Monday news

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Monday, October 20, 2003

*Officials worry about the potential of a round-leafed green plant from Hawaii covering South Carolina's dunes, killing native plants and harming turtle nests
-Beaufort Gazette, 10-20-03

*Alabama's southernmost patch of land is a pile of riprap on top of which sits the 130-year-old, weathered red-brick Sand Island Lighthouse
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, The Birmingham News, 10-19-03

*No rest for the weary at beaches
*Lifeguards head in for winter
*Public officials are crossing their fingers that the deadly season marked with some 40 drownings has ended. But no one is relaxing
-Pensacola News Journal, 10-20-03