Author: Margaret Evans

“Dissociation is a disconnection between a person’s thoughts, memories, feelings, actions or sense of who he or she is. This is a normal process that everyone has experienced. Examples of mild, common dissociation include daydreaming, highway hypnosis or “getting lost” in a book or movie, all of which involve “losing touch” with awareness of one’s immediate surroundings.” – American Psychiatric Association

This facetious nugget just caught my attention: “Neighbor Slain” “Your elderly neighbor was murdered right in front of you in broad daylight. You were cleaning the gutters while wearing a pair of Bluetooth headphones that were tuned to the BBC, listening to measured condemnations from dignified European politicians.

Faculty members from 12 different schools across Beaufort County were surprised last week with balloons and oversized checks given by board members, donors and volunteers from the Foundation for Educational Excellence. Surrounded by their enthusiastic students, these teachers were the recipients of the Foundation’s Innovative Teacher Grants for Spring 2018.

There is a growing sense of excitement around the historic Arsenal these days as Beaufort History Museum prepares to debut its newly renovated Exhibit Hall.