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Thursday, May 27, 2004
*Hours after Gov. Mark Sanford vetoed spending $5 million to slow beach erosion on Hunting Island State Park, the state House overrode his decision, and the Senate may be poised to follow suit as early as today
*Ten months after first saying the state should shutter the Port of Port Royal, Gov. Mark Sanford can now make it happen simply by signing his name
*Government officials look to protect Gullah-Geechee culture
-Beaufort Gazette, 5-27-04
*$2.8 million project stabilizes the 196-year-old Fort Jackson historic site from erosion and tides
-Savannah Morning News, 5-27-04
*It's been more than a century since a major hurricane came ashore in Volusia or Flagler counties, and 13 years since Hurricane Andrew barreled through South Florida
-Daytona News Journal, 5-27-04
*Environmental Protection Agency and the National Weather Service have designed a new scale to help assess the dangers of exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, Mobile Register, 5-26-04
*18-year-old snags 9-foot bull shark in Gulf
-Destin Log, 5-26-04
*The Florida Department of Community Affairs has green-lighted the WindMark Beach Phase II development
-Port St. Joe Star, 5-27-04
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