Wednesday news

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Wednesday, October 06, 2004

*Contractor Balfour Beatty will have to repair an artificial reef at the mouth of Port Royal Sound after it dumped bridge debris that now poses a hazard to boaters
*Vitex plant might not look like a potential menace to Lowcountry beaches. But if it finds its way here, it has the ability to harm the dune system
*Hunting Island's marshwalk closed for repairs
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 10-6-04

*President Bush signed legislation Tuesday that makes American Beach part of the Timucuan Preserve, giving the historic oceanfront and dunes protection under the National Park Service
-Florida Times Union, 10-6-04

*The 33rd annual National Shrimp Festival originally scheduled to begin later this week, has been canceled
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, Mobile Register, 10-5-04

*’Heroic effort’ opens I-10 span
-Pensacola News Journal, 10-6-04