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A WAY OUT

Car break-ins worry Socastee residents

BY HEATHER GALE

FOR THE HERALD

Kim Ard still has troubledriving her late father’s car.

“There were bloody finger-prints on the console,” theCimerron Plantation residentsaid. “I feel so invaded, and itis a terrible feeling. Thank God

though that no one was hurt.”Ard’s car and her husband’s

were just two of 20 vehiclesthat police say were brokeninto this past week in Socastee.

Last weekend, Horry Countypolice responded to break-insin several neighborhoods, in-cluding Ivy Stone, StoneBridge, Brandy Mill andCimerron Plantation.

Various electronics, along

with loose change and jewelry,were among the items stolenfrom the vehicles. Police arestill trying to identify suspects.

Ard said this is the first timeshe has experienced some-thing like this.

“I went outside Saturdaymorning and saw my hus-band’s car and it looked likesomeone had taken a crowbarand smashed in the glass,” she

said. “There was blood insidethe car and they had taken histhings.”

Ard’s car was unlocked andit looked as though someonehad gone through her thingsas well, but nothing was taken.Her husband wasn’t as lucky.Someone stole his cell phoneand two checkbooks.

“This has never happened tous before,” Ard said. “We had

to immediately change all ofour checking accounts.”

The Cimerron PlantationHomeowners Association hasasked the community to bandtogether to stop the break-ins.

“We have had more break-ins,” an email from the HOAsaid. “In fact there have beenbreak-ins every morning for

See BREAK-INS, Page 3A

Company eyeing Horryfor new corporate base

BY HEATHER GALE

FOR THE HERALD

By next year, there will be anew chairman of the HorryCountySchoolBoard, ac-cording to asource closeto the situa-tion.

Currentboard chair-man WillGarland isplanning to step down fromhis post and will announcehis resignation at Monday’s

Garland stepping downas school board’s chair

Records: NCAA donor rules dismayed new CCU football coach

Bill Clarke used to be part of the 1 percent. Now broke and on the verge of losing his home, the former corporate VP is turning to a national reality series as he looks for …

BY CHARLES D. PERRY

THE HERALD

Bill Clarke doesn’t want totell the world he’s broke.He’d rather not discuss

his foreclosure or how he losthis savings on a bad businessventure.

Of course, at this point, hedoesn’t have many options.

“We’re in this free fall,” saidClarke, who runs HometownHardware in Myrtle Beach.“We need somebody to helpus. … I think God worksthrough other people. Maybethis is finally the answer.”

“This” would be “RemakeAmerica,” a new weekly seriesproduced by Yahoo! News thatlaunched this week. The on-line video program will chron-icle the lives of six familiesleading up to the presidentialelection.

The Clarkes are one of thosefamilies. Their first Webisodeis scheduled to go up March19. Visit news.yahoo.com/elections/remake to see a pre-view.

For months, their lives willbe on display via videos on thepopular Internet news source.But instead of simply being theposter children of Americandecline, the Clarkes will getsome help.

Yahoo! News and ABC Newsare providing experts to guidethe couple through their prob-lems. Viewers will also be ableto offer advice via the “RemakeAmerica” conversations page.

“I know this is a huge gam-ble,” Donna Clarke said.“We’re just kind of thinking,‘Are we crazy?’ But we’re des-perate.”

Part of the 1 percentThe Clarkes weren’t always

this way.They were once proud

members of the 1 percent, thecountry’s wealthiest Ameri-cans.

See SERIES, Page 7A

Garland

BY MICHAEL SMITH

FOR THE HERALD

Joe Moglia and Dave De-Cenzo complained aboutNCAA rules against coachesgiving monetary gifts to col-lege sports teams, according

to emails obtained by theMyrtle Beach Herald.

The emails, releasedthrough the S.C. Freedom ofInformation Act, address astory first published in the At-lanta Journal Constitutionabout secondary NCAA viola-

tions reported by the Univer-sity of Georgia.

Reproduced in the emailsobtained through FOIA, thestory talks about how Georgiacoach Mark Richt made per-sonal payments of more than$25,000 to coaches and sup-

port staff, resulting in theNCAA issuing letters of ad-monishment.

DeCenzo forwarded thestory to Moglia via email at9:59 p.m. Dec. 25.

“Looks like the NCAA is reg-ulating what a coach can do

with his own money,” DeCen-zo said.

“I won’t do anything to em-barrass u/Me/Coastal,”Moglia’s replied via email laterthat evening. “But that’s

See MOGLIA, Page 2A

board meeting, the sourcesaid.

Garland has served onthe board since Novemberof 2000 and was electedchairman in 2002. He wasre-elected chairman in2006 and in 2010.

Sources say Garlandneeded to announce hisresignation now so theHorry County Voter Regis-tration and Election Com-mission could go throughthe process of setting upprimary and general elec-tions for a new chairman.

Sources expect Garlandwill continue to serve untilJan. 22 — when the newchairman will take office.

During his time on theboard, Garland has alsoworked at Coastal CarolinaUniversity in the financeand administration depart-ment. He is retired fromthat position, but he stillhelps the university.

The Horry County SchoolBoard is made up of 11

See GARLAND, Page 3A

Police respond to 20 reports;multiple neighborhoods hit

BY CHARLES D. PERRY

THE HERALD

Horry County officials areclose to completing a dealthat wouldallow amanufac-turing com-pany tomove itscorporateheadquar-ters to thearea, thecounty’s topeconomic developmentleader said.

Brad Lofton, CEO of theMyrtle Beach Regional Eco-nomic Development Corpo-ration, said this type of proj-ect would be a first for theEDC and he hopes to take anincentives proposal to Horry

County Council in 45 days.Lofton declined to provide

any specifics about the com-pany, including the numberof jobs it would bring, citingconfidentiality agreementswith the firm.

“It is in the pipeline readyto move forward,” he said.“It’s going to be a good proj-ect.”

Lofton mentioned theproject to county councilmembers during a meetingof the council’s administra-tion committee last week.

Councilman Harold Wor-ley asked Lofton if the projectwould present any politicalchallenges.

Late last year, some councilmembers took issue with aMyrtle Beach company that

See PROJECT, Page 3A

Lofton

CHARLES D. PERRY | THE HERALD

Bill Clarke walks the halls of his Myrtle Beach hardware store. Clarke is trying to keep his business afloat,and he’s hoping to get some help from a new reality series called “Remake America” on Yahoo! News.

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Speaking through aspokeswoman, DeCenzo de-clined to comment on the e-mails, citing ongoing con-tract negotiations.

DeCenzo and Moglia havepublicly denied that Moglia,the former CEO of TD Amer-itrade, was hired to replaceBennett because of hiswealth. Moglia is now chair-man of TD Ameritrade.

Moglia said he doesn’tplan to use his personal for-tune to augment footballteam finances.

He did acknowledge he’sseeking clarification onNCAA guidelines regardinghis ability to reallocate foot-ball program funds — in-cluding his football coachsalary of $175,000 a year —to other areas of the pro-gram, such as assistantcoaches’ salaries.

“I am responsible for ouroverall budget,” Moglia said.“I would not hesitate to re-allocate some of my owncompensation, whether it’staking care of some of mycoaches or other things.”

In prepared commentsprovided before being askedabout the emails, DeCenzosaid university officialsagreed Moglia was a goodhead coach candidate.

DeCenzo said he alsolearned Moglia was a finalistfor several other headcoaching positions with FBSand FCS teams, which is whythe university reached out toMoglia.

“Coupled with that knowl-edge, and having met him, Icalled him right afterThanksgiving to see if he hadan interest in being thecoach at Coastal,” DeCenzosaid in the prepared state-ment.

Bennett was dismissed as

coach Dec. 9 after universityofficials cited declining at-tendance and waning inter-est in the football program.

Moglia was announced asBennett’s successor on Dec.20.

Five days after the an-nouncement, Moglia sug-gested having a CCU com-pliance officer review thematter more closely and re-port back to athletic directorHunter Yurachek, DeCenzoand Moglia, according to aDec. 25 email sent to De-Cenzo.

“Here’s what we need todo – have OUR compliancepeople SHOW US where it’sinappropriate for u or me orHunter to give a personal giftto a friend?” Moglia’s emailsaid. “If that friend works wor for us – explain WHYTHAT’S AN EXCEPTION.”

DeCenzo answered that e-mail the next morning.

Portions of it are redacted,but in the email DeCenzotells Moglia that he agreesand credits CCU complianceofficer Lauren Ashman forkeeping, “me out of theNCAA’s spotlight,” the Dec.26 email said.

“In fact what I’ve leaned[sic] is the NCAA is one ofthe more unusual organiza-tions in terms of rules I haveever seen,” DeCenzo wrote.“It’s amazing the rules welive under that the rest of so-ciety don’t. And you thoughtthe Securities and ExchangeCommission had regula-tions!!”

Moglia replied to DeCen-zo’s email eight minuteslater.

“: ) If Lauren is the type ofComplince [sic]Officer/Lawyer who tries tohelp us figure out HOW wecan get stuff done — she willbe a breath of fresh air!”Moglia’s email said.

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the past three mornings. Wehave some video of a vehicleat one of the break-ins, whichis being turned over to policetoday. At least six vehicleshave blood evidence whichhas been taken or is beingtaken today.”

The HOA is asking home-owners to document all suspi-cious activity in the neighbor-hood.

“We are asking for volun-teers to get up during thenight tonight and watch for

anything suspicious and takepictures and notes as well ascall police,” the same emailsaid. “We are trying to get asmany volunteers as possibleso we can cover the entireneighborhood. If we all worktogether to help police, hope-fully we can put an end tothis.”

Police spokesman RobertKegler said people can workwith law enforcement to pro-tect themselves from becom-ing victims of car break-ins.

“Citizens can remove itemsof value from their vehicleupon leaving the car unat-tended,” he said. “Taking 30seconds when you get hometo grab your GPS unit, MP3players or other electronicitems within your car andbringing them into your homecan help assure that they willbe there the next day whenyou need them.

“Think of your vehicle as asmall version of a CarolinaRoom. It is surrounded by

windows and all items left inthe car are in plain view. If awould-be thief doesn’t seeanything of value when look-ing in the car window, thechance of forced entry intoyour vehicle goes down.”

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PROJECT: Landing call centersFROM PAGE 1A

received incentives for an ex-pansion.

Several leaders said theyapproved the deal withoutknowing the company’s iden-tity and they might not havesupported it if they had beenaware of the recipient.

Worley said he doesn’twant a repeat of that experi-ence and he would like eco-nomic development officialsto talk with the council aboutthe project in a closed ses-sion.

“I want these guys to jumpthrough that extra hoop sothat we don’t have to gothrough what we wentthrough the last time,” hesaid. “If there’s a problem, wepick it up here before it getsout there.”

Lofton said several compa-nies are close to making de-velopment announcements,although he doesn’t expectanything for at least 45 days.

Time is important forLofton. When he was hired ayear ago, he agreed to recruit500 jobs during the first 18months of his employment.

His hiring was part of amajor restructuring of theEDC, and the changes includ-ed increased funding fromthe county.

This year, the county allo-cated $1.8 million for thegroup, which had previouslyreceived $300,000 per year.

So far, Lofton’s organizationhas announced one expan-sion, AvCraft Technical Ser-vices, which is expected toadd 150 jobs over five years.

Despite the challenges hefaces, Lofton remains opti-mistic about the comingmonths.

“2012 will be a good yearfor us,” he said.

MB call center adding 50 jobs

Since the overhaul of theEDC, economic developmentofficials have focused on re-cruiting specific types of in-dustry.

One area of interest hasbeen relocating companies’corporate headquarters toMyrtle Beach, but anotherhas been landing call centers.

And just last week, a localcall center announced itwould be expanding.

members who are electedfrom districts and the chair-man, who is elected county-wide.

Five board member seatswill also be up for electionthis year.

They include District 11,District 9, District 8, District 5and District 4.

Filing for the school boardopens March 16 at noon. Itcloses March 30 at noon.Those interested can file withtheir political party.

Garland’s term was set toexpire in 2014.

Heather Gale • 488-7242

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Myrtle Beach-basedCoastalCom plans to hire 50workers by mid-summer, thecompany’s president said.The sales positions will pay$10 an hour plus commissionand the company does offersome health benefits, saidowner Scott Bittner. Thecompany also plans to hire 5-10 supervisors and adminis-trative staff.

CoastalCom has been inMyrtle Beach for five years.The company began witheight employees in a buildingon 38th Avenue North andmoved to its current locationat 1201 N. Oak St. two yearsago.

The company, which pro-vides business-to-businesstelephone marketing, hasabout 40 employees, Bittnersaid. He expects that totalwill exceed 110 by the middleof the summer.

Bittner stressed thatCoastalCom is not a tourist-driven business.

“Our jobs are not seasonaljobs,” he said. “We’re callingsmall businesses all over thecountry year-round. We’regrowing in the wintertime.We don’t lay people off afterthree or four months of sum-mer activity.”

The recent hiring surgestems from a contract that

CoastalCom recently landedwith a Germany-based com-pany called 1 & 1.

Bittner said new salesstaffers will be selling 1 & 1software that helps businessowners create their owncompany websites.

For more informationabout the positions, callCoastalCom’s hiring hotlineat 448-2940 or visit coastal-comsc.com.

Although CoastalCom’s ex-pansion didn’t involve theEDC, Lofton said his office isworking on three other callcenter projects. Two of thedeals are deep into the nego-tiating process and represent200 jobs between them. Thethird is a 600-job monster,but the EDC is only in theearly courting stage with thatproject.

Economic development of-ficials are targeting call cen-ters because they blend wellin the area, Lofton said.

“It’s not interstate related,”he said. “We’ve got all thetelecom infrastructure here.We teach customer service atour technical college. We’vegot a workforce that we thinkis well suited for that. … Wejust think it’s a good fit forHorry County.”

Charles D. Perry • 488-7258

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Just about every president in our na-tion’s history has, at one time or an-other, invoked the name of God …

whether it might have been “God blessAmerica” or “God willing,” or GeorgeWashington saying "It is impossible torightly govern a nation without God andthe Bible,” or Dwight Eisenhower saying,“Without God there could be no Ameri-can form of government nor an Americanway of life.”

