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Pork butt, that is! South Carolina's nize the role of barbecue in defining top pitmasters are scheduled to cook culinary traditions.

1,000 pounds of the other white meat South Carolina has more cook~?ffs in the huge barbecue competition per capita than any other state, High beginning May 14 as part of Taste! said. The SCBA, founded in 2004, is Gourmet Trade Show & Expo at the the fastest growing such organization Myrtle Beach Convention Center. The in the country. The group j.ud~es 35 South Carolina Barbecue Association competitions a year. Their Judges (SCBA) is presenting the cook-off become certified through ~xlensive which will conclude at 5 pm May 15 training with a full-day seminar plus with Aaron McCargo, Jr. presenting study with a master judge.

the trophy for Best of Show. "The cook-off at Taste! will be a real

The 10 best of the best cookers, championship barbecue with the and two alternates, were selected by state's best judges and the best cooks application to the association .. Only participating, resultinq in a choice of the top Master Barbecue Award win- the very best barbecue," High said. ners during the past year, which Tom Raines, another barbecue included 23 teams, were invited for expert from the SCSA and owner of consideration, and the first applica- Uncle Pete's Barbecue, win direct the lions received were offered the oppor ~ upcoming cook-off which is sponsored tunity. by the South Carolina Departmen~ of

Each pitmaster will cook 10 pork Agriculture and the. South Carolina butts of approximately 10 pounds Pork Board. Raines' Simpsonville, SC each. On completion, they select their company sells tomato-based sauces box of barbecue to be submitted for from his family's third generation judging. Then the remaining, meat will recipe, and the thre.e variet.ies -- ori~ibe offered to the Expo attendees for nal, hickory and spicy ~- Will be availtasting at $1. each. Tasters will be invit- able to the public at his exhibit at ed to cast their own votes for the Taste! throughout the three-day event. People's Choice Award, beginning at Meet the competitors in the Taste! approximately 10 am Saturday, May Barbecue Cook-off and their com~a- 15 and continuing until the pork is nies from Florida and North Carolina eaten. Plates and a limited number of as well as throughout South Carolina:

- whole butts also will be for sale. George King, Can't Ouit Smokin'; Tim

Many states boast some barbecue, Handy, JT's BSO; Dennis Jarrett, ~ot but only in South Carolina is there Belly Cookers; Ryan Jones, Getting cooking and serving of all four types, Piggy With It; Alan.McNeill, Speedway according to the experts at the SCBA. BBQ; Garland Hudgins, Big G.O; Lake High, the found.ing president of Wayne McGuirt, Pork-O'Butts; Mike that august body, explains the four Fields, Mike's Catering; Seth Watari, types of barbecue: light tomato-based, Some-R-Swine; Brian Teague, Up In

vinegar and pepper- based, mustard- Smoke. . .

based or tomato- based. He calls bar- "We are excited and looking forbecue "the most quintessentially ward to it. It's not often we get to comSouthern cuisine in existence and the pete in our own back yard against the one that South Carolinians do best." best of the best in SC," McNeill said. This could be argued by seafood The Surfside business is the only chefs at other popular competitions, competitor from the Myrtle Beach but most residents are proud to recog- area. This is a weekend hobby for his

Alan McNeill.

Lake High.

Speedway team which includes McNelli, his wife and two teenage daughters.

Some-R Swine is a new team to competition barbeque cooking, competing for less than a year. Watari talked about his interests:

"Our sights are set on having a good time and enjoying one of America's greatest pastimes and food. For Some-R Swine, we compete as a family hobby. My wife, and on rare occasion our sons, comprise the team. We focus on events that serve our communities and youths. For us it's all about helping organizations that help others; that's the reason we compete."

Impressive results are reported for this Summerville family. In the team's past year they have won fourth place in pork at Berkley's Best in Monk's Corner; first place in pork at Pig on the Ridge in Ridgeway; fifth place at Cockey vs. Tigertail in Columbia and first place in Smakin' at the Ladge 2010 in Summerville.

South Carolina native Ryan Jones started his Lexington-based BBQ team, GeUin' Piggy With It, in 2005, after his wife Karen saw an ad in the Iocal newspaper for the SCBA. She is his "biggest fan and most trusted taste-tester."

McCargo will present a cooking demonstration in a ticketed event in the Taste! Celebrity Theater, on May 15 at 11: 30 am, while in itial barbecue judging is underway. The popular television personality competed on and won season four of The Next Food Network Star in 2008, beating out thousands of culinary hopefuls for the ultimate dream job - his own Food Network show. Big Daddy's House premiered August 3,2008, and ranked as the number one "In the Kitchen" weekend show during its initial sixepisode run. Food Network renewed the show for a second season, which premiered January 4, 2009, and for a

Ryan Jones.

Aaron McCargo and Andreann Geise.

third season, which premiered July 12, 2009.

On Sig Daddy's House, Aaron shares his passion for big, bold flavors and fun, family cooking.

F rom comfort foods to barbeque favorites to breakfast delights,. Aaron whips up rnouth-waterinq recipes inspired by many years of culinary experience and his fun-I.oving family.

In 2003, Aaron opened his own restaurant in Camden, N.J., called McCargo's Restaurant. Most recently, Aaron served as the executive chef of catering at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

Aaron has been featured on nurnerous national programs including The Today Show, RegiS and Kelly, and Rachel Ray. His rise to fame has been covered everywhere from The New York Times, to Essence Magazine. As a contributing editor for both the June and July issues of Essence, Aaron shared his insight on one of his favorite topics: how to get the family into the kitchen.

High will conduct a crash course in judging to certify McCargo as an honorary judge.

Andreann Geise is another judge, who also will receive her honorary certification. She's a Myrtle Beach area resident, a personal. trainer and adjunct college teacher. Her first foray into the world of Food Network was submission of her original barbecue recipe for consideration in Guy Fieri's Ultimate 'Recipe Showdown. Winning the contest earned her a spot on his network show in October 2009, one of two episodes which recently were aired again. Her presentation in that show was her original Slushing She Crab Soup with a Twist which she will demonstrate in the Taste! Celebrity Theater May 14 at 1'0:30 am.

The Taste! Gourmet Trade Show & Expo is open to. the public with qeneral admission at $7. Tickets and details are at www.tasteshows.com. Exhibitors wIll showcase and sell gourmet specialty products. Restaurants will offer sample portlons for sale, and cooking classes for kids will be taught.

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COAST CONTENTS

Serving 1,000 pounds of butt "", ,"", ,", ,' ,2

COMMENTARY: Thank you 10 our visitors by Brad Dean .....• ,", ,",.4

Overview of a Conspiracy by Paul Gable , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,5

Thank you, veterans by Paul Gable ,"', ,', ,',.7

Applications due May 15 for Memorial Day parade by Nancy Grey,. , , , , , ,8

CID; learns lesson from Hghway 31 wildfire by Nicde Aiello . . . . . " ", """.9

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Tastel Experience true gourmet ' , , , , , , , , , ,10-11

HIT the RoodJFtmrilg b.Klgel.frierxj~road !rips from Family Featull!S , , , ,12

LEARNING ALONG THE WACCAMAW by Linda Ketron ....••.......... , , , ,13

I'To Your Good Hea1thH by Dr. Paul G. Donohue, , ,"" , ,14

Tasting the best by Liz Mitchell", , '" ." , , ,15

EARTH TALK: Letters and Answers ,.,""', ......••••.......... , ,17

Strange But True I Celebrity Extra I Salome's Stars , •. ,' ' ' .18

Literary Page: by Mona PruferlBest Seller Lists, , , , •• ', " , ,19

COMMENTARY: "Chamber salutes v,isilors' by Nancy Gray , , , , ,,22

NIGHT LIFE, s ENTERTAINMENT:

Nash~lleresidents need he!pin fIo:xjing, aftermath by Brian M. HCM'ie I Beach Neva:

Standing By Ben E. King by Dariel Bendin /Qn:atCi:ffi1 ... , ...... .... , , ,,23·,Ll)

GEEK STRAND:, "Summer Movies" by Christopher A, Huff ", ' ,27

Mayfesl brings Eddie Money by Callie Wise .. , , , , , , , , , . , , , ,,28

2001 celebrates 30 years by Michel,le Cantey .............•........ .29

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Strollin' along Myrtle Beach's new Boardwalk by Mark Kruea

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS ' , , , , , , .. , .. , , ' , , , , , , , .. , , . ' , , ,32

CCU oWers summer arts academy by Mooa Prufer, ' , , , , , , , , , , , , , ... , .,33

Menn to serve as Mischief Night Masquerade Ball chair by Kristen Wedsten .........".,34 G eorgelown Cha mber a nno u nces new a nnual me eli ng formal by Rosan ne Davila . . . , , , ,36

Twisting In The Wind I Paw's Corner , , , , . ' , , , , , , , ..37

Glenn's 10.: "Kentud\y: AMomenl~. H~lorfby Glenn Amette III .,.,"" ,"',' ,38

SUPER CROSSWORD , ' , , , ' , , , , ........•• , , , , , ,39

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Pinkerton Offers Three-Day Collage Class In Calabash

Award-winning artist Miriam Pinkerton will be holding a three-day collage workshop at Sunset River Marketplace on June 10, 11 and 12. This class will be fun for both accomplished artists and beginners. Cost is $110 and includes some oflhe materials that will be used,

In addition to providing basic design guidelines, Pinkerton will show the class how to dye

papers and make coffee papers. She will demonstrate several transfer methods, offering advice on what glues to use and how to use and dye rice papers. Participants will also learn to use newspaper 10 make interesting paper designs as well as how to preserve the paper you create.

