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This buzzy coastal destination is rife with artistic talent, cute shops, delectable food, and cool new spots to stay.

If Ocean Springs were looking to make a bumper sticker, it might read something like this: "My downtown's cooler than your downtown." This quaint community in coastal Mississippi has no need for personal boasting, however, as its rich history, artistic flair, and small-town atmosphere speak for themselves.

Colorful, contemporary, and culturally rich, the town is especially known for its arts and festivals, including the Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival, the largest fine arts gathering in the state for more than four decades. Ocean Springs' walkable downtown features more than 200 independent shops, galleries, and restaurants, and the beach is mere blocks away. Here's what to add to your agenda when visiting Ocean Springs this year.

What to Know

Tourism here first developed in the 1850s because of interest in the healing powers of its mineral springs in nearby Fort Bayou. The town got its name from The Ocean Springs Hotel, which opened in 1854. The railroad and train depot soon brought more visitors, as did an increasing production of fish, shrimp, crabs, and oysters in the area. As more hotels sprung up along the main street to accommodate affluent residents of New Orleans and Chicago flooding in, Ocean Springs began to grow as a destination and continues its charming legacy today—coming back stronger than ever post Hurricane Katrina.

What to Do

The nationally accredited Walter Anderson Museum of Art downtown celebrates its artist-philosopher namesake's works of coastal plants, animals, landscapes, and people. In honor of its 30th anniversary in 2021, it underwent a rebrand and added a new creative complex offering a transformative cultural experience to this local favorite.

At Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Arts Center (known locally as "The Mary C"), visitors can explore two art galleries; catch a concert, performance, or play at the theater; and shop works from local creatives. The family-owned Shearwater Pottery dates back nearly a century and offers an incredible display of figurines, decorative tiles, and other ceramic objects in its free-to-the-public gallery.

Also contributing to the cultural development of the downtown is Ocean Springs Collective, which will include a restaurant, community garden, bookstore, and fitness center when it is complete. A sustainable garden and "food forest" will be at its center, illustrating its focus on permaculture.

Spend some time digging your toes in the sand at Front Beach, just a short walk from downtown. Swim, walk, or bask in the sun on this quiet stretch that features a fishing pier and beautiful views. One of the best ways to experience the beach in Ocean Springs is with a sunset picnic in the sand. Coastal Picnic & Company will set up a gorgeous spread with options for styles, food and beverage, and add-ons like a fringed umbrella. Visitors can also enjoy many recreational activities along the water, from fishing and hiking to biking, bird watching, and camping as part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore.

Where to Shop

Plenty of boutiques downtown offer wonderful shopping, from womenswear at The Bay Collection to trendy clothing and accessories at Charisma. Hunt for vintage goods inside a house at Buddyrow and art from Southern craftspeople at Hillyer House, which has been part of the community for more than 50 years. Find eclectic and one-of-a-kind items at Coastal Magpie. From antiques to works by local artisans, you’ll find something new every time you shop there.

When to Go

Being located off the Gulf of Mexico means summers get especially hot and humid. For the most comfortable weather, visit Ocean Springs in early spring (March-April) or November, when temperatures hover around 70 degrees.

Where to Eat

A smokehouse burger at Woody's Roadside, a top-ranked restaurant in Ocean Springs, is a must. This laid-back spot is a local favorite with nearly 20 gourmet burgers on the menu, plus tacos, fresh fish, and the famous Cheese Bombs appetizer. All-you-can-eat catfish and shrimp are the draws to Aunt Jenny's Catfish Restaurant, a restaurant located beneath 500-year-old oak trees in an 1850s home. (Elvis Presley was known to frequent its cocktail lounge downstairs.) For something more upscale, Maison de Lu is open for lunch and dinner, serving a variety of soups, salads, and sandwiches both indoors and out on the front patio and in the back courtyard. Locally owned Vestige, from a James Beard-nominated chef, is a great spot for a celebration meal, with a five-course tasting menu that changes daily.

Where to Stay

The most unique accommodations in town can be found at The Beatnik, comprised of four floating cabins with their own respective wet bars and outdoor showers, plus a communal pool, garden, and fire pit. The same owners also debuted a boutique hotel, The Roost, in a historic building just off the beach with a rustic-chic vibe and 19 gorgeous bespoke suites.

The Hemingway is another boutique hotel located in a former bank downtown. Each of its four rooms comes with its own brand of charm, including the romantic "Mary" room with exposed brick, wide windows, and a four-poster bed. For a classic Ocean Springs vibe, check in to the 52-room Gulf Hills Hotel & Resort, which was established in 1927 and even served as a getaway for Elvis in the 1950s.

