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National furniture and home décor store Ballard Designs announces "Doors Open" in the high-end shopping destination, Mount Pleasant Town Centre, SC. This store is the brand's entry into retail locations in the state. As Ballard ramps up its retail presence nationwide, its new freestanding store joins more than 60 other shops and restaurants in this popular open-air mall just minutes from historic downtown Charleston.

CHARLESTON, S.C., Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Home décor and furniture design company Ballard Designs has just opened its first South Carolina retail location, in its first stand-alone retail store. The new venue, a free-standing, airy space of almost 9,000 square feet, is part of the popular retailer's multi-year expansion currently spanning 13 states and 19 retail stores.

Ballard Designs' Mount Pleasant Town Centre retail store is just off Interstate 526 and Highway 17 North

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"We're thrilled to be one more reason to visit this Lowcountry shopping destination," reports Dominic Milanese, VP of Retail for Ballard Designs. "With its beautiful homes, active lifestyles, and gorgeous coastal location, the Charleston area is the ideal choice for our first South Carolina store."

"If you entertain year-round like we do, you're going to LOVE our new Mount Pleasant store," Milanese adds. "We have a huge selection of gorgeous outdoor furniture, performance fabrics, indoor/outdoor rugs, and coastal accents. We hope to end up at the top of everyone's 'Things to Do in Mount Pleasant, SC' list."

Easy Access and Ample Parking - Near the Sweetgrass Baskets Stands

The new Ballard Designs store will serve passionate home decorating enthusiasts & professional designers alike, as well as visitors to the roadside Sweetgrass Baskets stands of Mount Pleasant's famed Gulla sweetgrass basket weavers. Located at 1128 Market Center Boulevard, the store has its own parking area at the front for easy access.

Regular store hours will be 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., Friday through Saturday, and 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday. See Ballard Design's stores and products online.

About Ballard Designs

Since 1982, Ballard Designs® has offered a unique curation of home furnishings and décor from all periods and provenance. Its designers travel the world for inspiration, translating the latest trends in fashion, color and style into finely crafted products not found anywhere else. Ballard Designs is part of Qurate Retail Group^SM which includes QVC®, HSN®, Zulily®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road®.

Contact: Ann Bailey 404-603-7239 354544@email4pr.com

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MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – Coastal Carolina saw a 3-0 lead erased late in the contest on Tuesday night, as the Chanticleers fell 4-3 on the road at the College of Charleston in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

The loss dropped Coastal to 4-4 overall and 0-2 in midweek contests. With the win, Charleston moved to 4-3 overall.

The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Chants over the Cougars.

Despite a solid start from super senior Jack Billings, who struck out two hitters and allowed just two hits over 2.0-complete innings, and a career outing by sophomore pitcher Darin Horn, who fired a career-high 4.0-scoreless innings and struck out four CofC hitters, the Chanticleers were unable to steal a road win.

The loss fell to junior transfer Alex Edmondson (0-1), as the righty gave up two runs on two hits, two walks, and one strikeout in 1.0 inning of work out of the bullpen.

While the Cougars used four pitchers on the night, the win went to 2022 Colonial Athletic Association Pitcher of the Year William Privette (1-0), as the reliever struck out one over a scoreless eighth and ninth innings.

Coastal's offense used the long ball to score all three of its runs for the game, as sophomore Derek Bender (2-for-4, HR, 2 RBIs, run) hit a two-run home run in the second and senior Graham Brown (1-for-4, HR, RBI, run) added a solo home run in the sixth.

However, the Chants had just seven hits for the game compared to 12 strikeouts at the plate.

The Cougars' offense had just eight base hits on the night but was able to plate four runs, highlighted by Jared Kirven (3-for-4, 2B, 2 runs) and his game-high three hits. William Baumhofer (1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBIs) had a two-run double, while Luke Wood (1-for-1, 2B, RBI) and Khyree Miller (1-for-3, BB, RBI, run) had one RBI each in the win.

After both teams stranded a runner in the first inning, the Chants took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second on a two-run opposite field home run off the bat of Bender. The home run was his first of the season.

Billings and Horn combined to strikeout six hitters and strand three Cougar runners over the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth innings, while the Chants added to their lead with a solo home run to straightaway center field by Brown in the top of the sixth. The long ball was the third of the year for Brown.

However, the Cougars were able to cut into the Chants' 3-0 lead in the bottom of the seventh, as Kirven led off the inning with a double to left field. After a ground out moved Kirven to third base, Miller hit a ball deep in the hole on the left side of the infield and legged out a base hit to plate Kirven to put the score at 3-1.