Miriam Pinkerton exhibits her work locally at Sunset River Marketplace and is an

active member of Associated Artists of Southport in North Carolina. For more information, contact Miriam Pinkerton (910-278-5562) or Ginny Lassiter at the gallery (910- 575-5999) or via email lassiter@sunsetrivermarketplace.com. A materials list is posted on the website (www.sun setrtverrnarke tplace.com). Click on the Workshops tab,

Sunset River Marketplace is located at 1 0283 Beach Drive S.W. (N.C. 179) in Calabash, N.C.

Van Auken Greene Exhibition at Museum Through May

By JuJie Pinckney

The Harry County Museum continues to display photographs from the William Van Auken Greene Collection throughout the month of April and May, William Van Auken Greene traveled the back roads of Harry County, during the

1930s and 1940s, photographing local families, reunions, and funerals.

The Harry County Museum is located on the corner of 5th Avenue and Main Street in historic downtown Conway, S.C. View the preserved collection of photographs from Harry's past. OVDs are available for public viewing. For more infermalion on the display, OVDs, or photo album, call the Museum at 843-915~5320: e-mail at hcgmuseu m@horrycounty.org; or visit the Museum. Hours are Tuesday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

Photos from Harry's backroads during: the 1930s and 1940s will be on display through May ..

Pops Glass Is Moving!

After five years in downtown Conway owners Barbara and Ed Streeter are moving Pop's Glass to a new location at 2416 Main Street, which is also the location for the pair's other company, Conway Glass. Yes, they say they'll miss their friends downtown but the new location will offer students more glass blowing classes, a larger demonstration area and a new updated showroom with more glass then ever.

The Conway Glass GalJery will feature Pop's original blown glass as well as stained glass,. mirror. textured glass and many more unique and trendy glass products for your home and office. You will also find award winning artwork by the Grand Strands most popular artists.

Conway Glass is a 20+ year old company that Ed and Barbara Streeter opened in 1990. Through the years their goal has always been to offer quality glass products that put the WOWI in homes and corn-

mercial buildings. From trendy to practical they provide unique design options. Whether it's texturedgJass, opaque glass, stained g,lass, furniture tops, satin or glue chip glass for kitchen cabinets or frameless shower doors, these are just a few of the latest glass trends available now at the Conway Glass Gallery. They have extended their hours to 6 p.m.

Call Pop's Glass Studio at 843-248-4527 for glass blowing. classes, demonstrations and wholesale g;las5 orders. Call Conway Glass at 843~ 248~3558 for retail sales, commissions and work by other S.C,artists showing at the gallery.

CaU For Artists

'By Paula Thommen

Franklin Square Gallery in Southport is calling for artists for its Summer Hegi.onal Show, a juried exhibition held from June 21 until July 17. The fee is $30 for two pieces of art. Entry forms are due by June 4, and work must be submitted for judging on June 18 between 1 0 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Two nationally known artists, both now working in North Carolina, will jury the show. The 20 judge is Vae Hamilton, known for her collages. The 3D judge is Dina Wilde~Ramsing, whose pottery is in collections throughout the state.

Awards will be presented at a reception for the artists and the public on Tuesday evening, June 22, from 6 to 8 p.m.

For details on entering the show, download a prospectus from the gallery's website at www.franklinsquaregallery.com or contact the chairperson Nancy Henkel Schulte at 910· 2.53-9177 or via email at nschulte@ec . .rr .. com.

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Thank You

To Our Visitors

By Brad Dean

Summer is almost here and we all know what that means: millions of visitors will soon beg.in arriving in our community, anxious to enjoy a Grand Strand vacation. Restaurants wilt be busy, theaters will be packed, flights will be full and highways will be loaded with cars, RVs and other vehicles. In these challenging economic times, the arrival of visitors is a very welcome sign. This is true not just for Ihose of us who live along the Grand Strand, but for alt South Carolinians, as tourism is the economic engine that drives our state's economy.

Each year, visitors inject more than $4.5 Billion into our local economy. They contribute hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes and fees, which fund infrastructure and services needed by tourists and residents alike, including roads, bridges, schools, law enforcement, cultural programs, beach protection and more. The economic impact of tourism creates nearly 75,000 jobs throughout our region. And, because many visitors eventually relocate to our area, tourism can positively impact our local real estate market, too,

Living in one of America's most popular vacation destinations presents challenges at limes, especially when the number of visitors greatly exceeds our permanent population. Despite the .Ionglines or traffic jams we've come to expect during the peak summer season, we can happily count our blessings. How many restaurants, golf courses or theaters would we have if no one vacationed here? The same could be asked about retail stores, shopping centers, entertainment attractions and other venues. The Grand Strand wouldn't be quite so grand if it were not for the 14 million visitors who travel here each year.

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Our theme for National Tourism Week is simple: "Thank You For Visiting." No glitz, no glamour, no fancy slogans - just a simple thank you .. In these challenging economic times, we cannot afford to take our visitor base for granted. Local and state welcome centers will be greeting visitors with big smiles and free refreshments. Local businesses will show their support with window decals and other messaging. Thousands of front-line employees will do all they can to deliver an exceptional customer experience for each of our visitors ..

We encourage all Grand Strand residents and businesses to join us in thanking our visitors. Imagine the impression we could make if every business, employee and resident enthusiastically embraced this message. Letting visitors know we appreciate them is good for all of us.

On behalf of the many residents and businesses throughout the Grand Strand, I'm pleased to be one of the first to say ''Thank You For Visaing."

Brad Dean serves as president & CEO for the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Southern Holdings:

Overview of a Conspiracy

By Paul Gable

Two retired FBI agents, with a total of nearly 60 years of service in that organization, have called the Southern Holdings case the "best documented case of corruption within law enforce" ment and the legal system that they have ever seen."

With that type of statement from two long term FBI professionals, why has the case not been settled with the perpetrators, regardless of their position, being called to justice?

The Southern Holdings case began when stockholder Ancil Garvin III conspired with several other stockholders in an attempt to take over the company and gain control of several contracts worth a total of approximately $20 million.

To accomplish this, the conspirators needed to get rid of Southern Holdings CEO James Spencer. Accordingly, Garvin conspired with several contacts he knew in the Guilford County, N.C. legal community, specifically a deputy sheriff and an assistant district attorney, to have a false entry about Spencer placed in the FBI's National Crime Information Center in June 2000.

They next contacted law enforcement personnel in Horry County, where Spencer was currently living, to have him arrested and have company records seized so they would have Spencer out of the way and the records they needed in their hands.

In a May 18, 2000 memo Garvin distributed to the conspirators, Garvin makes several chilling statements about what was about to happen. Among them are the following:

"Dickie and I will attempt to trick him (Spencer) to North Carolina and have them eliminate him from the picture permanently or somehow get him in jail there."

'The DA in Guilford County stopped all police protection for him (Spencer) and his mother. He has no rights in Guilford County."

'That is why we have nothing to worry about what we do to (Spencer) and the stockholders who do not go along with us. The courts and the lawyers will protect us no matter what we do to the "littie people." It will never get to a jury and if it does, the judge will. never letthe truth be heard."

The sad part. of th is is Garvin was 100 percent accurate in his predictions. Things did not go well for Garvin. The Harry County sheriff's deputies who inltially went to arrest Spencer on June 6, 2000 could not find him. They served a warrant to seize the company cornputers and records, but the warrant did not include Ihose items. The property was seized illegally.

Spencer went to court in July 2000 and had the warrant for him vacated by

the judge and ordered it to be removed from the NCIC system.

Nevertheless, Horry County police officers arrested Spencer in August 2000 without a warrant, even though reference to one is made on the policeincident report. The arrest was recorded on videotapes recorded from equipment in the police cars.

The charges against Spencer were dropped by a circuit court judge in South Carolina's 15th Judicial Circuit in March 2001.

