BEAUFORT’S DEPUTY CITY MANAGER J-J SAUVE HAS GIVEN 8 WEEKS NOTICE THAT HE’S LEAVING THE CITY OFFICE HE’S HELD FOR LESS THAN A YEAR TO GO BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA TO PRACTICE LAW. HE’D ONLY BEEN WITH THE CITY LESS THAN TWO YEARS, PREVIOUSLY SERVING AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. HIS DEPARTURE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RECENT DOCUMENT SNAFU THAT HAD THE CITY RELEASING THOUSANDS OF SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS BY MISTAKE, THOUGH SAUVE WAS LEADING THE CITY’S INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE MATTER. THE CITY HAS NOW DECIDED TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT LAW FIRM TO REVIEW THE INCIDENT.
SERVING ON THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, LOWCOUNTRY CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE GOT TO MEET BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S VICTIMS YESTERDAY, UNTIL SHE HAD TO LEAVE AFTER SUFFERING A PANIC ATTACK LISTENING TO THEIR TESTIMONY. MACE HAS PREVIOUSLY SHARED HER OWN EXPERIENCES AS A SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR AND SAID SHE FELT THEIR PAIN TO THE POINT OF SWEATING, HYERVENTILATING AND SHAKING BEFORE DECIDING TO STEP AWAY FROM THE MEETING. SHE LATER WROTE THAT SHE FELT HOW HARD THE VICTIMS WERE FIGHTING FOR THEMSEVLES BECAUSE ’WE KNOW ABSOLUTELY NO ONE WILL FIGHT FOR US’.
THERE’S USUALLY ALWAYS A NEED FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO ADOPT DOGS FROM THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER, BUT A RECENT WAVE OF INCOMING PETS, AND HELPING OUT JASPER’S BELEAGUERED SHELTER, HAS NEARLY 110 DOGS IN THE CARE OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SHELTER AND MORE COMING IN DAILY THAN ARE GOING OUT FOR FOSTERING OR ADOPTION. SHELTER OFFICIALS SAY NOT ENOUGH OWNERS ARE HAVING THEIR PETS SPAYED OR NEUTERED, CREATING LITERS HEY CAN’T CARE FOR, BUT THAT THE PROBLEM IS NATIONWIDE. YOU CAN CONTACT BEAUFORT COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES IF YOU’D LIKE TO HELP.
AND JUST IN TIME FOR FALL, HILTON HEAD’S MOST-VIEWED EAGLES, GEORGE AND GRACIE, HAVE RETURNED TO THE NEST FROM WHICH THEY SENT THEIR TWO FLEDGLINGS OUT INTO THE WORLD EARLIER IN THE SUMMER. THEIR CURRENT DOING A ‘NESTORATION’ OF THEIR WINTER HOME WITH NEW GRASSES, SEEDLINGS, PINE NEEDLES AND STICKS. LAST SEASON, GRACIE LAID HER EGGS IN JANUARY, QUITE LATE IN THE NESTING SEASON. ONCE LAID, THE EGGS USUALLY HATCH ABOUT 5 WEEKS LATER, THEN LIVE IN THE NEST FOR ABOUT TEN WEEKS BEFORE FLYING OFF ON THEIR OWN. YOU CAN KEEP YOUR OWN EAGLE-EYE ON GEORGE AND GRACIE AT HHILANDTRUST.ORG.