MORNING HEADLINES | Agnes Judge, a North Charleston woman diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019, returned home recently after finishing a journey over recent years to cancer centers in every state and Washington D.C.
“As a breast cancer survivor, I wanted to do more than just raise awareness in my hometown,” Judge said at a Thursday press conference. “I wanted to raise and spread awareness everywhere. So I traveled to every state, speaking to cancer patients and health care professionals. It was beautiful.”
Judge spoke Thursday morning at the Medical University of South Carolina’s Hollings Cancer Center in downtown Charleston, the same place she received her diagnosis. Standing with her were the doctors who treated her.
Judge described her recent national tour as therapeutic after her fight with cancer.
“This trip was more than just inspiring,” she said. “It was therapeutic for me, because it let me know that I wasn’t alone.”
She added she was educated by the doctors, nurses and social workers along the way about how far cancer treatment had advanced since her diagnosis.
“The only thing you have to do is get up and go to the doctor,” she said, an echoed sentiment throughout an inspiring speech. “If you have any concerns about your health, see your doctor. It’s only once a year.
“Do it on your birthday. Give yourself a good birthday gift. Every day, you bathe, you shave, you comb your hair — that’s the outside. What do you do for the inside?”
In Friday’s issue of the City Paper:
CP OPINION: Say RIP to racism, injustice and privilege. “The national debate over so-called ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ policies is nothing more than a shell game to institutionalize the opposite. And now, it’s just plain embarrassing how state lawmakers are trampling on civil rights over these three values through shoddy proposals on hiring practices and programs.”
- CP CARTOON: Stegelin: DEI v. Ashley Hall
- CP CARTOON: Ariail: The Plasticene Era
CP NEWS: Cogswell’s development company quietly settles 2019 lawsuit. WECCO Development LLC, a company owned by Charleston Mayor William Cogswell and now managed by his wife, in November settled a lawsuit filed in 2019 by the One Cool Blow Condominium Association following negligence, breach of contract and other allegations.
CP NEWS: Carl Bernstein to speak Feb. 26 in Charleston. Legendary investigative reporters Carl Bernstein says he’ll have a lot to say about President Donald Trump and the state of the union when he speaks in Charleston on Feb. 26 at the Sottile Theater, as part of the program by the Milton and Freddie Kronsberg Lecture Series and Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, the birthplace of Reform Judaism. It is celebrating its 275th anniversary.
CP FOOD: Charleston area welcomes, bids farewell, to several restaurants. If your social media feed looks like ours, then you’re likely seeing a lot of buzz about new restaurants opening in the Charleston area — and how beloved, longstanding ones are closing.
CP MUSIC: Dear Dive Bar series continues with 5th season in Charleston. Charleston may not be Nashville when it comes to music industry bona fides, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of musicians and songwriters making waves here in the Lowcountry.
CP ARTS: MUSC unveils new Arts in Healing collection. Anyone who has spent time as a patient or visitor at one of the Medical University of South Carolina’s many facilities and clinics is no stranger to the presence of artwork.
In other recent headlines:
Charleston committee OKs mayor’s rapid housing plan for the homeless. A Charleston City Council committee signed off Feb. 20 on Mayor William Cogswell’s regional approach to temporarily sheltering homeless men in 80-square-foot steel containers.
Charleston’s median home price finally flattens. For the first time in years, the median home price in the Charleston area hasn’t increased year over year. Closed sales in January fell almost 4% with 1,411 residences changing hands during the month.
S.C. beaches are major revenue drivers. Where do the funds to maintain them come from? Without a set state funding source for coastal communities to maintain the beaches, municipalities in South Carolina must look elsewhere for help in keeping the 190 miles of shore a valuable resource.
S.C.-built Dreamliners delayed as Boeing looks to get handle on supply issues. Another airline is warning of delays in the delivery of South Carolina-built 787 jets, providing further evidence of supply chain problems that have dogged Boeing Co. for years.
Summerville group works to build trust between community and law enforcement. The Dignity Project, facilitated by the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy, is a group of community members from all different backgrounds that came together with the Summerville Police Department after the George Floyd riots in 2020.
New Goose Creek art gallery entering final stages of construction. Local artists in Goose Creek will soon have a home base as city leaders continue work on a new community art gallery.
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