Justin Paprocki

• Five minutes with Peter Troy, author of 'May the Road Rise Up to Meet'
  Peter Troy was a history teacher who decided to become a student of his heritage.

• Hilton Head Island resident writes novel about life and death of Osama bin Laden
  The actions of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida shaped the world over the past decade. For her first novel, Gerri Wilson wanted to show how it could affect lives on a more personal level.

• Five minutes with Starkey Flythe, poet/Dan Rather showermate
  Writing can be a daunting task, especially for poets. Of all the possible things to say, how can it be pared down to a few simple words? South Carolina poet Starkey Flythe suggests thinking of it in terms of the ant and the elephant.

• 5 MINUTES: Wilbur Cross talks about the reissue of his book "Gullah Culture in America"
  When Wilbur Cross first came to Hilton Head Island he didn't know much about Gullah culture. He quickly became an expert.

• Five minutes with: George Stubbs, president of the Hilton Head chapter of the Archaeological Society of South Carolina
  Sometimes Hilton Head Islanders pick up a shard of metal or pottery on their lawn, look at it quizzically and wonder, "What the heck is this?"

• Five Minutes With: Appalachian storyteller John Fowler
  John Fowler was born into a long line of Appalachians. He grew up to tell their stories.

• Five Minutes With: Artist Cabell Heyward
  Cabell Heyward doesn't paint nice marsh scenes or country landscapes. He may, but they very well might end up with cartoon ducks fighting.

• Five Minutes With: Owen Hand, Light Up The Night participant
  Climbing up on the roof to hang Christmas lights requires a bit of skill and daring. Now imagine what it takes to hang lights off a sailboat mast.

• Five Minutes With: Barry Lowes, Christmas Bird Count organizer
  Christmas is an extra special time for birders on Hilton Head Island.

• Five Minutes With: Rebecca Sprecher, author
  Pan American Airlines was there for the fall of Saigon and Operation Babylift that evacuated orphans at the end of the Vietnam War.

• Five Minutes With: Tom Everingham, poet
  For one day at least, Tom Everingham was the school hero. He wasn't the star quarterback or anything like that. He was a poet.

• Five Minutes With: NASCAR driver Boris Said
  Boris Said is known as a road race ringer. He's the guy NASCAR teams bring in to run the few courses each year that have a few more turns than the usual oval tracks.

• Five Minutes With: Janet Horton, ghost tour guide
  You never know who -- or what -- you'll bump into in downtown Beaufort over the next few weekends.

• Fight club: Beaufort native turns mixed martial arts skills into an acting, stunt career in Hollywood
  Question. What's your connection to Beaufort?

• Solve this 'Before and After' puzzle: V_NN_ WH_TE SHR_MP
  Finally, you'll get a chance to solve the puzzle with Vanna White.

• Five Minutes With: Scott Graber, author
  Beaufort lawyer Scott Graber had never even wanted to go to Africa before. But once he got there, he encountered a way of life that was totally unlike his own. He had to write about it.

• Five Minutes With: Stained glass artist Ragtime
  The peace sign is simple enough, but it can have a powerful effect on some. A West Virginia artist who goes by the name Ragtime found himself getting depressed with the constant news of war and violence in the world. But then he started to create his art.

• Five Minutes With: Randy Bazemore, author
  Randy Bazemore never knew who took the frog statue that stood in front of the Frogmore post office, but the legend of its disappearance stayed with him even when he left his hometown of Beaufort.

• Five Minutes With: Mariana Williams, author
  Mariana Williams would come to Hilton Head Island and be charmed by the finely manicured beaches and peaceful marshes. The island would be a perfect setting for a novel, she thought. All it needed was a little more romance and mystery.

• Bridge master: Local instructor named Teacher of the Year
  The students at the Hilton Head Island Bridge Club always knew they had a good teacher in Kathie Walsh. Now the whole bridge world knows it, too.