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MYRllE BEAOI IJCx!1 Foster

Iv1yrtle Beach Busiress IJason Atkinson

Myttle Beach Resi:lential I

Myrtle Beach Golf Clubs I David DuRant

2%

Myrtle Beach Clubs I Mary Jo Rogers

NOR'HIS1RAND IRick Wall

71%

North Myrtle Beach Busiress Scott Clanton

61%

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North StraIrl Residential

NOIth Strand Clubs

IRickWaU

I Mark Ousley

SOUDI S1RAND

68%

[Woody Ford

Surfside Busioess

61%

I Divid Benton

Garden City Business

68%

Socastee Busiress

40%

I Fran Kopncky

South Strard Resklential

82%

I Barb Krurm S; Todd Leary I

Carrpgrourrls

99%

Rebecca Hardwick & Dam Groorre

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64%

I Byron Divid

Conway Busiress

65%

66%

1 ~!tte lolmson & VICki

Conway Resi:lential

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Bill fult

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I Neil Janes

73%

I Gerda Page

Ayror

19%

Rose I'vlarie Hassey & Fred Rcbardson

PUBLIC SERVICES

42%

24%

I Doug White

Hospitals

10%

I Paul Hickrmn

Edtrarion

12%

Greg Riclardson, Rick Lab, . & Esther Murphy

Inlarri Governrrent

78%

Grand Stran::l Governrrent

47%

State Govemrrent

6%

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Local United Way Campaign Surpasses Halfway Mark Volunteers with United Way of Hony County are expressing both gratitude and renewed commitment as the annual fundraising campaign is more than halfway to its goal of $1.4 million.

"It's such a tremendous boost to everyone's morale that we've crossed that big milestone in the campaign," says General Campaign Chairman Steve Chapman. "But we can't lose sight of the fact that with a very uncooperative economy, we have a huge challenge before us to reach our goal."

On average over the past few years, the local campaign bas topped the 60 percent mark by late November. "We're just over 54 percent at this point," says Chapman. "That says a lot about the pressure we're all feeling to make our case to those that have not yet made a pledge."

"None of us can feel the least bit complacent in this campaign," says David DuRant, United Way board president. "Witb 36 of our Community Partner agencies counting on us to come through with the funding they so desperately need, we've got to be the most passionate and committed team in memory to ensure that we achieve our goal."

"With one gift thai Slays in the community, you can touch the Lives of hundreds of thousands of our local neighbors," says DuRant. "Not many organizations can make that promise."

United Way of Horry County is making every effort to complete its campaign by the end of the year. To make a pledge, or if you have any questions, please contact the United Way office at 347~5195 or visit their Web site at www.unitedwayhcsc.org.

The United Way of Horry County has been impacting the local community for more than 35 years. Its goal is to create long-lasting community cha.nge by addressing the underlying causes of the most sign.ificant local issues. Working with 36 Community Partner organizations, its efforts are focused on four main impact areas that are designed to help develop successful youth and children, build strong, safe and healthy families, promote self-sufficiency, and provide a basic needs safety net.s due to my disability. Now that 1 was ready for a job to be able to keep my home, Jane assisted me with job development and job training through DSN's Supportive Employment program. 1 started in a part-time position with a hotel. The people at the hotel were so considerate, nice and encouraging to me. I worked bard every day and soon tbey offered me a full-time position because of my good job performance, 1 am so pleased to have a job that gives me the opportunity to greet new visitors to our community and keep my borne. Jane and DSN have truly made my life a successful one with all the encouragement and help from their agency. My Dame is Katie Long and 1 am living united by the helping to promote self sufficiency through the work of this United Way Community Partner.

The Holiday Season is a time we say thanks for what we have and remember that there are people in our community who are without the means to provide for their families.

If YOllcan give, please give to United Way to help your feUow neighbor this holiday season!

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COAST CONTENTS

COM.MENTARY: "Obama's Mandate Gap" by Rich lowry .4

Sixth Annual Christmas Towne offers family fun by Nancy Gray 5

Art Museum has Strand "Puttin' on the Glitz" by Casey Church. . 6

Veteran's Profile by Paul Gable .7

Gtyelections, county administrator vote dldW strange bedfellows by Paul Gable 8

$eniorart students display work in CCUexhib.it by Mona Prufer 9

ALTERNATIVES FEATURE:

Slinging Paint for Toys For Tots by Christopher A. Huff ...•...•..... 10·1 I

S Ilaggi ng with th e Stars se t for Jan. 29 by Sa rry Til igpe n .12

LEARNING ALONG THE WACCAMAW: by Linda Ketron 1.3

"To Your Good Health" by Dr. Paul G. Donohue 14

Tips for Avoiding Holiday Stress by Karen Kahn 15

Glenn's 10: MelT)' Christmas by GlennAmette III 16

EARTH TALK: "Letters"> From E/Magazine 17

Strange But True I Celebrity Extra I Salom.e;s Stars 18

Literary Page: by Mona PruferfBest Seller Lists 19

"R"is for Recycling Oysters from SClway.net 20

COM M ENTARY: SC jobs program earns national honors by Karen Borie .. 22

NIGHT LIFE & ENTERTAINMENT:

Marching Band Finale Concert: set for Nov. 20 by .Mona Prufer f Beach Newz: CD Pidcs ~ Stocking StLrffer.; by Darlel Sendin I Sevendust, New Era Project Smoke. at House of Slues on Dec. 5 by Brian Howle IConcert Calendar .... 23 - 26

GEEK STRAND: "Netflix vs Blockbuster" Battle of the DVD-by-

Mai.1 services by Christopher A. Huff 27

Black M.arket featured as Merchant of the Month by Kim Kelley 28

SC legal system OUt of order by Paul Gable 29

Oemson Alumni Association names Volunte€rs of the Year by Angela Nixon .30

COAST FEATURE:

Night of a Thousand Candles at Brookgreen Gardens by Helen Benso .. .31

CALENDAR OF EVENTS .32

MHACC appoints Canadian account manager by Nancy Gray .33

MBACC offers online shopping incentives for .si1oppfnglocal~ by Nancy Gray .34

Rivertown Christmas Celebration in Conway by Hillary Howard .3S

M BAC C annou nces (Islli ng tou rnam ent wi n ner by Nancy Gray.. . . . . . . . . . .. . . .3 6 Twisting In The Wind I Paw's Corner . .37

DeB.:nieu to .i"ost fnlI SEri:f" qxn. ri Cart::hIs PGA season Of KateAnc:a-son . . . 38

SUPER CROSSWORD. . . .39

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Pop's Glass Presents 'Vivid Color' and Glass Blowing Demos Dec. 5

By Barbara Streeter

As part of CREATE! Conway's First Saturday Art Walk, Pop's Glass Gallery & Studio presents Vivid Color, a series of abstract oil paintings by Florida artist and poet David Piper. David says, "I narrate the illusion, imagination describes tbe image." The exhibit opens on Dec. 5.

In Pop's hot glass studio, Pennsylvania glass artist Wayne Fitzgerald will be demonstrating glass blowing throughout the day

and the public is invited. Watch Wayne make his Snowstorm Vase and learn about exciting new things that are happening in art glass studios across the country. Wayne's art glass will be on display i.11 the gallery.

Both exhibits will run through Dec. 31. Pop's Glass Gallery & Studio features a variety of art in the gallery and offers glass blowing cI asses and demonstrati ons in the hot glass studio. The gallery is open Thursday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.rn. and by appointment.

Abstract oil by Fla. artist David Piper;

For more information contact Barbara Streeter at 843-450~9232, email [email protected] or visit W'NW. popsglass. com.

By Jan Wurst

The Loft Presents 'Christmas Crafts For Kids Dec. 4

The Loft at The Howard Gallery at 532 West Broadway in Myrtle Beach, S.C. IS sponsormg "Christmas Krafts for Kids", Saturday, December 4 from 10 a.m, to 4 p.m, Crafting will be presented by Carol Belcher with personalized Christmas tree balls; Kate Lagaly,

flower potornal11ents and Jan Wurst, thumb print animals and people ..

Other artists of the loft, some of whom will also be available, are Elaine Bigelow, Sue Coley, Millie Doud, Suzanne Gaff, Kelly Mezapelle, Judy O'Brien and Joanne Ross. Admission is free and refreslnnenrs are provided.

III addition, The Howard Gallery features many pamtmgs, photographs, cards and small items as well as prints and matting aod framing. Regular hours are Monday through Friday, 9.:30 a.m, to 5:30 p.m,

For more information, call 843- 626-3118 or log onto www.thehowardgallery.com,

By Lisa BOUrcier

Horry County Check Registers Online

Horry County's check register is now available online for the public to view. The check registers are updated on a weekly basis and are available on the Horry County's website at ww.borrycounty.org OJ] the left menu under Quick Links.

Horry County is the second largest county in the state that supports the Sou tl1 Carolina's Comptroller General's Office's desire for spending transparency in local government.

The register information will include the check numbers, amounts, who they were written to and what was procured.

Conway Christmas Parade Set For Dec. 12

By Bridgette Johnson

Ho! Ho! Ho! The Conway Chamber of Commerce has put a lot of effort into its Christmas parade this year and invites the public to come out and enjoy the dais family-friendly festivities. Scheduled for this Saturday, Dec. 12 at 10 a.m., the Conway Christmas Parade will begin at 16th Avenue and travel dOWIl Main Street to Third Avenuein downtown Conway, moving up to Laurel

and back outo Fourth Avenue. The brigade offloats and parade entries will end at Maxway, across from the former Piggly Wiggly. Get there early to find the perfect spot.

Area high school marching bands will be performing during the parade, as well as some of Conway's Superstar winners.

If by chance you must miss th.e parade for health or travel reasons, look for it on HTC's access cable channel 4, Dec. 26~30, at 8 p.m.

Brunswick Ballet Company Does 'Nutcracker Under the Sea'

By Thorn Clemmons

Tbe Brunswick Little Theatre presents the debut performance of the Brunswick Ballet Company's production of Nutcracker Under the Sea, a fresh approach to the Tchaikovsky classic, at Odell Williamson Auditorium on the

campus of Brunswick Community College December 12 at 7:30 pm and December 13 at 3 pm, Tickets range $6-$15. For tickets call 800- 7S4~ 1050, ext 416.

For more information go to www.brunswickballetcompany.co m or www.brunswicklittle-theatre.com.

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By Rich LOlli')'

Barack Obama's Mandate Ga

On Nov. 3., the fairy tale died. The election results in Virginia and New Jersey dismantled the self-satisfied, just-so story that Democrats have been telling themselves about last year's election.

The story goes like this: In 2008, Americans voted for change not just in the nation's leadership, but in its fundamental political orientation. They wanted a shift to the left not seen since 1932. The nation's political map had been utterly transformed. Barack Obama owned the suburbs and independents, and laid claim to formerly secure Republican states. An outdated GOP had been reduced to a rejectionist husk clinging to rural areas and the South.

A more modest rival interpretation explained it differently: A channing young man running against a Republican Party debilitated by its association with an unpopular war and a

- politically toxic incumbent won a solid 7-point victory nationally, He sounded reasonable and moderate and won for his party something important, if not necessarily epoch-making: a chance to govern after the other side had blown it.

The Republican sweep of the gubernatorial races in Virginia. and New Jersey is flatly incompatible with the first, heroic interpretation. If things changed so fundamentally, they wouldn't have snapped back so quickly.

Obama beat John McCain among independents in Virgin.ia by 1 'point and in New Jersey by 4 points, while winning the suburbs .. Both Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie took back the burbs and wiped out their Democratic opponents among independents by 2-1 margins.

Liberals are comforting themselves that McDonnell and Christie had to play to the center, as if that in itselfis a stinging rebuke to the right. They seem to forget that they have long been arguing

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that conservative candidates can. '1 appeal to the middle. That the pro-life, anti-gay-marriage, limited- government conservatives McDonnell and Christie had more cachet with the center than their opponents should be a Democratic warning sign.

Of course, Obama wasn't on the ballot, although that's cold comfort for 2010. In New Jersey, the youth vote dropped off from 17 percent in 2008 to 9 percent of the electorate in 2009. In Virginia, the youth vote fell off by half. The infatuation of starry-eyed Obama kids apparently isn't transferable.

Obama's mistake is governing as if he has a heroic mandate when he really has a modest one. This is his mandate gap. It accounts for the paradox of his current political standing. His job approval is holding up around 50 percent, and 'people still like him, even as his rating on key issues -- health care, the economy and the deficit -- falters.

The mandate gap is a potential killer for Democrats not named Barack. Consider poor Creigh Deeds, the losing Democrat in Virginia. He got saddled with Obarna's unpopular policy positions, while Obama's likability naturally didn't make him any more charismatic or inspiring. At the end of his campaign, Deeds ran an ad consisting entirely of Obama waxing poetic about him at a campaign rally in the forlorn hope the magic would rub off.

It didn't, and it won't for other Democrats. The mandate gap threatens their congressional majority. They'll persist anyway, sprinkling more pixie dust on their tattered fairy tale and wishing, wishing it were so.

Rich LOWlY is editor of the National Review

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READERS COMMENTS

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We neglected to credit interviewer Marilyn Newsome on our feature profiling the Myrtle Beach mayoral and city council candidates which ran in our Oct. 22 - Nov. 5,2009 issue.

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Thanks for Caring!

I just wanted to thank you for providing the opportunity for the foster children in our area to attend the Disney on Ice, Finding Nemo show at the Florence Civic Center. I know that at least 25 foster children and families were able to attend the show thanks to your generosity.

t have heard from a number of the foster parents who attended and they said that the children enjoyed the show tremendously! Even the teenagers that went loved the performance. Events, such as Finding Nemo, are great ways for foster parents to spend time with the children while exposing them to new and exciting things.

Again, thank you for your donation of the tickets. This was a great event and everyone who was able to attend had a fantastic time.

With much gratitude, Tabby Shelton Fostering Hope

HOA Nightmares

I read with interest the article in the Nov 5- 19 issue of Alternatives magazine.

r live at Intercoastal Village Resort in Little River and our HOA is a disaster due to the board of directors running shod over the owners. We bad a very large assessment and now they have raised our dues to the point that some of the owners are going to lose their homes.

There is a lawsuit pending and should be heard about the third week of this month.

1 ran for the board this year (and won) to try to help the owners but had too many board members against me.

With luck we will have a new board OD Dec. 5th. Is there anywhere we can get ideas and suggestions to bring our HOA back to the owners?

My assessment was $29,000 and the raise in my dues went up beginning Jan. to $690 a month.

Sorry I didn't know about the meetings in Sept and Oct. Who do we write to to get this legislation passed? Thank you.

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Sixth Annual Christmas Towne to Offer Festive Family Fun

By Nancy Gray

Christmas Towne, a free family event, will be held I p.m- 7 p.m, Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center's events plaza. This is an outdoor event, and festival goers should dress according to the weather. Christmas Towne is sponsored by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and the city of Myrtle Beach.

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event to a Sunday, w h i c h allows us to grow

Christmas Towne will feature the official tree lighting ceremony for Myrtle Beach at 6 p.m., emceed by Diane DeVauglm Stokes as Jingles the Elf. The 25-foot live tree, ornamental lights and festive decorations are provided courtesy of the city of Myrtle Beach and the lvlBACC.

"Christmas Towne is a great way to get everyone in the boliday spirit," said Arnie Lee, lvlBACC director of festivals

Christmas Towne by extending the how-so Being the season for giving, we are delighted to continue hosting a free community event and encourage attendees

to bring a toy to help those less fortunate."

The festival will offer train rides, inflatable rides

and the popular photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Member businesses will be providing activities and

games for chi ldren at no cost, while promotfog their business and services.

For more information, VISit www.MyrtleBeachAreaCbamber. com or call 843-626-7444,

Live entertainment and

refreshments will also be part of the festivities, The ceremony will showcase the talents of many local groups. MBACC will be serving free hot chocolate while supplies last.

Christmas Towne is an official drop-off location for Toys for Tots. Those who attend are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy to help make holiday dreams come true for local children.

Holiday FantaSea to Showcase Myrtle Beach as Top Destination

By Nancy Gray

The seventh annual

Holiday FantaSea (formerly the Motorcoach Festival) will be heLd 9:30-11 :30 a.m, Dec. 2 and Dec. 4 at the Alabama Theatre. The event is sponsored by the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce/Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Coastal Network Cooperative, a local entity promoting group travel, Holiday FantaSea is not open to the public.

As an incentive for future travel to Myrtle Beach, more than 1,500 group tour travelers will share the holiday spirit and be treated to food, entertainment and gifts. Each day one lucky participant will receive a $500 gift certificate

to a local shopping destination. TIle groups originate from Michigan, Tennessee, Florida, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Thousands of motor coach tours visit the area each year. Area theaters, stores, restaurants and hotels rely on the group tour business, particularly during the winter months. The holiday season provides an opportunity for these visitors to experience the wealth of holiday shows at local theaters, as well as shopping.

"Group tours are vital to Myrtle Beach's visitor base," said Danna Lilly, CMF, director of sales, Myrtle Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, "This annual event gives us a wonderful opportu-

nity to promote Myrtle Beach as a premier destination and to increase off-season tourism."

Last year, the American Bus Association named the Motorcoach Festival' among its Top 100 Events jn North America. ABA's 2009 Top 100 Events Selection Committee chose the 2009 Motorcoach Festival from among hundreds of U.S. and Canadian events nominated by state and provincial tourism offices and convention and visitors bureaus. Judges considered the event's broad appeal, its accessibility to motor coaches and skill at handling large groups, among other relevant criteria.

Since 1938 the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce has stood as the unified voice of the Grand Strand's business community. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has awarded the

By .Iuile Pinckney

L. w. Paul Living History Farm Open for Visitors

Larry Paul, a local businessman with a rich farming heritage in Horry County, offered to fund the construelion of a famil y farm to depict farm and domestic life in Horry County from 1900- 1955. Mr. Paul's vision was to provide Horry County and the museum with a facility to educate future generations about life ill Horry County during the first half of the twentieth century. In 2006, Horry County Council designated ! 7 acres of land for lise by tile Horry County Museum as the L. W. Paul Living History Farm.

The structures bui I.t 011 the property are representative of th e time peri od as is tbe domestic animals such as chickens, pigs and Minnie the mule, Visitors to the Farm will have the opportunity to sample the everyday life of one horse Harry County farm family living during this era. Guests on this working farm wi II be ab le to observe and participate in activities that would have been commonplace on traditional family farms. Plowing with mules, making lye soap, grinding grits, blacksmithing curing meat, preserving vegetables, milking cows, and harvesting crops are only a few hands on

activities the Farm offers.

The t.w Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9 a.m, to 4 p.m, Just a short drive from Historic Downtown Conway, the Farm is located at 2279 Harris Shortcut Road on Hwy. 701 North. Admission is free but donations are appreciated.

For further information, cal! the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or email at hcmuseurmgihorrycounty.org, Editor s note: visit www.myrtlebeachalternatives.com for an indepth feature story 017 the Living History Farm.

MBACC its five-star accreditation, one of only several chambers in South Carolina toeam this distinction, The MBACC serves Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Little

River, Atlantic Beach, Garden City Beach, Loris, Conway, Aynor, Murrells Inlet, Litchfield Beach and Pawleys Island. For more information, visit MyrtleBeachAreaCbamber.com.

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Art Museum has Grand Strand 'Puttin' on the Glitz'

By Casey Church

century. She sees jewelry as "absolutely beautiful little works of art." She says "Jewels of Passion" is not meant to profile the history of each designer, but rather to demonstrate the best designs and materials available,

Reservations are necessary and should be made by contacting the Art Museum at 843- 238-2510. Bring a favorite piece of costume jewelry to discuss with Duncan. Champagne, mimosas and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

Visitors to the An Museum are encouraged to view the four current exhibits: Souls Journey: Inside the Creative Process and Bassmi Ibrahim: The Isness of Being, which

Sherri Duncan, veterinarian and passionate costume jewelry collector, will be showcasing her book "Jewels of Passion: Costume Jewelry Masterpieces" at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon .8. Chapin Art Museum in a very special event entitled Pullin 'all the Glitz, on Sunday, Dec .. 6, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. This event is $50 for Museum members and $60 for nonmembers; ticket price i ncludes a copy of "Jewels of Passion."

The public is invited to enjoy Duncan speak about ber own personal collection of vintage costume jewelry from the mid-Zuth

run through January 8, 2010; and Faces and Stories: A Portrait of Southern Writers and 25 Years a/Jonathan Green, both on exhibit through January 3, 2010.

The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B.

Chapin Art Museum isa wholly nonprofit institution Located across from Springmaid Pier at 3100 South Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Hams are Tuesday through Saturday, 1.0 a.m, to 4 p.m, and Sundays, 1 p.m, to 4 p.m. Admission to the Museum is free at all times, but donations are welcomed.

For further information, call 843-238- 2510 or visit www.MyrtleBeachArtMuseum.org.

: PublishAmerica Presents Myrtle Beach Author Bernard R. Gray'

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would we face our own extermination? Would we eliminate racial and gender division in hopes of remaining alive?

Bernard R. Gray was born in Philadelphia, Pa. His parents passed away when Bernard was two years old. He was raised by Vernice Cozzens. Bernard and his sister started their education at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic School on 48th Street ill West Philadelphia. Then his journey led him to Jacksonville, Fla., where he attended Jean Ribault Senior High School, Upon graduating, he continued his education at Florida Community College of Jacksonville. Bernard is currently fulfilling his writing ambitions in hopes of stimulating a positive response for his children so they know that anything is possible.