In 2001, Spencer went to local FBI personnel to lodge a complaint for violation of his civil rights by Harry County law enforcement personnel and others. The FBI agent, in violation of FBI regulations, had two South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agents present at the meeting.

After the meeting was over, the FBI agent gave videotape copies of the arrest, which Spencer had brought with him, to the SLED agents rather than following FBI regulations and reporting the incident to Washington, D.C. Headq uarters.

Those tapes became central to the Southern Ho.ldings lawsuit Spencer filed in 2002 against Harry County and various of its law enforcement personnel and civilians including Garvin and his conspirators.

Forensic tape expert Steve Cain, working for Spencer and the other plaintiffs in the case, determined that copies of the police videotapes of the August 2000 arrest had been altered. Cain encouraged attorneys representing the plaintiffs to obtain the original videotapes of the incident for testing so the editing of the tapes could be proved beyond doubt.

This request began what can only be called the "Dance of the Videotapes" where the originals were successfully kept from the plaintiffs' inspection for a period of six and one-half years.

During that period, FBI forensic tape consultant Noel Herold was brought into the case to, allegedly, inspect the videotapes for the defendants. Herold, an interesting character in his own right, submitted faulty information to the court in his curriculum vitae. This information directly contradicted information in curriculum vitae submitted by Herold to other courts in other cases.

Additionally, Herold, in his deposition for the Southern Holdings case, testifying under oath about his FBI experience, said that he "spent two years in the field and then was recalled by Mr. Hoover to the laboratory in late 1972."

During his sworn testimony, Herold must have forgotten that former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972. Regardless of what time frame reference is used, Herold could not have been called back to the lab by Hoover in late 1972 because Hoover

was dead by that time.

This type of statement, however, is indicative of the information Herold provides about himself, his career and his laboratory work.

Herold, incidentally, provided a three sentence report to the defendants stating that he inspected the "original" videotapes and thai they were unedited. There is no reason to believe Herold was anymore truthful in this report than he was in his curriculum vitae information and sworn testimony.

Addltlonally.the FBI and its personnel and contractors are prohibited by federallaw from inspecting evidence in a civil case in which the U.S. Government or one of its agencies is not a party. The original Southern Holdings case did not include the U.S. or South Carolina state governments or any of their agencies or personnel as parties .in the lawsuit.

But, the "Dance of the Videotapes" evaded providing the originals to the plaintiffs for inspection, something that was specifically ordered by the judge, but did provide them to the FBI in violation of federal law.

How did this happen? Defendants attorneys claimed Judge Bryan Harwell ordered the tapes to be inspected by the FBI. The judge contradicted this claim in a statement in open court. One defense attorney claimed both that the judge had ordered inspection of the tapes and that he (the judge) had not.

The machinations in this dance are interesting:

On November 23, 2004, Danny Parris of the State Budget and Control Board Insurance Reserve Fund, the fund that paid defense attorneys and would have had to pay claims against the defendants, wrote in a letter, ''''While there are some technicalities at issue in the ensuing arrest of Mr. Holt (Spencer), the main thrust of the civil litigation is that Spencer's civil rights were violated in the arrest. Additionally, there are now allegations that officers played a form of Russian roulette with the plaintiff while detained. Most disturbingly, there is a new allegation that the tape recorded from the deputy's cruiser has been altered by editing out some or all of the alleged wrong.doing by officers. If at all possible, we are asking SLED to take possession of the tape, too.

The case is a federal one, SLED is a slate agency not involved in the case, but they take the videotapes on the Parris' orders.

SLED sent the tapes to the FBI on December 15, .2004,. with a cover letter by Captain David Caldwell of SLED to Kerry Haynes of the FBI. The letter slates, " Judge R. Bryan Harwell of the U.S. District Court has ordered that SLED deliver to the FBI the three (3) enclosed VHS videotapes for the purpose of examination to determine if they have been altered or edited."

A court hearing of May 4, 2007 contradicts Caldwell's 'letter. According to the official transcript of the court hearing, the fol.lowing dialogue took place

between Judge Harwell and defense counsels Sandra Senn, who was representing the HCPD officers, and Jay Saleeby who was representing Horry County.

Judge Harwell: "But let me raise something. I'm doing this because I take my obligation seriously, as those of you who know me or who have known me a long time. I was glancing through the videotape deposltlon of Mr. Herold, and there was not an objection made, but J think it's incumbent on me to sua sponte raise lt, and I'm not implying that there was any intentional mlscharacterization

at all, but Mr. Herold was not, to my knowledge, a 706 court-appointed expert. I signed a consent order that the lawyers gave me, that basically dealt with shepherding these tapes around, , and that was in 2004. I don'! know :: whether y'all intended it to be a 706 -

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expert, but I don't think this order desig- !C

nated him a 706 court-appointed ( expert."

Ms. Senn: "If your honor didn't, how did it get to the FBI?"

Mr. Saleeby: "Your honor, that's just a matter, I assume, of miscommunication. Ms. Senn asked those questions, maybe she didn't have the background of the case as to how the tapes got up to the FBI althat point in tlme."

Judge Harwell (questioning Saleeby about the court order) 'You would agree with me, that was not the intent (to order the tapes be inspected by the FBI)?"

Mr. Saleeby: "Absolutely your honor." Three weeks earlier, Saleeby, in a response to a motion by the plaintiffs to not allow Herold's testimony, said, "In late 2004, pursuant to the Order of this Court, Herold analyzed three videotapes sent to the FBI by SLED in order to determine whether or not the tapes had been lntentlonally edited or otherwise tampered with."

The original tapes, key pieces of evldence in the lawsuit, were kept from inspection by the plaintiffs' expert while being sent illegally to the FB.I by SLED, claiming a judge's order that the judge denies.

The case was allegedly settled during a questionable meeting without a court reporter present In the judge's chambers after the jury was selected. To this day, the judge has refused to inform the plaintiffs what wenl on in the closed conference even though he has denied the accuracy of a letter by the plaintiffs' attorney about the conference.

In a denial of a motion to set aside the settlement and re-open the case, Judge Harwell wrote, "While there may have been some mis-communication or misunderstanding regarding the manner Herold was brought into this case, the court. does not conclude that there was any intentional manipulation or wrongdoing by the parties in this case."

As Garvin said before the initial actions against Spencer, "The courts and the lawyers will protect us no matter what we do to the "Iittle people." It will never get to a jury and if it does, the judge will never let the truth be heard."

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Soldier's Heart Journey to Viet Nam

By John Fisher and Lindsley FieldSprlng 2010

The year 2010 is the year of celebrations for Vietnam. January began the festivities with the o.bservance of 15 years of normalized relations with the United Slates. On April 30th it will be 35 years since the end of the war. The city of Hanoi will commemorate 1000 years on October 10th (10/1.0/1.010 - 10/10/201.0) and Soldier's Heart will be in attendance for the festivities, also celebrating 10 years leading reconciliation journeys to Vietnam. This year also represents the first year Soldier's Heart has expanded its work in Vietnam by adding a second pilgrimage from March 28th to April 12th. And unbeknownst to the travelers who signed up this year, Vietnam was ready to take notice with amazing receptions and media coverage. Over the course of 16 days; Soldier's Heart was televised on six nightly newscasts throughout the Central and Northern regions, two National talk shows on the VOICE OF VIETNAM (VOV) and TALK VIETNAM, as well as the making of two documentaries, one on Vietnamese Television (VTV) and the other with the Vietnam News Agency, which reaches more than 100 million readers/viewers in Southeast Asia.

Soldier's Heart is a foundation based on the writings of Dr. Ed Tick, Ph.D., psychotherapist and author. With the Vietnam War in the '60's and '70's and now the wars in the Middle East, psychological casualties have occurred at alarming rates. Many returning soldiers suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the stopgap measures with traditional treatments have not been enough. Veterans from all wars, past and present, have not been allowed to complete their process, which must involve the entire SOCiety. The ancient traditions allowed for a different experience after war and Dr. Tick has taken great measures to study the customs of Native American, Greek Mythologies and even Vietnamese to discover the concepts to healing PTSD that is

unprecedented in our Western culture. His best selling book, "War and the Soul," describes his findings and as director of Soldier's Heart. (term used during the Civil War to describe PTSD), he is able to implement these methodologies long lost to the modern world. And he has been laking veterans back to Vietnam too, since the year 2000, to help them recover from their experience and reclaim their identity lost in the war, an important process discovered from the earher traditions.