In fact, presidential biographies, docu-ments and speeches are crammed withreferences to God. So, why is it that thesedays referral to the name of God by politi-cians and political candidates seems tomake a lot of American voters squirm intheir seats?

Much has already been written aboutMitt Romney’s religious upbringing as aMormon. Everybody seems to know thatif you are a Mormon, the church plays apriority role in your life and therefore inyour decisions.

I have had more than one person tellme that is what scares them about Rom-ney, but for some reason all that nervous-ness about his religious backgroundseems to have been rightly overshad-owed by the heat of campaign issues. Be-sides, Romney doesn’t talk about religionmuch and about the Mormon church hesays practically nothing — at least not aspart of his campaign.

Religion and Romney, when it comesto the campaign, appears to be a wash —not much to it. This is surprising consid-ering the fact his Mormonism is whatmany voters and pundits felt was the rea-son he didn’t do so well in 2008.

His main rival, Rick Santorum, on theother hand, tends to shoot from the hipwhen it comes to religion. Just the otherday he dropped a bomb when he citedthe late John F. Kennedy’s remarks aboutseparation of church and state.

“To say that people of faith have no rolein the public square? You bet that makesme want to throw up,” said Santorum.

Ironically, JFK was Catholic and so isSantorum, and the third candidate out ofthe four that remain, Newt Gingrich, isalso a recently converted Catholic. Hetoo, by the way, has weighed in on Santo-rum’s remark about JFK, saying that thelate president’s comments on God werepart of “a remarkable speech.”

Santorum seems to be showing openremorse about making his comment andsaid he wishes he’d never said it. It showsthe impact such references to religion canhave in a campaign and how reaction

from voters can be bothpositive on one handand viciously negativeon the other.

In my own opinion,the race between Rom-ney and Santorum inMichigan would havebeen even closer if San-torum had not madethat remark. It could, infact, become a water-shed comment, but thefuture will tell us that.

That leaves Ron Paul,the hybrid Republican-Libertarian who, it turns

out, appears to be the most spiritually re-ligious of the bunch.

That may be why he doesn’t talk abouthis belief in God at all, other than to sayhe doesn’t want to talk about it. He wasraised as a Lutheran but has become aBaptist. He refers to himself as “Protes-tant” and does not inject God into eventhe softest of his speeches or comments.

Politicians throughout history havemade statements about God for a num-ber of reasons. Sometimes they do so tomake their audiences feel they are high-minded and have good character. Some-times they do it to give the impressionthey are in sync with the moral tone of thenation and are above suspicion when itcomes to the issue of separation ofchurch and state.

Another reason is that some actuallyhave deeply held beliefs that make themfeel it is perfectly proper to invoke thename of God in political discourse.

My great-uncle Steve, (PennsylvaniaRepublican Congressman Stephen G.Porter, 1911 -1929) was of this lattergenre. He was a strong believer in Godand felt His name should be a part ofpractically everything the governmentdid.

Ironically, Uncle Steve’s feelings con-trast sharply with Paul’s and yet they bothcame from Pittsburgh.

The most memorable moment involv-ing religion during my tenure in theWhite House from 1983 to 1992 was whenI asked President Ronald Reagan abouthis observations and opinions about thenSoviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.

Reagan was known to study the Biblereligiously, but he didn’t much care forgoing to church. His staff would excusehim by saying he didn’t want to spend taxdollars on the security that would have tobe established at the church and along

the route every time he would go to achurch service.

I was among the guests, along with myfellow White House Press Corps mem-bers, at one of the Reagan’s parties for usduring his extended vacations in SantaBarbara, Calif. It was on those occasionsthat we correspondents were given theopportunity to mingle with the presidentand his wife and senior staff and talkabout anything that came to mind, withthe understanding that we would notmake those conversations into news sto-ries the next day.

When I saw an opening and greetedReagan and the first lady, I took the op-portunity to ask him something that hadbeen on my mind ever since we had at-tended his first summit meeting withGorbachev in Geneva.

He and Nancy were standing there intheir western outfits and Stetson hatswhen I asked him why I kept hearingGorbachev refer to God … why he keptsaying things like “God willing,” whentalking about the search for world peace.

I asked Reagan if he felt Gorbachev ac-tually believed in God. After a rather longpause, Reagan replied that he knew Gor-bachev had been baptized in the RussianOrthodox Church but that he was firstand foremost a Communist.

As to whether Gorbachev actually be-lieved in God, Reagan held up his handand formed a “C” with his thumb andforefinger saying “Not with a big ‘G’ butmaybe with a little “G” as he squeezed histwo fingers together to portray somethingmuch smaller.

I took that to mean Gorbachev usedGod’s name for political expediency andbelieved in Him only as an institutionthat could be used politically instead of asa personal spirit.

It’s ironic perhaps that the Prime Min-ister of Russia, Vladimir Putin, who is upfor election as president again this Sun-day, does profess a belief in God and hasreceived the blessing of the OrthodoxChurch.

To me, God is in everything anyway, sowhy not politics? Still, it is also my beliefthat the law of our land as enacted by thepeople, must be of a higher priority thanany religion.

I’m curious to see how this subjectplays out in the rest of the presidentialcampaign.

STEVE PORTER writes for the Myrtle Beach Herald. You canreach him at 626-3131 or email STEVENEWS@ AOL.COM. His views are not necessarily those of the Herald.

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We want your lettersThe Myrtle Beach Herald welcomes letters from readers.

Submissions should include the author’s name, city ofresidence and a phone number for verification. The Heraldreserves the right to edit letters for style, grammar,punctuation, spelling and taste. Submissions may beemailed to charles.perry@myhorrynews.com, faxed to(843) 448-4860 or mailed to The Myrtle Beach Herald, P.O.Box 50308, Myrtle Beach, SC 29579.

Particulars about coach’s hiring

are curious Recent revelations about the firing of Coastal Carolina

football coach David Bennett and the hiring of hissuccessor, Joe Moglia, continue to raise red flags.

As it turns out, the search for a replacement for CoachBennett was a sham. CCU President DavidDeCenzo had made up his mind weeksearlier, according to emails secured by theHerald’s sister paper, the Carolina ForestChronicle.

In fact, DeCenzo contacted Mogliaabout coaching at CCU on Nov. 14. The twomet at a local restaurant about a week later.

On Dec. 9, the CCU president dismissedBennett as coach, despite a 7-4 season. ByDec. 18, the “search” for a new coach wasover. Moglia had the job.

Almost from the start, something didn’tsmell right about the coaching change. Theextraordinarily quick replacement of Ben-nett by Moglia seemed odd.

Sure enough, the emails between De-Cenzo and Moglia demonstrate the decision had beenmade before other candidates received serious considera-tion.

As much as I admire Coach Bennett, I understood that heserved at the discretion of the university president. DeCen-zo had every right to replace Bennett.

In the volatile world of sports, personnel changes happenfrequently and for strange reasons.

I also understand DeCenzo needed to act quickly so thenew coach could name a staff and begin recruiting for the2012 season.

However, I don’t understand going through the motionsof searching for a new coach when a choice had alreadybeen practically made.

Apparently, the university wanted the public to believeMoglia represented the best choice from a field of qualifiedcandidates.

Indeed, three other candidates were invited to interviewfor the position.

All the while, DeCenzo and his peers knew the real score.The method used by Coastal to hire a new coach comesacross as being sneaky, underhanded and downright unsa-vory.

This is not to say Moglia was a bad choice for the job.Speaking at a breakfast gathering of the Conway Chamberof Commerce recently, he impressed a lot of folks with hisrags-to-riches story and his genuine interest in coachingfootball.

Moglia grew up in a poor section of New York City. He drank, stole and fought, but never did drugs like one of

his friends, who died of a drug overdose. Moglia stayed in school, married young and turned his

life around. After a stint coaching football, Moglia began a training

program at Merrill Lynch and this career path led him togreat financial success.

Moglia praised Bennett for building a strong foundationat Coastal. The new coach told the Conway audience he didnot use his influence or money to buy the head coachingposition.

Although he became a millionaire as a financier and CEOof Ameritrade, Moglia said he truly loves working withyoung men as a football coach.

It will be interesting to see if Moglia can duplicate his suc-cess in the business world on the football field. If he does,all of the controversy surround his hiring will soon dissolve.

On the other hand, a poor performance will exasperateCCU fans, flame the discord, and bring DeCenzo’s decisionsharply into question.

It could be that DeCenzo’s future as president of Coastal istethered to the success, or failure, of the Chanticleer foot-ball program.

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layoffs are coming, and they should start looking for otherjobs. Right now, all of his options are out of town.

A real estate agent told us we’d have to remodel our kitchenin order to sell the house. We’ve got $3,500, but remodelingwould take about $2,000.

Should we get a second mortgage to get the work done?Pamela

Dear Pamela,You might want to get another opinion. Sure, a new kitchen

would be nice, but is that the end-all, be-all? Either way,there’s no way I’d go into debt to make this happen.

Your house isn’t even on the market yet.There’s no reason to fix up a house that’s notfor sale, especially when you only have $3,500to your name.

There is, for sure, a financial storm brewingon your horizon. Start right now living on riceand beans and saving up piles of cash to builda bigger umbrella.

Wait until he actually lands another job be-fore you make any big decisions. What ifsomething pops up where you are?

If you end up moving, then you might take $2,000 from sav-ings to fix up the kitchen and get the house sold.

Don’t do it unless you’re going to pay cash, though. Youdon’t want a second mortgage hanging over your heads, mak-ing everything even more difficult.

—Dave

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Ihave always believed — old fashionedthough it may be — that when it comes tocourtship, men should be the pursuers.

The way that I see it is that a woman’s placeis to wait on a man’s attentions, not throwherself in front of him, jump up and down,flail her arms and make sure he notices her.

Trust me on this. No good comes from thiskind of bass-ackwards (as Mama would say)pursuit.

Now, call me old-fashioned for I am. SayI’m out-of-date and behind the times. For, ap-parently, I am. But give me credit for dignityand wisdom for I have both.

Thanks to three dear guy friends, I knowI’m right for I have watched slack-jawed aswomen have made pure fools over them-selves for these guys. I have taken the callsand emails from these friends who have allasked, “What am I going to do? How can I getrid of her?”

I feel a deep embarrassment for thesewomen and more than a bit of annoyancethat they shame the rest of our gender withsuch unladylike behavior.

When I was growing up, Mama lecturedconstantly, “You don’t call a boy. Ever. You lethim call you.”

She said it in the same kind of tone as “Youdon’t kill someone. Ever.”

Once when I was in college, I needed a datefor a party. After much debate and asking forMama’s permission, I called a guy whom Iwas just starting to date. I was a shaking nerv-ous wreck. Pitiful.

His mama answered the phone and Ithought I was going to throw up. Mama hadsucceeded in psychologically damaging mefor life. It was the last such phone call I madeto a guy.

While Mama was trying to raise me as alady, she was also wise enough to know this:A man is not interested in a woman until hedecides he is interested. And until he decideshe is interested, he is a complete waste of anywoman’s time.

A man will not engage emotionally until hisheart and mind decides.

Women are different. A man can pursue a

woman who is not, at first, in-terested and change her mind.But a woman cannot change aman’s mind when it comes tothe affairs of the heart.

One of my friends works forthe U.S. Treasury. He met awoman through a co-workerand went out with her once. Hecalled her a couple of timesand the woman went nuts overhim.

The more he pulled away,the harder she fought. Shebegged, she cajoled and she

texted, called or emailed a dozen times a day.He pulled away and stopped responding.

Then, she sent him an email that waslonger than some books I’ve written. Oh. My.Goodness. She told way too much.

When she asked him if he had checked hertax returns and knew she had not filed hertaxes in a couple of years, I was knocked overby her stupidity.

“Is that why you’re not calling me?” sheasked. My friend was horrified.

“I don’t have access to that kind of informa-tion,” he said to me. “And if I did, I’d never todo that.”

Two other guy friends, both good lookingand accomplished, have been stalked repeat-edly by women. Both of them have been em-barrassed by women who used social net-working sites to proclaim they were “in a rela-tionship” with each guy, both times after onlyone date.

The women have posted comments and aphoto or two. It’s embarrassing for everyone.I’m embarrassed and I have nothing to dowith it.

So, I’m old-fashioned. I have never and willnever chase a man. Apparently, doing so justallows a woman to make a fool out of herself.

I am perfectly capable of doing that in otherways.

RONDA RICH is the best-selling author of What Southern WomenKnow (That Every Woman Should). Visit rondarich.com to sign upfor her free weekly newsletter.

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Next time I order decafwith lunch in arestaurant, I’m going

to get the waiter’s cellphone number.

When I’m awake at 3 a.m.because it wasn’t decaf, I’mcalling him.

Speaking of which, thoseEarly Bird Specials are start-ing to make sense.

I never understood whymy parents’ generation atedinner at 4 o’ clock in the af-ternoon. Now I get it.

Exhausted by 8:30 p.m., fast asleep a half-hour later and wide awake by 11:30 p.m.,“insomnia” has taken on a whole new mean-ing.

By 4:30-5 a.m., when all other options havebeen either implemented, discarded or for-

gotten, one gets out of bed and starts one’sday.

That makes breakfast a 6 a.m. happening,and a mid-morning snack old news by 10a.m.

Lunch is at 11:30 and by 4 p.m., a person ofa certain age is risking serious dehydration.

Therefore, the Early Bird Special — themeal that used to be considered a late lunch— was created. It’s a 4 p.m. event. After all,it’s bedtime in four hours.

And so the cycle goes. And now that I actu-ally am my parents’ generation, it all makessense.

So, when I check and double check withthe waiter that the coffee actually is decaf,and it’s not even noon, I understand why helooks at me a little funny.

But what he doesn’t know is that when he’shanding out dinner menus, I’m getting in myjammies.

It’s a matter of timing

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That’s not exactly what Imean.

I call myself a late bloomerbecause I didn’t know what Iwanted to be when I grew upuntil I was way past being“grown up.”

Actually, I was falling off thefar side of “middle-aged” intothe edge of “elderly” when Ifound my calling in life.