The home of 40 000 authors, PublishAmerica is a traditional publishing company whose primary goal is to encourage and pro-

By Sarah George

TIle Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach has announced its upcoming holiday events.

Pet Photos with Santa Paws will take place Dec. 5 at Wags & Whiskers at 710 B, Fifth Avenue South in North Myrtle Beach. Proceeds from these photos will benefit The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach. Ca]l 843- 280-7686 to schedule an appointment.

The annual. Pets Light Up Our Lives! tree lighting ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12 at Mcl.ean Park in North Myrtle Beach. Honoring all. pets, past, present and future, this event will ioclude holiday music, refreshments, gift basket raffles, a blessing of the anima Is and a tree lighting, Pets are welcome and will receive a Christmas gift.

mote the works of new, previously undiscovered writers. Like more ma instream pub Ii shers, PublishAmerica pays its authors advances and royalties, makes its books available in both the United States and Europe through all bookstores.

Lights can he purchased prior to the event to honor your pet. They are $10 per animal and must be purchased before Dec. 8 10 be included ill the commemorative program otherwise lights may be purchased until the ceremony .. For details, visit www.humanesocietynmb.org or call 843-249-4948.

Following Dec. 12, the tree will be on display at the North MYl1·1e Beach Chamber of Commerce from Dec. 13 through Jan. 1,2010. For more information contact The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach at 843-249-4948..

A 501 (c) 3 nonprofit orgaaization, The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach is located at 409 Bay Stree behind the Aquatic Center.

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Tourtellotte. "They said they would hold the scholarship for me when 1 got out."

Tourtellotte received training with the Army Security Agency, one of the intelligence organizations of the Army. After completing school, he was sent to Vietnam with an ASA detachment of 12 soldiers on a special mission code named "Cafe Bleu".

lnitiall y assigned for a 12 month tour, Tourtellotte extended twice for six more months each time for a total of two full years in Vietnam.

"Most of the 12 guys from the initial mission decided to stay longer," he said. "We became like family."

However, his dreams of a wrestling scholarship ended when the truck he was riding in was hit by a rocket propelled grenade.

"I dove over the side, but took shrapnel in both legs," he said. "I

couldn't wrestle anymore, but I considered myself one of the lucky ones who madeit home alive."

For his injuries, Tourtellotte was awarded the Purple Heart. He also received the Bronze Star and Vietnamese Cross of Galantry for his service in Vietnam.

He was discharged in 1970 and remained a civilian for two and one-half years before re-enlisting in the Anny for another six years. His final discharge came in 1979. In 1985, Tourtellotte was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and received assistance from. the Veteran's Admin istra tion.

With awareness of his service connected problem, Tourtellotte became interested ill the plight of other veterans. After recovering from the worst symptoms, Tourtellorte became an adviser and counselor to other veterans. He and his wife, Paula, founded an

Outreach Center for veterans in his native Syracuse, NY.

Having moved to the Grand Strand in 2003, Tourtellotte and his wife decided there was a need for a veterans resource center in Harry County.

In Sprillg2009, they opened the Veteran's Welcome Home and Resource Center in Little River with the help of Local businesses and community members .. The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber Chamber of Commerce and the Veteran's of Foreign Wars Post in Little River are the principal sponsors of the center.

TIle center stages welcome home celebrations for local. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and also provides a number of resources for veterans who need assistance with benefits, jobs, housing lUld the like.

For his efforts in Little River, Tourtellotte received a Community

Service Award from the SoC VFW state organization recently and he has been invited to help other communities establish similar centers.

"It's something I really enjoy doing," said TOil rtell otte. "I am happy to be back helping those veterans who need help the most."

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By Paul Gabl.c

Trying to make a difference for veterans describes the efforts of Kris Tourtellotte, a veteran of the US. Army and the Vietnam conflict.

Kris Tourtellotte decided to forego a wrestling scholarship to Cortland State (NY) University in order to enlist in the U. S. Army in 1966.

"I was 17 years old and the Vietnam War was expanding," said

Kris Tourtellotte

ties for the entire family, including train rides, face painting} cookie decorating, ornament making and photos with Santa. The official tree lighting ceremony will take place at 6 p.m,

"The holidays are an exciting time of year to visit Myrtle Beach," said Mark Kruea, the city's public information officer. "Our attractions come together to provide a variety of events and activities that are perfect for all ages."

band, which includes ice skate rentals.

Two of the area's finest performance theatres will provide an array of holiday shows this season, including The Palace Theatre which will showcase "Christmastirnel The Twelve Irish Tenors" and the timeless classic, "A Christmas Carol," while The Alabama Theatre will perform "The South's Grandest Christmas Show," a holiday musical featuring special effects and a variety of live performances,

The city of Myrtle Beach will host its annual Christmas Towne on Sunday, December l3,. from 1:00 to 7 p.m. at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. This festive event features free activi-

Myrtle Beach Welcomes Holiday Season

It's beginning to look and feel a lot like Christmas in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Area attractions have pulled out all the stops this holiday season and are offering a lineup of events sure to please every member of the family. From ice skating to award-winning theater per~ formances to a wonderland of sparkling holiday lights, Myrtle Beach is a definite must-visit destination for the holidays.

Brookgreen Gardens, the world's largest sculpture garden, will host its annual holiday event, Nights of a Thousand Candles, Dec. 4~5, 11-12 and

17~ 19, from 3 to 10 p.m. Nights of a Thousand Candles, which was recently named one of the Top 20 Events ill the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society, features thousands of lights shining from the garden paths and trees as well as live holiday performances,

The Market Common, a shopping, dining and entertainment complex located in the heart of Myrtle Beach, will host a number of holiday events this season, as well as the area's only ice skating rink available Saturday, Dec. 19, through Sunday, Jan. 3, from 10 a.m, to 6 p.m. It costs $7 for a wrist-

For more information, contact the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce at 843-626~ 7444 or www.visitmyrtlebeach.com.

Grand Strand To Charleston Bus Service Begins Dec. 12

Veterans and 2·-fOl'-1 passes during the months of December and January.

Public meetings were held on November 9, at the Georgetown Public Library, 405 CLeland St., at 7 p.m., Nov. LO, at Myrtle Beach City BaH, 937 Broadway sr, at 6

p.rn., and the last meeting was held December at Coast RTA at 14L8 Thir-d Ave. Call way, To launch the new service, a Ribbon Cutting ceremony will be held on Dec.r 10, at 10 a.m., at the Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce on 1200 N. Oak St. There will also be ribbon cuttings in Georgetown on Front St., and at the Charleston Visitors Center on Meeting Street for the inaugur-al route.

By Yvette Jefferson

ant for wheel chair accessibility. Tickets will cost $15 one-way and $25 round trip for adults, $10 one-way and $15 round trip for

students (13- 1 8) and children under 12 ride free with fare-paying adults. Coast will offer monthly discount passes for multiple trips by

Coast RTA has announced service to Charleston, S.c. beginning December 12. The Grand Strand-Charleston Connector will provide public transportation twice a week to residents and tourists of Horry and Georgetown counties. Saturday service to Downtown Charleston will begin on December ] 2,. and Thursday service to the Ralph H. Johnson, VA Medical Center and MUSe will begin on December 17. Final details are pending and public input is welcome.

The service was originated to address the needs of local veterans who require dependable transportation to their VA Medical appointments. The bus will be ADA cornpli-

For additional information, contact YveUe Jefferson, Marketing and Community Relations at 843-488-0865 ext. 22 I or )ljej~ /[email protected].

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By Paul Gable

City Elections, County Administrator Vote Draw Strange Bedfellows

As Horry County Council member Marion Foxworth often says, "Politics in Horry County is a sport and, sometimes, it is a full contact sport."

This year's campaign for Myrtle Beach mayor and city council seats and the quest to find a new county administrator has certainly lived up to the full contact billing.

Campaign donations in the amount of 24 $1,000 donations to each incumbent in the city council races continue to leave unanswered questions.

First addressed by the Business Owners Organized to Support Tourism (BOOST), the question of who is behind these donations has been in the forefront of the news.

Many of the contributors are limited liability corporations (LLC's) and some of the donations were given in the form of cashier's checks instead of company or personal checks. The use of cashier's checks establishes another layer of anonymity on already, essentially anonymous

- donations.

Of the 24 donations, 10 are of particular interest in that each of the ten LLCs, one for each donation, listed the same address with the donation. The address is the building of DDC Engineers, Inc. at 1298 Professional Drive in Myrtle Beach. The registered agent for each of the LLC's involved is Myrtle Beach attorney Shep Guyton.

DDC co-owner and Horry County council member Brent Schulz said Guyton formerly rented a single office space in the building, but moved several years ago.

That the address was not changed with the S.C. Secretary of State is not a big deaL However, in checking with Renee Daggerhart, Public Information Officer for the Secretary of State's office, two of the LLC's used for donations were found to have no registration with the Secretary of State's office at all.

According to Daggerhart, every corporation, including LLC's, domiciled in, doing business in, or maintaining offices in the state must be registered with the Secretary of State. The two LLC's with no record are Creek View Land Partners, LLC and Back Gate, LLC.

Additionally, Beach Paralegal Services, Inc., another of the

donors, was dissolved on October 29, 2007, according to information provided by Daggerhart.

The incumbent city council members and mayor were not the only recipients of recent $1,000 donations, according to records of donations available on the South Carolina Ethics Commission website. Many members of the Horry County Legislative Delegation and U.S. Congressman Gresham Barrett, who has announced he will run for Governor next year, also received donations from the LLCs.

BOOST questioned whether the donations were pay back for the efforts of the legislative delegation and the city council members in passing the enabling legislation at the state level and ordinance at the local level that established a one cent local option sales tax for tourism promotion.

The Myrtle Beach Chamber chairman was responsible for raising the money from like-minded business men and women and the Chamber itself was in no way involved in the fund raising.

Attorney Butch Bowers was hired to contront BOOST after it posted an initial report of its findings on a local website. Bowers called BOOST's allegations "defamatory, scurrilous and sad" in a recent press conference. Bowers also said the donations were all legal and threatened BOOST with legal action if the organization did not "cease and desist" its allegations.

However, to date, no one has sufficiently justified how a corporation that was dissolved in 2007 managed to make 10 campaign donations of$I,OOO each in 2009.

We contacted S.C. Ethics Commission Director Herb Hayden several weeks ago. After discussing the donations by the dissolved corporation, the cashier's check donations and the fact that all 10 LLC's were supposedly run from the same office, with no apparent employees, Hayden said the situation bore looking into.

Hayden said there was nothing illegal with LLC's making donations to campaigns, but the fact that one of the corporations was dissolved almost two years earlier raised questions about where the money it donated came from. He also said if the LLC's received money from donors with no ties to the corporation, the LLC's may be acting as com-

mittees, which would require registration with the Ethics Commission.

According to Hayden, state law is designed to have transparency of donations. For local elections, individuals are allowed to donate up to $ 1 ,000 to any candidate and corporations also may donate up to $1,000 to any candidate.

However, according to

Hayden, if the money donated by corporations does not originate from corporate earnings or its principles, in other words the corporation is used as a pass through for third party donations, it must then file as a committee with the requisite financial disclosure forms filed.

When contacted by local media recently, Hayden said he is continuing to look into the origin of the donations to see if ethics laws have been violated.

Another interesting issue in the campaign were local television, radio and print ads supporting the incumbents, paid for by Myrtle Beach Residents for Lower Taxes and Good Government for Myrtle Beach.

Both organizations filed statement of organization papers with the Ethics Commission on October 21, after the ads were already running.

However, neither has, as of press time, filed financial disclosure reports which will list contributions and expenses. Both those forms are due for initial filing within IO days of the organization raising or spending $500. Failure to file an initial report within the required time frame already constitutes one ethics violation.

It has been more than ten days since the first ad ran (ads were running on all three local television stations and several mailers have also been sent out by the organization) but the donors to the organization remain a mystery.

The real questions left over from the election are who are the mystery donors and why did they feel the necessity to hide behind LLC's and committees rather than come forth and make the donations individually in their own names and were campaign donation limits exceeded by some individuals?

We can only wait to see who appears as donors when Myrtle Beach Residents for Lower Taxes and Good Government for Myrtle Beach file their disclosure

forms. We must also wait to see if the Ethics Commission decides some of the contributions violate disclosure requirements.

What compounds the questions is that some of the same actors were involved in the effort to have Horry County Attorney and Interim Administrator lohn Weaver appointed to the permanent administrator position.

Weaver was one of the final two candidates considered by Horry County Council members for the administrator job. Both Weaver and co-finalist Duncan Ballantyne received six votes for the job meaning neither garnered the necessary majority.

After the vote, council decided to re-open the administrator search while voting to not consider either Ballantyne or Weaver in the continued search.

Weaver called on what he considers to be "important and influential people in Horry County" to whom the council would listen. He wrote an e-mail to a variety of people asking for their help in lobbying council for his appointment as county administrator.

While the lobbying effort failed, the names involved are interesting in that they include some of the same actors in the city election campaign contribution controversy.

Council members Harold Worley and Brent Schulz took the lead on council in trying to get Weaver elected and was making phone calls on Weaver's behalf as was Schulz's business partner, Mike Wooten. Even Burroughs and Chapin got into the act with Tony Cox and Bill Pritchard of the current B&C upper echelon lobbying for Weaver. What is particularly interesting is that retired B&C CEO Doug Wendel also got into the Weaver lobbying act and continued trying to get council members to reconsider in the days after the vote was taken.

What was so important in both the city elections and the county administrator job to have such a strong lobbying effort for the status quo? Certainly not their demonstrated performance to this date.

The assumption must be made that there is much going on behind the scenes that the re-election of city incumbents and the maintaining of Weaver in a position of influence in the county reqUIres.

The political players and attempts at behind the scenes cajolery and threats, especially to

certain county council members, demonstrates the 'good ole boy' political system is alive and well in Horry County. Fortunately, because of the vote against Weaver by six county council members, Marion Foxworth, Liz Gilland, Carl Schwartzkopf, Bob Grabowski, lody Prince and Al Allen, the effort is being somewhat stymied at this point.

In the meantime, the city council returns with only one change as Mike Lowder replaced incumbent Chuck Martino, so the good ole boys are batting .333 at this point.

What is the overriding reason that the purported 'powers that be' want control, or at least influence, with a majority of city and county councils, to the point that they control the shots from the background?

We predict that this has something to do with casino gambling and a future effort to introduce it into both the city and the county. This is merely a prediction based on the players involved, the diversity of their interests and the fact that it was extremely important financially to them to maintain the status quo in both the city and the county.

Controlling votes and the ability to influence local government staff, regardless of the interests of the general public, brought us the multi-county business park and diverted economic development from downtown Myrtle Beach to Broadway at the Beach. Both those projects will seem like kindergarten efforts if the push for casino gambling goes forward as we think it will.

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By Mona Prufer

Senior Art Students Display Work in CCU Exhibit

Portfolios: The Work of the Department of Visual Arts Graduating Seniors, an exhibit showcasing selected works of fine art and design by Coastal Carolina University graduating senior art majors, opens Dec, 3 and runs through Dec. 12 at the Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery on campus. A public reception for the exhibit is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 3 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The recep~ tion and exhibit are free and open to the public.

Coastal Carolina University's

Department of Visual Arts offers a bachelor's degree in studio art, graphic design, painting, printmaking, photography, drawing, sculpture, ceramics and art education. The department also offers a Master of Arts in Teaching degree with a specialization in art. More than 175 students are enrolled as art majors. The department has II full-time faculty and eight parttime faculty.

Participating artists include:

Shannon Boyd of Bel Air, Md.; Stephanie Drum of Charlestown; Lindsey Krager of Myrtle Beach; Kent Moore of Garden City;

Jessie O'Reilly of Toms River, N.J.; Aubree Ross of Darlington; Janell Shields of Myrtle Beach; Brian Tilton of Myrtle Beach; Katie Voress of Ijamsville, Md.; Brandon Wright of Little River; and Joseph Ziolkowski of Myrtle Beach.

The Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12. For more information, call the gallery at 843-234-3466.

For directions visit www.coastal.edu/bryanartgallery.

Stephanie Drum, Heritage Run, gelatin silver print on paper, 2009.

Uptown and Carolina Improv Offer Holiday Show

The new holiday show by Uptown and Carolina Improv Company "The 12 (Improv) Games of Christmas," opened November 28 and runs through December 26 at Uptown, the new performance venue in the Myrtle Beach Mall. In this totally improvised and audience-interactive parody of the "The

12 Days of Christmas," the cast of Carolina Improv Company pokes fun at the holidays, using audience suggestions. Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Posadas, Festivus, Boxing Day, crazy gifts, dreidels, Christmas trees, crazy customs, Santa Claus, over indulgence, dysfunctional family storie-s and a partridge in a pear tree - you name it (literally) and they will improvise about it, bring you some comedic holiday cheer and possibly teach you a few new things about how

82nd Airborne All American Chorus to Give Free Concert In Florence

By Nick Hooker

A very well-known military chorus has scheduled a pit stop in Florence, S.c. for a special presentation to honor our American soldiers on duty during foreign wars.

The 82nd Airborne All American Chorus will host a free concert on Dec. 5 at the Florence Civic Center. The talented team will perform during the Veterans of Foreign War Day activities taking place from 11 a.m. to noon at the Center. Other features include messages from influential military guest speakers and military-themed vendors.

Speakers include: Sgt. John Baker - Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph R. Allen of the XVUl Airborne Corps, Ft. Bragg and Bill Eberle - President of the 82nd Airborne Division Association. Veterans of Foreign War Day is sponsored by U.S. Logistics.

In addition, all guests will be invited to tour The American Soldier: A Photographic Tribute from the Civil War to Iraq. The American Soldier is a dramatic depiction of the trials and tribulations our soldiers have endured since the birth of photography and is open daily at the Civic Center, free to the public.

The All-American Chorus is a nonprofit musical group composed

of Division Troopers representing every unit within the Division. The informal organization, titled the All-American Chorus, was formed in November 1967 to sing at Sunday services in the Division Chapel. In February 1 971, the chorus was selected by the Division Commander to jump together as a unit. Traveling as a team, the chorus began to perform at various sporting events, special Armed Forces occasions and for military and civilian dignitaries.

Today the 82nd Airborne Division's All-American Chorus performs throughout the continental United States. Though their primary mission remains serving the soldiers of the U.S. Army and Fort Bragg, their off-post performances continue to increase and they have become one of the Army's greatest recruiting tools. Appearing in their maroon berets and ascots, the Paratroopers of the AllAmericauChorus are truly ambassadors for the 82nd Airborne Division.

The Florence Civic Center is located at 3300 West Radio Drive, Florence, S.c. This recital is free to the public.

For more information on VFW Day or The American Soldier Photographic Tribute, visit FlorenceCivicCenter.com or call 843-679-9417.

others spend the holidays!

If you're new to improv comedy, think of the television show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" in which the performers create comedy spontaneously from suggestions. All of the performers learned how to perform this new art form through Carolina Improv Company. The show is appropriate for all ages and ticket

prices are $1 0 for adults and $8 children. Show times are Fridays and Saturdays @ 7:30 p.m., through Dec. 26 and Sun., Dec. 20 @ 2 p.m. (no show on Christmas). For more information, visit www.uptownmb.com or call 843- 272-4242 (HAHA).

Other events scheduled in Uptown include "Merry Christmas,

Southern Style," a one-woman comedy starring Marilou Cook, holiday shopping boutiques on Saturdays, a holiday break acting and irnprov camp for kids, and drop-in improv classes for adults.

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Charity Events.

Even for the most generous soul, the idea can be daunting. They all seem to blend into blandness. YOLl shell oat some big money for tickets; try to find a babysitter; go to a stuffy, crowded ballroom; spend most of your time gossiping; hope the food is better than last; drink too much at the open bar; make a fool of yourself o.n the dance floor and hope you can find your designated driver at the end of the night.

Admittedly, they are not all as bad as that, but what if it could be different?

What if you could go to a charity event that didn't cost you an ann and a leg?

What if it was set outside for some highenergy excitement and exercise?

What if you bad the chance to shoot at your wife, boyfriend, dad, boss, daughter, friend, coworker, or complete stranger, and not only do you not have to go to jail, but you get to makeChristmas a Little better for needy kids at the same time?

If that sparks your interest, then the Adventure Beach's Third Annual Toys for Tots Paintball Shoot-out is the charity event for you.

Adventure Beach Paintball and Airsoft field is located on Highway 905. approximately 5 miles past the Highway 9/905 intersection .. The 1 08-acre field offers a variety of settings for paintball play, including speedball courts tire mazes, bunkers, forts, woods and even Tippmann Town, a urban setting.

On Dec. 5, Adventure Beach

is inviting everyone to come down and experience this growing sport while helping gather toys for the North Myrtle Beach Fire Department's Toys For Tots drive ..

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You don't need to pre-register. Just bring a new, unwrapped toy valued at $20,. and let Kevin Shirnwell, owner of Adventure Beach, take care of the rest.

"We will be providing rental

equipment and protective masks for anyone who needs them," Shimwell said. "We will provide the air, markers and masks, you just ha ve to bring yourself and a $20 toy."

Shimwell did note that attendees would have to purchase their own ammunition.

"Prices start at $12.50 for a bag of 500 paintballs, ' Shimwell said. "Case prices are also available."

The registration for the event begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5. There is a mandatory safety meeting at 9:30. Games begin al 10 a.rn,

"Last year, we had 150 players bringing in over $3,000 in toys," Shimwell said. "It was a great game with a wide range of players and ski 11 levels."

The Toys For Tots event brings out players of all levels, from semi-pro teams to people who never played before.