On the play, an errant throw to first base allowed Miller to advance to second base, which proved to hurt the Chants, as two batters later, Wood hit a pinch-hit double to right-center field to score Miller and cut the Coastal lead to one at 3-2.

Following a 1-2-3 inning for the Chants in the top of the eighth, the Cougars struck again in the bottom half of the inning as Baumhofer delivered a double down the left-field line and just out of the reach of a diving Chad Born to score two more runs and put the home team on top 4-3.

With three outs left, Privette was able to send the Chants down in order in the top of the ninth to seal the come-from-behind win by the Cougars.

The Chanticleers stranded six runners on base compared to the Cougars' seven.

However, CCU also hit into two double plays and was just 2-for-15 (.133) with runners in scoring position for the game.

Coastal will return home to host the Davidson Wildcats for a three-game series this weekend, March 3-5, at Springs Brooks Stadium.

For complete coverage of CCU baseball, follow the Chants on social media @CoastalBaseball (Twitter), facebook.com/CCUChanticleers (Facebook), @GoCCUsports (Instagram), or visit the official home of Coastal Carolina Athletics at www.GoCCUsports.com.

COLUMBIA — Pam Loudon’s life changed forever nine months after she gave birth to her daughter P.J. Sloat.

Doctors diagnosed P.J. with an intellectual disability and cerebral palsy, an abnormal brain development that affects a person’s ability to control their muscles.

P.J., now 20, is legally blind, uses a wheelchair and requires constant care to perform basic functions. Loudon, 52, had to quit her job as a software developer and devote herself to caring for P.J. The Mount Pleasant family renovated their home, hired a nursing service and bought a used van they rigged with a wheelchair lift.

The family is barely making it work now with a mix of government support and donations through GoFundMe pages, but Loudon worries most about the future.

“A parent’s worst fear is outliving a child. Not so sure that’s the case in South Carolina when you’re caring for a child with a disability,” Loudon said. “I don’t know what’s going to happen to P.J. when I cannot care for her.”

If P.J. had to go into state care, she would enter a system that the federal Department of Justice has been investigating since last January for parking disabled people in community residential care facilities, cutting them off from society and violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Advocates for disabled people on Feb. 28 called for the state to create a plan to come into compliance with the ADA and adequately fund services for families like Loudon’s during a press conference at the Columbia Convention Center. If nothing is done, the advocates pointed out that disabled people elsewhere in the country have sued their states into compliance.

“Historically, our clients ... have been segregated, they’ve been warehoused and they’ve struggled for many years to be recognized as human,” said Anna Maria Connor, an attorney for Disability Rights South Carolina.

“Do we want (change) imposed on us by litigation or an outside entity, or do we want to take this opportunity and come up with our own plan?” she asked.

The U.S. Supreme Court found in the 1999 Olmstead v. L.C. decision that the ADA requires disabled people be cared for in the most communally integrated setting possible regardless of their financial means.

South Carolina does not do that, advocates said in a report released this month.

Thirty-five states and Washington, D.C., have Olmstead compliance plans, but South Carolina does not, said Beth Franco, executive director of Disability Rights South Carolina.

Franco called on South Carolina to pass legislation to create a plan, benchmarks to ensure it’s enforced and a state coordinator position to oversee its implementation.

Advocates and families also faulted the state for poorly reimbursing support services, like nursing agencies, and for long waiting lists for state-administered Medicaid waivers. Loudon said her family has not had enough nurses since 2014 due to the tough working conditions and paltry pay driving people from the profession.

“There are some really genuinely great people out there who will do it, but I do feel like we in this state have leveraged their compassion,” she said. “We’ve guilted them into staying in a job that doesn’t pay.”

State Sen. Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington, pledged to support the advocates’ efforts in the Statehouse.

“We owe it to those who sometimes can’t advocate for themselves to see this work through and improve the lives of millions in our state,” she said at the Feb. 28 event.

Loudon hopes relief comes soon.

“It would provide some hope,” she said as P.J. sat quietly in her chair nearby.

One Lowcountry pharmacist says less than 20% of the normal number of tablets that one Adderall wholesaler provides is currently in stock.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - One Lowcountry pharmacist says less than 20% of the normal number of tablets that one Adderall wholesaler provides is currently in stock. This comes after months of pharmacists across the country experiencing a major shortage in Adderall.

The Food and Drug Administration first declared an Adderall shortage last October and some Lowcountry pharmacies say now it’s at its worst.

Tidewater Pharmacy and Compounding in Mount Pleasant says 50% of their phone calls coming in are people looking for Adderall.

“I haven’t seen it this bad in the eight years that we’ve been open,” Chad Straughan, pharmacist at Tidewater Pharmacy and Compounding, said.