John Fisher, Doctor of

Chiropractic, Vietnam veteran and author, co-facilitated this years' spring trip with his wife and partner Lindsley Field, Certified Trager Practitioner, Rei.ki Master/teacher, aromatherapist and Shamanic healer. Together they have over 50 years of clinical expertise and were joined by e.ight participants, three of whom were also body workers with skills in orthopedic massage, Shiatsu, Crania-Sacral, yoga and Reki. As with all. Soldier's Heart journeys, reconciliation for veterans and family members along with a

American military during the Vietnam War. Used to defoliate the jungles where the enemy was hiding, C-130 aircraft sprayed the herbicides onto the countryside. Each plane could destroy 350 acres of forest and a spray run took less than 4 minutes, used 1,000 gallons of chemical and was often sprayed by 3 planes flying side by side. That meant 1 run equaled! 1,000 acres of jungle destroyed. There were 19.4 million gallons sprayed in all, 11.7 million gallons of that being Agent Orange, which was made from dioxin. Unfortunately, the toxic effects of the mission, called Operation Ranch Hand, still remains evident both on the land and in the society of Vietnam. Today there are thousands of disabled Vietnamese as a result of earlier generations consumption of the poisoned food and water supplies, not to mention those who were directly sprayed. Many American and their allied forces have experienced generational disabilities too, but none worse than those who live in the damaged terrain itself. The U.S. Government is just now starting

Saigon, Viet Nam.

focus on Vietnamese spirituality/culture is the primary concern, but in addition the spring journey brings on the opportunity to share clinical holistic healthcare, which is 0.01 readily available in Vietnam .. As the trip began to take fold, a very collaborative relationship began to develop overseas. Through synchronistic connections on the Internet, the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) discovered the upcoming venture and asked for help in their sponsored Agent Orange villages and schools. Four of the six clinics offered this year were partnered with the VVAF with the other two beinq an elderly home in Hoi Anh and Friendship Vil.lage in Hanoi, also an Agent Orange facility. Close to 1000 patients were seen.

Agent Orange is one of the

chemicals sprayed by the

to deal with some of the issues related with American veterans, but so far it has only been the special interest groups that have helped the Vietnamese.

Soldier's Heart clinics were set up to service patients in an orderly and efficient manner with all trip participants contributing in the process. "I know we're all here to care for these people, but it is a very healing experience for us too," commented a non-therapist member of our group. "I feel energized because our group is transforming the care and access that those living with dioxin exposure in Viet Nam are getting," reflected one of the therapists. Dr. Fisher has done this work in the country he once fought against on five different trips, Lindsley on three, and they both share the healing benefits experienced, all above and beyond that offered to the

patient. The work lasts between two to four hours at each center, which also accounts for the time spent to teach the skills possible to leave behind to the staff and volunteer therapists. In addition, this year's journey was blessed with a $7,000 donation of products from Young Living Essential Oil Company. Therapeutic grade essential oils were gifted to the villages/schools this year, many designed to cleanse and purify the body of the toxic effects of dioxin. The VVAF, Friendship Village (also sponsored by a Vietnam veteran effort) and now Soldier's Heart are offering signif~ ican! contributions to exposed communities.

Participating on this year's spring trip were two Vietnam vsterans, one veteran wife, three veteran children and one veteran nephew. There were several ceremonial services for all of those involved with the after effects of war. One in particular wasespecially moving at LZ (Landing Zone) Bayonet, just north of Chu LOlL It was dedicated to the veteran daughter whose father had served there, but it scan became apparent that all veterans and their children were being honored. Even the news media that had been accompanying the group's travel became involved as they turned off their cameras and joined the sacred circle. These journeys often have synchronistic events, as the reporter and cameraman were also veteran children of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). All were anointed with sage and incense and as never before, true reconciliation for veterans, their children and their foe took place on an abandoned firebase where the breezes now whisper peace across the land. That feeling continued with a visit to My Lailater that day, site of the March 16, 1968 massacre. One of the survivors, Ha Thi Quy, now 85, agreed to meet with the group. There is love and forgiveness throughout this Southeast Asian land, but this unlikely woman exemplifies the culture as none other.

Hurnanltarian projects are a large part of Soldier's Heart ventures in Viet Nam .. Over the years, schools, infirmaries, street children shelters and compassion houses have been built where most needed. The spring trips are mostly focused on healthcare clinics and all participants are asked to bring donation items such as clothing, toys and other non-perishable items for those in need. This year, Tony Luick, Psychologist, Vietnam veteran and director of American Veterans Quest for Peace (AVQP) was along for the spring

journey and brought a generous donation of $2500, courtesy of the AVQP. The funds were utilized to subsidize a leprosy colony near Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), needed medical supplies at the elderly home clinic, food and necessities at a Buddhist orphanage and high school scholarships for 19 students in Hue. Soldier's Heart is greatly priv.ileged to team with AVQP in this generous offering. Both Dr. Fisher and Dr. Luick were special. guests on the National talk shows previously mentioned. Viet Nam is very happy to have American veterans returning after the war and most honored when they also contribute to their third-world nation. Christal Presley, Ph.D. in education, veteran daughter and author was also featured on one of the shows.

Receptions for the group were held throughout the country from Ho Chi Minh City, through the central areas of Quang Nam and Da Nang provinces and into Hanoi. In the latter city a grand social event was held in honor of the Americans and attended by many dignitaries including the Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament Assembly Ngo Quang Xuan, Psychiatric Director of the Association for Handicapped Children Do Thuy Lan, M.D., head of the Orthopedic Department of Viet Due University Hospital Ngo Van Toan, M.D., Deputy Secretary General Bui Van Nghi and the American Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Mitchell. Before the group's departure from Vietnam on Monday, April 12, the Secretary General of the Central Government Tran Dac Loi gave a farewell reception for the group. In his speech he painted out that the Vietnamese people have come to terms with the psychological aspects from the war, however many physical aspects remain (Agent Orange contamination and uri-detonated land mines and bombs). He thanked the group for helping them to overcome these challenges.

John Fisher and Lindsley Field are residents of Murrells Inlet, S.C. They can be reached for further comment at 843~651·1086. In addition to their overseas humanitarian work through Soldier'S Heeri; they hold a volunteer free veterans clinic in Myrt/e Beach. The clinics are held at Unify Church, 1270 Surfside Industrial Park Drive, Surfside Beach, SC 29575.Phone 843- 238-8516 for dates and times. Veterans and their immediate families from alf wars and service are we/come.

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Businesses, nonprofit organizations and any group may sponsor a float or par~ ticipate in the Memorial Day weekend parade on Saturday, May 29, on Ocean Boulevard. The parade will start at 27th Avenue North at 10:30 a.m. and end at 9th Avenue North about 12 p.m. The

deadline to submit a parade entry form is May 15. The costs are as follows:

Float: $700 rental includes decorated float by Cline Floats, applicant's name on both sides of the float, insurance and a vehicle and driver to pull the float,

Float provided by applicant: $125 registration fee. Must be preapproved.

Car unit: $50 to secure a spot in the

parade lineup. Applicant must provide a car, driver, car signage and proof of insurance.

Military vehicle: Free. Military vehicles, including tanks, may participate.

Walking group: Free. Nonprofit organizations registered with the S.C. Secretary of State may participate. Nonmilitary groups require at least six participants. No minimum applies to military groups.

For-profit group: $100 to secure a spot in the parade lineup.

Participants will need to provide a color photo of their float, vehicle or walking group. An additional fee of $250 will be applied for registration after May 15. Additional rules and restrictions apply.

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By Kimberly Miles

'Eleemosynary' To Close Out Atlantic Stage Season

Atlantic Stage, the only professional theatre company in the Myrtle Beach area is presentingits final production of

the 2009/201 0 season,

"Eleemosynary" by Lee

Blessing. Previews were held April 28 and opening night was April 29.

"Eleemosynary" is directed by Atlantic Stage founding cornpany member, Monica Bell, who directed Atlantic Stage's inaugural production of ART in 2008.

Spelling Bees, flying children and the joy of articulate vernacular are all part of the simple diversion that is Lee Blessing's "Eleemosynary." This is a story

Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild

Annual Juried Exhibit April 29 to May 27

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Franklin O. Burroughs Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum 3100 South Ocean Blvd. Myrtle Beach, SC

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April 29, 5:30 - 7:30 pm

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of three bright women; a mother, daughter and grandmother and the ties that bind them together.

There is nothing traditional about these women or their relationships but that is the sheer bliss of Atlantic Stage's production. Echo (Shannon Burke), longs for the love of her mother but she is not able to find the maternal instincts needed to provide that love. Raised by her grandmother, she is a spelling bee champion and the only one with her head on straight. Artie (Mindi Penn) is Echo's mother, emotionally dysfunctional due to being raised by Dorothea (Sandi Shackelford) who is convinced that with wings Artie could and should fly. Dorothea suffers a stroke and Echo and Artie arrive to provide the extra care and support. Through a series of flashbacks we learn how these fragile relationships developed and why eleemosynary is ultimately the most important word used in this production where words are played as orchestral instruments.

