Sarah Welliver was hired as a staff photographer for The Island Packet in October 2008. She spent four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, rising to the rank of sergeant. She graduated from the University of Montana in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. She is well-versed in multimedia, first learning her video and audio skills through the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute. 
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Delayna Earley was hired as a staff photographer in Summer 2012. Earley, originally from Virginia, graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2011 with a bachelor's in photojournalism and history. She worked at newspapers in Virginia and Indiana before coming to the Packet/Gazette as a full-time photojournalist. She nabbed a Hearst Journalism Awards Program first-place finish for her news multimedia piece "Grassroots," which documented two members of the Bowling Green (Ky.) Tea Party and their reasons for joining. The same piece was featured in zMultimedia/ZUMA Press.
Drew Martin came to The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette as the photo and graphics editor in 2005 after working at the Savannah Morning News. He grew up in Kenosha, Wis., and graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a degree in art. He spends his days working with section editors, reporters and the photographers to produce local visual content. 
Ann Grassi of Hilton Head Island, middle left, square dances with Gus Ovstegard of Hilton Head, during Square Dance Free Fun Night on Monday night in the meeting room at Palmetto Electric on Hilton Head. The event was hosted by the Hilton Head Ocean Waves Square Dance Club and was offered to people that may be interested in taking square dancing classes. Classes will begin on Jan. 14 every Monday nights from 7-8:30 p.m. at Palmetto Electric on Hilton Head. For more information go to: https://sites.google.com/site/hiltonheadoceanwaves. (Staff Photo By Delayna Earley)
Webb Jones of Walterboro calls the dance steps during Square Dance Free Fun Night on Monday night in the meeting room at Palmetto Electric on Hilton Head Island. (Staff Photo By Delayna Earley)
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Last Dance of the Night