Okatie News

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.

Emergency crews, law enforcement officers and county residents all would benefit from easier access into gated communities.

The Lemon Island Marina is an aging, wooden building with peeling paint on its walls, a rusted tin roof and broken windows.

David Riley usually buys about $30,000 worth of fireworks to sell at his stands near Beaufort County for the Fourth of July.

As a young girl, Kim Keats of Okatie dreamed of being an artist. As an adult, she dreamed of receiving a fellowship from the South Carolina Arts Commission.

As a young girl, Kim Keats of Okatie dreamed of being an artist. As an adult, she dreamed of receiving a fellowship from the South Carolina Arts Commission.

Recent Eastside High graduate Crawford Reeves birdied the 18th hole to win 1 up over Columbia's Jarrett Grimes in Sunday's finals of the 37th South Carolina Amateur Match Play Championship at the Oldfield Golf Club in Okatie.

Roslyn Ayers of Hilton Head Island completed requirements for a bachelor of arts degree and graduated magna cum laude from Maryville College at the May commencement ceremony.

Have an event you want to share? Items for religion news should be sent at least two weeks in advance of event via fax to 843-706-3070 or e-mail to features@beaufortgazette.com. ANGEL FOOD ORDERS Angel Food orders may be placed at area churches: Today: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Grace and Truth Gospel Chapel, 1161 Sea Island Parkway, St.

Crescent Resources, the developer of Oldfield in Okatie and Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton, said today it has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions.

State highway officials can do better with the design for widening U.S. 278 near the Okatie River.

After hearing the story of a local family whose seizure-alert dog was euthanized after spending six days in a county shelter, Okatie Elementary School wanted to help.

Beaufort County might allow Eagle's Pointe to suspend water quality monitoring in the Okatie River because 11 years of data show runoff flowing from the property is not harming the waterway.

Pollution and the Okatie River respect no political boundaries, environmentalists say.

A digital billboard along S.C. 170 in Okatie represents a trend in advertising. This billboard is in Jasper County.

Crossroads Community Support Services is beginning a Re-employment Support Group that will meet at 7:30-9 a.m. Tuesday at Grace Coastal Church in Okatie.

Mar. 28--Churches have banned together to help feed families with discounted boxes of food through Angel Food Ministries since 1994, and it has grown to help more than 500,000 families with monthly food packages.

The Episcopal Forum of South Carolina will sponsor a special half-day conference at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of the Palms United Methodist Church in Okatie.

Photo: In this undated photo, Cathy Kaminsky Aust, left, sits with her daughter, Madison Aust, as she holds Cathy's newborn great-niece. Photo provided by the Kaminsky family Special to the Packet It is hard to imagine two people who had less in common than Catherine "Cathy" Kaminsky Aust and Jose Herrera.

It is hard to imagine two people who had less in common than Catherine "Cathy" Kaminsky Aust and Jose Herrera.