"This is a great opportunity for people to try paintball," Sbirnwell said. "You don't have to have a marker. You don't have to have a mask. We provide aU that.'

Barbara Brittain, manager of Wolf Creek Gallery (one of this year's sponsors) at Bar-efoot Landing, experienced her first painrball event at last year's charity drive.

"I was only going to slay fora couple hours and try it out," Brittain said. "I ended up spending the whole day. I didn't know what I was doing or if I shot anyone, but I was having one of tbe best times in my life."

Wolf Creek Galley is just one of tile many local businesses that have

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donated prizes for the raffles or other services for the event.

"The list is still growing," Shimwell said. "Starbucks of

North Myrtle Beach is donating free coffee, Mason Tires has donated certificates for free auto lubes. Kroger's has donated gift cards. It's just great to see all this support coming from the community. "

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Shimwell said that food would be available during the event, with a portion of the proceeds also being donated to charity.

New to this year's charity event will be the Sunday Airsoft event.

"Airsoft is a new and growing sport, and we have seen a lot of growth with Airsoft players coming to Adventure Beach." Shimwell said. "Airsoft is a lot like paintball, Tile primary difference is the equip-

ment. Airsoft guns are designed to

be 1.; 1 replicas of real firearms, but they shoo! 6 mrn plastic pellets instead the .68-cal paintballs, Other than that, the style of game play is the same."

Just as with the Saturday paint. ball game, the donation of a $20 gets YOLI in tbe event and qualifies YOLI for the raffles. Unfortunately, rental equipment is not available tor the Airsofrevent,

For more information, go to www.abpaintball.com or call 843- 222-9081

Christopher HI(ff is an. unrepentant geek who has been living, writing and playing 011 the Grand Strand for several years. You can learn more about him and his writing at www.piratejournalism.com.

What: Adventure Beach's 3rd Annual Toys for Tots Paintball Shoot-out

When: Registration starts 8 a.m. Game On ar 10 a.m, Dec. 5, 6 Cost: New unwrapped toy valued at $20, plus Ammunition ($(2.50 a bag).

Where: Adventure Beach Palntball (See Map)

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Shagging With the Stars Contest Set For Jan. 29

Local "Stars" and professional shag dance competitors met Tuesday at Studebakers and were paired up for the 20 I 0 "Shagging with the Stars". The January 29th contest is in conjunction with the 27th Annual National Shag Dance Championships preliminary, A contribution from the contest will be made to the "Beth Mitchell Memorial Scholarship" which will award a $5,000 scholarship next March to a deserving student.

There will be a female and male winning "Star" this year. Each has twelve hours of practice time until the contest. Five professional shagjudges will score the couples for two-thirds of the score. The other one-third will be by audience applause. The bragging

rights winners will join previous winners Martha Hunn of WBTW Television (2007) (now with Coastal Carolina University), Scott Early, Fonner Myrtle Beach High School's Head Football Coach (2008), and Melanie Bennett, charity organizer for "Collin's Kids" (2009).

This year's contestants are:

Judge Cindy Graham Howe, South Carolina's first Master-in-Equity judge with partner Matt Free, former two-time Juniors winner.

Arnie Lee, the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce's Director of Festivals and special events with partner Trae Anderson, Pro, Non-Pro and Junior runner-lip.

Michelle Love, A South Atlantic Bank vice president with partner William Greene,

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Jenifer Sweat, F.S.A. marketing director and Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce's "Young Professional of the Year"

Will Bull, Tennis Pro and South Carolina Tennis Halt of Farner with partner Amanda Tedesco, a former Junior Champion.

Sean Collins, of the Myrtle Beach Fire Department with partner Brenda Barber, 2008 Nationals Seniors Champion.

Kevin Cox, HTC account executive and "Mr. Myrtle Beach" with partner Kristen Floyd, three-time Junior Champion.

Dr. Dave DeCenzo, president of Coastal

Carolina University with partner Donna Hosaflook, Seniors and Pro competitor ..

Michael Maely, WMBF News evening anchorman with partner Nikki Kontoulas, 2005's Overall National Shag Champion.

Corporal Bryan Murphy, of the Myrtle Beach Police Department with partner Mandy Holt, a two-time Non-Pro Champion.

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Bleacher seats can be purchased through the website at www.shagnationals.ccm for $25.

The contest sponsors are: Shag Hall of Fame, WMBF, Kathryn and Eddie Monsour, Bruce and Camille Morgan, South Atlantic Bank and R£/MAX Ocean Forest,

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1-40 Closure, Rockslide Detour Holiday Traffic In Western N.C.

traveling on 1-40 West should take Exit 53B (1~240 West) ill Ashevi lie and follow 1-240 West to Exit 4A (T-26 West). Follow 1-26 West (a North Carolina Scenic Highway) to 1-81 South in Tennessee. Take 1- 8,1 South and follow it back to 1·40 at mile marker 421 . Eastbound motorists should use the reverse di rections.

Additionally, travelers cannot take U.S. 64 from North Carolina into Tennessee due to a rockslide that blocked the highway near the Ocoee 2 Dam in Polk County, Tenn., about eight miles west of North Carolina. U,S .. 64 will be closed for several months.

Motorists are advised to lake U.S. 74 to Tennessee 68 North at Ducktown through McMi.nn County, then onto [-75 at Sweetwater in Monroe Couoty.

NCDOT reminds motorists to slay alert, obey the posted speed limit, leave early and travel at non-peak times when possible. Plan ahead before driving by visiting the NCDOT Traveler Information Management System Web site at www.ncdot.gov/traffictravel/ or calling 511, the state's free travel information line, for current travel. conditions.

NCDOT also provides alerts about traffic congestion, construction work and changes to the terry schedule on Twitter. To access them, visit www.ucdot.gov/travel/twitter/,

The N.C. Department of Transportation reminds motorists traveling through Western North Carolina to plan ahead and allow extra travel time over the hoi i.days due to the closure of Interstate 40 west of Asheville near Tennessee,

A mass i ve ro cks li de cl 0 s ed the intersta te in both directions between Ex it 20 (U .S. 276) 24 mi les west of Asheville in North Carolina and Exit 421 (1-8J Interchange) east of Knox vi He, Tenn. It will take several months for news to reopen the highway.

Travelers can still reach Western North Carolina via 1-40 from the east and I~26 to the north and south. Exi ts 20 and 27 Oil 1-40 provide access to popular destiuations west of Asheville, In Tennessee, exits 432 through 451 provide access to popular destinations in southeastern Tennessee.

The detour route is 53 miles longer and is an additional 45 minutes to an hour driving time. Motorists

NMB Chamber Accepting Registration for Tabletop Business Expo

By Jennifer Prince

The Tabletop Business Expo, will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 20from 4 - 7 p.m. at the Myrtle Beach Mall. The expo is a cost effective way to promote your business to consumers and business professionals in the area, Only businesses in the North Myrtle Beach area are allowed to participate in the expo, but businesses and consumers from the entire Grand Strand will be invited to come and learn, about your business.

"This is the sixth year for the expo and each year it sells out. We are excited to be offering this benefit again this year. We expect tbi s year to be as exciting as year's past We welcome everyone to come and learn more about the

businesses of the North Myrtle Beach area," stated Vicki Keibler, membership/sales director for the North Myrtle Beach Chamber.

For a small fee your business can participate and increase your Dame recognition, gain exposure for your product or service, and generate business leads. Reg istraticn js on a first come, first served basis. The exhibitor fee is $60 for Chamber members and $85 for nonmembers. For exhibitor guidelines visit www.runbevents.com.

The North Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce and Myrtle Beach Mal! are sponsoring the Expo. For applications visit www.nmbeve.nts.comIf you have questions contact Vicki Keibler, at 843- 241-2109.

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OLLI Spring Catalog Available

The Spring 2010 catalog with more than 300 courses, workshops, clubs and events, offered through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Coastal Carolina University, is available at an Academic Outreach Center near you! The three centers are located in Conway at the Foundation Center on U.S. SOl (next door to Myrtle Beach Cadillac), in Myrtle Beach at the new Myrtle Beach Education Center (79th Avenue North and U.S. 17 Bypass), and i.n Litchfield at the Waccamaw Higher Education Center (160 Willbrook Blvd.), Stop by, pick up your copy and start fi lling in your 2010 calendar. To view the catalog online, visit www.coastal.edu/olf Of call 843-349-4001 or 843-349-4030.

Self-Publ.ished Autbors Book Fair Produces SPAT

A new project has evolved from the "first ever self-published authors' book fair," held at the Litchfield Exchange on

Nov. 21-22: SPAT (Self-Published Author Talks). Once the 34 authors from Calabash to Georgetown participated in the weekend book fair, we saw an exciting opportunity to display their creative efforts and entrepreneurial spirit. Planned for the New Year, one or two self-published authors will meet on the third Thursday of each month from 3:30 to 5

Bess Long, owner of My Sister's Books, represented ten self-publlsbed authors who were unable to attend the Book Fair.

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Bess Long, owner of My Sister's Books, represented ten self-published authors who were unable to attend the Book Falr,

p.m, at the Chocolate & Coffee House in the Litchfield Exchange. The talks are free and open to the public (with reservations, so sufficient seating can be arranged). Come hear the trials and triumphs of writers who are "taking it to the streets." Order a latte, chai or hot chocolate and enjoy some great storytelling. Leading off on Jan. 21 will be The Write Sisters, wbose anthology Women's Voices is the work of nine talented females, and Mary Kopchains, who wrote a memoir of her mother's adventures, "I Went to the Sea for Oranges." For more information about SPAT, call 843-235-9600 or [email protected].

The Moveable Feast

A gift certificate for this popular series of literary luncheons, each featuring an exciting author at different Waccamaw Neck restaurants, makes a terrific stocking stuffer! Held every Friday from II a.rn. to 1 p.m., most feasts are $25. Reservations are requested by the Wednesday prior to the feast. Tbe Winter 20 I 0 schedule is available onsite in the Litchfield Exchange, online at www.classatpawleys.com or by phone, 843-215-9600.

Dec. 11 ~ Matt Lee & Ted Lee ("Simple, Fresh, Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-home Flavor") at Tara Ballroom at Litchfi·eld Beach & Golf Resort ($25).

Authors of the award-winning Lee Bros. southern cookbook, Matt and Ted grew up in Charleston, immersed in the flavorful traditions - long-simmered gumbos, fish-frying marathons, wbolehog barbecues ~ that have made southern food the most beloved of American cuisines. But they also came of age in the company of two hardworking parents who enlisted them in making dinner happen. As teens they learned that even the most routine weeknight family meals could be

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Dec. 18 - Philip Powell Annual Piano Concert at DeBord.ieu Clubhnuse ($35)

Continuing his tradition of nonliturgical music for the holidays, Dr. Powell. will play selections in anticipation of the upcoming 200th anniversary of Chopin's bi.rtb and his spring course for the Osher Lifelong Leaming Institute "Chopin: Poet of the Piano." Several of the composer's most beloved and dramatic works will. be performed: The First 8allade, The Barcarolle and a selection from Powell's exciting new CD,. Nocturne: 200 Years of Piano Nocturne.

Philip Powell plays Chopin for the endof-season finale of the Moveable Feast on Dec. 18.

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Baske_ball Season Here, Sols Jumper's Knee

DEAR .D.R. DOIIOHUE:

1 play basketball - a lot. My right knee has started to hurt. It hurts the most when T start to play, and then it eases off. My coach and dad say it is jumper's knee. My coach says to play through it. My dad says 1 should rest it. What do you say? - B.J.

AIISWER:

Give me a break. What do you think I'm going to say? I side with your dad.

At the start of evel), basketball season, I get many letters asking about jumper's knee. It's a cornmOD malady of that sport, but it affects players in many other sports, like volleyball The forces on the knees and the knee tendons when a jumper lands on the ground can be greater than nine times body weight. That's a great deal of force.

Jumper's knee is an inflammation of the tendon that runs from the bottom of the kneecap to the top of the lower leg bone. The inflammation comes from too much use with too little rest. It gradually builds lip over two to three weeks before a player starts to complain. Early on, the knee hurts the most when a pLayer starts to move around and gradually lessens as he or she continues to play. If you don't Let the inflammation quiet down, the pain will worsen and last longer. At its worst, it is present even when you're sitting.

if you press on the area beneath the kneecap, you'll find it is tender if you have jumper's knee. A week or two of rest is all that's needed in tbe early phases. Combining rest with Aleve, Advil or Morrin can speed the healing.

When you get back to playing, appl y heat to the knee for I 0 or 15 minutes before you start, After yon play, ice it for the same

amount of time.

I respect both your dad's and your coach's diagnostic abilities, but, if things don't turn around shortly, I'd have a doctor examine your knee. Too many other things cause similar pain.

DEAR DR. DOIIOHUE:

When you are obese and then lose weight, how does fat leave your body? Does it go through the digestive system? Does it pass through your gallbladder, liver or kidneys? I recently lost quite a bit of weight through hard work. I have had two attacks of digestive distress since I began to lose the weight and wonder if they were gallbladder attacks. My busband says the fat fairy puts weight on and takes it off. I was looking for a more scientific explanation.

-M.B.

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Fat is a fuel, just like the gasoline in your car's gas tank. When we need energy to power physical movement, much of the energy for it comes from fat. Carbon dioxide is one byproduct of fat-energy burning, and we exhale that. Other bypro ducts leave in the urine, We also burn stored fat when we reduce our calorie intake.

Rapid weight loss can lead to gallstones and gallbladder attacks. How quickly did you Tose the weight?

J like your husband's explanation. It's poetic and mystical.

DEAR DR. DOIIOHUE:

I have glaucoma. [ use eyedrops daily. Does caffeine cause eye pressure to rise? - A.G ..

AIISWER:

Glaucoma comes about from II rise of fluid pressure in the eye and from damage to the optic nerve at the back of the eye. Lowering fluid pressure - often with eyedrops ~ preserves the optic nerve and vision.

Caffeine can slightly raise eyefluid pressure for a limited amount of time. I would stop using it until I saw my doctor again. Then T would question the doctor, who can determine if the rise of pressure would be significant for you.

Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual lettel'S, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request all order form of available health newsletters at Po. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

Tips For an Eco-Friendly Holiday Season

By Chef Murphy

If there is one thing that Americans do a lot of, each year between Thanksgiving and Christmas, it is spending money. Last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 19 bi lli on cards, letters and packages were delivered during that period. They also report that, during December 2008 alone, $28.2 billion was spent in departmen! stores, While all that spending, giving and receiving may be good for the economy, it wreaks havoc all the environment,

"A lot of resources are being used, and a Lot of trash being produced," explains Gary Null, an award-winning talk show host, notable author and the founder of Progressive Radio Network (PRN). "We know tile devastating effect that this has on our planet. It is important to do our part to try to keep the holidays as environmentally friendly as possible,"

With a population of 308 million in America alone, if eacb person tossed one extra piece of garbage, this holiday season, the additional waste would be quite alarming. There are things that we can do to achieve an ceo-friendly holiday Start by keeping these tips in mind:

• Buy less, Focus on buying quality, rather than quantity. More items means more resources were used and more waste wi II be accumulated.

• Buy used. Purchasing used products is environmentally friendly. It keeps resources fr0111 being used to create new items, and it prevents the used ones from going to a landfill.

• Skip the shipping. TIY to skip mailing packages. If you must ship, the smaller the better.

• Reduce travel. Think twice about whether you need to travel, .I f you do, consider purchasing carbon offsets.

• Get toy savvy. Each year, billions are spent on toys. Look for toys that are made of eco-friendly materials and have Limited packaging. Also, try to skip the plastic toys, since they are so bad for the environment.

• Wrap smart, Wrapping paper can be a real drain on the environment. Look for friendlier alternatives, such as discarded newspa~ pers. No matter what you use, be sure 10 recycle what you can, afterwards.

• Party green. If you have any get-togethers, be sure to green the party by using only eco-friendly party supplies.

• Card yourself With billions of cards being sent throughout the holidays, a lot of resources are being used. Skip sending any unnecessarycards and, if you do send some cards. opt for online or recycled paper versions. Also, be sure to save, reuse or recycle the cards you do gel.

• Recycle sleuth. Whether lookiug al the packaging, at presents or at the decorations, recycle as much as possible. Many items come in cardboard boxes that can easily be broken down and put into the recycling.

• Decorate wisely. When doing any decorating, opt for low-energy Lights and use a timer. Each year, roughly $410 million is spent in the U.S. for the purchase of real Christmas trees. If you opt for one, h)' to buy it as close to home as possible, and have it recycled locally when you are done with it.

"At first, it may seem overwhelming to have an. environmentally friendly holiday," adds Null. "But once you take on the challenge and pull it off, you will feel great about it. Plus, it will be a breeze to do it for each of the holidays that follows. It really will be

come like second nature."

PRN offers several shows that focus on the environment:

"Paradise Parking Lot," which airs on Wednesdays at I p.rn, EST;. followed up each week by "The Super Natural Mom, -, focusing on sustainableliving, as well as "Sierra Club Radio," airing Fridays at 11 a.m. EST. Listeners can enjoy NRP and find a Lis! of all shows, hosts, and events on the site, at www.progressiveradionetwork.corn.

Progressive Radio Network, founded by Gary Null, is a grassroots talk-radio network that focuses on the progressive movement. Null is a health and nutrition expert and holds a Ph.D. ill human nutrition and pubLic health science. He is a New York Times best-selling author, and has written more than 70 books .. PRN features a variety of progressive talk-radio hosts who cover a myriad of issues, including the environment, autism, health, and natural living. To learn more about Progressive Network Radio or to tune in, visit the website at www .. progressiveradionetwork.com,

• GO GREEN TIP:

.If you need to repLace holiday lights this year, check out LED lighting. It's longer-lasting - up to 10 times 'longer than CFLs. It's more energy efficient ~ 95 percent more efficient than incandescent lights. And lastly, it's durable; there's no filament to break

• "Before piping frosting OIl cookies or cupcakes with a design, 1 first trace the design using a toothpick. Then, I know for sure the words or image will fit properly. Also, my kids can be the 'tracers' and finish tip with the piping, saving me time and allowing them to participate."

- LcC. in Nebraska

• "You call Create new Christmas postcards from last year's holiday cards. Print out a postcard template on adhesive paper and cut out matching-size pieces from the fronts of cards you received in the past. Write your message (or add it to the template before you print it), address and go. The biggest bonus is the price difference between first-class mail and postcards."

- pc. in Minnesota

• Keep your holiday shopping list with you, and make sure you have updated sizes and preferences. You can shop all year Long, or be 01] the lookout for late winter and spring birthday gifts now, from all the sales.

• "Crumpled foil makes <til excellent pot scrubber. It works iu botb metal dishes and in glass casserole dishes .. Just wad it up and use- it as you would a scrubbie."

- IH. /11 Oregon

• GO GREEN TIP:. Looking for the perfect holiday bouquet for your centerpiece or a gift? Choose flowers the environmentally friendly way - Look for locally grown, organic (pesticide-free) flowers. E' or gifts, try a peace lily, which has a nice ring to it at this time of year, and as a bonus, will clean the a.IT in the home of its recipient.

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National Travel Expert Offers Tips For Avoiding Holiday Stress

By Karen Kahn

As we head toward the holidays, I am sure thousands, if not millions, of people nationwide are beginning to stress about their holiday travel plans .. Air travel can be daunting. No matter how much experience you have had with it, the hassle and worry associated with navigating a bustling airport and enduring a long flight tends to weigh heavy on travelers' minds.

From the unwanted elbows and comments from tightly packed neighbors to the numerous checkin, security and boarding lines, stress is a constant for most people flying during the holiday season. As a frequent traveler myself, I am here to tel! you with a little planning, air travel can be enjoyable, even relaxing

The key to avoiding travel stress is organization. Do yourself a favor, follow my 12 tips and you wiU fly with peace of mind and avoid more grief than you can imagine.

What To Bring With You

Your choice of gear can make the difference between a relaxing getaway in the sky, and a seemingly endless stay in a sardine can.

o Carry a comfortable neck pillow to use as either a low back or neck support. Label it with your name and cell phone Humber, just in case you mislay it.

• Carry soft foam earplugs to eliminate noisy searmates,

o When flying, wear slip-on shoes (for easy security removal) that have room for your feet to swell in-flight

• Carry an empty water bottle, which you cal) fill inside of security and save the cost of buying expensive airport bottled water.

o Take snacks (dried fruit, protein bars, jerky) in individual plastic bags. Any excess should be carried in the original unopened packaging if travelling to a foreign country where sealed packages for personal use are usually allowed.

• Take reading material you can discard along the way to lighten your load. Magazines and mustread paperwork that you do not have to return home are good candidates for travel reading.

Security

What should be as simple as taking off one's shoes has the ability to cause more stress and wasted time than any other step in the

flying process, Don't be afraid of the security line ~ pI an ahead!

• Plan your travel togs to exclude any large metal buckles, bracelets, necklaces or pins to keep metal detector gymnastics to a rrurumum

• Place your bags on the x-ray conveyor belt in the order you want to reattach (stack) them, That's suitcase first, then brief, case, then computer inside the security bin, then shoes and jacket/purse in the last bin,

Don't Forget

Before you leave your house, know where all of yOUT important paperwork is. Stay organized and you will minimize your worries.

• When you make your reservation; keep a list of alternative flights, just in case your flight is late or cancels.

• When flying internationally or when you have more than one connecting fligbt, be sure you have on-going boarding passes for tbe second leg of your journey Know your connecting gate and recheck the monitors at your intermediate stop to be sure the gate has not changed.

