Today's Top Stories

• Photo: Rick Toomey, chief executive officer of Beaufort Memorial Hospital, takes a plunge in the dunk tank Wednesday afternoon at Kate Gleason Park. The hospital staff was celebrating BMH's 65th anniversary with food and games.
  BOB SOFALY | The Beaufort Gazette

Beaufort Memorial Hospital employees celebrate 65th anniversary

Beaufort Memorial Hospital threw itself a birthday party Wednesday, filled with cake, games and fun in the Kate Gleason Park behind the hospital. (full story)

• Despite objections from some Port Royal businesses, county moves forward with median project
• Rob Miller to take on U.S. Rep Wilson again in 2010
• Engineering firm focuses on sustainable development
• Area students clean up at math contest
• Daufuskie group seeks $1 million loan
• Mates for life
• Will proposed school budget bring resident homeowners lower taxes?
• City council gives initial approval to $11.7 million budget
• Beaufort Tree Walk gives preservation efforts deep roots

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More disabled to keep severance pay, win ratings review

A few hard-nosed choices by the Bush administration in implementing laws to help disabled service members are being rolled back under congressional pressure and a new team of Pentagon policymakers. (full story)

• We're in the Army now. With mom.
• Military honors
• Young dancers take the stage this weekend
• Sun City veterans set out to save sinking U.S.S. Laffey
• Church to honor, pray for armed forces
• Dataw Island residents send Marines magazines
• Orchestra to perform family-style concert
• Coming This Week
• Smoking the competition: Rib Burnoff and Barbecue Fest veteran bottles award-winning sauce

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Sports

Week of Champions in it for the long run

Gary Wetherington knows a thing or two about endurance. It's been 31 years since he spearheaded the Week of Champions, turning a desire to use youth football as a positive influence into a non-profit organization that offers free, week-long sports camps for more than 2,000 of Beaufort County's youth in June. (full story)

• Local Golf Notebook
• Second-half flurry erases first-half worry for HHH girls
• Prep Roundup
• Bluffton boys' unbeaten season halted with first-round loss
• Once again, HHH tennis team ousted in playoffs by Myrtle Beach
• Late goal off throw-in lifts Airport over Seahawks
• Early exit for Beaufort High girls soccer
• Three local teams advance in USTA South Carolina Senior State Championships
• Bluffton girls soccer stunned in opening round

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