It was a long journey gettingto that place where I found myniche.

When I was a little girl, I knewI was going to grow up singingand dancing. Move over ShirleyTemple.

Unfortunately, as I grewolder, I discovered the rest ofthe world didn’t appreciate mytalents as much as my momand dad did. Plus, there wasnary a ringlet in my hair and Ididn’t have big blue eyes.

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However, soon after, I fell inlove, married twice and had sixchildren.

For quite a few years, all Iwanted was a good night’ssleep.

After both husbands were inthe past and my kids weregrown and out of the house,one day I walked into an officeto take a part-time job of book-keeping and payroll work.

By the next day I was runningpieces of paper through a ma-chine that put hot wax on themand then I was aligning themon large flats of heavy paper —voila, I was doing paste-up of a

newspaper!It was a huge “ah-ha” mo-

ment. I was bitten.I finally knew what I wanted

to be when I grew up — a littlelate in life, but better thannever.

That was 16 years ago and Istill love everything that goesinto producing a newspapereach week, even the late nightsand the deadlines that ruleyour life. And, above all, I lovethe people I work with and Ifeel privileged to be groupedwith them.

But lately every time I pullmy driver’s license out, my dateof birth seems to loom larger. Itreminds me that someday I’mgoing to have to retire, but I’llbe kicking and screaming allthe way to the rocking chair.

I don’t know what I will dowhen I finally have to admitI’m old and have to change mylife.

Will I sit around and tell thesame stories all the time, or willI fall asleep at the drop of a hatwhile sitting in my rockingchair? (Oops, I do that now.)

Will I talk about the good olddays? (I do that, too.)

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Board member Gray asks for legalrepresentationBY HEATHER GALE

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State lawmakers aren’t theonly ones divided over two billsthat would dramatically impactthe Horry County Solid WasteAuthority.

The SWA’s own board is alsosplit on the legislation, too.

The authority’s bickeringreached fever pitch during lastweek’s board meeting whenboard member Dan Gray be-came so frustrated that heasked for legal representation.

Gray’s request was made dur-ing a heated discussion about aseries of emails he sent regard-ing the two state bills.

If one of the bills becomeslaw, the county’s “flow control”ordinance would become irrel-evant.

That ordinance, which wasapproved by county leaders in2009, mandates that all wastegenerated in the county be de-posited at a facility managed bythe SWA.

The authority operates a Con-way area landfill and oversees24 recycling centers throughoutthe county.

Danny Knight, executive di-rector of the SWA, brought upGray’s emails during last week’smeeting. Knight said the boardmember’s messages were inap-propriate and some of Gray’sassertions were untrue.

“I don’t know what to sayabout these things,” Knight said.“Some of [the emails] werederogatory to staff and made[them] uncomfortable. Theemails were not the appropriate

SWA board divided over garbage bill

forum to throw out the accusa-tions.”

Gray said he didn’t want todiscuss the emails without legalcounsel.

“It seems to be the will ofsome people speaking here …to identify me in a bad fashion,”he said. “(These emails) werejust brought up today and noone has time to read or themput into context.”

Board chairman W. NorfleetJones asked the board to voteon a motion to release theemails to the Horry CountyCouncil members and anyoneelse who asked for themthrough the S.C. Freedom of In-formation Act (FOIA), but themotion was later withdrawn.

Board member James Cokley

asked the board to hold a spe-cial meeting as to address theissue with Gray. That meetingwas scheduled to take placeafter press deadlines Thursday.

“We represent the [SWA] andright now I have some mixedfeelings about where we areheaded as a board and how weare to address these issues,” hesaid. “If we are going to be aboard that is fighting all thetime, we are going to be in trou-ble. We need to either clear upthe issues now or wait ‘til thefire goes up.”

What the bills meanThe state bills, one of which

went through the House whilethe other is in the Senate, areimportant to the SWA. Should

one be enacted, private wastehaulers would be allowed totake their garbage to landfillsoutside the county.

Waste is a moneymaker forthe SWA because those whodump it at the landfill must pay“tipping fees” per ton of trash.

The price varies depending onwhat is being dumped. For ex-ample, solid waste costs $29 perton to dump while brick and as-phalt are $10 per ton.

Those fees are used to pay forvarious services and programs,including the Talkin’ Trash re-cycling initiative for fourthgraders. There’s also a house-hold hazardous waste recyclingeffort and scholarship pro-grams.

What abolishing flow controlmeans depends on which sideyou support.

SWA spokesman MikeBessant said if either bill passes,the SWA stands to lose between$600,000 and $1 million in tip-ping fees.

SWA and county officials saythe legislation would likely forcethem to cut back on recyclingprograms and raise the tippingfees. But state lawmakers insistthe county is meddling with thefree market and they argue thecounty’s flow control policy willcause the landfill to fill up tooquickly.

Check myhorrynews.com forthe latest on yesterday’s meet-ing.

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MICHAEL SMITH | FOR THE HERALD

Local leaders are divided over what to do about the county’s flow control policy, which stipulates that waste generated in the county must bedumped at a Solid Waste Authority facility, such as this landfill in Conway. Flow control opponents say the policy interferes with the free market.

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FOR THE HERALD

It doesn’t hurt, takes lessthan an hour, and literally saveslives. So why don’t more peo-ple donate blood?

A lot of people are afraid ofneedles, said Frecia Ammons,senior donor recruitment rep-resentative for the local Ameri-can Red Cross.

What the needle actuallyfeels like, however, is no morethan a pinch on the soft, under-neath part of an arm.

Another reason people don’tdonate is they think they’re noteligible.

Generally, if a person ishealthy, at least 17 years oldand 110 pounds, he or sheprobably is.

“Restrictions are about trav-el, medications, sexual rela-tions and general health,” Am-mons said.

People taking certain med-ications or being treated forblood-related disorders maynot be eligible.

Every eligible donor is need-ed, Ammons said, because ofthose people eligible to donatetheir blood only 38 percent ac-tually do.

“We struggle around the hol-idays and definitely in the sum-

mer more than we do othertimes throughout the year,”Ammons said about the needfor blood.

“However, because SouthCarolina is considered an ‘im-port state,’ our need is con-stant.”

Being an import state meanswe have to import blood fromother areas to meet the needsfor what we use in South Car-olina.

“The truth of the matter iseach weekday, Mondaythrough Friday, our job in ourregion is to collect 500 units ofblood each day to meet theneeds of the hospitals weserve,” Ammons said, callingthat need “astronomical.”

March is Red Cross Month,which regional chief executivedirector of the Columbia regionsaid “is a great time for peopleto support our mission.

“Their kindness will enableus to continue our work bothhere at home and across theglobe.”

There will be a blood driveMarch 8 from 8 a.m. until 1p.m. at the Santee Cooperbuilding, 305A Gardner LacyRoad in Myrtle Beach.

Another blood drive will beMarch 10 from 10 a.m. until 3p.m. at Wal-Mart, 7909-A

Church St. in Conway.And a third blood drive will

be March 11 from noon until 5p.m. at Beach Family WorshipCenter, 133 707 Connector,Myrtle Beach.

Call 800-RED CROSS toschedule an appointment.

According to www.redcross-blood.org, every two secondssomeone in the country needsblood and blood can be donat-ed every 56 days.

The donation process is a rel-atively simple one, Ammonssaid, adding, “As a communitymember, you need to step up tothe plate and give back.

“It’s the right thing to do.”Blood can also be donated at

the Grand Strand Blood Centerat 7747 North Kings Highway,Northwood Plaza, in MyrtleBeach Tuesday and Fridayfrom 7 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., andWednesday and Thursdayfrom noon to 6:30 p.m.

Donors can prepare by eat-ing and drinking ahead of time,and bringing a picture ID.

“Blood is the gift of life,” Am-mons said.

“One would never want tofind themselves in a situationwhere they needed blood andit wasn’t there because of thelack of donations or the unwill-ingness of everyday heroes.”

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A coworker told her about a radio ad she’dheard on her lunch break. It was about someYahoo! News project. Guerrero looked into theprogram and was intrigued. She sent in her in-formation, though she didn’t expect to be cho-sen. Her story seemed so typical for recession-era America.

However, her familiar tale is why she thinksshe was chosen for the project.

“I’m just so average,” she said. “They werelooking for someone the public could relate to.”

When the Yahoo! News staff told Guerreroabout their plans, she shared her parents’ hard-luck story. They were immediately interested.

‘Not a handout’The Clarkes are clear about what they hope

to gain from this program. They need advice,the expensive legal and financial kind they canno longer afford.

They also need publicity, the kind they don’thave money for.

“This is a real dire situation that I’m in here,”Bill Clarke said. “I’m up to my neck in debtfrom the Ace store. We’re struggling to make itwork here. … I like to say it this way, ‘I’m look-ing for a way out, not a handout.’ I’ve been try-ing to find a way out.”

“We have nobody to ask these questions to,”Donna Clarke said. “They said their goal is tomake our story happy at the ending.”

Like her parents, Guerrero hopes the pro-gram will help improve her life.

She also wishes her story would inspire oth-ers in similar straits.

“I just feel like I was meant to do this,” shesaid. “Hopefully, it will be a positive thing.”

The family knows there will be some nega-tive reactions. They also know their friendsacross the country might pity them for fallingon such difficult times.

Despite the looming embarrassment, thefamily is committed to overcoming their prob-lems — in front of an international audience.

Bill Clarke wants to show the world thatmom and pop hardware stores can survive,that the faithful can outlast hardships and thatold businessmen aren’t ready to be discardedyet.

Yes, he needs some advice. He’s also willingto take those tips as far as they will allow him togo.

“It’s a potential way out,” he said of “RemakeAmerica.” “It’s what I’ve got to do. God sent methis opportunity, so I’ll be darned if I won’t takeadvantage of it.”

Charles D. Perry • 488-7258

SERIES: Family committed to overcoming problemsFROM PAGE 1A

CHARLES D. PERRY | THE HERALDLike most hardware stores, Hometown Hardware makes copies of keys for customers. Owner Bill Clarkesearches for the right key on Tuesday afternoon. This is Clarke’s second attempt at running a hardware store.

CHARLES D. PERRY | THE HERALD

Donna Clarke works beside the register at Hometown Hardware in Myrtle Beach.

Want to follow the show?For more details about Remake America,

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Want to visit the store?Hometown Hardware is located at 3901 N.

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I like to say it this way, ‘I’m

looking for a way out, not ahandout.’ I’ve been trying to find a way out.Bill Clarke, owner

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Who holds the key?BY KATHY ROPP

FOR THE HERALD

Nestled in the front, right corner of LakesideCemetery is a small brick building that’s pro-vided frights for many a child on Halloweenand spawned a 78-year-old mystery.

The mausoleum, the resting place for Capt.Coleman S. Causey, who died in August of1924, and his wife Julia E. Skipper Causey, whodied in November of 1933, is the lone mau-soleum in the cemetery.

Conway resident Barry Garren, whosegrandfather built the mausoleum, said whenhe was a mean teen, he and his friends tookyoung trick or treaters to the mausoleum andmade them stick their arms through the bars inthe two tiny windows located about two-thirdsof the way up on the building’s only door.

When the screaming and yelling started,they’d let the kids go and run away themselves.

“It always seemed to me that every time Iwould go there and grab a hold of those barsand look in, sort of a cool, stale breeze felt like itwas drifting out of there. I think that’s whatadded to its being scary,” he said.

Garren’s grandfather, his father’s father, wasAlphonso Baxter Garren, who was sometimesknown as A.B. Garren, or Old Man Garren.

He built several notable houses around Con-way, including the old Rutledge House onMain Street, the D.S. Nye House at the corner ofLaurel Street and Fifth Avenue and the Dr.Hersey House on Lakeland Drive and the origi-nal Breakers Motel in Myrtle Beach.

Garren remembers that only two people hadkeys to the mausoleum — one was his grandfa-ther and the other was William Goldfinch, bet-ter known to locals as Mr. Will, at Goldfinch Fu-neral Home.

As long as Mrs. Causey lived, she visited themausoleum regularly, according to Garren,who said he was told that she always went tothe site with a newspaper and some handwork.He isn’t sure if she knitted or crocheted, but hesaid, she spread out the newspaper on her hus-band’s casket, sat in a nearby chair and occu-pied herself with her handwork.

“Periodically she’d get up and turn the pagelike maybe he had already read that page,” Gar-ren said, adding that the story is that she sat,turned pages and knitted until she died in No-vember of 1933 when she was 81 years old.

This is where our mystery starts.Garren said he was told that the two keyhold-

ers were instructed to lock the door and throwboth of the keys into the mausoleum throughthe windows when Mrs. Causey died.

But did they?Longtime Conway resident and Lakeside

Cemetery Advisory Committee memberBobby Scarborough is one of only a very fewpeople who have ever been inside the mau-soleum.

A few years ago, the cemetery committee no-ticed that the door on the mausoleum was rust-ing and it was damaged by what looked likesomeone’s having used a crowbar to try tobreak in.

The Lakeside committee took on the projectof repairing the mausoleum. The group re-paired the door, preserving all of its original or-namentation, sealed the door with a blowtorchand put a plaque bearing the Causeys’ names,birth and death dates on the side.

Scarborough said Causey was a riverboatcaptain and his wife was a milliner, who usedher hat-making skills to line her husband’s cof-fin for him, making it a comfortable restingplace.

While the door was open, Scarborough wentin to search for the missing keys.

He used a shop vac to suck up dirt from thefloor and then sifted through it carefully look-ing for a key.

“I wanted to see if it was really there or not.There was no evidence of it. The lock itself isbronze. I would assume that the key would be,too,” he said.

What he did find was debris from fireworksthat had been shot through the windows andtrash that had been dropped through the win-dows over the years.

Scarborough’s wife, Mary Ellen, remembers

the mausoleum well from her childhood.“It always freaked me out,” she said, adding

that she remembers standing on tippy toes, try-ing unsuccessfully to stretch her small framehigh enough to see in through the windows.

“When I was tall enough to look in, it didn’tbother me anymore, but part of the mystiquewas trying to look up there and see in there,”she said.