• Always check for your passport, wallet, tickets, purse, and identification before you move from any long-seated location (boarding area, airplane seat, car, bus, etc.),

Once You're in the Air

• After takeoff, remove your carry-on bag from under the seat in front of you and place it behind your legs. Now you can stretch out and relax.

Following these tips will help you ensure a smoother, more carefree journey and leave you free to worry about more important issues.

Have a safe and enjoyable trip!

About Captain Karen Kah»

Having spent the last 30+ years at 30,000 feet with other people's lives in her hands, Captain Karen Kahn certainly has mastered the art of confidence, determ in a tion , and professional and personal growth. Today, as speaker, author, career counselor and one of the jew pioneering female pilots still working, she inspires others on how to harness their own inner Captain and soar through life with confidence. Visit Captain Karen Kahn s website at www.captainkarenkahn.com .

Grand Strand Regional Medical Center Sponsors Cholesterol Screenings

By Teresa BU1·ke

As part of Grand Strand Regional Medical Center's monthly screening program, the following cholesterol screenings have been scheduled for December:

Mondays, Dec. 7, 2 t and 28, from noon to I p.m, and Thursdays, Dec. 3, [0 and 31, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the new YMCA, 62nd Ave. ext, Myrtle Beach.

The finger-stick screening measures total cholesterol and resu Its are avai I able in less than three minutes. There is a $7 fee for the screening.

Total cholesterol screening for $7 aod a lipid profile (HDL, LDL and triglycerides) for $20 are available at Healthf'inders at Coastal Grand Mall, Monday througb Saturday, 10 a.m. to '7 :30 p.ru. on a walk-in basis. A J2-houI fast is required for the lipid profile.

For more information, call 843- 692-4444.

HTC Employees Donate Priceless Gift

By Nicole Hyman

me employees kicked off the season of giving by giving the gift of life. On Wednesday, Nov. 11, F1TC employees hosted a successful employee blood drive at the HTC main office in Conway, A total of 43 pints were collected by employees for the American Red Cross. This blood drive will help save up to 129 patients in Harry County wbo may be struggling to stay alive.

"Donating blood ls one of the most generous gi fts an ind ividual can give, especially during the holiday season because the need for life-saving blood takes no holiday," said Lisa Beverly, HTC marketing coordinator. "Thanksgiving is a time when we reflect on what we are thankful for, and this year we are especially grateful to the employees for giving this priceless gift."

ill 2009, HTC employees donated more than 171 units of blood to the American Red Cross. According to American Red Cross records, HTC bas

Bryan Suggs, HTC Information Services Supervisor, gave blood at the HTC main office facilities on Highway 701 North in Conway, S.c.

donated more than 1643 units of blood since August! 998.

For more information about how you call participate in the quarterly blood drives held at HTC, contact Lisa Beverly at 843-369-8714.

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From the Editors of EIThe Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk: Can you enlighten on the environmental impact of the fashion industry? As I understand it, the industry overall is no friend to the environment.

- Tan Cheng Li, Malaysia

According to the non-profit Earth Pledge, today SOLne 8,000 synthetic chemicals are used throughout the world to tum raw materials toto textiles. Domestically, the U.S. Department: of Agriculture reports that onequarter of all pesticides used nationwide go toward growing cotton, primarily for the clothing industry. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers many domestic textile manufacturing facilities to be hazardous waste generators; and lax standards and enforcement in developing countries, where the majority of textiles are produced, means that untold amounts of pollution are likely being deposited into local soils and waterways in regions that can hardly stand further environmental insult.

tion footprint, with each step of the clothing life cycle generating potential environmental and OCCllpational hazards.

According to Technical Textile Markets, a quarterly trade publication, demand for man-made fibers such as petroleum-derived polyester has nearly doubled in the last 15 years. "The rna nu facture of polyester and other synthetic fabrics is an energy-intensive process requiring large amounts of crude oil," reports Claudio. In addition, she says, the processes emit volati le organic compounds and solvents, particulate matter, acid gases such as hydrogen chloride, and other production by-products into the air and water.

"Issues of environmental health and safety do not apply only to the production of man-made fabrics," says. Claudio, citing subsidies to the pesticide-laden cotton industry that keep prices low and production high.

In an effort to green up the industry, Earth PLedge launched its Fururefashlon initiative in 2005 to promote the use of renewable,

The U.S. Department of A grlculture reports that one-quarter of aU pesticides used nationwide go toward growing cotton, primarily for the elcthlng industry. Photo by Martin LaBar, courtesy Flickr,

Luz Claudio, writing In

Environmental Health Perspectives, considers the way Americans and Europeans shop for clothes as "waste couture": Fashion is lowquality and sold at "prices that make the purchase tempting and the disposal painless." Yet this sort of so" called "fast fashion" leaves a pollu-

reusable and non-polluting materials and production methods. Besides putting on its own FutnreFashion showcases, the group organized the January 2008 New York Fashion Week, encouraging designers to create and showcase greener clothing on their runway models. Green-leaning design-

ers can also pick through Earth Pledge's library of 600 sustainably produced textiles, including organic cotton as well as exotic materials such as sasawashi, pina, bamboo, milk protein, and sea leather.

Another effort underway to speed the fashion industry into a carbon-constrained future is the Ethical Fashion Forum, which provides a variety of tools and resources and runs training sessions and networking events to help facilitate moving the industry towards more sustainable practices.

One stumbling block to the greening of fashion is that only a small number of consurrrers=-sorrre analysts say less than one percent-will pay more for a greener shirt. But if the industry itself can improve its footprint from the inside and drive the costs of more eco-friendly materials and processes down, the benefits will trickle down to consumers, whether they are bargain-conscious or fashionconscious.

Dear EarthTaLk: It has been said that global warming will bring a new ice age. Is this true or only fiction'?

- Nitisha Jain, Delhi, India

While no one can be sure what and how severe the effects of global warming will be, it is entir-ely possible that one outcome of our profligate use of fossil fuels could be an ice age. The theory goes that a warming-induced influx of cold, fresh water into tbe North Atlantic from melting polar ice caps and glaciers could shut down the Gulf Stream, an underwater channel of warm ocean water that winds its way north from the Caribbean and moderates temperatures in the northeastem U.S. and Western Europe ..

The result, some scientists speculate, would be a return to ice age conditions. In the extreme, glaciers and freezing temperatures wouLd render large swaths of the civilized world uninhabitable and would kill off untold numbers of species unable to move or adapt. A less dire version would still cause bitterly cold winters, droughts, worldwide desertifi-

cation and crop failures, and trigger resource wars across the globe.

Of course, over the history of geological lime the planet has

endured vast shifts in temperature and many ice ages and subsequent warm-ups. The last major ice age peaked about

20,000 years ago when extensive ice sheets covered large parts of what. we now call North

America Europe and Asia. Many climate scientists believe the planet oscillates between warmer and colder periods without human intervention due to various factors related 10 its orbital path and also variations in heat output from the Sun on a rnillennial scale-and that we are naturally heading toward another ice age, regardless of greenhouse gas emissions, over the. next several dozen millennia.

But others believe those very emissions might just save us from the freezing throes of another ice age. In a study published in the September 4, 2009 issue of the Science magazine, researchers report that human-induced climate change is quite possibly fending off what had been presumed to be an inevitable descent into anew ice age based on data collected across various Arctic regions in recent years.

The study found that after a slow cooling of less than half a degree Fahrenheit per millennium as a result of a cyclical change ill the orientation of the North Pole and the Sun, the Arctic warmed by some 2.2 degrees just since ]900,

with the decade from 1998 to 2008 the warmest in 2,.000 years. Without human intervention, researchers would expect summer temperatures in the Arctic to cool for another 4,000 years or so as the North Pole gets further from the Sun, but in fact, researchers believe, global warming is reversing th is trend.

"The slow cooling trend is trivial compared to the warming that's been happening and that's in the pipeline," reports the study'S lead author Darrell S. Kaufman of the University of Arizona. Of course, only time will tell whether our relatively short-term flood of pollutants will have a pronounced Longterm effect on the planet's geological-scale warming/cooling dynamic. ill the meantime, most responsible individuals and governments are working to lower their carbon footprints to try to take man back out of the climate equation once and for aLI. Hopefully our grandkids' grandkids will be around to thank us.

Send you» environlllelJ(a/ questions to: EarlhTark, PO. Box 5098, Westport, CT 06881; earthtalk@em_agazine.com. Read past columns at: www.emagazine.com/ eartlualk/archives.php. EarthTalk® is now a book! Details and order information at: www.€magazine. com/eanhtalkbook:

Due possible outcome of our profligate use of fossil fuels could be another lee Age. Warming~induced cold water spilling into the North Atlantic from melting ice caps and glaciers couJd shut down the Gulf Stream, an underwater channel of warm ocean water that winds its way north from the Caribbean and moderates temperatures in the northeastern U.S. and Western Europe. In this image the Gulf Stream (shown in white) can be seen flowing to the north-

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: "I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience." - Mitch Hedberg

Chile. Built by a mega-resort on the ocean, the pool covers 20 acres, is more than 1,000 yards long and holds a whopping 66 million gallons of water. Construction took five years and cost more than $1.5 billion, and the estimated annual maintenance cost is more than $3 million.

• The World Health Organization does not include cockroaches on its list of insects hazardous to human health.

• It was in 2006 at a Christian youth conference in Atlanta that the world's largest recorded pillow fight took place, with some 10,000 teenagers taking part in the festivities.

• It was American actress and dancer Charlotte Greenwood who made the following sage observation: "Temperament is temper that is too old to spank."

• Those who study such things say that lightning travels at one-third the speed of light.

By Samantha Weaver

• It was Serbian electrical engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla who made the following sage observation: "One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane."

• American comedian and actor Jack Benny originally entered the family business of haberdashery. However, he was so bad at it that his own father fired him.

• If you happen to own a Rolls Royce and want to swank it up a little bit, a mink jacket to fit the hood ornament is available for purchase.

• American author Ken Kesey is best known for his novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," which is set in a veterans' hospital. He got the inspiration for the novel from work he did with patients while working the night shift at Menlo Park Veterans Hospital - a job from which he was later fired.

• You may be surprised to learn that in 1980, the mayor of Detroit gave the key to the city to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

• According to legend, it was shepherds in Ethiopia who first noticed the effects of caffeine. It seems that the goats they herded would become exceedingly frisky after eating the berries of the coffee plant.

• San Francisco's iconic cable cars are the only mobile national monument in the United States.

• If you're planning a trip to Minnesota anytime soon, you might want to stop in the town of Pipestone to see its claim to roadside-attraction fame: a 30-foot-Iong peace pIpe.

• You might be surprised to learn that, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the largest swimming pool in the world isn't found in one of the large industrialized nations as you might expect, but in the relatively small South American country of

• If you're ever vacationing in Denmark's capital city, you might want to keep in mind this unusual statute: It is against the law in Copenhagen for an unmarried couple wearing bathing suits to kiss on the beach.

• In order to come up with the cash to start Apple Computers, Stephen Wozniak sold his programmable calculator and Steve Jobs sold his Volkswagen microbus.

• If you think postage rates are getting high now, consider this: To send mail by Pony

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''Twilight'' film is "Unrequited," : TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) where he plays an obsessed, : Your Bovine determination helps you love-struck teenager. In describ- : deal with an unforeseen complication. ing the movie, Michael told me: : And, as usual, you prove that when it "Let me put it this way, it's a : comes to a challenge, you have what it departure from Mike Newton, : takes to take it on.

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does a lot of horrible things, he's pretty sym- : CANCER (June 11 to July 11)

pathetic at the end of the day." : Best not to ignore those doubts about an : upcoming decision. Instead, recheck the : facts you were given to make sure noth: ing important was left out. A weekend : surprise awaits you.

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well as the feature film "National Treasure: : (August 23 to September 22) Book of Secrets." Alicia is married and has : News from an old friend could lead to an : unexpected (but nonetheless welcome) : reunion with someone who had once : been very special in your life. Be open to : the possibilities.

Q: I really like Kelsey Grammer's latest sit- com, "Hank," but I heard that ABC has canceled it. Please tell me that's not true!

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announced that it was ordering full seasons of tile other three Wednesday night breakout comedies - "The Middle," "Modern Family" and "Cougar Town" - but "Hank" didn't make the cut, For now, ABC will air reruns of "Modern Family" (my favorite comedy this season by far) and holiday specials in "Hank't's tirneslot, On that same cancelation note:

Fox's "Dollhouse" will end after its 13-episode second season, and ABC's "Eastwick" also

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Q: Can you tell me when "24" will be back on television? - Emma T., via e-mail

A: Jack Bauer and company will be back to save the world for tile eighth season of "24" premiering Monday, Jan. 17 on Fox. Joining the cast this season will be Freddie Prinze Jr., who plays a character named Cole Ortiz, a former Marine who wants to follow in Jack Bauer's footsteps. In real life, Freddie and his wife, Sarah Michelle Prinze, recently welcomed a daughter, Charlotte Grace.

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"Inklings:

A Memoir"

By Jeffrey Koterba

(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25) Review by Katherine B. Olson

Becoming a wildly successful cartoonist today is just about as likely as getting struck by lightning. Jeffrey Koterba, the accomplished editorial cartoonist, has somehow managed to do both! In his memoir, "Inklings," Koterba reveals the unlikely mix of luck, love and hardship that have framed his life and career. And, of course, he tells of the I ightning storm that very nearly killed him.

Koterba grew up amid a whirlwind of mismatched television parts and garage sale finds. As a repairman and bargain hunter, his father, Art, filled their living room with the spare parts and rejected television sets that helped pay the growing family's mounting bills. But Art's depression and alcoholism, coupled with his own unfulfilled dreams of becoming a famous big-band drummer, often left the younger Koterba isolated and mistreated.

The withdrawn Jeffrey shares little ill common with aggressive Art, but both father and son are plagued by Tourette's syndrome. Though his father resists, Koterba comes to peace with his own diagnosis upon learning that the syndrome often affects artists, musicians and wri ters: "Maybe creativity and Tourette's," he writes "are two sides of tbe same coin."

Koterba's early love of newspapers and self-taught guitar playing provided an outlet for his enormous creativity. After honing his drawing skills at high-school and college newspapers, running a selfsyndication business and getting his professional start at the Omaha WorldHerald, today Koterba is a successful editorial cartoonist, syndicated by King Features. He has even conquered his childhood stage fright as lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of a swing and blues band. More than anything, though, he has overcome a tumultuous past with humor and heart intact.

"All children are artists," said Pablo Picasso. "The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." In "Inklings," Jeffrey Koterba aptly imparts. the chaotic, creative childhood that formed his future as a grown, gifted artist.

"New York 400:

A Visual History of America's Greatest City with Images from the Museum of the City of New York"

Text edited by John Thorn (Running Press, $40) Reviewed by Larry Cox

Four hundred years ago,Henry Hudson sailed along the river that bears his famous name. Little did he realize at the time that the tiny port would eventuaJly become America's largest and most famous city. To commemorate this historical event, the Museum of the City of New York has opened its archives to share more than 500 images tracing the city's colorful history.

Divided into] 6 chapters beginning with Henry Hudson's arrival iol609 and ending with immigrants reshaping the city during

the 1990s and early years of this century, "New York 400" explores the city inside and out. Rare images - including engravings depicting the treaty between Governor Minuit and the Native Americans, and an Indian village of the Manhattans prior to the occupation of the Dutch - show the very beginning of the region's recorded history. Early maps, prints and paintings bring this period into sharp focus,

The Museum of the City of New York's vast archive includes more than 1.5 million objects and images. Many of the images selected for New York 400 are being published for the very first time, providing a fresh, new perspective of the rich visual history of New York.

The introduction by John Thorn and his running commentary via captions scattered throughout the book add just the right touch. Thorn, a prominent New York journalist, also served as editor-in-chief of the project.

"New York 400" is more than just another collection of images tracing the rise of a great American city. It is a celebration of what both New York and our country are all about, and a fitting tribute to the mel ting pot that is America. This magnificent book deserves to be on your coffee table.

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Jeff Kinney, Amulet

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j O. Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The Last Straw Jeff Kinney, Amulet

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"R" is for Oysters And Recycling!

By SClway.net

Nights are getting longer, temperatures are dropping, and here in South Carolina, that means it's oyster season.

If you live along the coast or like to visit, you know that oyster roasts are as integral to fall as football, fairs, harvest moons, and the corning holidays. The fun continues though the winter into early spring. (S.C.'s oyster season runs Sept. through April - which is easy to remember since the names of these months all have the tetter "R" in them.) As S.C. author and oyster expert Vic BUITe I.l aptly explains, an oys-

, ter roast is "always a crowd pleaser and fol, lows the theory of enterta i nment that 'if you are standing up and eating with your fingers, you've got to be having fun."

This is why, on a recent road trip to Beaufort County', SClway just had to stop and visit the Bluffton Oyster Company. Located on the May River, it's the oldest oyster factory in om state - operated today by the grandson of the original owner. Take a look through our photos below to see scenes from this popular seafood company that still operates much like it did 100 years ago.

Many people may not know that South Carolina was once home to a thriving, world-famous oyster industry. Before

- World War 11, oyster canneries (or "factories") lined South Carolina's coast, from Daufuskie Island, Bluffton, and Port Royal, all the way up to Litchfield and Little River. At least 3,500 people worked in these factories during their heyday - mainly Polish immigrants and African-Americans.

Oyster pickers (men who pulled oysters from the mud) and shockers (known as "the women with the iron fists") worked hard for far less than anything resembling a minimum wage. Pickers, who worked around the rise and fal I of the tides during the coldest months of tbe year, often labored by moonlight, then fell asleep on their boats. To reach the oysters, they slogged through thick pluff mud and bent over for hOUl'S on end while swinging heavy culling hammers to break razor-sharp shells from beds of cultch,

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Back at the factories, women stood on sloped concrete floors in rooms kept as cold as refrigerators. A fast shucker could work through two bushels of "shell stock" for a gallon of raw oysters and shuck five to nine gallons a day. (The amount depended on whether it was early or late in the season, which determined the amount of meat inside the shells). This meat was canned under such labels as "Daufuskie" and shipped all over the United States and Europe, where they were considered delicacies.

oyster industry to work in resorts where the pay was better and the conditions were less demanding.

The supply of the oysters themselves also declined, This was due largely to pollution and a loss of cultch. The environmental impacts of industries (such as paper mills) and big new housing developments both took a heavy toll on our coastal water quality. Oyster beds were contaminated and closed. Finally, inexpensive oysters from Asia became widely available. ln facl, an Asian company now OWIIS tbe famous Daufuskie name.

These days, South Carolina's contact with oysters is largely confined to backyard roasts and the occasional festival. Most of these festivals don't serve local oysters, however. There are no longer enough healthy beds in our creeks to supply the demand, so oysters are trucked in from the Gulf Coast.

There are two main causes for this scarcity. As mentioned above, where beds do exist they're often polluted. South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is regularly forced to close beds because of poor water quality. If monitoring indicates water quality has improved, the beds are opened again, but over the last 20 years about .3 third of our state's 3,000 acres of oyster beds have been closed to shellfishing.

Bluffton Oyster Company.

The second problem is that so many oyster shells taken from our waterways are never returned, Too often, shells leftover from church suppers, election stumps, fundraisers, and by-the bushel retail sales end up in driveways and landfills - not back in tbe estuaries where they belong. These old shells are the ideal place for new oysters to attach themselves and grow and without this habitat many oysters don't survive, A recent report by the Nature Conservancy shows that in Charleston County, 50-90% of all oyster beds have been lost in the past 100 years.

The Nature Conservancy and South Carolina's Department of Natural Resources both have ongoing programs to create artificial reefs and restore natural oyster beds with recycled shells. The recent recession has cut into their budgets and threatened these efforts, but there bas been some success in obtaining grants for innovative approaches to saving shellfish beds. For example, restaurants lise the majority of our oysters, but there has never been a concerted effort to recycle their discarded shells, New funding from the US Fish and Wildlife Service win jump-start a program to coordinate tbis, and restaurants are already signing up to participate,

If you love your oysters, please recycle those shells! DNR has a great program to help, and our Lowcountry tradition can't survive unless we pitch in!

"The typhoid scare OCCWTed in the mid- 1920s, but its effects were lingering, and it was considered the beginning of the end for S.c.'s oyster canneries',

Bluffton Oyster Company

South Carolina's oyster industry was hit hard. in the middle of the 20th century, with many factors contributing to its decline. For starters, a typhoid scare broke out when raw sewage contaminated. a batch of New York oysters. Oyster consumption dropped everywhere because the public did not understand other areas weren't affected, or that the heat of the normal canning process would eliminate this risk. *

For factory owners, however, the fear of typhoid was a minor threat compared to new wage and hour-limit laws. While providing much needed protection for workers, these forces undermined the profitability of the canneries and forced Closures up and down South Carolina's coast. Then, as the Lowcountry economy became more focused on tourism, many people left the

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TOR 'To Host 'The Best Time of the Year'

The holidays are here and Theatre of the Republic, in partnership with Harry County State Bank, is hosting its annual Holiday 011 Main Street Christmas show. This year entitled "The Best Time of the Year," the show will be very traditional with a lot of "uplifting songs that will definitely put you in the spirit," said ereator and director Tim McGhee.

McGhee said the show's first act will feature 22 chi ldren and 18

teens dressed as Santa's mischievous but very talented elves. Under the musical direction of Janet Mayers and Ellen Leftwich with sound by Julie Holliday, songs will range from 50s rock n' roll "Rock Around the Christmas Tree" - to the more familiar "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer." And assisting McGbee in wrangling all these youth into some great dancing routines is choreographer Sandra Adams.

