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  • ATP, WTA mired in unhappiness
    I recently interviewed with one of the pro tennis tours to do some writing for their Web site. Typically unconvincing in describing all that (and a bag of chips) I had to offer, I bombed it. But not before spilling all my good ideas. If an Internet show called "No Pun in Tennis (NPT)" shows up on one of their home pages, you'll know who the genius behind the title was.
  • A little Maria-Serena drama is just what the WTA needs
    The she-beasts competing for roses and self-esteem on "The Bachelor." The drunken groupies vying for the unsanitary honor of rocking Bret Michaels' world on "Rock of Love." Lauren and Heidi battling for the title of "most vacant facial expression" on "The Hills."
  • Federer's game, air of invincibility appear to be ailing
    If you had told me at the start of the tennis season that there was a chance Roger Federer would not win a Grand Slam this year, I would have articulated my incredulity by paraphrasing a quote from Wayne's World: Sha. Right. And monkeys might fly out of my column.
  • Seles grunted her way into tennis fans' heart
    In my mind, the greatest female tennis player in history announced her retirement two weeks ago. And I'm not referring to yet another overwrought Martina Navratilova farewell promise. With all due respect to Martina, enough good-bye tears have fallen down upon those 3-inch-thick lenses already.

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U.S. Congress
State Government
  • Gov. Mark Sanford (R)
    Governor’s Office, State House, P.O. Box 12267, Columbia, S.C. 29211
    Office: (803) 734-2100 Fax: (803) 734-5167
  • Sen. Catherine Ceips (R-District 46)
    608 Gressette Building, Columbia, S.C. 29202
    Office: (803) 202-6032
    Home: (843) 524-2020
    1207 Bay St., Beaufort, S.C. 29902
  • Rep. Richard Chalk (R-District 123)
    326C Blatt Building, Columbia, S.C. 29211-1867
    Office: (803) 734-3067; Home: (843) 842-5985
    15 Goldfinch Lane, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 29928
  • Rep. Bill Herbkersman (R-District 118)
    P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, S.C. 29211
    Office: (803) 734-3063; Home: (843) 757-5424
    151 Gascoigne Bluff, Bluffton, S.C. 29910
Beaufort County
  • Rick Caporale (R-District 1)
    17 Salt Wind Way, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 29926
    Office: 680-9999; fax: 681-6700
  • Steven Baer (R-District 2)
    10 Heather Lane, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 29926
    Office: 689-3570; fax: 689-3569
  • Stu Rodman (R-District 3)
    27 Baynard Park, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 29928
    Office: 363-470; fax: 363-6472
  • Weston J. Newton chairman (R-District 4)
    P.O. Drawer 7049, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 29938
    Office: 842-6111; fax: 706-9981
  • Jerry Stewart (R-District 10)
    11 Teaberry Lane, Bluffton, S.C. 29909
    Office: 705-4753; fax: 705-4723
Beaufort County School District
  • District Office: 1300 King St., P.O. Drawer 309, Beaufort, SC 29902
    Office: 322-2300; fax: 322-2371
    Hilton Head Island office, 689-4635; fax: 689-4617
  • Southern Beaufort County Board of Education members:
    • Joan Deery (District 1)
      5 old Fort Drive, Hilton Head, S.C. 29926
      Home: 681-8968
    • Bob Arundell (District 2)
      198 Woodlake Villas, Hilton Head, S.C. 29926
      Home: 681-8502; work: 7855-8040; fax: 785-3056;
    • Reid Eikner (District 3)
      2532 Gleneagle Green, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 29938
      Home: 671-5383; cell: 422-2006
    • Laura Bush (District 4)
      P.O. Box 172, Bluffton, S.C. 29910
      Home: 757-2638; fax: 757-2638
    • George Wilson (District 10)
      20 Osprey Circle, Callawassie Island, S.C. 29909
      Home: 987-1234; cell: 812-9870
Town of Hilton Head Island
  • Town Hall: One Town Center Court, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928; 341-4600
  • Town Council
    • Mayor Thomas D. Peeples
      4 Hartford Place, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928-3922
      Home: 686-4138; office: 681-2600; fax: 689-3229
    • Bill Ferguson (Ward 1), 634 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
      Home: 686-2863
    • Bill Mottel (Ward 2)
      30 Glenmoor Place, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
      Home: 689-2787; fax: 681-6302
    • Drew A. Laughlin (Ward 3), 5 McIntosh Road, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
      Home: 689-5723; work 689-5700; fax 689-9300
    • John Safay (Ward 4)
      19 Starboard Tack, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
      Home: 785-4489; work: 785-4696; fax: 785-4696
    • George Williams (Ward 5), 8 Braddock Cove, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
      Home: 363-6601; fax: 363-6604
    • Ken S. Heitzke (Ward 6), 3 Audubon Place, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
      Home: 681-8182; fax: 681-9864
Town of Bluffton
  • P.O. Box 386, Bluffton, SC 29910
    Office: 706-4500; fax: 757-6720
  • Town Council
  • Mayor Hank Johnston, P.O. Box 1875, Bluffton, SC 29910
    Home: 757-9039; fax: 757-9040
  • Fred Hamilton Jr., 52 Goethe Road, Bluffton, SC 29910
    Home: 815-5511
  • Lisa Sulka, P.O. Box 2750, Bluffton, SC 29910
    Home: 757-7660
  • Thomas Heyward
    P.O. Box 353, Bluffton, SC 29910
    Home and fax: 757-3354
  • Charlie Wetmore P.O. Box 468 Bluffton, SC 29910
    Home: 304-4061
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