Mrs. Scarborough said the Causeys lived at605 Laurel St. in a house built by John Mayo,who was Evelyn Snider’s grandfather. Thehouse is no longer there; it was torn down anda new house was put in its place.

She is confident that the key wasn’t insidethe mausoleum because she knows how thor-ough her husband was in trying to find it.

So where is it?Conway historian Ben Burroughs has three

possibilities for a key’s location.Burroughs said the instructions he was al-

ways told was that the keys were to be throwninto Kingston Lake.

He always assumed that’s what happened tothem, and he thinks that’s a good possibilitysince they weren’t inside when Scarboroughlooked for them. However, Burroughs now be-lieves that it’s possible that at least one of thekeys still remains on dry land, because recentlynot one, but two people have told him theymight have a key.

Burroughs actually has a family connectionwith Mrs. Causey. His great-grandfather andgreat-grandmother were Henry Homer andDora Burroughs. Julia Causey was Dora’s sister.

Recently, in a conversation with a distantcousin, Charles Homer Burroughs, who lives inColumbia, the subject of the keys came up.

Charles Burroughs, a grandnephew of JuliaCausey, told Burroughs that he thinks one ofthe keys might be somewhere in his house. Hehas a vague memory of seeing it in a woodenbox.

“His father was one of the heirs of JuliaCausey, so therefore, it makes perfect sensethat his father might have ended up with thatkey,” Burroughs said, adding that his cousinisn’t sure.

Burroughs said George Goldfinch, the pres-ent owner of Goldfinch Funeral Home, oncetold him he thought the key was at the funeralhome.

“What if for some reason they needed to getin there? You would have thought it wouldhave stayed at the funeral home,” Burroughssaid, adding that certainly makes sense to him.

Goldfinch indeed says he thinks a key mightstill be in the vault at the funeral home. He hassome memory of his father Heyward Goldfinchlong ago telling him it was there.

“For those of us who grew up in that neigh-borhood, that mausoleum has been interest-ing,” Burroughs said.

He said over the years he’s pulled ivy off ofthe walls and roof because it was getting intothe roof and he was concerned it would crackthe mortar and let water in. Since then the ivyhas been cleared off of the building, but thereare some streaks of mildew on the roof.

Remembering his childhood again, he said,“I would get up there and look into it, scaredme to death. It just gave me the creeps lookingin there. I don’t like looking in there to thisday.”

Kathy Ropp • 488-7241

Lakeside mausoleum spawns frights, 78-year-old mystery

KATHY ROPP | FOR THE HERALDBarry Garren knows that his grandfather, AlphonsoBaxter Garren, built the mausoleum, but he doesn’tknow what happened to the key.

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Frances Washington doesn’tmind a room full of 20preschoolers.

She’s at home in the 4 yearolds’ chaos.

“It’s my joy,” said Washington,a teacher at the Waccamaw

Head Start Center in Conway.“It means a lot to see childrendevelop from one stage to thenext.”

Head Start provides freechildcare and other services todestitute families.

The efforts of Washington —as well as other Head Start staff— recently earned the local cen-ters a key national distinction.

Three Horry County facilitiesreceived accreditation from theNational Association for the Ed-ucation of Young Children(NAEYC), an organization forearly childhood workers.

Locally, the Head Start pro-grams are run through the Wac-camaw Economic OpportunityCouncil (EOC).

There are also accredited cen-ters in Georgetown and

‘A very important stamp of approval’

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Waccamaw Head Start teacher Frances Washington helps her students prepare for a pretend party. From left, 4-year-old Ashlynn Buckles, Deasia Britton and Leilani Morris join in.

Williamsburg counties.James Pasley, Waccamaw

EOC’s executive director, saidnearly all of the local Head Startfacilities are now NAEYC ac-credited.

One center in Hemingwayhasn’t been in existence longenough to earn the honor, andthose that use public school fa-cilities can only be accreditedthrough their respective schooldistricts.

“We’re very proud of that[distinction],” Pasley said.“That’s a very important stamp

of approval.”Wilhelmina Whitfield, Wac-

camaw EOC’s Head Start direc-tor, echoed those sentiments ina prepared statement.

“NAEYC accreditation letsfamilies in our communitiesknow that children in our pro-gram are getting the best careand early learning experiencespossible,” she said.

“This agency provides highquality comprehensive servic-es to 822 infants, toddlers [and]expectant families.”

To receive the NAEYC honor,

facilities must meet a widerange of standards, whichapply to everything from build-ing maintenance to the educa-tional curriculum.

Nationwide, more than 7,000programs are NAEYC accredit-ed, according to a news releasefrom the EOC.

The accreditation lasts fiveyears.

“The NAEYC accreditationsystem raises the bar for childcare centers and other earlychildhood programs,” said Jer-lean Daniel, executive director

of NAEYC, in a news release.“Having earned NAEYC ac-creditation is a sign that Wacca-maw EOC Inc.

“Head Start is a leader in anational effort to invest in highquality early childhood educa-tion.”

The accreditation is welcomenews for EOC officials.

In recent years, agency boardmembers have come under firefrom state officials for theirmanagement of the nonprofit.

However, the board — andthe agency’s staff — have been

overhauled and new leader-ship is in place.

Pasley said the accreditationhighlights the positive pro-grams the EOC provides to thecommunity.

“This is a good staff,” he said.“I’m very happy that so muchof the fog, if you will, has beenlifted so that you can see thequality of the services that thisprogram has been offering andwill be offering as we go for-ward.”

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Jackie Orcutt knew she’dlose her hair.

That’s what happens withbreast cancer, a double mas-tectomy and multiple roundsof chemotherapy.

What she didn’t know wasthat her son’s teammateswould shave their heads.

That’s what happens whenhigh schoolbaseball play-ers realizeone of theirown is hurt-ing.

“They’re sospecial,” Or-cutt said ofthe playerswhose lockswere shorn to show solidarity.“I’ll never forget what they’vedone for me.”

Mrs. Orcutt, as the playerscall her, is among the loyalmatriarchs of Myrtle BeachHigh School baseball. Herson, Sean Michael, was anoutfielder on the squad until aconcussion kept him off thefield this season.

Mrs. Orcutt goes to everyhome game. She’s a familiarface behind the concessionstand. She regularly eatslunch with other team moms.

“We really pride ourselveson being a family,” said MyrtleBeach coach Tim Christy.“When one hurts, we all hurt.When one of us is dealingwith something like that, weall deal with it.”

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Seahawk baseball players show off their buzzed look. They shaved their heads in December after a player’s mother was diagnosed with cancer.

A shave of supportMyrtle Beach baseball players cut locks for mom with cancer

Mrs. Orcutt was diagnosedwith cancer in November.When she had surgery, ahandful of players came tovisit her. They sat with otherrelatives in the waiting room.

During her recovery, some

of them stopped by the Or-cutt house to check on her.She got phone calls andChristmas presents fromother moms.

But the most generous giftcame one December after-

noon when many of the play-ers went to catcher WilsonWicker’s house to cut theirhair. One by one, Wicker’smother took a trimmer toeach boy’s head.

Surfer cuts disappeared.

The buzzed look became theteam style.

Mrs. Orcutt was over-whelmed when she saw thephotos on Facebook.

“Some of the boys hadsome long hair and I was

worried,” she said. “You knowhow they get attached to theirhair.”

Christy, the coach, said thiswas his players’ decision.

“It was completely theiridea,” he said. “It was justsomething that they felt likethey wanted to do.”

Wicker, the catcher, said thechoice was easy.

“We all know how toughthat would be if you were los-ing your hair,” he said. “Every-body was all for it.”

Taran Mousky, the team’sshortstop, said the haircutswere about looking after eachother.

“I’d want my teammates todo that,” he said.

Although most of the play-ers have since grown theirhair out, Mousky and Wickerstill sport mohawks with spe-cial marks for Mrs. Orcutt.They plan to keep the style aslong as the team plays well.

“We’re all about supersti-tions and rituals,” Wicker said.“If one thing’s working, we’regoing to keep doing it until itstops.”

Sean Michael Orcutt wasn’tsurprised by what his friendsdid. He’s known some of theguys since elementary school,and he’d do the same thing ifone of their moms was goingthrough this. While he wasn’tshocked, he remains thankful.

“Stuff like this really provesthat it’s not just a sport,” hesaid. “Sometimes it goes out-side of that.”

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The BullFrog USTASouthern Designatedevents were initiated,

and still act as, one of the re-quirements for endorsementinto the national champi-onships from the USTASouthern Section.

There is a very high level ofplay in these USTA SouthernLevel 2 events, giving ourplayers an excellent competi-tive opportunity.

There are eight BullFrogUSTA Southern Designatedevents throughout the year,five in the spring and three inthe fall.

The draw for each divisionof each event is 64 with a fullfeed in consolation.

Two BullFrog tournamentswere held last weekend andseveral players from theGrand Strand competed inthese singles and doublesevents.

Unfortunately, rain ham-pered Saturday’s play delay-ing all matches. The singleswere completed but the dou-bles were limited to tworounds.

Below are the results of ourlocal players.

The BullFrog USTA South-ern Section Designated forboys and girls ages 14 and 12were held March 2-5 at theMacon Tennis Association inMacon, Ga. This Level 2sanctioned singles event had249 players, including twolocal juniors.

Their results were: — Paul Hendrix, seeded

No. 9 in the Boys’ 14 Singles,won his first round 6-0, 6-0over a player from Atlanta.Next, he won 6-1, 6-0 over aplayer from Cumming, Ga.,to reach the round of 16where he lost to the No. 5seed from Austell, Ga., 6-4, 6-3. Hendrix withdrew in theconsolation due to an emer-gency.

— Boys’ 14 Doubles: PaulHendrix and Trent Bryde(Suwanee, Ga.) lost their firstmatch 8-3 to a team from At-lanta/Woodstock, Ga.

Jeffrey Dayton won his firstround 6-1, 6-0 over a Mariet-ta, Ga., player and then fell 6-2, 6-4 to a player fromDaphne, Ala., in the Boys’ 14Singles. Dropping to the con-solation, Dayton won 6-1, 6-1over a Lexington, Ky., playerbut then lost 4-6, 6-2, (1-0) toa player from Alpharetta, Ga.

— Boys’ 14 Doubles: No. 5seeds Jeffrey Dayton andThomas Williams (York) wontheir first round 8-0 over ateam from Alpharetta andwon again 9-7 over a teamfrom Kentucky/South Caroli-na. Due to the Saturday rains,only two rounds could beplayed.

The BullFrog USTA South-ern Section Designated forboys and girls ages 18 and 16was held March 2-5 at theHudlow Tennis Center inNorcross, Ga. This Level 2sanctioned singles event had258 players, including fourlocal juniors.

Their re-sults were:

— KyleBarr lost inthe firstround 6-1, 6-2 to a playerfrom Suwa-nee, Ga., inthe Boys’ 16Singles. Inthe consola-tion, Barrwon his firstmatch 6-4, 6-0 to a playerfrom Raleigh

and then lost 6-4, 7-6 (7) tothe No. 9 seed fromPeachtree City, Ga.

— Laura Dean, seeded No.9 in the Girls’ 16 Singles, wonher first round 6-2, 6-1 over aplayer from Alpharetta andshe won again 6-3, 6-2 overanother player from Al-pharetta. In the round of 16,Dean lost 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to theNo. 2 seed from Atlanta. Inthe consolation, Dean upsetthe No. 5 seed from Lilburn,Ga., 6-2, 6-3 and then with-drew from the tournamentdue to injury.

— Taylor Childress, playingin the Girls’ 16 Singles, lost inthe first round 6-2, 6-3 to theNo. 9 seed from Marietta. Inthe consolation, Childressreceived a walkover and thenlost a tough match in the fol-lowing round 4-6, 6-3, (11-9)to a player from Atlanta.

— Tolley Rice, seeded No. 9in the Girls’ 18 Singles, wasupset in the first round 7-5,6-2 to a player from Alpharet-ta. Rice withdrew from theconsolation due to illness.

Charlotte Midcourt CupThe CTA Midcourt Cup –

NC/STA L3 tournament washeld March 3-4 at the Char-lotte Tennis Association inCharlotte. Due to inclementweather, short sets were usedin the first two rounds.

This Level 3 sanctionedevent had 281 players, in-cluding six local juniors.

Their results were:— Boys’ 16 Singles: No. 4

seed Justin Dunn lost in thesecond round 5-4(4), 4-1 to aplayer from Duluth, Ga. Inthe consolation, Dunn lost 6-2, 6-3 to a player from Sum-merfield, N.C. Troy Swartlinglost in the first round to theNo. 3 seed from Johns Creek,Ga., 2-4, 4-2, (10-8). In theconsolation, Swartling losthis second match 7-5, 7-5 toa player from Spartanburg.

— Boys’ 18 Singles: RobertConley lost in the first round4-0, 4-1 to the No. 1 seedfrom Charleston. In the con-solation, Conley won twicebefore losing 6-2, 6-1 to aplayer from Raleigh.

— Girls’ 12 Singles: No. 2seeded Elizabeth Truluckwon three matches includingthe finals 6-4, 1-6, (10-8) overthe No. 4 seed from Clayton,N.C., to win the red drawchampionship. No. 4 seedAnna Cox lost in the thirdround 6-1, 6-4 to a player

from Charlotte of the whitedraw. In the playoffs, Cox lost4-6, 7-5, (10-4) to the No. 2seed from Raleigh.

— Girls’ 16 Singles: No. 2seeded Rachel Gresko lost inthe third round 7-6(3), 6-2 tothe No. 3 seed from Char-lotte. In the playoffs, Greskodefeated the No. 4 seed fromRaleigh 6-4, 7-6(3) to finishthird in the red draw.

Mount Pleasant ChallengerThe Mount Pleasant Junior

Challenger – SC L 4 was com-pleted March 2-4 at theMount Pleasant RecreationDepartment. This Level 4sanctioned event had 97players, including six localplayers.

Their results were:— Boys’ 10 Singles: Steele

Phillips lost in the first round4-0, 4-0 to the No. 2 seedfrom Mount Pleasant. In theconsolation, Phillips won 4-4(3), 6-1 over a Hilton HeadIsland player and he wonagain 5-3, 4-1 over a playerfrom Mount Pleasant in thesemifinals. But in the finals,Phillips lost 4-0, 4-1 to a play-er from Mount Pleasant.