A cast of 20 talented adults will participate in the opening prcduc-

tion number followed by the talented children and Teens, Act IT features the adults with some new faces on stage and some "phenomenal" voices. There's a jazz version of "Winter Wonderland" and some wonderful harmonies from songs from the era of Bing Crosby and Perry Como. And to toss in a little humor there's a comedic version of "Baby It's Cold Outside."

McGhee said there is also a religious segment, which is his favorite part of the show. And as

in year's past, some tremendous voices will share their version of "0 Holy Night." Lighting design is by Brian Carter; hair by lP Perez and costumes by Brock Santa.

"It's all about the holidays and bringing cheer into the world at Christmas time," McGhee said. "And this show wi.11 be very uplifting and just a good evening of holiday spirit for the whole family."

Show times are 8 p.m, Dec. 9 to 12 and Dec. 15 to 19. (Dec. 15 is an added Tuesday night show). Also, there are two Saturday mati-

nees at 3 p.m, on Dec. 12 and 19; and matinees at 3 p.m. on Sundays Dec. 13 and 20.

For anyone who didn't get a chance to be in the holiday show, there's a chance to audition for the upcoming "Noises Off," a book play for adults 18 and up that will open in February. Auditions are set for 7 p.m. Dec. 13 and 14.

For best seats call early to reserve your tickets. to tbe holiday show, cal! the theatre box office at 843-488-082 I between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets are $ J 8 til advance.

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s.c. 'Jobs for America's Graduates' Program Earns National Honors Again

By Kara Borie

The Jobs for America's GraduatesSouth Carolina (JAG-SC) program received national recognition yet again at the JAG national conference held in Washington, D.C. this week. Secretary Taylor was tbe award. recipient of the "Government Leader Award" at the annual Jobs for America's Graduates 2009 National Leadership Awards Event.

Secretary Taylor was recognized for his consistent support of the Jobs for America's Graduates-South Carolina program and commitment to a visionary economic development strategy that promotes coordinated workforce development initiatives designed to align South Carolina's emerging labor force with the future needs of South Carolina's economic environment,

"Secretary Taylor's consistent support has contributed. greatly to the success of the state's JAG-SC students in graduating from high school and transitioning into post-secondary education or the workforce. We know that implementing education programs with a proven record of preparing young people for future careers and providing students with the skills they need to compete In today's economy is the key to building a successful workforce. We thank Secretary Taylor for his support in helping to grow and develop this rewarding program," said Dr. Peggy Torrey, deputy secretary for Workforce.

South Carolina is being represented by 117 youth at this week's JAG National Student Leadership Conference being held in conjunction with the Leadership Awards Events in Washington this week. These students will be participating in national competitive events related to public speaking and employability skills. They will also participate in leadership workshops designed to develop their person-

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JAG~SC is a dropout prevention program for high school students that began in 2005 and is funded through the State Workforce Investment Board. JAG-SC currently operates in 20 schools statewide. The program initially launched as a pilot project in 2005 utilizing State Workforce Investment Board. funds in 14 schools. Six additional. schools were added in program year 2008-2009 through the underwriting support of the National Jobs for America's Graduates, Verizon, the S.C. Department of Education, and the AT&T Foundation.

Earlier this year, the JAG-SC program was honored as a "Top State Organization for Multi- Year Programs" and several program leaders for JAGSC were recognized at the 26th Annual National Training Seminar for Jobs for America's Graduates. Among other awards, the state's program was recognized as a top performing organiza.tion for its "Extraordinary Graduation Rate." JAG-SC achieved a 92 percent graduation rate among its senior class in 2008-2009.

JAG-SC was recognized as a "Top Performing State Organization" for the following categories: "Unable to Contact Rate" of zero for the class of 2008-2009, "Positive Outcomes Rate" for the class of 2008-2009 and "Extraordinary Graduation Rate" for the class of 2008-2009. JAG-SC's class of 2008-2009 was the first group of students to complete four years in the JAG-SC program and tbe senior class graduated 92 percent of its students.

JAG-SC has received national recognition in years past as well. The program was honored. as a "2007-2008 Top State Organization for Multi-Year Programs" at the 25th Annual National Training Seminar for Jobs for America's Graduates.

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premiere of "The Road," along with Viggo MOlten sen at the gorgeous Chinese Theater on Sunset Boulevard. Her man of the moment was there, but didn't pose for the cameras. And to all of you. who plan a trip to filmrown, be sure to take i.11 the Chinese Theater. It's a numero uno attraction,

Candice Bergen joins the cast

of "The Romantics," which also stars Anna Paquin and Katie Holmes. Along with the passing years, Candice manages to keep busy beforethe cameras and also ill her private .life .. How many of you remember her famous father, ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, and her beautiful mother, Frances, also an actress?

George Clooney finds time not only to act, but to executive produce. (And, T might add, "to date the ladies.") His next production will be titled "Delta," about an unusual Memphis cop who lives with his mother and moonlights as an Elvis impersonator. At the moment, no word as to whether "Gorgeous George" will have a role in the film, 100. Also al the moment, [ cannot give you the name of his "lady love" because I do not thi Ilk there is just one.

B(TS 'N' PIECES: Heather Locklear, looking more mature. returning to "Melrose Place" and making the round of talk shows to announce it. ... Ricky Gervais hosts the "Golden G lobes Award Show" come January .... All those jokes about drinking pilots are upset" ring "frequent fliers." ... And just as 1 write this, the phone rings. Word from Chris Pine's agent telling me he is now "seeing a lady." She's an actress by the name of Olivia Munn, That's all I know for IlOW.

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think so. What do you think?

And how do you like Sandra Bullock as a blonde in her Latest movie, "The Blind Side"? That's what you'll. be seeing for 11 ow. And speaking of Bullock, as yet I've had no word as to whether she will take up permanent resident in that mansion she purchased in the New Orleans Garden District.

The good news is that my source tells me Chris Pine will soon be back from Philadelpbia, where he's been shooting a film. And when he returns, she will. have him call me. Ohjoy! Not since Clark Gable has an actor set. so many feminine hearts 0]] fire. Not Leo. Not George. CHRIS!

And speaking of Leo, Tobey, et al., 1 presume they are busily doing their holiday shopping, because of late they have not been capering up and down the boulevard. (Translated: n ightclubbing.)

It's big. It's heavy. It's packed full of'pictures and copy about Hollywood: The stars. Where they go. Where they eat. Things to do, and piclures of them doi ng it. It's a big, big book titled "The World in Vogue" (Knopf). It costs $475, and if that's what you want - a colossal coffeetable book - to me, this is it!

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lobby cards and a whole slew of awesome extra features. The four episodes featured in this boxed set are: "The Corpse Vanishes" (along with a Commando Cody short),

.... _ _ _ "Warrior of the Lost World,"

f' h Th t e DVD Revl-ews Roger Corman's "Night of the

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iUhe Hangover" (.TWO-DiSC Unrated Edition) -- I "Murder by Decree" -- To cash

"The Hangover" could have been just in on the premiere of the new

another run-of-the-mill, raunchy Bro Movie I¥,d Helms stars ,i,n Sherlock Holmes film starring

(like the kind you always see Seth Ragen in), but thanks The Hangover. Robert Downey [r., there are a

to the brilliant decision to cast Zach Galifianakis and Ed plethora of Sherlock Holmes DVDs this week. Most of

("The Office") Helms, ''The Hangover" has become one of them are pretty lousy, but "Murder by Decree" is one you

the year's funniest films. should take a look at ~- if not outright buy.

Four guys go to Vegas for a bachelor party they'll "never The 1979 film stars Christopher Plummer and James

forget" -- but thanks to their drinks being laced with a Mason as Holmes and Watson, respectively, and the game

date-rape dm!?- that's exactly what happel~. They wake up that is afoot? None other than Jack the Ripper. Also star-

the ~ext m?rnmg and can't remember a tlung ab?ut the ring in the film are Donald Sutherland as a psychic and Sir

prevlOus mght. T~ add to the muddl~, they've misplaced John Gielgud as the prime minister. As a Holmes fan, I

the groom but gmned a baby and a tiger. The guys have a have to say this is one of my favorite Holmes movies scant few hours to piece together. what happened, find the (along with "The Seven-Percent Solution").

groom, return the baby and the tiger, and still get the "Lost: The Complete 5th Season Dharma Initiation

groom to the church on time. . Kit" -- If you're a fan of "Lost," you're already planning to

. Extras: The theatrical and unra~ed versions of the fih_n, get the Season 5 boxed set, but if you're a hard core fan and

five featuret!e~, a gag reel, mO~"e pictures from the Missmg love innovative packagi.ng, this is the set you want to own.

Camera, a digital copy of the film and more. Not only does it come with all the Easter eggs and a bajil-

"Inglourious Bastards" -- Director Quentin Tarantino's lion special features, this set also includes a VHS tape of a

World W~ ~I revenge. fantasy may .n?t be to every.body's Dharma training video, pamphlets, maps, stickers (and in

ta~te, but It IS ~ b:atlt~lly shot, brilhan~ly acted film that select packages, a submarine patch), plus all the discs are

WIll go down m film history as one of hIS best. sleeved to look like floppy discs.

The film stars Brad Pitt as AIda Raine, a soldier who assembles a crack squad of Jewish soldiers to go on a mission to execute the Nazi high command. On their way to completing their mission, each soldier is commanded to give Raine 100 "Gnatsi" scalps. And since this is a Tarantino film you CaJ1 expect the usual ultraviolence, quotable dialogue and intertwining story lines.

The extras on both the two-disc and BIu-Ray editions are the same, and mighty impressive: extended and alternate scenes: "Nation's Pride" (the film within the film): a roundtable discussion with Tarantino, Brad Pitt and critic Elvis Mitchell: a score of featurettes, including a conversation with Rod Taylor; and a digital copy of the film.

"Mystery Science Theater 3000: XVI" (Limited Edition) -~ Fans of the show will definitely want to grab Gypsy, Crow, Joel & Tom

this boxed set, as it comes with a Tom Servo figurine, Servo of "MST3K".

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"Rescue Me" Season 5, Volume 2 "SpongeBob SquarePal1ts" Season Six, Vol. 1

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1. What is· . and "Too Late to

Bernie Taupin best known for? an album with the title "Diamond Turn Back Now" (1972.) And yes, the

2. Name the group that once includ- Girl," and when? What are their first band members really were siblings.

ed Madonna as the drummer. names? 4. The Dave Clark Five, 1964. The

3. Which two songs were big hits for 12. Who is Angus Young? group appeared on "The Ed Sullivan

soul gmup Cornelius Brothers and AxLI8Vliter8 Show" a whopping 18 times.

Sister Rose? 1. Taupin is best known for his col- 5. Monica, in 1995. She's now star-

4. Name the group that recorded Iaborations with Elton [ohn, including ring in her own reality show, "Monica:

"Bits and Pieces" and" Anyway You Still Standing."

Want It." Bonus point for knowing the 6. "The Power of Love" in 1985. The

year. song shot to No.1 on the charts.

5. Which R&B Singer had a hit with 7. "It's in His KiSS," by Betty

"Before You Walk out of My Life"? Everett in 1964. Cher also cut a version

6. Name the Huey Lewis and the for the "Mermaids" movie in 1990.

News song that was used as a track in 8. Carole King. Her songwriting has

the movie "Back to the Future." netted her four Grammy awards.

7. What was the alternate name for 9. The Eurythmics. The other half of

"The Shoop Shoop Song"? Name the the duo was long-time partner Dave

original artist and the year. Stewart.

8. Which singer/songwriter penned 10. The group Yes. The song was on

diverse hits such as "Will You Love Me their "90125" album i.n 1983.

Tomorrow" by the Shirelles and "Don't Seals & Crofts 11. "Diarncnd Girl" was the fifth

Bring Me Down" by the Animals? "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," album for Seals & Crofts (jimmy Seals

9. Annie Lennox was half of which "1 Guess That's Why They Caillt The and Dash Crofts) in 1973.

musical duo? Blues" and "Daniel." 12. Young is the lead guitarist for

10. Name the rock band that had a 2. "Breakfast Club," a dance group AC/DC. The Gibson Guitar Company

hit with "Owner of a Lonely Heart." in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It's made a special guitar to Young's speci-

11. Which duo had both a song and best known for "Right On Track." fications, the Angus Young SG.

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1. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Last WeeK: No.2 "Empire Stale of Mind" (Roc Nation) 2. OWl City No. 1 "Fireflies" (Universal Republic)

3. ·Jason DeRuio No. 3 "Whatcha Say" (Beluga Heights)

4.1yaz N:1. 4 ".Repay" (Tma islvbnayA3el!g3. H9g11s) 5. Lady Antebellum No. 22 "Need You Now" (Capitol Nashville)

6. Britney Spears No. a "3" (..ive)

7. Jay Sean feat. til Wayne No. 5 "Down" (Beluga Heights)

8. fiIWey Cyrus I\b. 6 'Patyh tte U.SA" (H::I;Y.ood)

9. Lady GaGa NO.7 "Paparazzi" (Stream lin eA(o n Live,cherrytree)

10. Ke$ha No .. 14 "TiK ToK" (Kasz MoneylRCA)

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1. Bon Jovi new entry "The Circle" (Island)

2. Andrea BoceIli NO.3 "My Christmas" (Sugar)

3. Carrie Underwood No. 1 "Play On" (19/Arista Nashville)

4. Michael Jackson NO.2 "Michael Jackson's This Is It (Soundtrack)" (MJJ/Epic)

5. Taylor Swift No.6 "Fearless" (Big Machine)

6. Various Artists NO.5 "NOW 32" (EMllUniversaIJZomba)

7. Michael BltlIe No. 8 "Qazy Love" (Warner Bros.)

8. Flyleaf new entry "tvernerto r-vbrf' (A&lV\Qctone)

9. Soundtrack NO.4 "Glee: Season One:

The MUsic Volume 1" (FoxIColumbia)

10. Soundtrack No. 10 "The Twilight Saga:

New Moon" (SummitlChop Shop/Atlantis)

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1. Lady Antebellum No.2 "Need You Now" (Capitol Nashville)

2. Carrie Underwood No.1 "Cowboy Casanova" (Arista Nashville)

3. Luke Bryan No. 3"00 I" (Capitol Nashville)

4. Reba No.5 "Consider Me Gone" (Starstruck)

5. Brown ED1d No. 4 'Toes" (Home Gro.vnfAtlarTtic)

6. Craig Morgan No. 10 "Bonfire" (BNA)

7. Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews No. 7 "I'm Alive" (BNA)

8. Ta.ylor Swift NO.9 "Fifteen" (Big Machine)

9. Dierks Bentley No. 11 "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes" (Capitol Nashville)

10. David Nail No. 12 "Red Ught' (tv1CA.NashVille)

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1. Gl Joe:TheRiseoiCoba~13) DemisOHl

2. Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (R) Denzel Washington

3. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (PG) animated

4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (NR) Shia LaBeouf

5. Orphan (Pt) Vera Farmiga

6. Aliens in the Attic (PG) Kevin Nealon

7. The Proposal (PG-13) Sandra Bullock

8 •. 1 Love You, BeIh CcqJer ~ 13) Ha)den Pa1E:IIiere 9. Land of the Lost (PG-13) Will Ferrell

10. Year One (PG-13) Jack Black

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1. G1 Joe: The Rise of COOra (F'G-13) (pacmount)

2. Ice Age.: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (PG) (20th Century Fox)

3. The Taking of Pelham 1 23 (R) (Sony)

4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PG-13) (Paramount)

5. Tliter Bel tYJdthe LostTreasue (G) (BJena VSa)

6. Aliens in the .AHic (PG) (20th Century Fox)

7. The ProposaJ (PG-13) (Buena Vista)

8. Monstersvs. Aliens (PG) (Dream Works)

9. Orphan (R) (Warner)

10. Star Wars: The Clone Wars·· The Complete Season One (NR) (Warner)

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1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13) Kristen Stewart. Robert Pattinson

2. The Bbl Side (F'G-13) Sn1a a.t:ct; Tm M:Gav 3.2012 (PG-13) John Cusack, ChiwetelEjiofor

4. Old Dogs (PG) John TraVolta, Robin Williams

5. Disney's A Christmas Carol In Disney Digital 3D (PG) Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman

6. Ninja Assassin CA) Rain, Naomie Harris

7. Pb:JeI:51 (R3)Arinied ~J:im::r1...ess:aEi:i

8. Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (R) Laura Dem, SWODzie Kurtz 9. Fmtas1Ic M" .. Fcc: (PG) ~~~.9'reI5p 10. The Men Who Stare at Goats (R) George Clooney, Jeff Bridges

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By Brian M. Howle

ell, kids, if Y01J're been a loyal reader

an you've been paying attention as well, you already know that I strongly contend some of the finest bands known to man have - time after time ~ originated in that musical hotbed for the Southeast known to one and all as Atl an ta (or more correctly in the local vernacular,

Hot'lanta.)

And, doggone it, our peachy neighbors to ~le so:uth have gone and done It againwell, since 1992 - and now we're all the better for it. Those in the know have seen them here before and know not to miss this one, as Sevendust - with opening act New Era Project ~ comes to House Of Blues in North Myrtle Beach, SC on Saturday December 5,2009.

Here's what all the collective folks at Wiki.pedia say about this very talented band:

Sevendust is an. American metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. They were originally signed to TVT Records, but then released their fifth album with Winedark Records (through Universal Music) in the US, and Roadrunner Records overseas. Currently, they. are signed to their own label 7 Bros. Records in conjunction with Asylum Records.

The band formed in late 1992 under the name "TOl1l0l'rOW's Pain" then switched to "Rumblefish" then to "Crawlspace", but later were forced to change their name to Sevendust when OJ grou.p from the West Coast claimed rights to Crawlspace. The band was heavily influenced by Metallica, Faith, No More, King's X and Living Colour

Sevendust released their first album Seoendusi on April 15,1997, known fOT its heavy riffs, angry vocals an.d thrashlike drumming, as the songs "Black" and "8it&I". "Black" was the opening song for nearly every Sevendust concert until 2004 .. The debut album also contains the song ''My Ruin" from the Mmtal Kombat soundtrack album entitled Mare. Kombai released by TVT Records.After they appeared at Ozzfest1998 and Dynamo Open Air the same year, their self-titled album went gold.

On August 24, ] 999, they released their second album,

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featured Skin from Skunk Anansie and Chino Moreno from Deftones as guest vocalists. The two singles from the album, "Denial" and "Waffle", gave the band mod-

erate chart success, and the latter of which was played on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien. show. They appeared in Woodstock 1999 and have toured with many bands such as Korn, Staind, Nonpoint Reveille, Godsmack, Mudvayne, Powennrul.5000, Creed, Kid Hock, Machine Head, Limp Bizkit, Disturbed, and Metallica, In 1999, they gained European exposure by opening for Skunk Anansie at various shows in Germany. They also joined Slipknot, Coal Chamber and other bands on a tour called "Tattoo The Earth Tour" in [une 2000.

In November 2001, the band released their third album, Animosity. This album went gold and gainedthe band commercial success thanks to the success of singles "Praise" and "Angel's Son' , which peaked at 15 and 11 on the Modern Rock Chart The band also made an appearrulce all Late Night with David Letterman playing an Acoustic Version of Angel's Son featuring Paul Shaffer all. Keyboards. In the same year they are also seen in the 011'15 Rock movie Down to Earth as a partial clip of "Waffle" is played. Sevendust went on hiatus in 2002 due to the death of Lajon's brother.

In 2003, Sevendust returned with their fourth album, Seasons. This was one of the band's best received albums and to-date featUIes their high;st ~har~~, single \~ed I~ith 'Driven ), Enemy, which

peaked at #10 on the Mainstream Rock Chart. "Enemy" was also used as the official theme song for \JVWE LbifargiveH 2003. Other singles released from the album, "Broken Down" and "Face to Face", rnet with more moderate success charting at 20 and 22 res pectivel y.

In 2004, for the first time in the band's career, they released a live album on a CDjDVD double disk package titled Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live. Both the CD and the DVD include a cover of "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails which is dedicated to Johnny Cash. .

On December 11, 2004, after

pl .. aying a s.how in .. Co.lu.mb,[.~ls., Ohio, it was announced tl.1at

Clint Lowery had left the band mid-tow, because he wanted to play with his brother Corey Lowery ill his new band Dark New Day, who had reportedly

just signed with Wamer Bros. Records. A temporary replacement was fauna to fill in for the rest of the dates, and was eventually replaced by Sonny Mayo (from Snot and Amen). At roughly the same time, Seven dust and TVT Records parted ways. Seasons has since been certified multi-platinum.

On October 11,2005, Sevendust joined forces with good friend

Producer / Engineer Shawn Grove and released their fifth studio album, Next, all. the Wined ark Records label, distributed by Universal Music. In .. the. p roc.~ss, Sevel.ldust also created then own record label,

7Bros Records,

Sevendust (with Shawn Grove again serving as Producer/Engineer), released their sixth full-length studio album, entitled Alpha, on March 6, 2007. Their songs "Feed" and "Driven." were used in the soundtrack to WINE Smackdoum us. Rain 2008.

Sevendust joined. Shawn Grove again, and returned to the studio at the end of November 2007 to finish their 7th studio album, titled Chapter VII: Hope & Sorroto.

On Ma reh 26, 2008, Sevendust announced that Clint Lowery, former guitarist and vocalist for the band, quit his d'!ties as guitarist for Dark New Day and has returned to the Sevendust Iineup in place of S0!1JlY Mayo.

In December 2008 Sevendust toured with Black Stone Cherry for awhile and then in January 2009, Sevendusr geared up to hit the road with Disturbed, as well as multiple shows for US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan in the spring. According to Morgan Rose, the band has finished writing their 8th studio album and will enter the studio for 2 months in October to record it. They are aiming for an early 2010reLe8$€.

