From earlier this week

• Study: More soldiers' kids seeking mental help
  WASHINGTON -- Children of U.S. military troops sought outpatient mental health care 2 million times last year, double the number at the start of the Iraq war, and there was also an alarming spike in the number of military kids actually hospitalized for mental health reasons. (full story)
• Option limited for troops, families
  For the past eight years, lawmakers have loaded annual defense authorization bills with new pay and benefit initiatives to support troops and their families and to show the nation's appreciation. (full story)
• Sea Island Quilt Guild to meet July 16
  The Sea Island Quilt Guild will hold its monthly program at 6 p.m. July 16 at the Port Royal United Methodist Church, 1602 Columbia Ave., Port Royal, at 16th Street and Richmond Avenue. (full story)
• Rotary club names new board of directors
  The Rotary Club of Okatie announced its board of directors for the 2009-10 year: President Bill Beltz, President Elect Richard Westbrook, Secretary Barbara McFadden, Treasurer John Mosca, and Sergeant at Arms Joe Redgate. Beltz received Rotarian of the year, McFadden received the Rising Star Award and Beth Ann Julseth was awarded a Paul Harris Fellow for the third time. (full story)
• Concours tickets now available online
  Event tickets, festival passes and VIP packages are available online for the 2009 Hilton Head Island Concours d'Elegance & Motoring Festival at www.hhiconcours.com/index.php?page=tickets. (full story)
• Knights of Columbus donate to area group
  The Thomas D. Reilley Sr. Council 10668 of the Knights of Columbus recently donated $13,093 to Programs for Exceptional People. The money raised was from several successful fundraising events conducted by the Knights, including its Operation HOPE Tootsie Roll Drive. (full story)
• Coming This Week, July 9
  TODAY (full story)
• Drinking on the job
  LYNCHBURG, Tenn. -- Jeff Arnett takes a sip of Jack Daniel's Old No. 7, just enough for it to settle on his tongue, and then -- spits it out. (full story)
• Take advantage of summer's bountiful harvest with vegetable pie
  Editor's note: Clemson Extension is a resource for inexpensive, easy-to-fix recipes that provide good nutrition. For the recipe, ingredients are purchased at local grocery stores. Loretta Fleming, Clemson University's Expanded Food and Nutrition Educator, prepares the recipes, keeping track of the time, cost of ingredients and number of servings. Volunteers evaluate the recipe, rate it and provide suggestions to improve taste. (full story)
• The Perfect Complement: Local expert helps you pick your next sip
  WINE (full story)
• Help community garden grow with donations
  A committee of Beaufortonians has formed to create a Beaufort Downtown Community Garden. The owners of a block of land on Prince and Bladen streets downtown have granted temporary use of the land for the community garden. The group is seeking donations for irrigation, tools, soil improvement and lumber for raised beds. Donations also will be used to sponsor free plots for residents of the Northwest Quadrant who cannot afford them. (full story)
• Hope Haven seeking volunteers, interns
  Hope Haven of the Lowcountry, the children's advocacy and rape crisis center, is accepting applications for volunteers and interns to attend training. Hope Haven volunteers serve as hospital advocates to children and adults who are victims of sexual assault, and are also trained to answer crisis calls from the 24-hour hot line. (full story)
• Dance theater to hold three fundraisers
  The Hilton Head Dance Theatre has announced three fundraisers in advance of the production of this year's summer gala. "Terpsichore," a performance featuring "A Midsummer Night's Dream," pieces from Bob Fosse and other classical and jazz pieces, will take place Aug. 1-2 at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina in Shelter Cove on Hilton Head Island. (full story)
• Coming This Week, July 8
  TODAY (full story)
• Tough times mean tighter pants for stress eaters
  NEW YORK -- Leslie Fuller tried to stick to her shopping list on a recent grocery run. Instead, she found herself venturing down the candy aisle, throwing bags of Hershey's Miniatures and M&M's into her cart. (full story)