From staff reports

The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s South Carolina Fire Academy graduated 17 recruits, Friday, Sept. 23, from its eight-week firefighter candidate school in Columbia. Among the firefighters who underwent a 320-hour training program of classroom and hands-on firefighting skills development, Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department recruit Jason Kleiner stood out.

Kleiner won two of the three awards recruits can claim at the conclusion of their class.

Kleiner won the Order of the Maltese, an award chosen by the class recruits. The Maltese Cross is a firefighter’s badge of honor, signifying that he or she works in courage – a ladder rung away from death. The Eight Obligations of The Maltese Cross are Live in Truth, Repent of Sins, Love Justice, Be Sincere and Whole-Hearted, Have Faith, Give Proof of Humility, Be Merciful, and Endure Persecution.

He also won the Chief Robert Frick Award, awarded to the recruit with the highest grade point average.

Hardeeville Fire Department’s Thomas Cotton won the Pride of the Battalion, chosen by the staff who worked with the recruits and given to the recruit who has demonstrated “Leadership, Integrity, Determination, and Good Value.”

The keynote speaker was Assistant Chief Will Vaigneur of the Lady’s Island-St. Helena Fire District. Other area recruits among the class included City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department’s Casey Peters and Lady’s Island-St. Helena Fire District’s Wyatt Pope.

“This challenging program requires commitment, passion, and dedication,” Fire Academy Superintendent Dennis Ray said. “These recruits have successfully worked together as a team, performed extensive hands-on training with live fires, and passed intensive practical skills evaluations and written tests to meet the National Fire Protection Association standards.”

The comprehensive training, offered quarterly at the Fire Academy, includes emergency responder first-aid training, hazardous materials operations training, auto extrication, flammable liquids and gas firefighting, rescue training, and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Firefighter I and Firefighter II levels. Additionally, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, changes were made to class structure and facilities to promote social distancing and recommended precautions.

“With the successful completion and graduation of these new firefighters who will now be dedicating their lives to serving their communities and the state, our South Carolina fire service is enhanced,” Ray said. “I am proud of their accomplishments, and I also commend the dedicated Fire Academy instructors who brought the recruits through these weeks of instruction leading to graduation.”

The Fire Academy and the State Fire Marshal’s Office make up the Division of Fire and Life Safety, which is a division of the S.C. Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.

BAY SPRINGS, Miss. (WDAM) - Zach “Buck” Buckley and Kristopher Moss are two of Sylva-Bay Academy’s nine seniors this season.

It’s a group that’s won three straight region championships and would like to keep that tradition going.

“It’s my last year,” Buckley said. “I’m kind of excited for it but also I’m kinda sad to see it end.”

“It hasn’t really hit me yet but this summer we’ve been working hard, getting at it,” Moss said.”

“They’ve shown a really strong commitment to try to be the best they can be and get better,” said Sylva-Bay Academy head coach Terry Underwood. “We don’t have a lot of numbers but probably the best thing I like about ‘em is our senior group. I think they want to try to be as good as they can be.”

And they’ve proven it all summer long. In the hot, muggy mornings of Bay Springs, the seniors making sure the Saints are going to work.

“We’ve gotten better every day,” Moss said. “There’s not a day that we haven’t got better as a team.”

“Working on a lot of offense lately,” Buckley said. “Defense we’ve been going hard at it. It’s just been hot all summer, too.”

Leading the offense is Moss – who after playing cornerback and wide receiver for a couple years takes over at quarterback.

“Our offense is fluid,” Moss said. “We’re going to run downhill. We’re pretty much a run-first. We’re going to run downhill all game, put it to ‘em.”

“Kristopher’s one of our best athletes if not our best athlete,” Underwood said. “They’ve just been a good group of seniors, they lead well. And the biggest thing I like about this group is there’s no selfishness and that’s what I think will make this a fun year. I hope we can win more than we lose. I hope we can have a big year. We just got a really good group of seniors and they’re not a selfish group.”

Here’s a look at Sylva-Bay Academy’s 2022 schedule:

*Indicates MAIS Region 3-3A opponent

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The No. 40-ranked Purdue men's golf team begins its stretch run this weekend, when it resumes to action at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Golf Club in Awendaw, South Carolina.

Action gets underway Sunday at the difficult Bulls Bay Golf Club as 15 teams descend on the South Carolina low-country. The teams will play 18 holes on three straight days, beginning Sunday and ending Tuesday.