Sevendust released a very Limited-edition box set in November 2008 entitled "Packaged Goads", Each fivedisc set is personally autographed by the entire band. The box set includes Sevendusr's 2005 release "Next", 2007's "Alpha", 2007's "Retrospective 2" (CD + DVD), and 2008's "Chapter VII: Hope ami Sorroui".

As of October 2009, Sevendust are recording a new album in Chicago with pro~

ducer [ohnny K

The current lineup for Sevendust is: Lajon Witherspoon - Lead Vocals (1992-P.resent);John ConnollyGuitar; Backing Vocals (1992- Present); Clint Lowery - Guitar, Backing Vocals (1992-2004, 2008~present); Vincent Hornsby - Bass (1992~Present), and:

Morgan Rose - Drums, Backing Vocals (1992-Present).

Hey, they're not just for gettin' rid of tleas.anymore (give yourself lots and lots of extree

points if you know this one) as Sevendust - with supporting act New Era Project - burn down that storied stage at House Of Blues .in N. Myrtle Beach, SC on Saturday, Decmeber 5, 2009. Doors open 7:00pm .. For ticket info call 843-272-3000 or Ticketmaster 843-679-9333; or visit www.houseofblues.com or www.ticketmaster.corn.

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Sa 12/5 Rise Against The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC
Su 12/6 David Allan Coe The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC
with Dallas Moore
Th 12/10 LMFAO's Party Rock Tour The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC
with Shwayze and Guests
Th 12/10 The Misfits Amos's Southend Charlotte, NC
with Graoeuard Blvd & The Billy Bags
F 12/11 LMFAO's Party Rock Tour House Of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC
with Far East Mavement, Paradise Girls and Shwayze
F-Su 12/ll-13 Radio City Christmas Spectacular Bi-Lo Center Greenville, SC
Starring The Rockettes
Sa 12/12 BET Live! 106 & Park Tour House Of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC
featuring MARIO
W 12/16 Moscow Ballet's Ovens Auditorium Charlotte, NC
Great Russian Nutcracker
Th 12/17 Dashboard Confessional The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC
Sa 12/26 Corey Smith Bi-Lo Center Greenville, SC
Su 12/27 Clutch Amos's Southend Charlotte, NC
with Doomnders. Lionize, and Neuer Get Caught
Tu 12/29 The Wailers: 40 Years of Farns Four House Of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC
F 12/30 Chairmen of the Board House Of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC
F 12/30 Jeff Dunham Bi-Lo Center Greenville, SC
Th 12/31 New Year's Eve with Corey Smith House Of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC
January 2010
Sa 1/2 Myrtle Beach Rocks Classic Rock: House Of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC
Chronic, Lucky 13, SuperSwamp Heroes and Liquid Courage
Sa 1/9 Winter Jam 2010 The Crown Center Fayetteville, NC
Tu 1/19 The Anvil Experience The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC
Tu 1/19 WWE Presents: Bi-Lo Center Greenville, SC
WWE Smackdown and ECW
F 1/22 Willie Nelson House Of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC
F 1/22 Jerry Seinfeld (Two Shows) Ovens Auditorium Charlotte, NC
F 1/22 Jason Aldean Bi-Lo Center Greenville, SC
Tu 1/26 Paul Anka The Crown Center Fayetteville, NC
F-Sa 1/29-30 Monster Jam Bi-Lo Center Greenville, SC February 2010
F 2/5 The Charlotte Symphony Ovens Auditorium Charlotte, NC
presents Kathy Mattea
F 2/5 Jason Aldean The Crown Center Fayetteville, NC
Sa 2/6 Between The Buried and Me The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC
Sa 2/6 Gen. Johnson & Chairmen of the Board Amos's Southend Charlotte, NC
M 2/8 john Mayer "Battle Studies Tour" North Charleston Coliseum N. Charleston, SC
with Michael Franti & Spearhead
F 2/19 Flogging Molly The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC
Sa 2/20 Flogging Molly Green 17 Tour House Of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, sc
March 2010 Th 3/4 Brad Paisley American Saturday Bi-Lo Center Greenville, SC
Night Tour with Miranda Lambert and Justin Moore
Su 3/7 Disney LIVE! Rockin Road Show Bi-Lo Center Greenville, SC
M 3/8 Dropkick Murphys The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC
F 3/12 Mother's Finest Amos's Southend Charlotte, NC
F 3/19 Charlotte Symphony presents Ovens Auditorium Charlotte, NC
Irish Tenors
Sa 3/27 Bll Medley of the Righteous Brothers The Crown Center Fayetteville, NC
April 2010
F 4/16 Nickelback Bi-Lo Center Greenville, SC
Sa 4/24 Firehouse Amos's Southend Charlotte, NC COAST . .5C

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On 7he Geek S.rand

By Christepher A. Huff

Netflix Busts Some Caps on Blockbuster Online-Battle of the DVD-by-mail services

Earlier in the year, 1 started using Blockbuster Online. I got an e-mail about a promotion for a discount and a rebate if 1 used Paypal to pay. So, I put aside my resistance and agreed to give it a shot.

Up until tben, 1 bad been avoiding the fad. There were numerous reasons why, but none of them held up when 1 started getting my DVDs in the

maiL

The service was fast, get a DVD, return it and getting anotber could be done in about 2-3 days, depending on if you made the mail drop. And if you held on to a DVD for a week or so, no late fees, either.

Blockbuster also had the advantage that I could take my mailed DVDs, drop them off at a local Blockbuster and exchange them for other rental DVDs.

However, all was not so happy-go-lucky. Going through their Library of DVDs, I quickly loaded up my queue with a wide variety of movies, although they were not the movies Blockbuster wanted me to see.

Rarely would T request a new release. As a movie critic, I see all the new premiers, and the ones that I like; I usually buy the day the DVD comes out. So, the popular releases were rarely on my list.

Instead, my queue consisted of a lot of old movies, foreign films, anime and kung fu flicks. However none of them were coming in the mail.

My first peeve with

Blockbuster was movies listing as "UNAVAILABLE" in my queue, despite being in the library, This meant, according to Blockbuster, that they didn't have it and you weren't going to get it-ever.

Then most of my selections were listed as "SHORT WAlT," "LONG WAIT," and "VERY LONG WAlT." Blockbuster said this might mean delays of a couple days to a couple weeks. What it really meant is "Keep Dreaming, Fella." For the sixplus months 1 was with Blockbuster, I received one

"short" title.

Furthermore, despite have "Hawk the Slayer" at the top of my queue for nearly the entire time 1 was a member, the "very long wait's" two weeks never ended. Neither did my "long wait" for the "Macross" anime senes ..

Frustrated at the poor selection Blockbuster offered, my eyes began to tum to Netflix. 1 considered the change for some time, and the Netflix came to Xbox Live. So, not only could 1 get DVDs in the mail, but 1 could watch free movies on my TV via my Xbox 360 or on my computer. And lets stress "FREE" because Blockbuster had computer download rentals available, but they were not free.

Therefore, now I could watch movies or even whole series, from my MacBook Pro, my iMac at home, or on my living room TV (via Xbox), 1 have been 111 flashback heaven, watching things like "Buck Rogers in the 25 Century" and old "Doctor Who" episodes. Things tbat I wouldn't want to put on my queue and wait for, but would love to watch if I could see it right now ..... which Netflix lets you do.

Moreover, they aren't limited

to old stuff. Series like "Dexter," "Lost,." "Californication" and "The Shield" are also available for instant gratification. The movie selection isn't quite up to the same quality, but there are a lot of indie films and "not-quite" box-office boomers available to watch.

Oh, and within the first week of being on Netflix, "Hawk the Slayer," "Macross" and other "Blockbuster's Very Long Walts" were at my door.

Finally, NeUlix wins on price. For Blockbuster, 3-DVD plan (Allowed to have 3 rentals

at home at a single time) was over $20 per month.. For I Netflix, the same plan, plus free online watching, is only $16.95. I

So, Blockbuster loses out on I every level except for the convenience of local in-store exchanges, and while that was nice, Netflix offers so much more for less.

Christopher Huff is a selfconfessed and unrepentant geek who as been living, writing and playing on the Grand Strand for several years. You can learn more about him and his writing at www.piratejournalism.com. - Comments can be sent to [email protected]

The Coach's Perspective ...

By Thomas H. Swank

No More Resolutions ... (Part 1)

What have you actually accomplished in this year of 2009? Can you look yourself squarely in the minor and honestly declar-e that it was a successful year?

Statistically ... 98.2% of you can not make such an affirmation of "success" to yourself. While this statistic is true, it is also genuinely sad. The basis for this fact comes from a recent study that reported that 98.2% of all people do not achieve their goals or resolutions.

The holidays are at hand and SOOI1 too will be the New Year. Do you know exactly where you are headed in 20 I 07 Given the current economic and job markets, people are universally quite uncertain of what the New Year will bring. Your thoughts and expectations for 20 10 are probably a bit clouded, or as I

like to refer to them .... "fuzzy."

Finding clarity and achieving the right focus for work and life are among the most frequent requests of the clients to whom I have the privilege of serving. Right now you might be saying to yourself, WIlY would anyone hire a professional to help them i11 this regard. The fact is that the key to taking the right course of action, first begins with having clarity of purpose and direction. And I would agree with you that this is totally fundamental - but it is also absolutely "essential."

If you're going to travel home for the holidays, you are going to have to make some "travel plans". Right? Even though you've make the annual trek to grandma's house ... YOLi will still need to have a plan! When will you leave for your trip'? What do you have to take with you'? What will the weather belike in Hometown USA, Sydney, London or Toronto?

When will you be returning home? Will you fly, drive or take a train? Aside from the annual traditions, what else will you do while you are there?

Face the truth ... you're going to need a viable "plan" for your holidays to be a success. Let us not forget the direction component. Even if you've taken the trip home 20 times in the last 20 years, the trip is never the same .. After all, you spent bard earned money to subscribe to satellite radio and install a GPS system in your car just to get to work on time in local traffic ... what about over the river and through the woods to grandma's house'?

In reality, you wiJl make a plan for YOlLr holiday travels. Which is exactly the point that I leading up to. The true reality is that you wiU statistically spend more time planning two weeks of vacation and your holidays - than you will the remaining 50 weeks of the year. So, wily can't you be as committed to creating a viable plan for your life, career or business?

Instinctively, deep down inside of yourself you know it's the right thing to do. If you are able to plan for your holidays and vacations - then bow is it that you can't come

up with a plan for your life that works'? The other keys to being successful in life are knowing:

o What is of the greatest impor-

ranee and why.

o What it is that you want,

o Knowing how to get it.

o Having the grit and fortitude to not give IIp until you do.

These four points arc among the most critical factors and obstacles in your personal quest to successfully achieve your goals in life. Yet, less thai] two percent of all people figure out how to get it "right" and then succeed. I tee! certain at this special time of the year that you are watching the dreams and expectations that your chi ldren or grandchildren have for their holidays. As well" I am also most certain that you don't want to disappoint them. I would imagine that you would do almost anything to make their holiday wish come true, while cherishing your ability to witness their moments of joy. So ... how is it that you can expect anything less for yourself?

Regardless of age, your inner child is holding on to hopes and dreams too. Whether it's your dream job, dream home or the lifestyle that you dream of living one day... you want more from

your life, This is a natural part of the process of personal growth and self development. What is not natural is the fact that statistically the odds of fulf lling those dreams are stacked 98.2% against you. You already kMW that life is not fair. What you also need to know, is that you are capable of beating those odds .. _ "guaranteed"!

The first step that you must take is to commit to a 2010 pledge of "No More Resolutions". Your second step is read Part U of this article next time ...

Copyright © 2009 A Priority Life I Developing Forward I Thomas fl. Swank. CBC I All Rights Reserved.

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By Paul Gable

South Carolina Legal System Out of Order

In the 1979 movie "And Justice for All", AI Pacino yells the line "the whole trial is out of order," No statement best describes the Southern Holdings lawsuit and its associated case with 92-year old plaintiff Doris Holt.

The Southern Holdings et al v.

Horry County et allawsuit, filed in 2002, demonstrates a criminal justice system that is "out of order",

In June 2000, Horry County sheriff's deputies conducted illegal searches and seizures at three homes, Holt's being one of them, based 0.1] an illegal warrant obtained on false information entered into the National Crime lnformation Center computers,

Allegedly the deputies were searching for James Spencer, AKA known as Brian Holt, who was the subject of the bogus NCIC entry, Whether the deputies knew in advance that tile NCIC entry was bogus or not could be disputed, but depositions and other evidence gathered for the lawsuit make that likely.

After hearing of the bogus warrant, Spencer went to court ill tile South Carolina 15th Judicial Circuit in July 2000, where Judge Sidney Floyd dismissed the warrant obtained in Horry County and ordered it removed from the NCrC,

However, the dismissed warrant was used by Horry County police officers to arrest Spencer in August 2000, even though audio and video tapes of the arrest and of communications between the officers and HCPD dispatch clearly show there were no outstanding warrants for Spencer at that time,

Other actions by the HCPD officers were captured on videotape during the vehicle stop and arrest of Spencer. These became the basis for the lawsuit filed in 2002,

Videotapes of the traffic stop and arrest were made from equip" rneut mounted in[-lCPD police vehicles operated by officers Jay Brantley and Chuck Mcl.endcn. Obtaining the original, unedited videotapes recorded at the scene were a key part to making the pla intiffs' case,

Attempts to get the original, unedited videotapes (recorded in both vehicles) began on August 14, 2000 with a subpoena by Spencer's attorney Ralph Wilson who was representing Spencer for his August 6, 2000 illegal arrest by HePD officers,

Wilson again requested the original tape from Brantly's car on September 5, 2000, A videotape sent in response to this second request was determined to have been edited.

On October 3, 2000,. Wilson

again requested the unedited Brantly videotape, On October 9, 2000, HCPD Cbief Paul Goward responded the department could not produce the videotape for inspection because SLED had COil" fiscated it

The statement about the videotapes being sent to SLED is refuted in a letter, dated April J 9,2004, 10 plaintiffs from Michael Prodan, Special Agent for the State Law Enforcement Division, (sh 310 exhibit s)in which Prodan states "The State Law Enforcement Division does not have, nor ever had possession of the original videotapes 01' audiotapes of the August 6, 2000 arrest of James Spencer,"

On June 10,2002,. after filing a civil lawsuit 011 May 29,. 2002, the plaintiffs served notice 0]] the Harry County Defendants 10 preserve all 'items of tangib Ie, personal property related to the Horry County Defendants illicit conduct on August 6, 2000, including the video recorders and videotapes used at the scene,

On September 22, 2003, plaintiffs filed a motion to compel tbe turnover of the videotapes, The presiding judge at that time, Judge Houck, dismissed the motion to compel, but issued Minute Order 68 after the defendants' attorneys agreed to turn over by December I, 2003, the unedited Brantly videotape recorded at the scene and the video recorder used to produce it for examination by the plaintiffs' expert SIeve Cain,

The original videotape and recorder were not turned over by the agreed upon December 1, 2003 date, or ever,

In an, affidavit submitted to the court in December 2004, by HCPD Chief J01m Morgan, Morgan stated the Brantly vehicle was removed from service and records about the vehicle and the recorder could not be located,

Specifically addressing the recorder, Morgan said, "The Police Department and the County do no! inventory thatequipment or keep track of it."

Morgan further stated, in a voice message submitted as exhibit J, that 'be contacted Fleet Maintenance to locate the car but no records could be found 011 it,

Spencer discovered, in May 2007, that Horry County records of the vehicle did exist and showed the Brantly vehicle and the video recorder in it were removed from service on October II, 2003,

It is important to note here that the date of disposal of Brantly's cruiser and videotape equipment occurred after the September 22, 2003 motion to compel and minute order and before the December I,

2003 date to produce,

Another motion to compel the videotapes and video recorder was heard all August 18, 2004 and the attempts to get the evidencecontinued,

On November 20, 2004, defendant's attorney Saleeby notified the plaintiffs' attorneys that the videotapes being sought by the plaintiffs had been turned over to SLED as required by South Carolina law and the videotapes were going to be examined by the FBL Saleeby said this was in conjunction of an ongoing criminal investigation of the August 6, 2000 traffic stop events,

Records show that there was never a criminal investigation of the stop by SLED,

On November 23,. 2004, Danny Pan-is, Senior Administrator of the Office of the South Carolina Insurance Reserve Fund, the fund that pays to defend lawsuits against local governments, instructed Major Mark Keel. of SLED, in writing, to have SLED take possession of the subj ect videotapes,

The Parris letter states, "As you are aware, the Budget and Control Board does not wish to be placed in a position of defending criminal actions or apparently paying off victims of abuse if such has occurred, TIle original tape of the stop is in the possession of our defense attorney, Robert E, Lee, of the Aiken Bridges Firm ill Florence, Tlie tape was given directly to him by the sheriff's department. "

By the time the Parris letter was written, Court Order 109 had been

issued, ordering the defendants to allow plaintiffs expert Cain to examine the videotapes,

On November 30, 2004, defendants' attorneys, in violation of COUIt Order 109, turned the videotapes over to SLED, The notation on the November 30, 2004 SLED chain of custody form notes the reason for the transfer ofthe videotapes was "for shipment to the FBI laboratory for examination,"

On December 10, 2004, Judge Bryan Harwell, now the presiding judge on the case, issued Court Order 127 providing procedures for inspection of the tapes, but not ordering them to be inspected,

In a December 15, 2004 letter from Capt. David Caldwell of SLED to the FBI, Caldwell said Judge Bryan Harwell ordered examination of the videotapes by the FBI through Court Order 127, issued on December 1.0, 2004, This was a blatant lie,

During a May 4, 2007 court hearing, Judge Harwell denied COUlt Order 127 ordered the tapes to be inspected by the FBI 311d states that order 127 was merely a "shepherding order" to ensure both sides.' experts would have the opportun i ty to inspect the tapes. According to the transcript of the bearing, defense attorney Jay Saleeby agreed with Harwell 's statement about the 127 order even though he had only three weeks prior written in a response to the COUlt tbat the inspection by the FBl was "pursuant to a court order issued by Judge Harwell."

It is obvious from the above that

the defendants never intended to tum over the original videotapes for analysis regardless of what the court ordered, It is also obvious the judge wasn't about to force them to even though court orders specifically requiring the tapes to be turned over were issued.

The defendants were allowed to "game" the system, stalling on and ignoring court orders, making false statements to thecourt, and generally doing exactly what they wanted to do regardless of who requested or ordered what.

Wben one side of a case is allowed to take such actions with no sanctions, indeed no threat of sanctions or contempt rulings, the system is out of order.

The incidents with the tapes are only one area where such actions by the defendants were allowed unimpeded by tbe court,

0Ul' next installment will deal with the same type of actions regarding the 92-year old Holt. Actions where she is essentially kidnapped by the S,C, Department of Social Services, which used false allegations to initiate this action, Disappearing evidence, conflicting statements in court hearings and other tricks used in the lawsuit were repeated with the Holt case,

Again, to dale, the state agency, its lawyers and other personnel in conjunction with an elderly care facility and, probably, some of the same actors in Horry County, are being allowed to run roughshod over tile legal system, The system is out of order,

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Clemson Alumni Association Names Volunteers of the Year

By Angela Nixon

The Clemson AIUlIDl.i Association has named Ann Harvin Whetstone Hunter of Greenwood, S.C. and Allen Martin of Vienna, Va., its volunteers of the year for 2009.

Hunter, a native of St.

Matthews, graduated from Clemson in 1980 with a bachelor's degree and in ]982 with a master's degree, both in chemical engineering. After working for Union Carbide in Greenville, she became a homemaker after the birth of her daughter, Rebecca. She describes herself as a "full-time mom and a full-time volunteer."

Hunter has volunteered in many positions in the Greenwood community and with Clemson University. She was in the PTO for her daughter's schools, serving as president and in other leadership positions, and was recognized twice by Greenwood High School

as Volunteer of the Year. She has been a Girl Scout leader for more than 20 years, is a deacon at the Greenwood Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, a member of the Greenwood Woman's Club and is past-president of Greenwood's Dame De Noel Assembly.

For Clemson, Hunter IS the chairwoman of the reunion and special events committee for the alumni board of directors. She has served on the Women's Alumni Council and has been an IPTAY representative for 12 years. She is on the board of directors for the Greenwood Clemson Club and is serving in her l.4th year as the club's treasurer. She and her husband, Wilson, who also is a Clemson alumnus help host receplions for high school students interested in attending Clemson.

Martin graduated from Clemson in 1969 with a degree in history. He worked for 22 years as chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Bob Livingston of New Orleans. In .1999, he joined Livingston to start the Livingston Group, a lobbying firm in Washington, D.C. A native of Anderson, Martin received the Order of the Palmetto from Gov.

Jim Edwards in 1974.

Martinis an advocate for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and has run 15 marathons to raise money for the organization. He also is an active member and deacon in his church.

Martin is a member of the Clemson Alumni Association board of directors, serving as chairman of the special interest groups committee. He bas been a member of the Washington/Baltimore Clemson Club since 1978. Currently a member of the club's board of directors, be has served two terms as club president, He is a charter member of President Barker's Leadership Circle.

Martin said he enjoys helping alumni in his area reconnect with Clemson, and he has helped start new Clemson Clubs across Virginia. He works with the university's Michelin Career Center to help students and alumni find internships and jobs.