— Boys’ 12 Singles: CalebJohnson lost in the firstround 7-6(5), 6-0 to a playerfrom Mount Pleasant. In theconsolation, Johnson lost inthe second round 6-1, 6-2 toa player from the Isle ofPalms. In the Boys’ 12 Dou-bles, Caleb Johnson/NoahJohnson lost their first match9-8 to a team from Isle ofPalms/Mount Pleasant.

— Boys’ 14 Singles: NoahJohnson won his secondround match 6-2, 6-0 over aplayer from Hendersonville,N.C., and then lost to the No.2 seed from Hilton Head Is-land 6-2, 6-2 in the semifi-nals. Michael Pieterse lost inthe first round 6-4, 6-3 to aplayer from Boiling Springs.

— Boys’ 16 Singles: JacobMoore lost his first match 6-4, 6-2 to a player from MountPleasant. In the consolation,Moore won 6-3, 6-2 over aplayer from Mount Pleasantand he won again 6-3, 6-4over a player from Wad-malaw Island. Moore tookthe finals 6-1, 6-0 over a TegaCay player to win the conso-lation title.

Fripp Island ChampionshipsThe Fripp Island Spring

Clay Court Championships –SC L 3 were completedMarch 2-4 at the Fripp IslandRacquet Club. This Level 3sanctioned event had 145players, including two localadults.

Their results were:— Bill Baker and Greg

Crosby from Beaufort wereseeded No. 1 in the Men’sOpen Doubles of 16 teams.They won their first match 6-1, 7-5 over a team from Beau-fort and won their semifinalmatch 7-6(5), 7-6(5) over ateam from Chapin/Colum-bia. In the finals, Baker/Cros-by defeated a

Georgia BullFrogs play tennisBeaufort/Williamston, N.C.,team 6-4, 7-6(1) to win thechampionship title.

— Kimball Baker and SallyHarvey from Sheldon lostboth matches in the round-robin event of the Women’s4.5 Doubles. They fell 7-6(8),7-6(1) to a Beaufort team and6-2, 6-1 to another Beaufortteam. In the Combo Mixed9.0 Doubles, KimballBaker/Bill Baker lost in thefirst round 6-4, 6-0 of theeight- team-draw to a couplefrom Beaufort.

New pro hiredBrad Anderson, 31, has

been hired as the new headpro for the City of MyrtleBeach Tennis Center effectiveMarch 5. Previously, he hadspent seven months teachingat the Grande Dunes TennisClub.

Anderson, a USPTA pro,had been in Chicago for lastfive years as the director ofjunior programs at the Mid-Town Athletic Club. At theMyrtle Beach Tennis Center,he looks to build a strong jun-ior program while revampingtheir adult participation withnew tennis clinics and pro-grams.

Grande Dunes membershipsThe Grande Dunes Tennis

Club will offer reduced tennismemberships until the end ofMarch.

Several other new member-ships are offered through themonth of March, plus the ini-tiation fee is waived.

March savings offers a re-duced senior membership for65 years or older for singles at$249 per quarter. That’s a sav-ings of $84 per year.

A senior family (husbandand wife) is only $350 perquarter, a savings of $208 peryear.

So don’t delay. Call 449-4486 now to join at these re-duced rates.

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TENNIS

NEALPETERSON

Tennis tidbit Founded in 1881, the Unit-

ed States Tennis Association(USTA) is the national gov-erning body for the sport oftennis in this country. A not-for-profit organization, theassociation is divided into 17sections, of which the USTASouthern is the largest.

The 185,000-plus USTAmembers living in our ninestates account for approxi-mately 25 percent of the totalUSTA membership.

USTA Southern’s daily op-erations are carried out by aprofessional staff based inNorcross, Ga., but policy isformed and much of the or-ganization’s work is executedvia a board of directors andcommittee structure of over200 volunteers. The Southwill rise again.

NEAL PETERSON, a former college tennisplayer, has been writing about the localtennis scene for more than a decade. Hecan be reached at 650-5505 or email neal.peterson@hotmail.

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South Carolina’slargest car and truck showis coming back to theGrand Strand.

The 24th annualRun to the Sun willtake place March 15-17 at the oldMyrtle Square Mall site between21st and 29th avenues north.

More than 2,600 classic carsand trucks are expected to par-ticipate in the three-day event that continuesto gain traction.

Lawrence Thornton, vice president of the PeeDee Street Rodders, which puts on the show, attributes theshow’s success to the event’s appeal among families as well asthe general affinity that exists for classic cars.

In years past, the show has seen 1932 Fords,1957 Chevrolets and even a few vintage Fer-raris.

“Old cars make you smile or make you thinkabout what you used to drive when you wereyounger,” Thornton said. “It seems like every-body likes old antiques or old hot rods.”

Show times are 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. all threedays. It’s free for spectators. There’s a fee of $40for participants to showcase their classic cars.

The only stipulation on cars is that they musthave been manufactured no later than 1985.Registration is at The Clarion Hotel and Con-ference Center at 101 Fantasy Harbour Blvd.,near the former Waccamaw Pottery, from 8a.m. until 4 p.m., though festivities will takeplace at the old Myrtle Square Mall site.

Golf carts, motorcycles and bicycles will notbe allowed in the show area in order to protectclassic cars from being damaged. Only approved one-passen-ger scooters for people with special needs will be allowed.

Thorton said Coast RTA plans to provide shuttles that will

run from Broad-way at theBeach, with two

drop off points —one on the Grissom Park-

way side and the otheron the U.S. 17 Bypass

side. Both shuttlestops will be well

marked, he said. “Moving into the City of Myrtle

Beach has been a good move forus,” Thorton said. “What makesthis so successful is there’s no

spectator fee. It’s a real family oriented atmos-phere and we’ve never had any trouble.”

In addition to the show, there are additionalfestivities associated with the event. On Thursday, March 15,there’ll be a cruise along Ocean Boulevard. The 5 p.m. proces-

sion will begin at the south end of OceanBoulevard and advance north to the formerMyrtle Beach Pavilion site in the 800 block ofNorth Ocean Boulevard.

After the cruise, there’s a Friday night kickoffparty from 8-11 p.m., at Celebrity Square atBroadway at the Beach.

On Saturday and Sunday, there’ll be doorprize giveaways for all registered participants.There’ll also be a variety of vendors servingfood and selling classic automobile acces-sories and memorabilia.

Proceeds from the show will benefit theChildren’s Miracle Network and The NationalMultiple Sclerosis Society. Last year’s showraised nearly $92,000 for those causes, Thor-ton said.

“Everything we do is 100 percent for chari-ty,” he said.

For more information, call (843) 669-3564 or(843) 665-4401.

Michael Smith • 488-7259

CAR SHOW ROLLS INTO TOWN

IF YOU GO • What: 24th annual Run to

the Sun classic car show • Where: Old Myrtle Square

Mall site, between 21st and29th avenues north, MyrtleBeach. Shuttles will run fromBroadway at the Beach.

• When: March 15-17, from 8a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Cost: Free for spectators,$40 registration fee to show-case car

• Details: Call (843) 669-3564or (843) 665-4401 or visitwww.peedeestreetrodders.com

BY SHANNON MORRIS AND CHRIS MOWDER

THE HERALD

Spring break is creeping close again,and while the month of March is mad-ness for some, for others it’s pure fun.

With tons of college students and oth-ers heading out for a break from thewinter weather, there’s a ton going onranging from mild to wild.

According to Coedmagazine.com,Myrtle Beach is one of the Top 10 placespeople want to visit for spring break,while also being one of the “trashiest”vacation destinations.

Thing is, they classify “trashy” asbeing full of nightlife destinations, barsand other “guilty pleasures” — the exactthings many spring breakers seek outwhen planning their getaways.

Here’s a look at some of what clubs atBroadway at the Beach are planningthat cater to spring breakers this year:

Celebrations NitelifeThere are plenty of places to go and

have a few drinks at Broadway at theBeach, and of those, CelebrationsNitelife is one of the best choices for

fun. Celebrations is made up of fourclubs, the ultra-happening Club Boca,surf-themed Malibu’s Surf Bar, livemusic based Froggy Bottomz and sportsbar/karaoke club Broadway Louie’s.

“We were named one of the 2012 Top100 night clubs in the nation,” saidAlyssa Powell, the marketing directorfor Celebrations Nitelife.

This year for spring break, Celebra-tions is offering a “party pass” that canbe purchased for $50. The pass is goodfor seven nights of admission to all fourclubs and a guaranteed entry to all spe-cial spring break events, including thefollowing:

• March 8: DJ Pauly D, from the hitshow “Jersey Shore,” is performing liveat Club Boca

• March 13: Playboy model DJ Kay Jayis performing live at Malibu’s

• March 14: DJ Jessie Marco, a 22-year-old New Yorker who’s become oneof the top touring DJs in the country,will performing live at Club Boca

• March 17: The outdoor St. Patrick’sDay Bash is an all-day event with thearea’s best live bands

The clubs also offers events that go on

every night of the week. Every Monday is the Step It Up dance

contest starting at 10 p.m. at Malibu’s. Tuesdays feature a “World Famous

Pub Crawl” starting at 7 p.m. and peoplecan join in on the pub crawl any timebetween 7 p.m. and midnight. The crawlstarts at Malibu’s tiki bar with live enter-tainment, then Broadway Louie’s toenjoy some karaoke, then walk to Frog-gy Bottomz Live with the house band“Diversity Live” and then end up inMalibu’s Surf where people get free T-shirts stating they survived the pubcrawl.

A spring break bikini contest will takeplace every Wednesday in March atMalibu’s Surf Club starting at 10 p.m.On Thursdays, Malibu’s Surf Club andFroggy Bottomz will host a “Red SoloCup Party” starting at 7 p.m.

The weekends get wild with GlowNight at every bar in Broadway on Fri-days, Ladies Night on Saturdays andSunday Fundays featuring great drinkspecials and prizes.

Shannon Morris • 488-7261Chris Mowder • 488-7253

Spring break at Broadway at the Beach

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MARCH 10

Celebrate three in oneOn Saturday, Brookgreen Gardens

and Huntington Beach State Parkwill present Celebrate 3 in 1 Day inhonor of its founders, Archer andAnna Hyatt Huntington’s birthdaysand their wedding date.

Sponsored by the Friends of Hunt-ington Beach State Park and Brook-green Gardens, this event day willinclude a talk by Robin Salmon, vicepresident of collections and curatorof sculpture at Brookgreen, and ac-tivities from 2-4 p.m. at Atalaya inHuntington Beach State Park.

The events planned are an art ex-hibit by local artists, tours of AtalayaCastle and questions and answersabout the Huntingtons and Atalaya,along with home movies of the cou-ple.

Refreshments will be served.Drawings for door prizes and a

Danny McLaughlin painting will befollowed by a cake and champagnetoast to the Huntingtons in the In-door Studio, which will take place at3:45 p.m.

Tickets for Celebrate 3 in 1 Daysare $10 per person (age 6 and older)and may be purchased online atBrookgreen Gardens or at Hunting-ton Beach State Park. Tickets are inaddition to Brookgreen Gardens ad-mission and Huntington BeachState Park admission. No reserva-tions are necessary.

MARCH 10

Newsboys in concertGround Zero is presenting the

“God’s Not Dead” 2012 tour at ChristUnited Methodist Church in MyrtleBeach, featuring the Newsboys, theCity Harmonic, Anthem Lights andan evangelistic message from BobLenz.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and showbegins at 7 p.m.

Chick-fil-A will be on site at 5 p.m.for dinner purchases.

Visit newsboys.com or call 1-800-965-9324 for tickets.

MARCH 13

Jersey Girls monthlyluncheon

The Jersey Girls will meet forlunch at 12:30 p.m. at Pine LakesCountry club, 5603 GranddaddyDrive, Myrtle Beach.

The price fixe lunch includes opencoffee and tea bar for tax and gratu-ity of $12.50.

RSVP to Fran Willey,Franw88@msn.com. or MarthaThill, MarthaThill@aol.com. Replytoday.

MARCH 13

Herb society meetingThe Low Country Herb Society

will meet from 10 a.m. until noon atSt. Paul’s Waccamaw MethodistChurch. Christine Todd of Brook-green Gardens will speak on squarefoot gardening.

Call 215-6085 for more informa-tion.

MARCH 14 -24

Art show and saleThe Seacoast Artist Guild of South

Carolina, a local nonprofit arts or-ganization with members from allover South Carolina, will be present-ing its ninth annual Spring Art Showand Sale.

The judged show will be held inthe Center Court of the Inlet SquareMall, located off U.S. 17 Bypass inMurrells Inlet, from March 14through March 24. Show hours co-ordinate with the mall hours.

All art can be viewed from 7 a.m.until 8 p.m. on weekdays and Satur-days, and 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Sun-day.

Also, an awards reception will takeplace on March 14 from 6-8 p.m. andis open to the public. The show andsale is a great opportunity to supportlocal artists.

MARCH 14

You and your physicianGeorgetown Hospital System’s

Physician Lecture Series continuesin March with a presentation titled,“Becoming Your Doctor’s Partner”by Dr. Steven A. Meixel on at noon atWachesaw Conference Center inMurrells Inlet.

Dr. Meixel, family medicine spe-cialist with Waccamaw Community

Care in Myrtle Beach, will present alecture focusing on how to preparefor your appointments and make themost of your time with your physi-cian. Lunch will be provided. Spaceis limited. Reservations can be madeonline at www.georgetownhospital-system.org/physicianlectures or youmay call 520-7842 to reserve a seat.

MARCH 17

George Wilt GolfTournament

Georgetown Hospital System’sFoundation will host this year’sGeorge Wilt Annual Charity GolfTournament on March 17 at PawleysPlantation. George Wilt’s strong phi-lanthropy efforts for cancer treat-ment services in the GeorgetownCounty area prompted this memori-al event, which has been held since2003.

Funds raised for the charity golftournament support patient trans-portation to and from the RadiationTherapy Center through the WallyThompson Transportation Fund.