BeH has assembled a talented cast and crew for the 90-

minute production. It includes Sandi Shackelford as Dorthea, Mindi Penn as Artie and Shannon Burke as Echo. Set and lights are by Ken Martin. Mellissa Anne Blizzard designed costumes. Sound is by Seth Cox and the production manager is Marc MaCintyre. Stage managing is Marjorie Mitchell and Kris Rau.

All show times are 7:30 p.rn., except matinees, which begin at 3 p.rn, The show runs Friday, May 7 and Saturday, May 8; Sunday matinee, May 9; Thursday, May 13 - Saturday May 15; and closing Sunday matinee on May 16.

Single Tickets are on sale and range from $15-$25 at the door and are available at

www.atlanticstage.com or by calling the Atlantic Stage box office at 1-877-287-8587. Discounts are available for students, seniors (55+) and the military. Student rush tickets are available for all performances 5 minutes prior to curtain at the Box Office for $5 (subject to availability). For group discounts, season tickets and Flex passes call 1-877-287-8587.

A limited number of tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on the day of the performance and are limited to two tickets per order with a suggested donation of $5.

The Atlantic Stage 79th Avenue Theatre is located at 900 79th Avenue North in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

By Nancy Gray

Pageant Application Deadline Ahead for Miss Sun Fun

Applications are being

accepted for the 2011 Miss Sun Fun® and 2011 Miss Sun Fun Teen® pageants, which must be received by May 13. Applicants must be between the ages of 13 and 26 to compete. An official entry form and contest rules and regulations are available at S un Fun Festival. com.

The pageants will be held in association with the 59th annual Sun Fun Festival 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 30, at Socastee High School, Myrtle Beach. Doors open 5 p.m. The public can purchase tickets at the door for $15 (cash only). This year's theme is "Under the Sea."

All contestants will be judged in three equally weighted cate-

gories: swimsuit, evening gown and interv.iew. Important qualities include poise, personality, beauty of face and figure and the ability to speak articulately about the Grand Strand area.

Pageant winners will compete, expenses paid, in the Miss South Carolina USA and Miss South Carolina Teen USA pageants. Miss Sun Fun and Miss Sun Fun Teen also will represent the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, its member businesses and the Grand Strand throughout their reigns, participating in festivals, promotional trips and local events.

"The Miss Sun Fun pageant offers an exciting and unique opportunity for two young women from South Carolina. The Sun Fun Festival and the

Miss Sun Fun pageants are long-running traditions that provide an incredible year for the winners," said Paula Miles, Miss South Carolina USA/Teen USA director and producer of the Miss Sun Fun pageants.

The Sun Fun Festival began modestly in June 1951, when a handful of regional beauty queens, riding in Nash Ramblers, arrived in Myrtle Beach to add some luster to the 14 events that comprised the inaugural festival. Fifty-nine years later, the festival has earned the distinction of being one of the largest annual festivals in the Carolinas.

For more information about the pageants, visit SunFunFestival.com or call Paula Miles, RPM Productions lnc., at 803-648-6220.

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City Learns Lessons From Highway 31 Wildfire

By Nicole Aiello

Nearly a year has passed since the Highway 31 Wildfire destroyed or damaged more than 150 homes in Barefoot Resort on April 23, 2009. As a direct result of this disaster, the City of North Myrtle Beach and the North Myrtle Beach Department of Public Safety have been working hard ever since to improve training, equipment and operations in order to help prevent another tragedy.

"We learned a lot from the wildfire last April and the Department of Public Safety,. including the Fire Rescue Division, is committed to improving our operations in order to serve and protect our residents," said fire chief Tom Barstow, who also serves as the City's emergency rnanaqer.

North Myrtle Beach fire~ fighters have increased their training with two wildland fire~ fighting classes held through the South Carolina Forestry Commission. More than 53 City firefighters, whose main experience had been to protect the lives and safety of crtizens and visitors through fighting structure fires, will be certified wildland firefighters after their practical test. The test is currently being scheduled through South Carolina Forestry Commission. This training gives North Myrtle Beach firefighters the skills and hands-on experience in dealing with wildfires.

The North Myrtle Beach Public Safety Department also stepped up its communication to residents and visitors by enrolling in a free community information service called Nixie,. which delivers trustworthy and important nei g h bo rhood-Ievel p u bl i c safety alerts and community notifications from authorized City of North Myrtle Beach staff instantly via cell phone text message, email and the Web. Residents and those people planning to visit North Myrtle Beach are encouraged to sign up at www.Nixle.com. In addition, the Public Safety Department and the City's emergency manager have partnered with the National Weather Service to broadcast emergency messages through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) weather radio system.

Another step the

Department of Public Safety took was assessing current firefighting equipment and, with community support, obtaining additional equipment in order to more effectively fight wildfires. The Fire Rescue Division received nine full sets of wildfire turnout gear from Wal-Mart in North Myrtle Beach and the Catholic Diocese of Charleston, who donated the gear as a public service to the community. Also, T-Bonz Gill and Grill at Barefoot Landing will be hol.ding a fund raiser as this publication goes

The Highway 31 Wildfire destroyed or damaged more than 150 homes in Barefoot Resort on Ap.ril 23,.2009. (Photo courtesy wildfiretoday.com)

to press on Thursday, April 22, with proceeds benefitting local firefighters. The money raised will be used for additional wildfire turnout gear.

In other efforts to protect residents, City Council passed an ordinance that bans open burning in the City limits. The City also made it a priority to pave Water Tower Road from Barefoot Resort to Highway 31 in order for Barefoot Resort residents to have an additional egress in the event of another emergency. Also, the fiscal year 2011 budget will reflect the City's commitment to firefighting efforts with money allocated for a multi-purpose vehicle that will be able to assist with wild land firefighting.

In addition to the City's actions, the South Carolina Forestry Department has met with communitiesin North Myrtle Beach to help them become Firewise communities. The national Firewise Communities program is intended to serve as a resource for agencies, tribes, organizations, fire departments and communities across the U.S. that are working toward a common goal: reduce loss of lives, property and resources to wildland fire by building and maintaining communities in a way that is compatible with our natural surroundings. The Tidewater

Community now holds the distinction of being a Firewise Community.

For more information, contact the City of North Myrtle Beach at 843-280-5555. As always, in the case of an emergency, call 911. immediately.

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Taste! Gourmel Trade Show & Expo is a food and wine experience for the public plus a trade show. The three-day event is in the Myrtle Beach Convention Cenler May 14-16. Tickets are online at tasteshows.com,. and special. event tickets are available at Crystalite Cafe in Myrtle Beach. Tickets wil.1 be sold at the door, although advance planning is recommended due to limited seating for the celebrityevents.

Features are: cooking demos by Food Network hosts Guy Fieri and Aaron McCargo, Jr., plus Bravo Top Chef Fan Favorite of Season 5 Fabio Viviani with his restaurant partner Jacopo Falleni. All of their cooking. demonstrations are ticketed events at $32, $44 and $80, depending on type of seating. Fieri will demonstrate the Spaniards Cocktail of Shrimp with hiis Grilled Barbecue Sauce plus a surprise oyster dish. McCargo will cook. Fingerling Potato Chips with Bi.g Daddy's Sloppy Joe Burgers. Viviani will showcase his Spinach and Ricotta Malfatti, and FalJeni will pair it with his Tranquility Martini. Guests will be offered collectible recipe cards, and limited time will be available for celebrity autographs and book signing.

Special events Include the Bad Boy Breakfast with Guy Fieri on May 14 at 9 a.m. and Fabio's Intimate Wine Dinner Party at 7 p.m. on May 14 with an exclusive five-course meal paired with Santa Margherita wines and Falleni's martinis for welcome and dessert cocktails. The breakfast is $95, and the wine dinner is $120.

Bravo Top Chef fan favorite for season five, Fabio Viviani.

Additional cooking demonstrations are induded with generaladmission tickets. Eric Masson, executive chef and proprietor of The Brentwood Restaurant & Wine Bistro in Little River, will demonstrate his famous Crepe Suzettes on May 15. The Supper Swap Girls of Greenville, noted for their television cooking program, will demonstrate on May 14 and again on May 15 with their special recipes for famil.ies. Andreann Geise, Myrtle Beach area resident, won Guy Fieri's Ultimate Recipe Showdown in September 2009. She will demonstrate her winning Blushing She Crab Soup with a Twist. Barbara Whitl.ey of Crady's Restaurant in Conway will showcase the secrets of her tiny cheese biscuits well known

to her restaurant guests. Rich Hollenberg, television cooking show host and ESPN sportscaster as well as Home Shopping Network guest expert, is the show emcee. He will present a cooking demonstration of No Sauce No Problem.