Although Tidewater has a short supply, others like Delta Pharmacy, the only pharmacy in all of Isle of Palms, says they are completely out of stock and keep having to turn people away.

“Just in the last two to three weeks it’s gotten big time,” Joe Gandy, pharmacist in charge at Delta Pharmacy, said. “We’ve not been able to get anything here for a while.”

Both pharmacists say they receive Adderall from a few wholesalers that also serve grocery stores and drug stores, not just in South Carolina.

“Generic Adderall, you know, the actual drug cost isn’t that high, but some of the other brand name ones can cost over $1,000 a bottle,” Gandy said.

With limited availability, some people are having to switch to taking a different amount of pills to get the prescribed amount of milligrams. However, Straughan says the more tablets there are, the higher your insurance costs could go.

“Especially in the younger population, you know, they’ve zoned in with a physician or a psychiatrist that’s prescribing it to make it work for that child,” Straughan said. “But now, the parents are having to go back to the drawing board with a physician and try different things.”

Straughan says Adderall isn’t the only shortage. It’s also happening with children’s antibiotics like Tylenol and Advil.

“Schools back in session coming off the holidays, kids are being snotty and everything else,” Straughan said. “You can’t get antibiotics right now.”

As far as Adderall, Gandy says it’s important to be patient.

“Try and keep in touch with your doctor or whoever is prescribing for you, and they may have to get a little creative with what you’re taking,” Gandy said.

Both pharmacists say they know on a day-by-day basis what will be in stock and to keep calling around to different pharmacies to see what is available.

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CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina baseball team will hit the road for the first time this season for a Tuesday tilt on Feb. 28 at the College of Charleston in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. ET.

SCHEDULE Tuesday, Feb. 28 4 p.m. ET – Coastal Carolina at College of Charleston (FloSports (&) / 105.5 FM Hank)

STARTERS CCU - RHP Jack Billings (1-0, 4.15 ERA) at Charleston- RHP Cole Mathis (2-0, 2.70 ERA)

ABOUT THE CHANTS • Coastal Carolina enters the road contest at 4-3 on the season and is coming off a series win over the Creighton Bluejays last weekend. • In Coastal's four wins this season, the Chanticleers have scored double-digit runs, including a season-high 14 runs three times. • In CCU's three losses, the Chants have scored five runs or less in the contest. • CCU's offense has nine players hitting .300 or better on the season, led by senior Tanner Garrison (.750), who is 9-for-12 with a 1.250 slugging percentage. • The injury plague has already struck the Chants, as three Opening Day starters missed some action last weekend, while the pitching staff has been decimated to start the season.

ABOUT THE COUGARS • College of Charleston is 3-3 on the season, with all six games to date having been played at home at the Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point. • The Cougars opened the season with a season-opening win over then-No. 14 Virginia Tech (Feb. 17) and bounced back from three-straight losses to win each of their last two contests versus UMBC (Feb. 25-26). • Overall, Charleston's offense is hitting .276 as a team with only 14 extra-base hits and 29 RBIs. • The pitching staff has held their opponents to a .231 batting average, having allowed just 18 extra-base hits and posting a 4.83 ERA over 54.0 innings pitched.

CHANTS VS. COUGARS ALL-TIME • In what has been a regional rivalry since 1996, the Chanticleers hold a 26-25 edge over the Cougars in the all-time series. • The Chants have won each of the last three meetings between the two teams, including a 17-7 road win over the Cougars in the two teams' last meeting in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., last year. • Coastal is just 8-16 overall versus the Cougars in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

MIDWEEK PLAY • Coastal Carolina is 0-1 this season in midweek play, having suffered a 16-4 defeat to then-No. 21 NC State last Wednesday at Springs Brooks Stadium. • The Tuesday afternoon contest is the first midweek game for the Cougars this season.

GARY'S WORLD • Senior catcher Tanner Garrison was on fire at the plate last week versus NC State and Creighton, going 8-for-9 with four extra-base hits, five RBIs, and seven runs scored. • He went for 1-for-1 as a pinch hitter and scored a run off the bench in the midweek game versus NC State and then reached base safely in eight of nine at-bats in two starts versus Creighton on the weekend. • He had a career-high four hits in a 4-for-4 effort with a hit by pitch, three doubles, two RBIs, and four runs scored versus the Bluejays on Saturday and then went 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs in a loss on Sunday.

For complete coverage of CCU baseball, follow the Chants on social media @CoastalBaseball (Twitter), facebook.com/CCUChanticleers (Facebook), @GoCCUsports (Instagram), or visit the official home of Coastal Carolina Athletics at www.GoCCUsports.com.