophila, but we weren’t sure what kind of role it played in genetically differentiated populations of a species. So we were looking at that.” Isabelle presented her research results at the GSSM Annual Research
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Nash takes on Erickson for second time in bid for House seat
Barb Nash, left, shows some of her supporters the outlying boundaries of S.C. House District 124, currently held by Republican Shannon Erickson of Beaufort. Nash, a retired nurse practitioner originally from Ohio, wants to improve the quality of and access to health care in the Lowcountry. Photo by Bob Sofaly.
By Tony Kukulich Barb Nash, a Democrat running for the 124th District seat in the South Carolina House of Representatives, is facing off against incumbent Shannon Erickson for the second time. Nash appeared at a campaign event at J. Lee’s Coney Island restaurant in Beaufort on Tuesday night that got off to an admittedly slow start, though she was unde-
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terred in her enthusiasm for the developing campaign and about what she has to offer voters. “I will listen to the constituents in District 124,” she said. “I do not think they’re being well represented in the State House. I will be their voice. I will listen to their concerns. I’m not there for me. This is bigger than me. I think that
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