The Barbecue Cook-off is sponsored by the prestigious South Carolina Barbecue Association featuring the Top 10 Pitmasters vying for cash prizes and Best of Show Award to be presented by Aaron McCargo, Jr. Barbecue details and. pitmasters are featured in the blog on the tasteshows.com website. A people's choice award will be determined by votes cast after $1 tastings.

General admission is $7 daily and includes a variety of seminars and cooking demon-

The Bad Boy Breakfast with Guy Fieri will take place on May 14 at 9 a.m,

strations by local and regional celebrities plus the 'Expo. Exhibitors will showcase and sell gourmet specialty products. Restaurants will sell sample portions, and wines will be offered by Hyman Vineyards.

The Just-a-Kidz Cooking Tent includes classes by Cecil Chandler and the Medieval Times cast as well as by Geise and Viviani. Children's classes are limited to 24 for each session with advance tickets avallable online at $15 for one child and guardian.

Also included with general admission are the May 16 activities. Entertainment by Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament cast in a "Fight to

the Death for Chocolate" will be a highlight on May 16 at noon. This will be followed at 2 p.m. with awards for the competitions in these categories:

Best of Sweet Tooth Lane, Best Gourmet Specialty Product, Best Hot and Spicy, Best Taste of Show,. Best Exhibit and People's Choice .. Judges will include celebrities plus Miss Myrtle Beach.

The first show of its type in Myrtle Beach is planned as an annual South Carolina event produced by KNB Productions, LLC which has offices in Myrtle Beach. and New Jersey.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the website at www.tasteshows.com.

Food Network. host Aaron McCargo, Jr. will present the Best of Show award in the Barbecue Cook-off ..

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By Mona Prufer

New Exhibit to Open in Bryan Art Gallery

"Wood, Paper, Canvas," an exhibition featuring new work by painters Dan Powell and John Schiro, photoqrapher Easton Selby and sculptor Chris Todd wi.1I be displayed from Thursday, May 13 through Friday, June 18 in the Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery at Coastal Carolina University. The public is invited to the opening reception on Thursday, May 13 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Powell's recent oils on linen, water, colors and drawings are inspired by boat landings on the Pee Dee and Waccamaw fivers in Harry County.

Powell earned a master's degree in visual design from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 1997 .. He has taught art at Chester College of New Eng,land, Salve Regina

University, Harry Georgetown

Technical College and Coastal

Carolina University. Powell's work has been exhibited in venues from Rhode Island to South Carolina.

Schiro, a native of Houston, Texas, is influenced by an early training' in classical dance. Schiro earned a master's degree from Rutgers University in 2008. His work is in private collections in New York Gity, Metz, France, and China. He was a Joan Mitchell MFA Grant norni-

nee and received a Vermont Studio Center Fellowship Grant in .2008 .. He is currently a teaching associate at Coastal Carolina University ..

Selby says that his photographic series "Rootwork" is influenced by the "spectrum of religious belief systems, mysticism and magic that seeps through the soil of the South." Selby earned a master's degree from Clemson University in .2006. He is the recipient of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Photography, His work has been included in numerous exhibitions, including a recent one-person exhibition at The Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum in Nashville. He teaches photography at Coastal

Carolina University.

Todd says her peripatetic past life in theatre has influenced her work. Todd earned a master's degree in furniture

design at the University of

Massachusetts Dartmouth. She

recently traveled to Nicaragua to volunteer in trade a school for women called Mujeres Constructoras. She teaches 3D design and sculpture at Coastal Carolina University.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday from May 10 through August 6. For directions: www.coastal.edu/bryanartgallery.

For more information, contact Cynthia Farnell, gaUery director, at 843~2.34·3466 or cfarnell@coastal.edu.

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Hit the Road!

Plan a budget-friendly road trip

Although many families are watching their finances this year, it doesn't mean vaca-

lions, special occasions or just the destination, but also family gatherings have to be the journey.

out of reach. For example, • Websites such as

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to reach your destination while RoadsideAmerica.com provide staying within your budget. tips on how to plan interesting Also, with some proper plan- routes, as well as how to save ning, your family can enjoy not money on entertainment, local events and attractions.

• Map out your route with online tool's on AAA.com, RandMcNally.com or RoadTripUSA.com. You can find the best highways, rest slops and avoid heavy traffic areas - saving you time and fuel.

• Estimate the cost of fuel for your trip at sites such as IndependentTraveler.com, or Fuel CostCal cu lator. com. Tracking your fuel budget will help you save money along the way, leaving more cash for the

fun stuff.

• Keep your engine wetltuned and repair any problems immediately: If your car has failed an emissions test or 'is noticeably out of tune, repairing the problem could improve your gasoline mileage by four percent on average.

• Use the recommended grade of oil in your engine:

Following your rnanutacturer's motor oil recommendation can improve gasoline mileage by up to two percent.

• Choose a high-quality

gasoline.: Top automakers agree that carbon deposits can build up on critical engine parts, which can decrease the power, performance and fuel efficiency of your vehicle. Use a Top TIER detergent gasoline, such as the new Shell Nitrogen Enriched

Gasolines.

• Avoid idling: When you idle, you get zero miles per gallon.

• Search online for hotel deals. Sign up for email alerts from price comparison Web sites such as Travelocity.corn, Expedia.com or Orbitz.com to find out about travel deals, such as discounted hotel rates,

• Look for online restaurant coupons and print them before you go to keep your meals on a budget. At Restaurants.com, you can search for restaurants along your route that offer discounted gift certincates ..

If you decide to hit the high· ways this year, plan ahead and drive smart so you can enjoy the journey itself!

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By Cher Murphy

Restaurant Dishes Up Advice on Successfully Using Social M,edia

Restaurants across the

country, along with many other types of businesses, are learning that social media is a quick route to building a customer base. California Tortilla, a quick-

- casual Mexican restaurant

chain, is one of those cornpanies taking advantage of what such new media has to offer. As a result, they enjoy the benefit of learning more about their customers, while also getting the word out about their food.

"Social media works great for restaurants because it can create an immediate call 10 action," explains Stacey Kane, director

of marketing for California Tortilla. "We have long known in marketing that word-of-mouth advertising is the best there is. Social media is an easy-la-use catalyst for accomplishing exactly that!"

Social media, which is essentially the act of spreading information by means of sociaiinteraction, include the use of such popular sites as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and even blogs and wikis. Restaurants are successfully reaching and staying in touch with their customer base, particularly by using Facebook and Twitter.

For example, California

Tortilla uses Facebook to converse with their customer base. They have learned a lot about them and have even allowed one of their fans to name a new menu item, "The No-Meato Burrito," which is a vegan burrito. They are also using an application on the site that allows site users to send virtual food to their Facebook friends, thereby continuing to spread their company name and product around via word of mouth.

For those who would like their business to take advantage of social media tools, consider these tips:

• First, find out what is already being said about your

company. You can do this by Signing up for Google alerts, reading message boards and checking out reviews.

• Decide who within your organization is going to be responsible for Social Media. This needs to be someone who can speak in your brand's voice. An intern who will be there for only a few months is probably not a wise choice.

• Make sure that any offer you put out there is easy for the customers and staff to execute.

• Integrate your campaigns - use brick-and-mortar signage to encourage peopla Jn-store to become your online fans and followers.

• Stay in the know about trends in the industry by signing up for "SmartBrief for Social Media" - it's free ( http://www.smartbrief.com/so cialmediaJ).

• Try to be timely aboul addressing any concerns that come back to you. Customers want to know that you are listening to them, and that you care about their experience in your establishment.

"Social media can really put smaller chains on a par with larger ones," adds Kane. "With these tools, you don'! need million-dollar advertising budgets. For a small investment of your time, you can reach customers, interact with them and help build your brand."

New Programs Director at Brunswick Chamber

Kelly Mathews was hired as the programs and events director for the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce on April 1. Mathews comes to Ihe Chamber from Anderson Brothers Bank 'in longs, S.C. Prior to thai, she was the activities director al Seasons at Prince Creek in Murrells Inlet, S.C. She has an extensive background in event planning with a B.A. in Recreation, Parks and Tourtsm from University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

"I am familiar with Kelly's work ethic first-hand as we worked together on various projects in the past. She brings a high level of experience and energy 10 the position. I am extremely pleased that Kelly

has joined our team at the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce" said Cathy Altman, presidenUCEO of the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce.

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The Moveable Feast

This popular series of literary luncheons, each featuring an exciting author at different Waccamaw Neck restaurants, is held every Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Most feasts are $25. Reservations are requested by the Wed nesday prior to the feast. The 2010 schedule is available onsile at Art Works inside the Chocolate & Coffee House at the litchfield Exchange, online at www.classatpawleys.com or by phone, 843-235-9600.