"The contributions of both Ann and Allen over the past year are nothing short of awe-inspiring. Tiley are tireless advocates for Clemson and great servants of the Alumni Association. Therefore, we

felt it only fitting to recognize both of them with this honor as an expression of our gratitude," said Wil Brasington, senior director of alumni relations.

The Alumni Association

Volunteer of the Year award is the highest recognition and greatest

expression of appreciation extended to an individual by the Alumni Association staff for outstanding service and volunteerism, Presented annnal I y since 1988, the award has only been presented once before to two individuals in the same year.

Senior director for alumni relations Wil Brasington, left, and Alumni Association President Leslie Callison, right, present Ann Hunter of Greenwood and Allen Ma rtin of Vienna, Va., the 2009 volunteers of the year awards. Photo by Clemson Alumni Association.

Scholarship Opportunities Expanded for Horry Grads

By Mona Prufer

The Horry County Higher Education Commission (HCHEC) has established a new scholarship program for local high school students who plan to attend Coastal Carolina University.

The HCHEC Academic

Excellence Scholarship is the newest program that rewards the top graduate from each eligible Horry County high school who chooses to enroll at CCU the fall semester following graduation. This award may be received in

The 2009 HCREC scholarship recipients received recognitiouat the fall meeting of the Horry County Higher Education Commission (HCHEC). Theyinc1ude: front row, Pooja Patel and Syndi Donellan; middle ro"", Leanna Stanlcy, Rebecca Thigpen, Julianna Johnson, Jennifer Floyd and Mariah Smith; back row, Alfred Tomlinson, Kevin Kern and Kevin Farewell.

addition to other HCHEC scholarships.

The HCHEC also provides scholarship support 10 recent Horry County graduates through the Leadership, Visual and Performing Arts, and the International Awareness scholarships. The deadline to apply for the these scholarships for the 20 10-2011 academic year is March I, 20 I O.

Recipients of 2009-20 10

HCHEC Academic Excellence Scholarships are:

Sydni Doaellan - graduate of Carolina Forest High School majoring ill middle level education Kevin Kern - graduate Conway High School majoring in applied physics

Taylor LaPierre - graduate of Green-Sea Floyds High School majoring in biology

Pooja Pate! - graduate of North Myrtle Beach High School majoring in biology

Michael Primrose - graduate of Aynor High School with an undeclared major

Casey Stevens - graduate of Loris High School with an undeclared major

Alfred Tomlinson - graduate of Loris High School majoring 1.11 exercise and sport science

Angela Webb - graduate of MyrtJe Beach High School majoring ill music

Hannah Widdifield - graduate of St. James High School majoring in English

For additional information about the HCl-IEC scholarships, contact Coastal Carolina University's Scholarship Office at 843-349-2308 or [email protected].

By Debbie Bissette

Sunset River Feature Holiday Decorating Expert Dec. 9

Sunset River Marketplace's Creative Exchange series continues with its last series of 2009. The workshop is entitled Creative Holiday Decorating. Laurie Nelson will demonstrate how to create holiday pieces for your home by adding your personal touch, It will be held on Wednesday, December 9 from 11 a.111. until 12:30 p.rn. The fee for the event is $5 and includes lunch. RSVPs are required due to limited seating.

Laurie has been in interior designing and decorating for 18 years. As a native of Charlottesville, Va., she notes that the Jeffersonian architecture and interiors of the area made qui te an impression early on. Her family has also been a great influence. Laurie accompanied her grandmother on antique-buying trips as a young girl. Her father, a formal faculty member at the University of Virginia, who would design the family's homes using materials saved from older, historic barnes while her mother did freelance interior deco-

rating and home furnishing.

Laurie later studied at the School of Art at Virginia Commonwealth University and was a merchandiser for a major furniture line, working all individual residences and showcase homes to include layouts for popular style and design publications such as Southern Living and Southern Accents.

Laurie currently offers complete interior design to furnishings for the entire home for customers living in the coastal area. Harris and Nelson Designs appeals from traditional to

eclectic. The designs will run the gamut from coastal, city look, and shabby chic to West Indies.

This is the twelfth event of the second year of the Creative Exchange, series - an interactive monthly event at Sunset River Marketplace, located at 10283 Beach Drive (N.C.179), Calabash, N.C. Reserve your place by calling the gallery at 91 0-575-5999.

Sunset River Marketplace showcases work by approximately 200 North and Smith Carolina artists, and houses some I 0,000 square feet of oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, mixed media, art

glass, pottery, sculpture, turned and carved wood and artisan-created jewelry, There are two onsite kilns used by students ill the ongoing pottery classes offered by the gallery .. A custom framing department is available, There are also classes in oil painting, watercolor, pastel and figure drawing.

If you would like to be on the mailing list for the Creative Exchange series, call the gallery at 91.0-575-5999 or send an email to lassiter@sunsetriven:narketplace.co m with "Creative Exchange Mailing List" ill the subject line.

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By Helen Benso

Named One of the Top 20

December Events by the

Southeast Tourism Society,

Brookgreen Gardens becomes a wonderland of lights and candles with outstanding entertainment during this holiday festival, which began Dec. 4 and runs Dec. 5, I I ~ 12 and 17-19 from 3 - 10 p.m., Nights of a Thousand Candles will kindle your holiday spirit as thousands of candles illuminate garden paths and festive lights brighten the winter sky. Attendees will enjoy performances each night by the popular choral ensemble, Vocal Edition, The Christmas 5101)/ in. Gullah and Songs by Ron Daise and Bill Oberst, Jr. as Scrooge in his one-man rendition of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." There is an exciting series of additional performances each night that include a piano-violin duo, vocalists, hand-bell choirs, and more!

Adult tickets are $15 and child tickets (ages 6-12) are $6. All children age five and under are Free. For group reservation of] 5 guests or more, call 800~ 849- 1931 or 843-235-6021.

For a complete Jist of the entertainment, dinner menu options, and other information,

Fighting Stallions by Anna Hyatt Huntington amid fountain lights.

please visit www.brcokgreen.org or call 843·235-6000. All Nights of a Thousand Cand I es tickets are non-refundable and considered a donation to Brookgreen in the event of inclement weather.

Brookgreen Gardens, a

National Historic Landmark and nonprofit insti tution, is located on U.S. 17 between Myrtle Beach and Pawleys Island, South Carolina.

Entertainment Schedule

In the Main Entertainment Tent at 7.:30 p.m. Bill Oberst, Jr. will return to the stage as Scrooge

Diana by Augustus Salnt-Caudens in theglow of the festival.

in his one-man rendition of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."

The Gullah language and culture will come alive in Ron Daise's performance of The Christmas Story in Gullah and Songs.

You will find it hard to keep from tapping your feet when the popular Vocal Edition, chorale ensemble, sings holiday classics in perfect harmony. On December 5 the Vocal Edition will perform with the Carolina Forest Show Choir.

In the Live Oak Allee you will enjoy the rich full sounds of hammered dulcimer played by Sue Tanner.

Additional performances on the nights below include:

Saturday, Dec .. 5

Pawleys Island Presbyterian Church Hand Bell Choir Glynis Hopkins and Duo Ingli:

Keyboard and Flute duet Peggy Leonard/Bagpipes

Friday, Dec. II

• Quiana Parler, an American [dol finalist and one of the most sought after vocalists in the Carolinas wi.ll perform pop tunes and holiday favorites. Quiana has toured with American Idol, Clay Aiken, and has shared the stage with a diverse array of other national artists ranging from Keith Sweat to Kelly Clarkson. She has performed on "Saturday Night Live," "The View," NBC's "Today Show," "The Tonight Show with Jay Lerro,' "Good Morning America" and numerous other national television programs.

Pegasus by Laura Gardin Fraser, Nights of a. Thousand Candles.

'First United Methodist Church of Myrtle Beach Hand Bell Choir

• Peggy Leonard/Bagpipes

Friday, Dec. 18

• Quiana Parler, an American Idol. finalist and one of the most sought after vocalists in the Carolinas will perform pop tunes and holiday favorites.

• Market Street Brass/Brass Quintet

• Calvary Baptist Church Hand Bell Choir

• Joey Schumann! Keyboards, flute

• Jonathon Britt/ Trumpet

Saturday, Dec. 12

• Fabio Parrini, pianist and EunSun Lee, violinist, will give a memorable collaborative per~ formance of classics and holiday favorites

• First United Methodist Church of MyrtJe Beach Hand Bell Choir

• Peggy Leonard/Bagpipes

Saturday, Dec. 19

• Market Street Brass/ Brass Quintet

• Joey Schumann! Keyboards, flute

• Calvary Baptist Church Hand Bell Choir

• Jonathon Britt! Trumpet

Thursday, Dec. 17

• Market. Street Brass/Brass Quintet

• Peggy Leonard/Bagpipes

• Glynis Hopkins and Duo Ingli:

Keyboard and Flute duet

Fighting Stallions by Anna Hyatt Huntington during a georgeous s.c. sunset.

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ONGOING EYEN,.S:

Every Monday: House of Blues Service Industry Night - 12 a.m, Free entry for all mem-

bers of the Service Industry that can provide ID & _p-:.s..r:: proofof

emp loyment.

All other guests will pay a small cover. DJ, nightly drink specials, etc. House of Blues,

4640 Hwy ] 7-8, N. Myrtle Beach. 843-272-3000 • www.hob.corn

Every Thursday: Pawleys Island Drinking Liberally, Drinking Liberally is an informal gathering of Like-minded left-leaners.

Join us starting at 5 :30 p.m.

at the Pawleys Island Tavern, 10635 Ocean Hwy (Behind "Mole Hole" in the Island Shops off

US 17). 843-237-5632.

http://Ii vingliberally org/drinking/c hapterslSC/pawleysisland

Every Thursday: Square Dancing - Grand Strand Strutters. 7p.m. to 9p.m.

_ Mainstream and Plus Level Square Dance, with occasional Rounds,

all in a friendly club atmosphere. (Class for new dancers is from

6 to 7p.m.) Grand Strand Senior Center (1268 21 st Ave N., Myrtle Beach)

843-497-0470 or 843-650-2043

Now Showing at The 'Palace Theatre: The spellbinding and magical Le Grande Cirque brings top class entertainment

to Myrtle Beach. The show is perfect for all ages. Tickets are available at the Visitors Center. Also, Spirit of the Dance presents The Magical Spirit of Ireland featuring the irish Tenors on stage now in the Show Room.

Call the Theatre Box Office at 800-905-4228 or 843-448-0588 for more information'

Myrtle Beach Stamp Club

1st Tuesday of each month @ 7 p.m., Grand Strand Senior Center, 1268 21st Ave. North, Myrtle Beach 843-337-0087

Canal St. Recreation Center Senior Bingo, Tuesdays,

10 a.m.-l 2 p.rn.; 12p.m.-2 p.m, FREE,. bring a small gift to share. 843-918-1485

Dino's TV Variety Show Nov. 19 & 24. Dec .. 1,3,8,10, 15,17 & 22. For information and 10 reserve tickets call 843-234-2229.

Jacqueline DeGroot, Miller Pope, Marsha Tennant, AI Strohmeyer, Tom Rieber, more. Topics include cooking, self-help, history, children's books, humor, mystery. Meet, mingle, chat and have your holiday purchases signed. No charge, no reservations needed. 10283 Beach Drive SW (N.C. 179), Calabash, N.C. www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com 910-575-5999

December 3

'SantaJand Diaries' Preview & Opening Atlantic Stage Company 79th Avenue Theatre Additional show dates:

Dec. 4-5, LO-13 and 17-20. Showtimes 7:30 p.m. (Sunday, 3 p.m.)

$25/$5 student rush. www.atlanticstage.com 877-287-8587

December 3 - 12 Bryan Gallery

Coastal Carolina University Exhibit of graduating seniors from the aft program. Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. www.coastal.edu/bryanartgallery 843-234-3466

December 5 - 6 Handel's Messiah Long Bay Symphony

Tickets $15. Dec. 5, 7:30 p.rn., All Saints Church, 3560 Kings River Rd, Pawleys, Island, S.C.; Dec. 6,.4 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 1300 N. Kings Hwy., Myrtle Beach, S.c. www.LongBaySymphony.com 843-448-8379

December 5

The Shrine Club

of Myrtle Beach hosts All Evening witll Elvis

7:00 p.rn. Classic Country & Christmas . Music. Tickets are $12 .. 00. 9589N Kings Hwy, Myrtle Beach For info and tickets 843-424-3563

December 5

First Saturday ArtWalk

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Historic downtown Conway, S.C. Galleries, restaurants, live music by local musicians face painting, culinary arts for kids, more! httpz/eonwayartd istrict.blogspot. com

December 5 Island Home Tour

$45 to support Museum of Coastal Carolina, Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. Refreshments - light bites and drinks, 5 - 7 p.m,

910-579-1016

December 5 Pop's Glass

'Vivid Color' Opening & Glass Blowing Demos

10 a.m. - 5 p.m, 911-A Norman Alley, Conway, S.C. www.popsglass.com 843-450-9232

December 5

Pet Photos With Santa Paws Wags & Whiskers

710 B. Fifth Avenue South, North Myrtle Beacb, S.c. Proceeds to benefits Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach. Call to schedule. 843-280-7686

December 6

B&C Art Museum

'Puttin' On the Glitz' Collector/author Sherri Duncan showcases her book and speaks about her collection of mid-century costume jewelry .. 1 :30 - 3:30 p.m, $50 membersl$60 nonmembers. Bring a 'piece of Jewelry to discuss. Champagne, mimosas, hers d'oeuvres. 3100 s. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, S.C. Tuesday - Saturday, I 0 a.rn- 4 p.m www.MYlileBeachArtMLlseum.org 843-238-2510

December 8

Free Wreath Workshop J.Rryan Floyd Recreation Center

I - 4 p.m. Organizers will provide all materials except the wreath form. Limited number will be available for sale. www.mnbevents.com 843-281-2662

December 9

H.oliday Decorating Presentatien Sunset River Marketplace

Final Creative Exchange event of the year. Interior design professiona Lauri Nelson shows bow to create special holiday pieces with your own personal touch. 11 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Includes lunch. $5, R.S.V.P. due to limited seating. 10283 Beach Drive SW (NCI79), Calabash, N.C. www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com 910-575-5999

December 12

Pet Food Pro-Am Golf Tourney Farmstead Golf Links

Proceeds benefit Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach. Donation of 100 Ibs. of pet food per player. Entry deadline Dec. 5. 843-918-7860

843-450-4865

December 12

Pets Light Up Our Lives! Tree Lighting

6 p.m. McLean Park in North Myrtle Beach. Pets are welcome and will receive a gift. Buy commemorative lights ($10) before Dec.8 to honor past 'pets, www.bumanesocietyrunb.org 843-249-4948

December 13

Pilot Club of Conway Christmas Tour of Homes

2 - 6 p.m. $10 advance tickets from Conway Chamber, Sassy Girl Gifs, Horry County State Bank branches or Pilot Club members 843-449-9622

December 13 Christmas Towne

Myrtle Beach. Convention Center Outdoor events p laza, 21 01 N. Oak St., "I - 7 p.m.Official Myrtle Beach tree lighting ceremony; free photos with Santa, refreshments and activities for the kids. www.MyrtleBeachAreaChamber:com 843-626-7444

December 18

Annual Piano Concert DeBordiue Clubhouse

Part of the Moveable Feast series. Tickets $35

843-235-6000

To include your event in the Alternatives Newsmagazine/COAST Magazine local events calender. email your listing to [email protected] with "Calendar Item" written in the subject line at least two weeks in advance of print date. Please sure to include the date, appropriate costs. phone number for information and address. Coast and Alternatives go to press every other Thursday. Visit us on the web at: www.myrtlebeachalternatives.com.

VFW 1.0804 Friday night dinner Dinner and live music, 6 p.m. Seating limited, reservations by Thurs. required. $8 per person, music only, 7p.m. $3 per person. Highway 57, Little River, S.C. 843-399-0877

Georgetown of the Late 19th & 20th Century ~ Rice Museum. Tile exhibit chronicles Georgetown's transition from rice production to lumber, livestock, & shipping. Georgetown, SC. M-S, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m, 843-546-7423

Canal St. Recreation Center Special Needs Workout

Tues. & Thurs. 11 a.m.-12 p.m., A unique workout program for individuals with special needs. $5 city resident/$8 non-city resident. 843-918-1485

Rape Crisis Center, Adolescent & Adult Support Groups for Survivors of Sexual Assault

Thursday evenings at 5:30 p.m. Myrtle Beach & Conway 448-7273 or 448-31

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Through January 3,2010 B&C Art Museum

25 Years of Jonathan Green 3100 S. Ocean B[vd., Myrtle Beach, S.C. Tues. - Sat 10 a.rn - 4 p.m.; Sun. 1 - 4 p.m. www.MyrtleBeaci1ArtMuseum.org 843-238-2510

December 3

Sunset River Marketplace Holiday Book Signing Open House Part of the gallery's Coffee With the Authors series. I to 4 p.m. Featuring some 20 local authors:

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By Nancy Gray

Myrtle Beach Area Chamber Appoints Canadian Account Manager

The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce/Convention and Visitors Bureau announces the appointment of Kimberly Hartley as the Canadian account manager for the Myrtle Beach area.

With more than 20 years of experience in the Canadian travel industry, Hartley has developed strong relationships with tour operators, wholesalers, meeting and incentive planners, airlines and both trade and consumer media. Her sales and marketing expertise, combined with knowledge of the inner workings of the Canadian travel market, will help raise awareness of the Myrtle Beach area and increase visitation and tourism growth.

"Travel Solutions by Design is excited and very proud to have been chosen as the Canadian account manager for the Myrtle

Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau," Hartley said. "I am extremely eager to bring the destination to the forefront for the trade, the consumer and the media. With Porter Airline's new service from February to May 2010, there is more reason to choose the Myrtle Beach area and discover what the destination has to offer. Canadians may think they know the Myrtle Beach area, but they may want to reconsider - it has changed dramatically over the last few years."

The appointment was made following the news of nonstop air service from Toronto to Myrtle Beach on Porter Airlines, beginning Feb. 28. Increased accessibility for Canadians and Hartley's strategic marketing will support the positioning of the Myrtle Beach area as an attractive destination for Canadian travelers.

"We're excited to now have specialized

representation in Canada, as it is an extremely viable market for the Myrtle Beach area with lots of potential," said Scott Schult, MBACC executive vice president of marketing. "We're thrilled to have Kimberly on our team, as she brings a wealth of expertise that we'll look to in helping grow Canadian visitation in the Myrtle Beach area."

The destination's expansion and investment in the Canadian market precedes the popular Canadian-American Days Festival, which attracts thousands of Canadians to Myrtle Beach each March. The festival, scheduled March 13-21, 2010, welcomes visitors with an eight-day lineup of family fun activities, giveaways and welcome receptions taking place in and around some of the area's newest attractions.

"The new scheduled, twice-weekly, direct service from the Toronto Island Airport to Myrtle Beach on Porter Airlines is wonderful

news for Canadians, making it easier, more convenient and faster to get to one of the premier tourist destinations in South Carolina and in the U.S.," Hartley said. "The area's 60 miles of beautiful beaches and wide variety of accommodations, attractions, restaurants and shopping are now just a short flight away."

Since 1938 the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce has stood as the unified voice of the Grand Strand's business community. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has awarded the MBACC its five-star accreditation, one of only several chambers in South Carolina to earn this distinction. The MBACC serves Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Little River, Atlantic Beach, Garden City Beach, Loris, Conway, Aynor, Murrells Inlet, Litchfield Beach and Pawleys Island.

For more information, visit

MyrtleBeachAreaChamber.com.

Sands Resorts, Jaycees Join To Benefit Special Families In Need

Sands Resorts, a collection of six oceanfront resorts in Myrtle Beach, is joining together for a second year with North and South Carolina Jaycees to sponsor the Spirit of Christmas Sands. On the weekend of Dec. I I, Sands Resorts will play host to S.C. families from Columbia, Chapin, Williamston, Johns Island, as well as a family from Winston-Salem, N.C. The families and their Jaycee escorts will be treated to oceanfront lodging, meals, tickets to Myrtle Beach-area Christmas shows and

much more. The highlight of the weekend will be a Dec, 12 gala featuring a traditional holiday dinner, Santa, Sands mascots, a decorated Christmas tree and presents for each family, local choir entertainment, and dancing with Santa Claus. There is an extensive guest list ranging from donor to local dignitaries who have helped support the effort. "We are pleased to be working with a fine organization like the Jaycees to make Christmas memories for deserving families in the Caroli nas," said Florence

Collins-Brown, vice president of marketing at Sands Resorts. "The Jaycees have recommended several families and Sands Resorts will be doing our best to make the event special for them."

"We are thrilled and honored that Sands Resorts partnered with the Jaycees for a second year to cosponsor this wonderful event," said Heather Behringer, president of the South Carolina Jaycees. "Our goal as members of the Jaycees is to help those in need. Not only are we making communities better, but we

are spreading joy during the Holiday season. We eagerly continue this relationship with Sands Resorts."

"Our original goal was to make Spirit of Christmas Sands a yearly event and let it grow over the years," said Florence CollinsBrown, VP of marketing. "We are definitely on our journey of spreading joy to the less fortunate. Sands Resorts is blessed to be a successful vacation destination and we simply want to share our blessings where needed."

The purpose of Spirit of Christmas Sands is to provide families with an all expenses paid holiday getaway to the beach complete with presents and lots of holiday cheer. To make this a truly memorable event, Sands Resorts would welcome donations such as show tickets or other amenities from local business who wish to participate in this special event.

Additional information IS available by calling Sands Marketing at 843-692-5200 or email [email protected].