This year’s golf tournament willoffer a captain’s choice format withthree divisions: men’s, women’s andmixed and will include several con-tests. Shotgun start is 1:30 p.m. withawards ceremony and dinner im-mediately following.

Entry fee is $80 per player or $300per team. For online registration,visit the Georgetown Hospital Sys-tem website at www.georgetown-hospitalsystem.org/wiltgolftourna-ment.

Entry forms can be downloadedfrom the website. Sponsorship op-portunities are available.

Call 651-6843 for additional infor-mation.

MARCH 17

‘Passion for Fashion’luncheon

St. Andrew Church Women’sClub, Belk at Myrtle Beach Mall andNorthstar Financial Advisors willpresent the “Passion for Fashion”spring styles and luncheon onMarch 17.

The fashion show luncheon willbe held at the Dunes Golf and BeachClub, 9000 North Ocean Boulevard,Myrtle Beach. Doors open at 11a.m., followed by lunch served atnoon and the fashion show willbegin at 1 p.m.

Proceeds from this event benefitHope House of Myrtle Beach, a non-profit organization that helps home-less children in Horry County andprojects of the St. Andrew Women’sClub.

A spring 2012 fashion show pre-sented by Belk at Myrtle Beach Mallwill follow the luncheon. Compli-mentary mini-makeovers byLancôme will be offered during thesocial hour. A five-day Caribbeancruise will be auctioned off courtesyof Northstar Financial Advisors.There will be door prizes: a “Pick APrize Auction,” a special “Girl FriendParty Basket” valued at $250 andother gifts will be on hand for thosewho attend. Tickets are $35 per per-son and are available at the St. An-drew Gift Shop, the parish office orby contacting Sylvia Mabie at 444-2695. The deadline for reservationsis March 12.

MARCH 17

Gathering of the GreenCelebrate St. Patrick’s Day in

Downtown Conway with the second

annual Gathering of the Green on at5 p.m. in the Conway Farmers Mar-ket. The Gathering of the Green fea-tures a St. Patty’s costume contest,live music, a taste of Conway, silentauction, fire breathers, stilt walkers,great entertainment, loads of St.Patrick’s Day fun and of coursegreen beer. Auction items rangefrom art to live floral arrangementsto a private river tour. Don’t forget towear your green. Gathering of theGreen is sponsored through thegenerous support of HTC, SanteeCooper and PCRX Computers

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20at the door. For more information orto purchase tickets online or viaphone, contact Conway DowntownAlive at 248-6260 or visit conway-alive.com.

Proceeds from this event benefitConway Downtown Alive, a non-profit organization that aims to stim-ulate economic development, en-courage historic preservation andpromote the vitality of downtownConway.

MARCH 17

St. Patrick’s run and walkHealthPoint Center for Health and

Fitness, a member of the George-town Hospital Family, announcedthe 13th annual St. Patrick’s Four-Miler Run and Walk event will beheld on March 17 at the Pawleys Is-land facility.

The course for the St. Patrick’sFour-Miler Run and Walk runsthrough the Litchfield Country Club.Events include a four-mile race (be-gins at 8:15 a.m.), four-mile walk(begins at 8:16 a.m.) and a family-fa-vorite one-mile “Chase the Lep-rechaun” Fitness Run and Walk (be-gins at 9 a.m.). Awards ceremonyand refreshments will follow the fin-ish of the four-miler event.

Awards will be given to the topoverall male and female, top mas-ters overall male and female and topthree male and female finishers invarious age categories.

Run and walk fees are $30 eachper runner/walker March 2-12. Par-ticipation in the One-Mile FitnessRun and Walk is free. Register at ac-tive.com, visit the website Event Cal-endar/ Special Events and Programsto download a copy of the officialregistration form or stop by Health-Point Center for Health and Fitnessto register during regular businesshours. Also, race day registration willbe available from 7-8 a.m.

For additional information, con-tact race director David Nelson at237-2205 or danelson@georgetown-hospitalsystem.org.

MARCH 18

Long Bay Symphonyseason finale

The Long Bay Symphony presentsthe final symphony series concert ofthe 24th season (featuring the Car-olina Master Chorale) on March 18from 4-6 p.m. in the Myrtle BeachHigh School Music and Arts Center,3302 Robert Grissom Parkway, Myr-tle Beach.

This is a concert offering up someof the most effective and popularmusical portraits in the symphonicliterature, including Prokofiev’s epicportrayal of the great Russian heroAlexander Nevsky:

• Rossini - The Barber of SevilleOverture

• Richard Strauss - Don Juan• Britten - Peter Grimes, Four Sea

Interludes• Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky,

Choral CantataContact Carolyn Pittman at 448-

8379 for information and to pur-chase tickets or visit www.long-baysymphony.com

MARCH 25

Ride for the InletGrand Strand Bicycles is hosting

the 2012 Murrells Inlet Ride for theInlet at 8 a.m. on March 25.

This is not a race. Choose one ofthree out-and-back routes (eightmile ride, Metric Century and 26-mile ride) through the back roads ofHorry and Georgetown counties.

All rides start and end at theGrand Strand Bicycle Shop at Wood-side Village.

Early registration ($15 for eight-mile ride or $25 for 26-mile andMetric Century Rides) runs throughMarch 15. Proceeds benefit MurrellsInlet 2020.

Stop by the Murrells Inlet 2020 of-fice for complete information and topick up a registration form or call457-2007.

MARCH 30

Knit and purlA knitting group will be starting up

at the NorthMyrtle BeachLibrary from10-11:30 a.m.in the librarymeetingroom. Thegroup willcontinueevery Friday,except whenthe library isclosed on

Good Friday. Just show up with yourknitting.

No registration is required in ad-vance.

MARCH 31

Putt 4 for a purposePutt 4 for a Purpose, a benefit

tournament for the North StrandHousing Center, will be held March31 at Molten Mountain MiniatureGolf Course. Registration and prac-tice will begin at 9 a.m. and the tour-nament starts at 10 a.m. The entryfee is $12, which allows participantsto compete in the tournament aswell as to play all day.

It also includes lunch and prizesfor all participants. All proceeds willgo directly to support the housingshelter, which is designed to helpmeet the physical and spiritualneeds of underprivileged people inthe area by providing food and shel-ter while also building character, in-tegrity and sound spiritual values.

The North Strand Housing Shelterwas formed in 2000 as a faith-basedvolunteer organization. The shelterserves men, women and children,and everyone who resides at theshelter is required to perform com-munity service and participate in ac-tivities at the shelter.

To pre-register for the tourna-ment, call Rick Johnson at (843) 742-1414.

MARCH 31

Local historical cemetery tour

Students and citizens interested inlearning more about local historywill have a unique opportunity onMarch 31 through a one-day tour ofLakeside Cemetery.

In the first event of its kind, tour

guides in authentic costumes willbring the cemetery to life by tellinghistorically documented storiesabout local founding members ofHorry County, some of whom werepart of the historical Sons of theConfederacy.

Founding members of the Daugh-ters of the American Revolution(DAR) who are buried at LakesideCemetery will also be honored.

Tours for this Horry County His-torical Society fundraiser are set forevery hour between 10 a.m. and 3p.m.

Advance tickets are available start-ing Feb. 1 at the Conway VisitorsCenter, 903 Third Ave. in Conway.

Shirley Long Johnson, an officerwith the Horry County Historical So-ciety and DAR volunteer from thePeter Horry Chapter, said she antici-pates a sellout event.

Because parking is not allowednear the cemetery, Lakeside Ceme-tery guests will depart from and re-turn to a designated off-site locationin provided vans.

Johnson said the following peopleare to be honored posthumously:Adeline Cooper Burroughs, Capt.Coleman and Julia Skipper Causey,Col. Cephas Perry Quattlebaum,Franklin Gorham Burroughs, Jere-miah Smith, John Asa Mayo, Lt.James Arthur Norton Jr. and Lt. Ed-ward Robertson Norton, and RobertBethea Scarborough.

In addition, docent-guided BryanHouse Tours will be given at theHorry County Historical Societyheadquarters, 606 Main St., whereother authentic exhibits are alsoplanned.

Sponsors for Stories in Stone atLakeside Cemetery include thePeter Horry Chapter Daughters ofthe American Revolution, LitchfieldCamp 132 Sons of Confederate Vet-erans, Goldfinch Funeral Home andSouth Atlantic Monument Compa-ny.

Further information is available athchsonline.org.

APRIL 22

A concert about loveSerendipity Singers will present a

spring concert, “Love,” at 3 p.m. atBelin Memorial United MethodistChurch in Murrells Inlet.

Admission is free.For more information, call 215-

2561 or visit serendipitysingers.org.

MAY 7

2012 Galivants FerryStump

The families of Joseph Hollidayand John Monroe Holliday an-nounced that the 2012 GalivantsFerry Stump Speaking will takeplace on Monday, May 7.

The Seventh of May fortuitouslycoincides with the first campaign forthe new Seventh Congressional Dis-trict.

The Galivants Ferry Stump, whichhas been held biennially for morethan 136 years, is considered theoldest and largest “stump speaking”in the nation.

Galivants Ferry itself became hal-lowed grounds for Horry CountyDemocrats when Gen. Wade Hamp-ton arrived there on horseback inlate September to initiate his histo-ry-making gubernatorial campaignof 1876. This marked the beginningof Democratic dominance in SouthCarolina politics for the next 100years.

The 2012 Stump will be held atPee Dee Farms, the community’scentury-old general store.

Galivants Ferry, which is on theNational Registry of Historic Dis-tricts, is located on U.S. 501 where itcrosses the Little Pee Dee River.

The Stump will follow the tradi-tional festival format of bluegrassmusic and clogging starting at 4:30p.m. The actual “speaking” willbegin at 6 p.m. featuring all local,state and national Democratic can-didates. Speakers will be announcedas confirmed.

ONGOING

Rape Crisis Center offerssupport group

A support group for adult sur-vivors of sexual assault is held everyother Thursday, from 6-7:30 p.m. atthe Rape Crisis Center’s MyrtleBeach office.

Anyone interested in becoming avolunteer can visit the website atvictimtosurvivor.org or contact theMyrtle Beach office at 448-3180.

MARCH 15

Pet vaccination clinicThe Horry County Animal Care Center

will hold a vaccination clinic from 10 a.m.until 2 p.m. at the animal shelter locatedat 1923 Industrial Park Road in Conway.The clinic will offer the following services:

• Distemper/Parvo/Bordatella (canine)- $10 - must be at least eight weeks old

• Rabies (canine and feline) - $10 -must be at least four months old

• Microchip (canine and feline) - $10 -must be at least eight weeks old

• Rhinotracheitis/Calici (feline) - $10—must be at least eight weeks old

Dogs and cats are both welcome. Dogsmust be on a hand-held leash and catsmust be in a pet carrier.

The Animal Care Center will be holdingthese clinics monthly.

For more information, contact theHorry County Animal Care Center at 915-5172.

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between his parents when he was 13 all conspired to thrust Randy

Hogue into years of drugs addiction and ultimately a failed attempt at

suicide. But then came Jesus.

Randy was served at Baptist Temple in his hometown of Indianapolis,

Indiana. After being educated at Baptist Bible College in Springfield,

Missouri, he began a ministry of full-time itinerate evangelism.

Over 135,000 people have been saved at his evangelistic events,

church and area-wide crusades, student conferences, and youth

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A. Jess Tomlinson

A World War II U.S. Armyveteran and Purple Heart

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SURFSIDE BEACH—A. JessTomlinson, 88, went home tobe with the Lord March 3 atConway Medical Center.

He was born April 12, 1923,the son of the Rev. Homer A.Tomlinson and Marie Wunchin Queens Village, N.Y.

He graduated from JamaicaHigh School and played col-lege basketball at NYU on anathletic scholarship. He servedhis country in the U.S. Armyduring World War II and wasawarded the Purple Heart forinjuries suffered in combat.

He lived in Huntington Sta-tion, N.Y., and was employedwith the Long Island Railroadfrom 1942 until his retirementin 1977.

He was married to KatherineTomlinson from 1942 until herhomegoing in 2003. Survivorsinclude son Dr. Alfred J. Tom-linson of Surfside Beach;daughters Gloria J. Johnsonand Doris M. Marcus, also ofSurfside Beach; seven grand-children and one great-grand-child. He also leaves brotherHomer E. Tomlinson of Hunt-ington Station and MargaretTomlinson, whom he marriedin 2005.

Prior to his retirement, Tom-linson was always deeply in-volved in his church as Sundayschool superintendent, boardmember and musician. Heloved playing his trombone inthe church orchestra, singingin the choir and leading praiseand worship. He instilled thesequalities into all three of hischildren, who remain active intheir respective churches.

He and his wife Katherinevisited Surfside Beach yearlyas snowbirds in 1986, and heimmediately became involvedin the senior softball league,which he enjoyed until 2008.He loved playing first base andlacing singles to right field.

They moved to SurfsideBeach full time in 2000 and hehas attended South Strand As-sembly of God since 2006.

A funeral service was heldMarch 6 at Goldfinch FuneralHome, Beach Chapel, with theRev. Robert Hayes officiating.Burial followed at HillcrestCemetery.

Memorial gifts may be madeto Helping Hand Rescue Mis-sion, 325 Broadway, Hunting-ton Station, NY 11746.

Goldfinch Funeral Home,Beach Chapel, was in charge ofthe arrangements.

Margaret Lockhart Culver

She enjoyed supervisinggardening and making suregardeners’glasses were full

MURRELLS INLET—Mar-garet Lockhart Culver, 76, diedMarch 3 at Waccamaw Com-munity Hospital.

Born in Boston, she was adaughter of the late Leslie andMargaret Lockhart.

One of her favorite activitieswas supervising the gardeningfrom the porch and makingsure the gardeners’ glasseswere full.

She was preceded in deathby husband Robert F. Culver.

Survivors include daughtersLisa Sturman (Brad) of Ster-ling, Va., and Tricia Culver ofMurrells Inlet; granddaughtersBrittany and Lauren of Ster-ling; sister Dorothy Williams ofAnnandale, Va., and severalnieces and nephews.