May 14 - Karen White ("On Folly Beach") at Ocean One. Bestselling and award winning author White returns to her writing soul's home on the South Carolina coastline with this new novel of loss, mysterious love letters, bottle tree magic, and the serendipitous workings of the universe to bring together two widows of wars, 60 years apart, for second chances on the Southern-most barrier island.

Celebrating just one of Tori McClure's many "firsts," her debut memoir is the subject of the May 21 Moveable Feast.

May 21 - Tori McClure ("A Pearl in the Storm") at Bove. Tori Murden McClure's firsts include being the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic (81 days in a rowboat), to ski overland 740 miles from the ice shelf to the South Pole, to climb Lewis Nunatuck summit in Antarctica, and now to become the first non-Catholic President in Spalding University's 196-year history. She has an AB from Smith College, where she currently serves on the board of trustees, a Master's in Divinity from Harvard University, a JD from the University of Louisville School of Law, and an MFA in Writing from Spalding University. She has worked as a chaplain at Boston City Hospital and for Muhammad Ali at the Muhammad Ali Center.

DeGroot, self-published author of 13 romantic thrillers, also leads a writers group at the north end of

the Grand Strand.

SPAT (Self-Published Author Talks)

The May SPAT, held at the Chocolate & Coffee House in the Litchfield Exchange, features DeGroot, author of 13 romantic thrillers, and Tom Rieber, mystery author of "The Nine Irony." The third-Thursday talks are free and open to the public (with reservations, so sufficient seating can be arranged). Come hear the trials and tri-

Tom Rieber, author of "The Nine Irony," joins DeGroot at SPAT on May 20

umphs of writers who are "taking it to the streets." Order a chai or iced coffee and enjoy some great storytelling. Thursday, May 20,3:30 to 5 p.m., free, 843-235-9600.

A Note from Zenobia

For this Mother's month of May, Zenobia's Women of Inspiration Gullah dolls will be on sale at Art Works (inside the Chocolate & Coffee House at the Litchfield Exchange) at a thank-you, rollback price of $100 for previous patrons and customers. Supply is limited. For more information, call 843-235- 9600.

I appreciate being able to tell the stories and celebrate the fives of the many women who have contributed to my fife, and can hardly believe that I have been creating "women of inspira-

tion" in their honor for nearly 12 years. The foundation of my work as an artist is to pay respect and say thank you, to my ancestors, teachers, mentors and mothers.

This month I would like to say "thank you" to my customers and patrons for your support and encouragement. I started my public journey as an artist at Art Works at the Litchfield Exchange. Twelve years ago Art Works offered me a place to begin to get comfortable and grow. I invite you to come in and see how my work has evolved. I think my women are more courageous, more joyous-full of laughter - AND THEY DANCE!!!!! Let me know what you think, and if you see one for yourself or as a gift, there's a special price just for you. I am able to do what I love to do largely because you all support my public journey. Thank you. Peace and Abundance, Zenobia

Starshine Spring Recital

Join JoElien Langley's talented troupe of performers for their spring recital of Starshine Performance Training at the Waccamaw Higher Education Center, showcasing the accomplishments of this intergenerational class (ages 14-75). Seating is limited so reservations are required. Thursday, May 27, 7 p.m., free with reservations, 843-349-4030.

Summer Camps for Kids

Brochures for Coastal Carolina University's summer programming for young people can be found at the three outreach centers in Litchfield, Myrtle Beach and Conway, as welt as on campus and in public libraries. For terrific, supervised learning experiences for your children or your "grands," you may want to check out all the options listed below. On the main campus, a residential program (Summer Art Academies) for middle school and high school students studying music. performing arts and visual arts will be held during June. At the Waccamaw Higher Education Center in Litchfield and Myrtle Beach Education Center (79th Avenue North), Mini Summer youth Programs are offered during June and July for students ages 6-12. Two programs are offered in the mornings and two in the afternoons. Each week-long, half-day camp is $75; students may be enrolled for the full day (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m .. For more information, call 349-4001 or 843- 349-4030 or visit www.coastal.edu/outreach.

Summer Arts Academy is a residential program for middle school and high school students studying music (June 5-12), performing arts (June

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13-25), and visual arts (June 13-25). The programs are held on the main campus at Coastal Carolina University in Conway. Tuition varies and includes the program curriculum and instruction, room and board, use of the campus facilities, camp T-shirt, a key lanyard and all activities provided during the stay.

Mini Summer Youth Programs for ages 6-12 offered at Waccamaw Higher Education Center Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM-12:30 PM and 1-5 PM, plus SAT and ACT Workshops for High School Students, $75 for each half-day camp.

• June 7-11 - AM - Computer Starters; The Amazing Human Body; PM - Let's Build It!; Fantastic Flower Child

• June 14-18 - AM - Scribble, Doodle and Collage; Can You Dig It? PM - Use the Force; Magical Wizard Camp

• June 14·18 AM - SAT Prep (High School Students) Get ready for the big test in a fun class that incorporates how to best study under stress. Math, reading and writing will be covered in this camp that will teach you how to take the test with confidence!

• June 21-25 - AM - It's Easy Being Green; Snap it, Scrap it! Scrapbooking Camp; PM - Poetry SLAM!; Hola! Spectacular Spanish

• June 28-July 2 - AM - Fantastic Photography; UP! PM - Sugary Chefs; Coral Reef Commotion Camp!

• June 28-July 2 AM - ACT Prep (High School Students) Are you getting ready to apply to college and need a little extra preparation for the big test? Let us help you with English. mathematics, reading, science and writing during this camp that will give you the extra edge on the ACT!

• July 12-16 - AM - Finger Prints and Evidence: Forensic Science Lab; Computer Starters; PM - Magical Wizard Camp; Pirates, Pirates Everywhere!

• July 19-23 - AM - It's Easy Being Green; Hardware Store Music; PM - The Amazing Human Body; Magnificent Musical Theater!

• July 26-30 - AM - Fantastic Photography; Pirates, Pirates Everywhere! PM - Finger Prints and Evidence: Forensic Science Lab; Fantastic Flower Child

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Low Sodium. Level Causes M:any Symptoms

DEAR DR. ilJONOHUE:

Wh.at can you tell me about a low sodium level? My visiting friend (from England) was refused embarkation on his cruise because he was acting belligerent and confused. The ship's doctor sent him to a hospital. He had scans, an EEG and numerous blood and urine tests. Everything was normal except he had low sodium. His insurance carrier sent a doctor from England to accompany him on a flight back to London. He has since seen his own doctor. His sodium level has risen. What happened to him? - B.L.

ANSWER:

Sodium has many functions.

It keeps body fluids at the right level. It maintains blood pressure. It's essential for muscle contractions. It participates in generating the heartbeat. It carries a positive electric charge, so it balances the negatively charged body substances.

A drop in blood sodium leads to fatigue, nausea and weakness. If the level dips farther, people become confused and dizzy. At very low levels, they could have a seizure and lapse into a coma.

Your friend's doctor has the task of finding out why your friend's sodium level fell In quite a few instances, it comes about from an inappropriate release of a body hormone called ADH, antidiuretic hormone. This hormone stops kidney urine production. The result is too much. water in the body .. The extra water dilutes sodium and produces a low reading. liver diseases, troubles with the adrenal glands and a sluggish thyroid gland are other causes for a lowering of blood sodium.

Restoring the body's sodium content is not too difficult Tracking the reason why it dropped is.

Has your friend's mental function normalized now that his sodium level has returned to normal? If it has not, then his doctor has to look for explanalions of his erratic behavior that have nothing to do with his scdi-

um.

The booklet on sodium and potassium explains why these minerals are so important and what happens when they are out of kilter. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -

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Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient's printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

AR OR. DONOHUE:

I'm beginning to get little knobs on my finger jolnts. I believe this is arthritis. and I have seen it in the advanced stages. What can I do to prevent it from getling worse? - Anon.

ANSWER:

The knobs on the finger joints below the fingernail are Heberden's nodes, named after an English doctor who died al the start of the 19th century. Knobs on the middle finger joints are Bouchard's nodes, named after a French doctor who died in the early years of the 20th century. Both of these knobs are signs of osteoarthritis - the common kind of arthritis, the kind! that most seniors have at least a touch of. They're similar to bone spurs seen on backbones and other bones, another consequence of osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis comes from fraying of the cushioning cartilage inside joints. How extensive or how incapacitating it will be is unpredictable. Most people manage to get along in spite of it. However,it can be a great burden to others.

There is no preventive medicine to stop osteoarthritis in its tracks. It has a predilection for

the fingers, hips, knees and spine. Should it strike larger joints like hips, knees and backbones, muscle strengthening will serve you well. Strong muscles protect joints. The exercise should not be so vigorous that it causes pain, but il should be vig.orous enough to encourage strength building. Being overweight increases the stress on knees and hips, so you should strive to stay on the lean side.

