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  • Photo: Ron Taylor carries an armload of flags in Six Oaks Cemetery while decorating veterans' graves on Friday morning in honor of Veterans Day. Taylor was one of several members of the Military Officers Association of America who came out to place a flag at the gravesite of each of the 300 veterans buried in the cemetery.
    JAY KARR | The Island Packet

Preparing for Veterans Day

The 11th hour of the 11th day, the 11th month and World War I came to an end in 1918. The county will mark the occasion, and Veterans Day on Wednesday, with a variety of events, from a parade in Beaufort to more at area schools, cemeteries and parks. (full story)


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  • Photo: Minnie Levine holds a portrait of her parents, Rose and Joseph Tillow, on Monday afternoon at her home in Sun City Hilton Head. Levine, 89, recently celebrated her Bat Mitzvah at Temple Oseh Shalom in Bluffton.

At 89, Sun City's Minnie Levine celebrates a Bat Mitzvah

A stack of books sits across from Minnie Levine at the kitchen table in her Sun City Hilton Head home. The 89-year-old former school teacher spends a lot of time reading. She's even part of a book club. (full story)

 
  • Photo: The cast of “Blithe Spirit” rehearses last week in Bluffton. In the front row, from left, Christine Grefe, Sharon Walker, Maya White and Sheila Kadra. In the back row, from left, Bob Bredin, Michael Weaver and Tony Falgiani.

'Spirit' in the night

Noel Coward's story "The Blithe Spirit" was designed to serve as an escape from wartime London in the midst of the tragedy of World War II. (full story)

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  • Photo: Hilton Head High's Victor Frazier runs the ball during the third quarter of the game against Socastee Friday night.

Seahawks feel sting of first-round defeat again

As Clifford Morrow stood at midfield, he tried to hide his emotions as best he could. Many of his Hilton Head High teammates weren't quite so successful, as they lay on the ground around him, their faces flooded with tears. (full story)


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