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• 'Corridor of Shame' students find pride through volunteers
  School's out for the "Tuesday Ladies" at St. Andrew By-the-Sea United Methodist Church, and they've learned valuable lessons for us all.

• Juke joint memories: Book recalls island's Gullah dance halls
  It's as if they blew away from Hilton Head Island on their very names: The Breeze, the Rip It Up, the Hideaway.

• Relay for Life lightens our steps with new hope
  One of the luminaria in tonight's Relay for Life at Honey Horn Plantation will burn in memory of my mother-in-law, Ann Coghill.

• Anniversary reminds us why arts matter
  South Carolina will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its Arts Commission tonight in Columbia.

• Paralyzed man's courage inspires friends to act
  Classmates say David Jones was one of those guys in high school who made everyone happy. Elise Silver Simons even mentioned his smile in her valedictory address as the Hilton Head Island High School Class of 1991 stood in Seahawk blue robes ready to sprint into the future.

• Warriors find friend in one who hates war
  Christel Kronenberg of Hilton Head

• Family pride grows with produce on organic farm
  Why buy Swiss chard that traveled 1,500 miles to get to your plate when it's grown right in your neighborhood?

• Island church leads effort to provide elderly woman with a new home
  Ninety-four-year-old Rosa Lee Middleton has a witty saying about her aged mobile home.

• Clara Barton nursed area back to health
  Every middle school child in America knows the name Clara Barton.

• Rocket man still blasts off for work at 88
  Neighbors on Hilton Head Island see Alvin Eaton as a humble little guy. The federal government sees him as a giant in America's defense, boldly going on secret missions where no one had gone before.

• Verizon Heritage brings attention to worthy causes
  A blue lapel pin shaped like a puzzle piece may be the lasting image of the 40th Verizon Heritage.

• Savannah man going strong on quest to walk with PGA Tour pros
  D.J. Gregory puts the spirit of man this way:

• Sportscaster Jim Nantz: The Verizon Heritage is more than just a golf tournament
  When Jim Nantz climbs into the CBS Sports booth above the 18th green of Harbour Town Golf Links this afternoon, his familiar "hello friends" greeting will blare down the hallway of a private-care facility in Houston.

• At 40 pro-ams and counting, Golfdaddy still going strong At 40 pro-ams and counting, Golfdaddy still going strong At 40 pro-ams and counting, Golfdaddy still going strong
  A 77-year-old man who answers to Golfdaddy was the toast of the Harbour Town Golf Links Wednesday.

• Ernie Els' family has been through trying times
  Life has come down hard on the Big Easy.

• God, family and golf: How Charles Perry defeated lung cancer
  When the Verizon Heritage rolled around last year, the rumbling voice of Charles Perry was silent. For the first time in 21 years, Perry was not there in his knickers, red coat and straw hat, announcing each player as he approached the 9th green.

• Good-ole boys band together to protect our outdoor heritage
  Here's something you can gladly swallow hook, line and sinker: That popping sound you hear is the South Carolina conservation movement hitting the bull's-eye.

• Tight times always loosen over long term
  Fifty years ago this week -- on April 1, 1958 -- the first real estate agent went to work for Sea Pines.

• How Jonathan Daniels helped shape the island's sense of community
  Did anyone ever find the stone?

• Parking lot meeting leads to alliance to keep Chechessee rural
  They met in a dark parking lot after a town meeting in Port Royal. Each of them had come to protest out-of-control growth in Okatie, and each of them thought they had come alone.

• Early island sunrise services created a brighter day for race relations
  Given a choice, I bet most people would say Hilton Head Island is closer to tequila sunrises than Easter sunrises.

• Calvert case leaves Georgia's Tech Men with a problem they can't solve
  Georgia Tech is hard to get into, and even harder to get out of -- at least with a diploma in your hand.

• Local churches unite to help hammer out a rebuilt Gulf Coast
  Lowcountry Methodists, Presbyterians and a Unitarian spent a week in Alabama last month repairing Katrina-torn homes. They were working for Lutherans in an Asian-American community filled with Buddhists and Hindus.

• Don't close the book on the county's libraries!
  Libraries are not "extras" to be tossed overboard at the first turbulence.

• Island Little Leaguers won the big game, cleared the bases for island unity
  Picture a man perched in scaffolding 30 feet above a Texas baseball field so hot the soil is cracked by the sun. He's holding a $29.99 cell phone aloft like the Statue of Liberty.