Services will be private.Memorials may be made to

the American Heart Associa-tion, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dal-las, TX 75231 or the AmericanCancer Association, 950 48thAve. Suite 101 Myrtle Beach,SC 2957

Goldfinch Funeral Home,Beach Chapel, was in charge ofthe arrangements.

Kathryn Magee Young

She was born in Corning, N.Y.

MYRTLE BEACH—KathrynMagee Young, 54, died atGrand Strand Regional Med-ical Center on Feb. 28.

She was born in Corning,N.Y., the daughter of EvonneWhite Magee Patterson andthe late Richard Milton Magee.

Surviving in addition to hermother and stepfather, DonaldPatterson of Martinsville, Va.,are husband Bradley Young ofMyrtle Beach; daughterMeredith (Benny) Hodges ofRoanoke, Va.; brothers RichardShawn (Christy) Magee ofPenhook, Va., and Robert Scott(Gladys) Magee of Pace, Fla.;nieces and nephews ColeMagee, Taylor Magee, JessieMagee and Heather Magee; fa-ther-in-law Loran Young ofTucson, Ariz.; sister-in-lawDiane (Vance) Holliday of Tuc-son and Xi He Ping; step-daughter Bridget (William)Nawrot of Madison, Wisc.;stepson Nathaniel Young ofMadison; step-grandchildrenAlexander and Emily and herspecial companion, her YorkieLucy.

Services were held March 3at Goldfinch Funeral Homechapel with the Rev. Kirk Law-ton officiating. Burial followedat Hillcrest Cemetery.

Memorials may be made toThe National Kidney Founda-tion, 508 Hampton Street,Suite 200, Columbia, SC 29201

Al Howard Strickland Sr.

He ran Strickland’s Grocery inMurrells Inlet

MURRELLS INLET—AlHoward Strickland Sr., 82, hus-band of 53 years to Glenda Lu-cille Akers Strickland, passedaway Feb. 28 at his residence.

He was born Sept. 8, 1929, inMurrells Inlet to the lateCharles Gennings StricklandSr. and Grace LawrimoreStrickland.

He ran the family storeStrickland’s Grocery in Mur-rells Inlet. He will be remem-bered as a loving husband, fa-ther, grandfather, great-grand-father, brother, uncle, friendand a great fisherman. He wasknown for his friendly mannerand sense of humor and theflounder in Murrells Inlet willnow be able to rest comfort-ably.

Survivors include wife Glen-da; sons Al Howard StricklandJr. and wife Joyce, David O’NeilStrickland and wife Diane andSteven Glenn Strickland andwife Sherri, all of MurrellsInlet; grandsons Patrick Ofen-loch, Stephen AlexanderStrickland, Matthew Stricklandand Michael Strickland;granddaughters Rachel Strick-land, Christine and husbandJonathan Detwiler of Jack-sonville, N.C., Michelle Strick-land, Waverly Strickland andSuni Strickland, all of MurrellsInlet; great-granddaughterSierra and great-grandsonsTristan, Blaine and Zander. Heis also survived by sisters Eliza-beth Menger and husbandWilliam “Bill” of Macon, Ga.,and Susie Cooper Grega andhusband Red of Murrells Inlet;brother-in-law William “John-ny” Feagin; sister-in-lawFlossie Hardee Strickland andnumerous nieces andnephews.

Strickland was preceded indeath by sisters Cherry Strick-land Cooper and Dixie Strick-land Feagin and brothersCharles Gennings Jr., LemuelLafayette, Benjamin, HerbertColeman “H.C.”, Emmett andClarence Oneal Strickland.

A funeral service was heldMarch 3 at Belin UnitedMethodist Church in MurrellsInlet with the Rev. MikeAlexander officiating. Burialfollowed in the BethelMethodist Church cemetery.

Goldfinch Funeral Home,Beach Chapel, was in charge ofthe arrangements.

John William Green

He was a racing mechanicand automotive

entrepreneur

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH—John William Green, 69,passed away peacefully at hishome on Feb. 29.

He was born Jan. 7, 1943, inSpartanburg to J. Webster andDoris Powell Green.

He could accomplish any-thing he set his mind to anddid so as a racing mechanicand automotive entrepreneur.His contributions and accom-plishments within NASCARand the automotive industrywill best be remembered bythose who worked with him.

His family and friends willremember him for his outspo-

ken opinions, love of goodfood, laughter and his extraor-dinary mind for numbers.

Green lived in the MyrtleBeach area for the past 25years and enjoyed many greatfriendships there.

He is survived by children,Tina Green-Huskey, LisaGreen (Spartanburg) and JeffGreen (Charlotte); grandchil-dren Randi and Lucas Giles,Katlyn and Braxton Huskeyand Haley and Alison Gilstrap;great-grandchildren Luke and(soon to be) Cade Giles andtrusted friend Terrill Mincey.

Special thanks to MercyCare Hospice staff for their lov-ing care, respect and support.

Per his request, there will beno formal services but a me-morial service will be plannedand announced at a later datefor the scattering of ashes atsea.

In memoriam, please makedonations to Mercy Care Hos-pice/ Hospice House Project,8216 Devon Lane, MyrtleBeach, SC 29572.

Myrtle Beach Funeral Homewas in charge of arrange-ments.

Ronald Paul Strescino

A U.S. Marine veteran of theKorean Conflict and owner of

Mustang Sally’s

LONGS—Ronald Paul Stres-cino, 76, passed away at hishome on March 1 due to a longillness.

He was the son of the lateMildred (Dennis) and JosephStrescino. He was the hus-band of Sally (Horton) Stresci-no.

He worked many jobs in

Gloucester, Mass., before heand his wife moved to the Myr-tle Beach area. After a couplemonths of retirement, theypurchased and operated arestaurant and lounge named“Mustang Sally’s” in LittleRiver. When he first becamesick, the restaurant was soldand he went back into retire-ment.

Strescino began painting. Heloved sitting in the garagepainting ceramics and talkingto his neighbors as theywalked by. He fought a longbattle with cancer without anyreal complaints. He alsoserved his country as a U.S.Marine during the Koreanconflict. He was a member ofthe VFW and the American Le-gion. He loved life and was afantastic husband.

He is survived by wife Sally;daughter Donna Sue and hus-band Dedrick Clark of NorthCarolina; sons Ronald of Flori-da, Douglas Dukette, Philipand wife Michelle Dukette andMichael Dukette and fianceJeanette Adams; three grand-children; two great-grandchil-dren; aunts Jennie Noble, aspecial lady, and LuciaMcLaughlin and uncleWilliam Strescino, all of Mass-achusetts.

He was preceded in death byvery special granddaughterStephanie Lynn Kidd.

There will be a celebration ofhis life on March 10 at 2 p.m. atZoomers, formally calledOasis, on Route 9 in Longs.Everyone is welcome.

Memorials may be made toConway Funeral Services,3304 4th Ave. Conway SC29527.

Conway Funeral Service is incharge of arrangements.

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A shelter in the time of stormLate last

week Iwas

watching theWeatherChannel andJim Cantorewas in Indianainterviewingvictims of thetornadoes thattore throughthe Midwest.

He stoodamong the de-bris of a hometalking to theowner and at the end of theinterview he made a com-ment about how quickly our

lives canchange. He’sright!

In just a splitsecond oftime, life as weknow it can bechanged orended. Hun-dreds felt thesting of torna-does as theydealt withdeath and in-jury and theloss of homes,businesses

and possessions.And just a few days earlier

in Chardon, Ohio, a 17-year-

old student changed the livesof many in his hometownwhen he opened fire on hisfellow students in the highschool cafeteria.

Three died; two were in-jured. Their families and thefamily of the shooter willnever return to normalcy. Andall those involved in the eventwill also find a “new normal.”

And that’s just a couple ofthe many happenings thatdaily change lives. In these tu-multuous days, it’s so impor-tant to have an unchangingsupport to hold onto.

And the only One who fitsthat bill is God. He’s the sametoday, tomorrow and for all

eternity, past and present.The Bible presents many

comforting word pictures toillustrate God’s loving protec-tion of His children. He’s arock that will withstand all thestorms. He’s a strong towerwhere we can find safety.

He’s our refuge andstrength, an always presenthelp when needed. He’s amother hen who protects thevulnerable chicks under ever-lasting wings. He’s the goodshepherd who knows Hissheep by name, protects,feeds and waters them.

And I’m glad He’s my Savior,my friend, my God and myeverything. I need Him daily

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Shepherd’s Table Cross SaleOnce again, simple wooden

crosses are popping up in theyards of homes, churches andbusinesses in Conway andaround the Grand Strand re-minding us of the specialEaster season we’re in.

The crosses, made by theSertoma Club, cost only $20and have three colored veils,purple for Lent, black forGood Friday and white forResurrection Sunday. This is afundraiser for the Shepherd’sTable, Conway’s soup kitchen,and you can be a part of it.

Crosses are available at theShepherd’s Table, LighthouseChristian Supply and ThreeGuys Subs and Pies. You mayalso call John Long at 488-5664 if you’re interested.

Myrtle Beach/CarolinaForest

• St. Philip LutheranChurch, 6200 N. Kings High-way, will have its Lenten serv-ices continuing each Wednes-day through March 28. Theseservices will begin at 12:15p.m.

Homemade soup will be of-fered after each Lenten serv-ice in the Wingard FellowshipHall.

Phone 449-5345.• New Life Lutheran

Church, 7311 S.C. 544, willhave soup and bread suppersat 6 p.m. followed by a briefLenten service on March 13,20 and 28.

Phone Pastor Mark Schim-mel at 685-8301.

• The Church of the Resur-rection, 8901 U.S. 17 Bypass,Surfside Beach, will have theStations of the Cross each Fri-day during Lent at 6 p.m.

Phone 215-4500.• Ground Zero will sponsor

a concert with the Newsboys,The City Harmonic, Abandonand Anthem Lights Saturdayat 7 p.m. in Christ UnitedMethodist Church, 2901 Fan-tasy Way.

There will also be an evan-gelistic message from BobLenz.

For tickets, phone 1-800-965-9324 or go online towww.newsboys.com.

• Evangelist Randy Hoguewill be the special guestspeaker at Grand Strand Bap-tist Church, 350 HospitalityLane (near the Myrtle BeachSpeedway and Tanger Out-lets) Sunday at 11 a.m. and 6p.m. Everyone is welcome.

Phone 236-2233.GSBC also invites you to

hear Dr. Elmer Towns,co-founder of Liberty Univer-sity, March 14 at7 p.m.

• Temple Emanu-EL, 65thAvenue North and KingsHighway, thanks all whohelped make the 21st annualPiled High on Rye sandwichand bake sale successful.

The temple will host a PurimCarnival Sunday for its Sun-day school children. Parentsare encouragedto attend.

And its Second Nature Pro-ject for March is for granolabars and large boxes of cereal.Bring donations to the RosenCenter.

Contact Karen Osborneat 446-1060 for additional in-formation.

• Socastee Baptist Church,3690 Socastee Blvd., invitesyou to revival services withguest speaker Dr. HamptonDrum, pastor of Langston

Baptist Church. Services willbe held Sunday throughMarch 14 at 7 p.m.

Phone 293-2762.• St. Andrew Church

Women, Belk at MyrtleSquare Mall and Northstar Fi-nancial Advisors will presentthe “Passion for Fashion”spring styles and luncheon onMarch 17 at the Dunes Golfand Beach Club, 9000 NorthOcean Blvd. Doors open at 11a.m., lunch will be served atnoon and the fashion showwill begin at 1 p.m.

Proceeds from the event willbenefit Hope House of MyrtleBeach, a nonprofit organiza-tion that helps homeless chil-dren of Horry County. Pro-ceeds will also benefit theprojects of St. AndrewWomen’s Club. Complimen-tary mini-makeovers by Lan-come will be offered duringthe social hour.

A five-day Caribbean cruisewill be auctioned. There willbe door prizes, a “pick-a-prize” auction, a special “GirlFriend Party Basket” valued at$250 and much more.

Tickets are $35 per personand are available at the St. An-drew Gift Shop, the Parish Of-fice or by contacting SylviaMabie at 444-2695. Deadlinefor reservations is Monday.

• You are invited to a gospelsing and silent auction to ben-efit Coastal School MinistriesMarch 24 at 7 p.m. at Timber-lake Baptist Church, 9850S.C. 707.

Enjoy performances by RCClemmons, Mixed Creed andDena and Doug Joye. Admis-sion is free.

Phone Megan Peterson at472-1300.

• Celebration PresbyterianChurch, 2300 Carolina ForestBlvd., will host its annual East-er Eggstravaganza March 25from 1-3 p.m.

This is a community eventopen to everyone of every ageand religious affiliation. Thegoal is to provide a fun, relax-ing day of Easter-themed ac-tivities in a Christian atmos-phere and a chance to get toknow other members of thecommunity.

There will be egg hunts,games, inflatables, face paint-ing, crafts, a treasure hunt andmuch more. And everything isfree. Don’t miss out.

Phone 742-9047.• Today’s Harvest Church,

1100 33rd Ave. South, NorthMyrtle Beach, is hosting DaveRamsey’s 13-week FinancialPeace University on DVD onTuesdays at 7 p.m.

Questions? Call 272-5718, e-mail todaysharvestpastor@yahoo.com or go online to to-daysharvestchurch.com.

• Risen Christ LutheranChurch and Barefoot Landingare partnering to host the fifthannual “Taste of the Coast atBarefoot Landing.” This willbe held March 24 from 11 a.m.until 4 p.m.

Local restaurants will set upbooths and offer samples oftheir “specialties.” There willbe a huge “Kid Zone” with ac-tivities including inflatables,pony rides, face painting andmore. Live entertainment willbe provided by local musi-cians.

Admission is $1 (or onecanned food donation) foradults; kids get in free. Foodand ride tickets are $1 each.

The Taste of the Coast willraise scholarship funds to

benefit the students of RisenChrist Lutheran School.

In conjunction with the fes-tival, Risen Christ LutheranChurch and School and Bare-foot Landing are hosting afood drive, hoping for 10,000pounds of food for NorthStrand Helping Hand.

Go online to www.TOCN-MB.com.