The Boilermakers enter the event as the top-ranked team in the field (40), but will be among 11, top-100 teams looking to be called Hootie at Bulls Bay champions. Purdue is 6-4-0 against teams in the field, having seen South Carolina (2-1-0), East Tennessee State (1-1-0), College of Charleston (1-0-0), VCU (1-0-0), West Virginia (1-0-0) and Wisconsin (0-2-0) previously.

THE FIELD (Golfstat Rankings / as of March 24, 2023) 40 Purdue 41 East Tennessee State 47 Missouri 51 South Carolina 55 New Mexico 59 North Carolina State 61 Furman 62 Kent State 70 Wisconsin 89 Kentucky 90 VCU 121 West Virginia 125 Virginia Tech 158 College of Charleston 262 Eastern Kentucky

LAST TIME OUT Playing over a month ago, Purdue couldn't get it going until the third round at the Puerto Rico Classic, finishing 10^th in the elite field at 7-under par 857 (289-288-280). The Boilermakers had its five players finish between 28^th and 54^th, led by Herman Sekne at 3-under par 213 (28^th) and Peyton Snoeberger (34^th) and Kent Hsiao (34^th) at 2-under par 214. Hsiao was competing in his first tournament on the counting team.

TEAM NOTES

PURDUE LINEUP

THE COURSE A private enclave set against the Atlantic Ocean and its tidal salt marshes, Bulls Bay personifies the vision of its owner: Joe Rice, and the imagination of its artistic designer, the late Mike Strantz. An accomplished professional artist as well as golf architect, Strantz transformed a once flat stretch of Lowcountry coastline into a landscape reminiscent of the great links courses of Scotland and Ireland.

Roughly two million cubic yards of earth were moved to reshape the site. And while other courses, especially modern courses, have required as much earth moving, few, if any, architects have transformed a site with such dramatic results.

HOOTIE AT BULLS BAY HISTORY Earning the tournament name as former Hootie and the Blowfish lead-singer, Darius Rucker, helps put on this tournament, the singer is a founding member of the Bulls Bay Golf Club and remains his favorite course to play. Since its inception, Rucker put on concerts for the teams, but since CoVid, that has now been replaced by a rodeo. The winning team receives a custom-made guitar from Rucker.

This marks Purdue's fifth appearance in the Hootie at Bulls Bay, having finished T-7^th, 11^th, 11^th and 12^th in its previous four appearances. Herman Sekne leads the Purdue contingent with a seventh-place finish a year ago, shooting a 6-under par 210 (70-71-69).

WEATHER FORECAST Sunday: Mostly sunny, afternoon thunderstorms, 79 degrees, SSW winds 5-10 MPH. Monday: Thunderstorms, 73 degrees, SW winds 5-10 MPH. Tuesday: Rain / Thunder, 72 degrees, W winds 5-10 MPH.

LIVE SCORING Will be available on Golfstat.com.

South Carolina defensive end Kingsley "J.J." Enagbare stands behind that the college film he's put together is a more accurate representative of the player he is.

With the 179th overall pick in the fifth round, the Green Bay Packers have afforded the Atlanta native the opportunity to prove his subpar testing numbers for this position were an apparition.

"I feel like my film most importantly shows what I am capable of doing and the kind of impact I am capable of having at the next level," Enagbare said following his Pro Day workout on South Carolina's campus.

The positives

Enagbare is one of the more physically imposing edge rushers in the 2022 NFL Draft (6-4, 271) and for the better part of his collegiate career, has played more athletic than he looks.

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His long arms and strength have allowed Enagbare to jolt SEC offensive tackles off the ball to create separate to speed rush passed them to get to the quarterback.

And Enagbare is a finisher at the attack, proven by his 13 career sacks and 22 total tackles-for-loss.

The concerns

It's hard to overlook Enagbare's poor testing numbers in speed and agility drills he had at both the NFL Combine and at USC's Pro Day in March. During the draft leadup, Enagbare looked slow, running 4.8 40-yard dashes as well as high numbers in the three-cone and shuttle drills.

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The Gamecocks edge rusher also had a propensity to disappear during games and was inconsistent with his impact on the field.

At South Carolina, he wasn't heavily involved in stopping the run at times.

Final thoughts

Enagbare has more questions about his game now than he did when he declared in December for the 2022 NFL Draft.

Had it not been for his struggles during the testing period, Enagbare might would've been a late, first-round draft choice.

Now, he'll spend the better part of his early NFL career erasing the doubts scouts have about him.

Cory Diaz covers the South Carolina Gamecocks for The Greenville News as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his work for all things Gamecocks on Twitter: @CoryDiaz_TGN. Got questions regarding South Carolina athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.