GMA Dove Award Winner Natalie Grant To Perform on Grand Strand Dec. 4

By Nyla E. Hucks

Four-time GMA Dove Award "Female Vocalist of the Year" winner Natalie Grant brings her Christmas Believe Concert Tour to Myrtle Beach at 7 p.m. on Dec. 4 in an event sponsored by Christian Academy and Chick-fil-A (10th Ave. North - Seaboard Commons) in Myrtle Beach.

Grant will bring her powerhouse vocals to favorite Christmas songs in a 7 p.m. concert that is sure to be the highlight of your Christmas season. She will perform at Christ United Methodist Church in a fundraising event for Christian Academy.

Grant is known for radio singles like "Held," "In Better Hands," "I Will Not Be Moved" and "Live For Today," among others. Grant was chosen Female Vocalist of the Year at the GMA Dove Awards for four consecutive years in 2006 - 2009 joining Sandi Patty as the only other artist to have received the prestigious honor four or more consecutive years. In 2008, Grant was both the most-played female artist at Christian

radio, and the top-selling Adult Contemporary female solo artist in Christian music, celebrating a milestone of 1 million units sold with Curb Records in Sept. of this year. Her 2005 breakthrough album Awaken went Gold, and her 2008 best-selling album Relentless has received critical acclaim.

In 2005, Grant released Believe, a Christmas album that includes classics like "Let It Snow," "I Believe," "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" and "0 Come All Ye Faithful." The album set the tone for previous Christmas tours and an appearance in the 2007 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The concert will open with special guest Ayiesha Woods. Woods' 2006 debut Introducing Ayiesha Woods and 2008 sophomore release Love Like This have both garnered critical and mass acclaim. The debut earned Woods a Grammy nomination for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album, as well as an additional nod in the Dove Awards New Artist of the Year

category. Woods debuted her

Vocalist Natalie Grant.

Christmas album with Gotee Records entitled Christmas Like This on Nov. 10. Channeling the throwback neo-style of Amy Winehouse and Duffy, Woods will be singing soulful classic holiday offerings such as "MeITY Christmas Baby," Walking In A Winter Wonderland," and "0 Holy Night."

The Dec. 4 concert will help raise funds for Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach, a fully accredited K-12 college preparatory school currently located at the heart of Myrtle Beach at the First Baptist Church location on 4th Avenue North. The cost of educating each child costs more than the tuition and it is through events like this concert that we hope to raise the awareness of Christian education and try to raise much needed funds for the school. A love offering will be taken at the concert, with any proceeds above and beyond the cost of the concert production, going to the general budgetary needs of Christian Academy.

Christ United Methodist Church is located at 2901 Fantasy Way, Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Ticket prices are $25 adults / $20 atudents (13 & older) / $20 groups (of IS or more) / $15 children (12 and under) / $30 at the door.

To purchase tickets, call -800-965-9324 or log onto www.i'Iickets.com, For more information, VISit www.ChristianAcademyOnline.org.

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By Nancy Gray

Myrtle Beach Chamber Offers Online Incentives To Shop Locally

locals, visitors and members to shop, dine, play and stay locally, the MBACC has launched its Shop Our Members campaign, which runs through Dec. 20.

Discounts and other offers are available at ShopOurMembers.com and MBACC welcome centers at 1200 N.

The Myrtle Beach area is a great place for holiday shopping, with cool, practical and quirky gift items and services from Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce members. To encourage

Oak St. in Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach International Airport and 3401 U.S. 17 Business S. in Murrells Inlet, S.C.

Media partners WBTW News 13, WMBF News, WPDE NewsChannel 15 and NextMedia Radio (Wave 104.1, WRNN 99.5 FMIl450 AM, 96.1 WKZQ

and Star 92.1) will promote the campaign. As an added incentive to Shop Our Members, media partners will give away hundreds of $25 gift cards to spend at member businesses. Participating member businesses will also have a chance to win advertising from the media partners.

For more information, call the Chamber at 843-916-7235.

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By Lorna Ausband

Upcoming Addiction Lecture Series at HGTC

Join professionals and current and former HGTC students and learn about addiction, its influences, diagnosis and different methods for recovery, including medications commonly used with dually diagnosed patients, novel treatments, the most current anti-craving medication therapy in use today, and the family's role in enabling and facilitating the active addict's use and abuse of drugs and alcohol. For certification contact hours, register for course: YMED 824- 30-2232.

Dinner begins at 6 p.m. in the Cafe 1100 on the Conway campus on all three nights. There is no charge for meal or attendance. No registration is required. Admission is free and open to the public. This program has been approved by the SC Board of Social Workers, and the SC Board of Professional

Counselors for recertification contact hours. A $75 registration fee will apply to those seeking credentialing.

For further information on this lecture series, contact Professor Casey King at 843- 349-5378.

Lectures in the series include:

·Thursday, Feb. 18, 20 I 0; 7 - 9 p.m. Special guest speaker "Sylvia" from the A&E Television Series "Intervention," winner of the 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program.

·Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010; 7 - 9 p.m. Dr. Renee Lamm, MD, board certified III General Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine and Family Practice - Dr. Lamm will explain dual diagnosis and the most common psychiatric co-morbidities that occur in addiction. She will also discuss the medications commonly used with dually diag-

nosed patients, novel treatments and the most current anti-craving medication therapy in use today. Also, Judith Grotenhuis, Ed.S, MAC, LPC certified by National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors, Licensed by the State Board of Examiners for Counselors, Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialist as a Professional Counselor. Ms. Grotenhuis will explain the education and credentialing process in addiction treatment modalities, dual diagnosis issues for clinicians in outpatient treatment and the team approach to treatment of addictions and dual diagnosis patients.

• Thursday, March 4, 2010; 7 - 9 p.m. A panel discussion of current and former HorryGeorgetown Technical College students who have volunteered to speak from the stage to tell their own stories of addiction and different methods they use for recovery.

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• On Dec. 3, 1947 Marlon Brando's famous cry of "STELLA!" first booms across a Broadway stage, electrifying the audience during the first-ever performance of Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire." When the curtain went down on opening night, the crowd erupted into a round of applause that lasted 30 minutes.

• On Dec. 6, 1907, in West Virginia'S Marion County, an explosion in a network of mines owned by the Fairmont Coal Company kills 361 coal miners. It was the worst mining disaster in American history. Nationwide, a total of 3,242 Americans were killed in mine accidents in 1907.

• On Dec. 10, 190 I, the first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, on the fifth anniversary of the death of Alfred

Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite and other high explosives. Although Nobel offered no reason for his creation of the prizes, it is believed he did so out of moral regret over the increasingly lethal uses of his inventions in war.

• On Dec. 12, 1917, in Omaha, Neb., Father Edward 1. Flanagan, a 31-year-old Irish priest, opens the doors to a home for troubled and neglected children. Today "Boys and Girls Town" includes a grade school, a high school and a career vocational center on a farm 10 miles west of Omaha.

• On Dec. 13, 1950, an unknown actor named James Dean appears in a Pepsi commercial. Dean would later personify the angry, restless youth culture in the film "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955). He died in a car crash in 1955 at age 24.

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ing options for even the most difficult person on your list.

After wrapping IIp your shopping at the unique stores of aide Conway, swing aboard a borsedrawn carriage at the comer of Laurel Street and 4th Avenue for a festive ride through downtown.

Before beading home, enjoy a holiday goodie from Santa's Kitchen at the comer of Laurel

Street and 3rd Avenue. With all Conway National Bank and the the hustle and bustle of the holi- City of Conway.

day season, Historic downtown Conway is the perfect place to escape the sea of retail sameness and enjoy an authentic Rivertown Christmas. This event is free and open 10 the public.

The Rivertown Christmas Celebration is. a program of Conway Main Street USA and is presented with the generous support of Black Water Market,

By Hillary Howard

Rivertown Christmas Celebration in Conway

Historic Downtown Conway's Annual Rivertown Christmas Celebration began Thursday, Dec. 3 with the City of Conway Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and continues each Thursday night from 6 to 8 p.m. through Dec.l 7.

Make plans to review your

wish list with Santa as he greets visitors each Thursday night at Black Water Market from 6 to 8 p.lll. Graphic Blend Studio Photography will also be onsite with Santa to capture your special rnernones.

The shops of Olde Conway are open until 8 p.m. eaob Thursday night to welcome holiday shoppers and offer a variety of gift-giv-

Christmas Tour of Homes Hosted by The Pilot Club of Conway

By Nicole Hyman

The Pilo! Club of Conway is hosting its Annual Christmas Tour of Homes on Sunday, Dec. 13 from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. Tickets are $! 0 in advance and can be purchased at the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce, Sassy Girl gills, Horry County State Bank Conway Locations or from any Pilot Club member. Tickets will also be sold the day of the evental Copper's Restaurant in Downtown, Conway or any stop on the tour, Enjoy a Sunday afternoon touring these locations in Conway:

Soutb Conway

• Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Johnson 5376 Old Bucksville Road

• Mr. and Mrs. Bert vall Hermann

5680 Old Bucksville Road • Hyman Vineyard

6027 Old Bucksville Road (complimentary refreshments) • Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Sanders

2128 Hidden Oak Drive

East Conway

• Mr. and Mrs. Nick Ramsey 932 Buccaneers Cove

• Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Barker 8249 Timber Ridge Road - Burning Ridge

North Conway

• Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Hendrick 3912 Wind Ridge Road

• Mr. and Mrs. John

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4054 Ridgewood Drive

• Dr. and Mrs. Wink Prince 4842 Higbway 65

Downtown Conway

• Copper's Restaurant

20.1 Laurel Street (complimentary desserts and coffees)

For more information on how you can become a member of this service organization focusing on brain-related disorders, please contact Angel Rabon, 449-9622, or Jessica Sasser, Tour Coordinator, at 347-5895.

The Pilot Club of Conway was chartered in J 946 and Pilot International celebrated 86 years in October of 2007. Pilot International is a global organization ofapproximotely 25, 000 adult and youth members who are working together to improve the quality of life in local CO/IJmunities and throughout the world. Pilot's service focus is helping people affected by brain-related disorders and disabilities through volunteer activities, projects. and fundraisers.

Interior Design FINE FURNlSHTNGS

Lifestyle purveyors specializing in Residential and Commercial design services.

Featuring finely crafted furnishings and interior Appointments from around the world, Combining yesterday'S charms with tomorrows conveniences,

Visit our showroom & design center in the heart ofhistoric do Wil f OWl/ COl/way.

320 Main Street • Conway, South Carolina 29526 • 843-488-2796

For more information contact Conway Main Street USA at 843-

248-6260 or 111a1l1-

[email protected]. Conway

Main Street USA is a non-profit organization that aims to stimulate economic development, encourage historic preservation and promote the vitality of Downtown

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Myrtle Beach Area Chamber Announces Take a Kid Fishing Day Tournament Winners

'By Nancy Gray

2nd place: Sarah Bell

Barrineau, Surfside Beach Pier

3rd place: Olivia Barrineau, Surfside Beach Pier

Most Catch and Release:

1 sr place: Kesean Wright, The Pier at Garden City

2nd place: Victoria Cassida, The Pier at Garden City

3Td place: Evelyn DeitersGarcia, Apache Pier

Age Category: 7-11

Largest Fish (by Weight):

1st place: Kayla Lindsey, Apache Pier

2nd place: Makayla Newell, Myrtle Beach State Park Pier

3rd place: Grayson Stoneking, The Pier at Garden City

Most Catch and Release:

J st place: Quadarius Boyd, The

Pier at Garden City

2nd place: Katie Ann Robinson, The Pier at Garden City

3rd place: Azuan Wright, The Pier at Garden City

Age Category: 12-18 Largest Fish (by Weight):

lst place: Chase Jolly, Apache Pier

2nd place: Katie Pierce, Surfside Beach Pier

3rd place: Truman Boyd, The Pier at Garden City

Most Catch and Release:

lst place: Hayley Smith, The Pier at Garden City

2nd place: Truman Boyd, The Pier at Garden City

3rd place: Bethanie Pharr, The Pier at Garden City

After tbe event, a luncheon was

held for all winners and their sponsoring adults at Myrtle Beach Slate Park. The competition, awards, goodie bags and luncheon were provided by a host of sponsors. Coca Cola, WRNN Hot Talk 99.5, WPDE NewsChannel 15 and Santee Cooper have served as sponsors since the event began.

The youngest anglers competing were two l-year-olds:

Kaydance Pruit (Apache Pier) and Jack Jackson (The Pier at Garden City). The most senior angler mentaring a child was 87 years old (Second Avenue Pier). Competitor Jaidus Aukell Howard, 6 years old, traveled the longest distance of 721 miles-Beacon, NY (The Pier at Garden City).

The purpose of Take A Kid Fishing Day, which is sponsored by

the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and hosted by the Grand Strand Fishing Rodeo Committee, is to promote and introduce young anglers to the sport of fishing and to create an opportunity for children to spend the day with parents, relatives or volunteers. As part of the mentoring process, adult anglers, pier managers and Grand Strand Saltwater Anglers convey the importance of releasing the fish to young anglers.

The even! receives support from the cities of Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach, town of Surfside Beach, South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and other area businesses.

One-hundred fifty-seven teams (314 participants) competed in the fifth annual Take A Kid Fishing Day tournament Oct. 24 at Grand Strand fishing piers: Cherry Grove Pier, Apache Pier, Second Avenue Pier, Surfside Beach Pier, Myrtle Beach State Park Pier, Springmaid Beach Pier and The Pier at Garden City. Young anglers from a number of states competed' New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina. The winners in the various age categories are:

Age Category: Under 6 Largest Fish (by Weight):

Ist place: Christopher Pearson, Myrtle Beach State Park Pier

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1 have two cats, 11 and 12 years old. The older one, "Poppy," has had some stomach problems. She licks the woodwork and then will upchuck - not all the time, but often. Why is she doing this? Is she missing somethingin her diet? - Sherri, via e-mail

DEAR SHERR];

While cats do "upchuck" from time to time - sometimes coughing up a hairball, and sometimes vomiting outright - when you notice a pattern such. as Poppy's licking the woodwork and then becoming sick afterward, take action to prevent it.

I don't think the reason Poppy is Licking tbe woodwork is because she's missing something from her diet. Rather, I think that something in the wood has an attractive taste or odor and Poppy is licking it, thinking it's something good.

That isn't a good tiling, as that "something" may be a chemical either in the wood or ill the paint or varnish that covers the wood. Poppy probably gets sick after licking the woodwork because her body is reacting to something toxic,

You should prevent Poppy Dum getting at the woodwork. Mark the spots tbat Poppy regularly licks and spray the area with a cat repellent, available at pet stores. You also can set up a physical barrier between Poppy and her favorite spots, such as a piece of furniture or, worst-case scenario tape. (SIUlt with blue painter's tape, which will do the least damage to the wood finish.) If you catch Poppy licking a spot, shake a small can of pennies at her - the noise will startle her and, if repeated every time she's caught in the act, may eventually dissuade her from licking.

Last, but most important, mention the wood-licking to Poppy's vet at her next check-up. If there is a nutritional deficiency or a health issue, the vel is best equipped to identify it.

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DEAR PAW'S CORNER:

We have a male English Bulldog who is about to tum 16 months old, and within the past two days we have noticed that he appears 10 be having trouble climbing 111e stairs from our basement to the main floor, "Joey" climbs the stairs, but really slowly, unlike his usual self. Also, last night he yelped twice quite loudly and again he yelped loudly around 4 a.m. We are keeping a close eye on him, but he does not seem to be having any other pr-oblems. He is eating and drinking normally, his stool is normal and he doesn't seem to be running a fever. He played with his nylabone this morning, although my wife noted he went back to his enclosure afterward to sleep, which he doesn't uonually do. We've booked an appointment with the vet in a couple of days, but do you have ally advice ill the meantime? - GmJI in Ontario, Canada

DEAR GARY;

I'd say you're doing all the right things so tar. You're closely monitoring Joey's activity, diet and sleep patterns, so you immediately noticed his problem with the stairs and didn't dismiss his nighttime yelps. Bulldogs have a high tolerance for pain - part of their reputation as tough guys - so a yelp is worth checking out. And you are doing just that, having scheduled an appointment with the veterinarian to double-check Joey's health, Some readers might think irs a bit obsessive to worry about every little change in Joey's behavior. However, bulldogs, despite their stubborn toughness, canhave very specific health issues that breeders, owners and vets must watch for. Besides certain eye and skin issues, hip dysplasia is a possibility, as are certain heart conditions.

J f Joey doesn't return to a normal pattern in two days, take him to the vet as scheduled. Of course if his condition worsens, take him right away; but otherwise, continue to monitor him closely,

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DeBordieu To Host Final Senior Open of Carolinas PGA Season

By Kate Anderson

list, for Super Senior Associate of the Year. BOt1l Player of the Year races provide points deficits that won't be easy to make up on DeBordieu Club's challenging coastal Layout.

One of the Grand Strand's only exclusively private facilities, DeBordieu Club boasts a Pete Dye and son designed l8-stop nature tour on a challenging but playable course that winds through the marshland of DeBordieu. Playing more than 7,000 yards from the championship tees, the Links Course which was opened in 1987 , provides its members with a design

Tbe DeBordieu Club Senior Open presented by Adams Golf will set a spectacular stage for the last Player of the Year races yet to be decided during the finai Carolinas PGA Senior event of the year,

Separated by a mere 44 points, Larry Boswell (Jamestown, N.C.) leads Dennis Adkins (North Myrtle Beach, S.C.) for the Senior Associate title, and John Green (Wallace, N.C.) will try 10 eclipse John Stokley (Longs, S.C.) who is so far absent from the active field

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120 points are up for grabs for

the Senior Associate and Super Senior Associate who can come out on top to close the year. That said, Boswell, 66, doesn't know what its like to come in third this year, finishing either solo or tied for first or second in all five of his tournament appearances since March. In six events, Dennis Adkins, 63, finished in the topfive each time. Super Senior Associate John Green, 7\, has three first-place finishes in six

starts. With Stokley not yet registered for the tournament, Green may have the most clear cut chance of getting Player of the Year honors in December.

The Carolinas PGA Seniors' Program offers senior PGA P rofess ionals and amateurs throughout tile Carolinas nine different competitive playing opportunities per year. The eight "open" events are 36-1101e stroke play while one team event features Four-Ball and Captain's Choice formats, Events are open to all senior PGA professionals, and amateurs who are members of the Senior Associates Program. Broken down into two divisions, Senior Associates are those senior amateurs between the ages of 50 and up. Super Senior Associates are 65 and older with the choice to playas either a super senior or sen-

ior in each event. Senior amateurs looking for more information on the Carolinas PGA Seniors' Program can head to the touruaments secti on at www.carolinas.pga.com.

The DeBordieu Senior Open presented by Adams GoLf is a 36- hole stroke play event open to all senior PGA members and senior associates residing in North and South Carolina, Plenty of spots are still available to play one of the Carolinas' most exclusive and scenic facilities at the DeBordieu Club, and as a holiday special, the Carolinas PGA will now be accepting seniors for this event who are 110t yet Senior Associate members. Those interested in the chance to play exclusive Delsordieu Club should call the Section office at 843-913·2742 or head to www.carolinas.pga.corn. Play will begin the morning of Tuesday, December 8.

ceu Names Yurachek Athletic Director

Coastal Carolina University President David DeCenzo has named Hunter Yurachek director of athletics, Yurachek will take over in January and replaces Warren "Moose" Koegel, who is moving into a fundraising role at the Chanticleer Athletic Foundation, which directly supports Coastal Carolina Athletics.

"First 1 would like to thank Dr.

DeCenzo and (search committee chair) Charles Hodge for the confidence they have shown in me to lead. the Coastal Carolina University Athletics Department." Yurachek said. "1 believe Coastal Carolina is a rising star in college athletics and my family can not wait to become a part of the Conway and Myrtle Beach communities. Most importantly, I can not wait to become a part of the Chanticleer family, be involved in the Lives of the student-athletes and work with the coachea and staff. This is where 1 want to be for a Long time and ] will do whatever J call to see this department and University reach all of its goals."

"I want to thank the Search Committee for bringing forth two great candidates," DeCenzo said. "After a lot of careful consideralion, I felt the best person at this

time to lead Coastal Athletics was Hunter Yurachek, He brings vision, a wealth of athletic knowledge, and enthusiasm, to our campus, I look forward to welcoming him to our great Coastal Carolina family as we move athletics to greater accornplishments in the years ahead."

Yurachek has spent the last three-and-a-half years at the University of Akron, serving the last two as executive senior associate athletics director, In that role, 11e led and managed the Zips' external relations unit, which includes marketing and promotions, media re.1ations, ticket operations, development (Z-Fund) video operations and merchandising .. In addition to tbose tasks, he was the sport administrator for men's basketball, men's golf and women's golf. Most recently, Yurachek was instrumental in. the addition of the 30,000-seal InfoCision Stadium on Akron's campus. He co-chaired a subcommittee that oversaw the financing and assisted in the selling of the stadium and field naming rights for a combined $1 5 m i 11 ion, He brought in another $1.2 million in naming rights for other areas of the facility that opened this season to rave reviews.

The Richmond, Va. native also worked closely with ISP, which

Hunter Yurachek (Photo courtesy Akron Athletic Media Relations).

handles the athletic program's radio network sponsorships and advertising. Ymachekhelped increase Akron's sponsorship past the $500,000 mark two years ago, the first time that occurred in the program's history.

Prior to his time in Akron, the 41-year-old Yuraohek was wid] the University of Virginia, Western Carolina University and Wake Forest University.

Yurachek is a member of be National Association of Collegiate Athletic directors and National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators, as well as being involved in numerous community service activities.

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