• Tickets are now on sale forBeach Blast, sponsored byGround Zero, and many ofthe group’s friends. This eventwill be held May 19 on OceanBoulevard between Eighthand Ninth avenues North.

Beach Blast will feature To-byMac, Third Day, Red, JamieGrace and Royal Tailor. Emceewill be HJ-52 and guest speak-er will be Nick Hall. There willbe a special appearance byOutcast DMX.

Phone 1-800-356-3016 or 1-800-965-9324. For ticketsphone 1-800-965-9324 or goonline to www.MyrtleBeach-MayFest.com.

• You are invited to makeyour reservations now for theAnchored in Faith MusicMinistry Cruise during theLabor Day Weekend (Aug. 31-Sept. 5).

The cruise sails fromCharleston aboard the Carni-val Fantasy and this fall willfeature music from DougSmith, noted local Southerngospel singer and minister ofmusic at Grand Strand BaptistChurch and Beth Ivey fromNorth Carolina, also a notedlocal singer.

Phone 497-8586 or 800-452-3880 or go online to www.Al-lAboutTravelTours.com.

Conway• First United Methodist

Church, 1001 Fifth Ave., willhost Lenten organ medita-tions on Wednesdays at noonduring Lent through March28. These 30-minute concertsare offered to the church andcommunity as a time to setourselves apart from theworld to consider what Godhas done for us through JesusChrist.

The concerts are free and allare invited.

Also, on March 18 at 4 p.m.,don’t miss a special concert“Two Pianos/Eight Hands,” aprogram of piano literaturefeaturing Margaret Jordan, LibWellons, Jean Timbes andBilly Fallaw. This too is free.

• Juniper Bay BaptistChurch, 5365 Juniper BayRoad, invites you to itsWildlife Expo and Game Sup-per Saturday at 3 p.m. The S.C.Department of Natural Re-sources will have its simulator,there will be door prizes andmore. Guest speaker will beT.C. Holmes.

Phone 397-2787.• Tilly Swamp Baptist

Church, 4619 S.C. 90, will hostits Wild Game Supper Satur-day from 3-7:30 p.m. Activitiesinclude skeet shooting,archery, turkey shoot andmore.

Phone 399-6151.• It’s time to get your basket-

ball teams together for the19th annual 3-on-3 basketballtournament sponsored byBethany Bible Chapel. Thetournament will be held atConway High School onMarch 17.

This is a double eliminationtournament and all are wel-come to play. Doors open at 9a.m.; games start promptly at

9:30 a.m. The field is limited tothe first 32 teams to register.

The tournament is absolute-ly free and lunch will beserved.

This is a great family activity. Phone the church at 369-

7729 or Pastor David Rickert at248-3488. If you get voicemail,please leave your name and acall back number.

• NewSong Church inviteseveryone to its spring festivalMarch 17 from 10 a.m. untilnoon at the large shelter houseat Collins Park. There will beinflatables, an egg hunt, crafts,games, food, prizes and more.This is for the whole family.Don’t miss it.

• Pleasant Plain BaptistChurch, 1260 S.C. 57 North,will have spring revival servic-es with guest speaker SteveGunter. Services are March 18at 6 p.m. and March 19-21 at 7p.m.

Phone 399-4171.• Centenary United

Methodist Church, S.C. 544 atSingleton Ridge Road, willhave a spring craft fair March31 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. inthe church parking lot.Crafters are invited to partici-pate. Booths are $20. Phone347-3781 or 347-9614.

and He’s always there.Vicar Henry Lyte ministered

23 years to the people ofLower Brixham, Devonshire,England. He was devastatedwhen, at age 54, he found hishealth failing and it was sug-gested he travel to Italy forwarmer weather.

During that journey, hepassed away but left behind agreat “hymn of the faith” he’dwritten for his own comfort.He wrote:

“Abide with me; fast falls theeventide. The darkness deep-ens; Lord, with me abide.When other helpers fail andcomforts flee, help of the help-

less, O abide with me.“Swift to its close ebbs out

life’s little day. Earth’s joysgrow dim; its glories passaway. Change and decay in allaround I see; O Thou whochangest not, abide with me.

“I fear no foe, with Thee athand to bless; ills have noweight and tears no bitterness.Where is death’s sting? Where,grave thy victory? I triumphstill if Thou abide with me.”

God has never changed;God cannot fail.

If He’s your Savior and LordHe will abide with you, nomatter what your situation orcircumstance!

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BY CHRIS SOKOLOSKI

FOR THE HERALD

St. Andrew Catholic School’s boysbasketball team recently won itsfirst state championship.

The eighth-graders beat BlessedSacrament School of Charleston 35-24 in the finals of the Diocese ofCharleston Youth Basketball Tour-nament in Aiken.

Coach Tommy Rollings comparesthe Crusaders’ victory with the bib-lical story of David and Goliath.

Unlike public schools, which aregrouped according to enrollment inthe playoffs, Catholic schools of allsizes compete in one postseasontournament.

St. Andrew has a total of 20 stu-dents in its eighth-grade class.Blessed Sacrament has enougheighth-graders to fill several classes.

Christ Our King of Charleston, theteam St. Andrew beat in the semi-fi-nals, has 100 eighth-graders.

In the championship game,Blessed Sacrament was ahead by

two points at halftime.“They played us well in the first

half,” Rollings said. “But I had kidswho really wanted to win. Theywere focused on what they neededto do.”

The Crusaders rallied in the sec-ond half and outscored the Bishops14-7 in third quarter and 11-4 in thefourth.

“I thought with this squad I had achance,” Rollings said. “We made agoal to bring home a state champi-onship.”

St. Andrew’s center Josh Derrickscored nine points in the final andwas named the tournament’s mostvaluable player. Grant Pezikian had13 points, Nico Sandoz had 11 andMark Phillips had two.

In the semi-finals, St. Andrewtrailed Christ Our King by fivepoints with 3 minutes, left but ral-lied for the 41-38 victory.

“We knew once we got past thatcrowd we had a good shot,” Rollingssaid.

St. Andrew ended up 21-3. It was

the first time the team ever won 20games in a season.

When the school started a basket-ball program in 1990, there was nogym, so the team practiced outsideand played all its games on theroad. The team now plays in a gymnamed after its coach.

“I still can’t believe [the gym’sname] when I walk in there,”Rollings said. “I thought you had tobe dead.”

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The St. Andrew Catholic School’s boys basketball team won its first state title with a 35-24 victory over Blessed Sacrament School of Charleston. The team was down at halftime but rallied to win the big game.

St. Andrew boys defeat Blessed Sacrament team to earn first state title

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Giving with Glam – Cock-tails for a Cause washeld Feb. 21 and served

as a fundraiser for HopeHouse. Hosted at the home ofSharlene Zwing, Gretchen

Abney, SarahNelson,Cindy Howe,Joan Chartier,Donna Welshand KathyCox invitedguests tosample a sig-nature cock-tail and re-ceive cosmet-ics of theirchoice for adonation toHope House.

Thanks toan anonymous donor, morethan $2,000 worth of high endcosmetics was donated to thecause. More than 20 ladies en-joyed an evening of fellowshipand chose new products andcolors as they sipped on theevent’s signature cocktail —Little Black Dress Glamorize.

The hostesses offered gueststhis new vodka, which wasmixed with sparkling cranber-ry juice. Little Black DressBlueberry Pomegranate is de-scribed as a charismatic, chat-ty, outgoing little vodka creat-ed by women who like to mix itup, and is designed to capturethe essence of what womenwant in a cocktail — little fuss,burn free and flavorful with aneye toward calorie count.

Some of the guests includedJeri Himmelsbach, SallyHoward, Tracy Rogers,Frances Cahill, Laura Durant,Norma Branton, Liz Kirk andGinny Ward.

This event was such a hugesuccess, bringing in more than$800 in two hours, the host-esses are planning another

GIVING THROUGH GLAMOURGiving with Glam Cocktails for a Cause raises money for Hope House

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At the Giving with Glam - Cocktails for a Cause fundraiser to benefit Hope House are (from left) Donna Welsh, Sally Howard, Gretchen Abney andSarah Nelson. The fundraiser raised more than $800 in two hours.

Cocktail for a Cause in earlyfall.

• Happy first birthday toEmory Howard, who turnedone on Feb. 21. She celebratedwith her family at their homewith a delightful “elephant”themed party. The elephanttheme was chosen bymommy Brooke, because sheloves how elephants — evengrown ones — walk with theirtrunks touching their moms.She likes to interpret that as“always holding your mom’shand, even when grown.”

Guests were lavished withthe adorable theme with doorand fireplace banners, partypoms, pink cupcakes restingin silver cups with flower top-pers, peanuts and peanutmarshmallows, a pink andgray cake topped with an ele-phant delivered from Sum-merville, and Emory’s ownsmash cake.

The kids received personal-ized canvas bags, while theadults enjoyed handmadeand decorated cookies.

These were made bymommy with tags saying

“thanks for stomping by.” The guests were thrilled big

time and Emory’s day wasfilled with a house full offriends and family, includingher nine cousins. Happy firstyear, Emory!

• Congratulations to VannPennell, principal at St. JamesHigh School, who was electedthe 2012-2014 president of theSouth Carolina Class AAAConference, which governs 52Class AAA high schools.

His two-year term will beginin March at the South Caroli-

na Athletic AdministratorsConference in Charleston.

• Happy 14th wedding an-niversary to Bob and LeeMason.

Lee and Bob were one offive couples married by BobbyWilkes on Feb. 14, 1998 at FirstPresbyterian Church.

Bob and Lee had a wonder-ful celebration party withfriends from their home area ofDenver, their vacation area ofMesa, Az., and from theirhome here in Myrtle Beach.

• Congratulations to Wes

and Caleigh Streater on thebirth of Braydeigh PearlStreater, born Feb. 3.

The proud big sister is Paitynand the proud grandparentsare Bob and Cindy Gordonand Carolyn and John Streater.

• Congratulations to AubreyAyers and Chris Barrientos onthe birth of Sophia HarperBarrietos, born Jan.10. Theproud great grandmother isBrenda Eason Ayers.

• Congratulations to KeithLane, honored at the BeachBall Classic finals for his serv-ice and dedication to the eventsince its inception 30 yearsago.

• A brunch/bridal showerfor Kathy Foxworth was held atthe home of Sue Hudgins onFeb. 19. Hostesses wereNorma Branton, Jill Griffithand Sue Hudgins. Warm withfriends, the rainy day wasswept aside as everyonelaughed and visited with theglowing bride.

Guests included SandraAdams, Angie Johnson-Cagle,Lee Gravely, Hatton Gravely,Sally Howard, Susan Means,Billie Johnson, Rita Levine,Eady Pope, Sonja Price,Frances Raynor, LeslieRoberts, Vickie Thomas, JoSkelley-Gasquie and CathieConnestra.

• Happy wedding anniver-sary to these couples celebrat-ing January and February an-niversaries: John and AngelinaSurowiec, Michael and LindaShade, Bart and Lisa Buie andMelvin and Rita McFadden.

SHARLENE ZWING can be reached atSHARZWING@AOL.COM.

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Ashley Michelle Liljenquist and ThomasGroom Terrell III were married at 2 p.m. on De-cember 17, 2011, in the Atlanta Temple of TheChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Blaine L. Liljenquist of Myrtle Beach. She at-tended Socastee High School and graduatedfrom Brigham Young University with a degreein English. She served a mission for TheChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints inMadrid, Spain. She will receive a juris doctorfrom the Charleston School of Law in May2012.

The groom is the son of the late ThomasGroom Terrell Jr. and Ellen and ThomasYoungblood of Alpharetta, Ga. He attendedMilton High School and graduated from theUniversity of Georgia with degrees in Englishand political science. He will also receive a jurisdoctor from the Charleston School of Law inMay 2012.

The bride wore a Badgley Mischka gown ofivory silk organza and French Chantilly lacewith a chapel length train.

The modest cut, cap-sleeve bodice was cov-ered with Chantilly lace and beaded floralmotif appliqués.

The skirt was a full a-line with asymmetricalsilk organza ruffles and lace cascading aroundthe skirt.

Sisters of the bride Allison Liljenquist of Myr-

tle Beach; Kristen Meeker of Morgantown,West Virginia, and Mauri Nelson of MyrtleBeach were attendants. Other bridesmaids in-cluded Katherine Terrell, sister of the groom;and friends of the bride, Joriann McGrath ofProvo, Utah; Maaike Maerki of Aarberg,Switzerland; Josien Westveer of Luttelgeest,Netherlands; and April Rockwood ofSpringville, Utah.

Best man was Bob Cooney of Alpharetta, Ga.Groomsmen included David Chiodo, ChrisMalcolm and Michael Minton, all of Alpharet-ta, Ga., and all friends of the groom.

Brothers-in-law of the bride also serving asgroomsmen included Jason Meeker of Mor-gantown, W.Va.; David Nelson of Myrtle Beachand Paul Weimer of London, England.

Flowers girls were Sarah Nelson, Clara Meek-er and Savannah Meeker, all nieces of thebride. Tate Nelson, nephew of the bride, wasthe ring bearer.

A rehearsal dinner hosted by the groom’sparents was held at their home in Alpharettathe evening before the wedding. A ring cere-mony and a reception were held at Founder’sHall in Roswell, Ga., after the wedding in theAtlanta Temple. A second reception was held atthe Member’s Club at Grande Dunes in MyrtleBeach on December 20, 2011.

After honeymooning in Fiji, the couple willreside in Charleston.

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The third annual PrincessGala was held on March 3 atthe Market Common. Allproceeds went to the CoastalChapter of the American RedCross.

The celebration began withbreakfast at Travinia ItalianKitchen where the littleprincesses met their fairygodmother, Princess Leonore,with her knights fromMedieval Times along withpageant “real princesses.”

After breakfast, there was aparade through the MarketCommon ending at the Grand14 Cinema to meet PrinceCharming, played by TravisMarshall. There they receivedsnacks and enjoyed princessmovies. As they left, theyreceived royal goody bags anda magical cupcake fromTravinia's.

All little princesses wore acostume in order toparticipate.

Little princesses play dress-up for the American Red Cross

GARY CONLOGUE | THE HERALD

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