Many people swear to the effectiveness of chondroitin and glucosamine, both of which are available without a prescription, and often they come ,in combination. Not a lot of evidence exists to endorse them wholeheartedly. but if you wan! to give them a try, they won't hurt you.

The arthritis booklet deals with osteoarthritis, also called degenerative arthritis. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue - No. 301W,. Box 536475 Orlando, FL 32853- 6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.SJ$6 Canada with the recipient's printed name and address, Please allow four weeks for delivery.

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

Everyday Indulgences

Easy (and Affordable) Ways to Unwind

Women across the country are meeting the demands of busy schedules and ti.ghtened wallets by setting aside life's simple pleasures and putting themselves at the bottom of the to-do list.

Heather Reider and Mary Goulet, founders of MomsTown.com and hosts of MomsTown Radio, know a thing or two about the challenges of juggling a family and career while making the time to treat themselves.

"Self-pampering may seem like the last thing on your mind these days,. but treating yourself to something special is so critical to relieving the stress of every day life," says Reider.

"A personal treat does not have to break the bank and can be as simple as an at-home facial or sneaking a dessert in at the end of the day," adds Goulet.

Heider and Goulet share these tips and strategies for effortless and affordable ways to celebrate everyday simple indulgences.

The Silent Treatment

Get serious about your silent treatment and power off the technology. Turn off the ringer on all phones, shut down the computer, and turn off the television and the radio .. Now it's time for a 15-30 minute scheduled lime out because you deserve a little peace and quiet.

Back to Basics

It's hard to do but it is important to put yourself at the top of the to-do list every once in a while. Simple indulgences, like an Edwards Singles A La Modes dessert, are a quick and easy way to treat yourself to something sweet, as well as fill your kitchen with a delicious home-baked aroma.

Essential Essence

Treat yourself to the power of fragrance .. Aromatherapy sachets placed in drawers is a sensational way 10 feel good without having to do or spend much at all. If you're looking for an energizing scent try citrus, peppermint or bergamot. To lake the stress down a few notches choose lavende~ chamomile, sandalwood or ylang-ylang. You

deserve to tickle your nose.

Budding Beauty

Invest in four to six bud vases or use any vase that's lying around your house. Go to your local farmer's market or grocery store and buy a bouquet of flowers. Break the flower bunch apart into single stems and place the flowers in the bud vases. Distribute these vases around the house in the rooms you visit most frequently. Then when you walk around your home you'll be greeted with flowers wherever you go. And you did it with just one bouquet.

Hit Your Funny Bone

Wheni! comes 10 our emotions it's really hard to multi-task. It's nearly impossible to be sad and

exuberant in the same exact moment. You deserve to laugh so choose more moments to get a gigg,le in your day. Read something funny or rent a funny movie.

While liJe is full of stressful moments, the benefits of taking time to rejuvenate and unwind really can make a differ-

ence.

For more information on Edwards Singles A La Modes desserts, visi.1 EdwardsBaking .com.

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• "To keep a pet from chewing on an electrical cord, rub the length of the cord lightlY with a bar of soap. One taste is enough to keep most pets from coming back. It's not foolproof, so please sti:1I keep an eye on YOLlr pets!"

- B.L. in Mississippi

• "Rake fingernails over a bar of soap 10 keep dirt out from nails while gardening. This has been repeated several times, but it's so handy and works so well, it's worth it."

- 0. E. in South Carolina

• Deep conditioning your hair at home can be done inexpensively. Chill a can of coconut milk so it solidifies, then rub the "grease" into your hair, avoiding the direct scalp. Leave it on for half an hour and rinse out with warm water.

• "Instead of usin.g creamer in my iced coffee drinks, I use a powdered protein that J purchase at the vitamin store. It adds a creamy quality and a little extra nutrition . ." - C.D. in Plorida

• Quickie window cleanup:

Dump a whole bottle of club soda on windshield. Give ,it a minute, then wipe with a soft cloth or newspaper for a crystal-clear view.

• "Window blinds can be dusted by wiping each blade with a dryer sheet. It discourages dust from settling, and I find that I have to dust them less often."

- C. S. in Delaware

• Filling up that cooler for a day at the park or beach? Freeze juice boxes for small coolers; they help keep snacks cool and will be perfect to drink as they melt Milk jugs can be cleaned and filled with water to be frozen. They make longlasting ice blocks that maintain a cold temperature better for a larger cooler filled with food.

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Tasting the Best!

By Liz Mitchell

Dining in the favorite Greg Norman's Australian Grille in North Myrtle Beach, tasting in California wine country or shopping in a local grocery store, Wente wines are sure to catch a wine lover's attention. The country's oldest is at the top of the list for many wine tasters.

Wente is the oldest continuously operated family-owned winery and today is led by the fourth and fifth generations of Wenles. The legendary California grower is 125 years old, and the 3000-acres in the Livermore Valley east of San Francisco include three Estate vineyards with a destination for fine dining, live entertainment and championship golf as well as wine tasting.

The family began planting, growing and fruit in their Estate vineyard in 1883. Their innovation in winemaking in the 1930s included the first varietally labeled Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Chardonnay. Ka.rl L. Wente, the third-generation winemaker, began the fusion of old' and' new in the 1960s with the introduction of stainless steel fermentation.

The grandson of the founder and grandfather of the present winemaker Karl D. Wente is called a pioneer of Monterrey County's Arroyo Seco district. This is a sub-appellation within the Monterrey AVA boasting exceUen! quality of river water and rocky soil for good drainage. The Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Nair and Merlot varieties are plant-

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ed to thrive in the cooler region with an extended growing season.

The fourth-generation winemaker Phil Wente described the slopinq hillsides, ancient riverbeds and valley floor of the Livermore Valley with numerous rnicroclimates which support the production of Chardonnay as well as Merlo! and Caberne! Sauviqnon.

The smalll.ot micro winery is where Kar! D. Wente personally oversees every step as he vinifies small quantities of grapes with gentle pressinq and experimentation including traditional processes of wild yeas! fermentation and weekly stirring of the barrels. The fifth-generation winemaker offers these limited handcrafted artisanal products to club members.

He holds a degree in chemical engineering from Stanford and two masters degrees from UC Davis plus training at the Peter Michael Winery in Sonoma and

Welcomes

Wente Vineyards Wine Diner Coastal Uncorked Food and Wine Festival May 16th, 2010

1st Course-Riverba.nk Rieslini 2008

Artisanal Golden State cheddar and apple brioche with raisin nutmeg jam

2nd Course-Morning Fog Chardonnay 2008

Panache of baby red romaine lettuce, caramelized fennel, heirloom tomato, vineyard olives and a Humboldt Fog "Caesar" dressing

3rd Course-Louis Mel Sauvignon Blal1!: 2008

Pan seared jumbo diver scallop, crabmeat, asparagus and a Iemongrass, ginger scented Hcllandaise sauce

4th Course-Riva Ranch Chardonnay 2008

Escalope of salmon served with puff pastry and creamed leeks 'Dijonaise'

5th Coutse-Ml.urieta's Well Red Meritage. livermore Valley 2005 Hungarian smoked paprika dusted duck breast, Telltcherry pepper potato mousse and cherry vanilla compote

6th Course-Shqrthqrn Canyon Syrah 2007

Greg Norman Signature Wagyu sirloin "Carbonara" and fresh English peas

7til Course-Charles Wetmore CaeInet Sauvignoll 2007

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at the Brown Brothers Winery in Austraua. He credits the success of all of the wines to the product of the vineyard.

The Nth Degree wines also are handcrafted and limited production wines which Karl D. Wente has chosen to represent both appellations. These include Chardonnay, Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and: Pinol Nair and are boWed with only the best. These are available in the tasting room but only sold to club members and a few select restaurants.

Wente's Heritage Block wines are named for the vineyard block where grown. The Vineyard Selection wines are named for the growing conditions of their source vineyards and include a Canernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlol, Riesling, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. Prices vary widely, ranging from $11.95 for th e 2008 Riverbank Riesling or $12.95 for the popular 2008 Morning Fog Chardonnay to a three-liter 2006 Charles Wetmore Cabernet Sauvignon for $119.95.

The restaurant boasts dozens of awards including Wine Spectator's Best AWard of Excellence eve.ry year since it opened in 1986. The spring features include fresh seasonal herbs and vegetables from its own ga.rden with value meals for lunch and daily dinner entrees such as duck breast. Alaskan halibut, beef filet or angus burger. Featured wines daily may be the Small Lot Pinot Blanc or the Small Lot Grenache, ranging from $46 to $56 per botUe.

The Course at Wente Vineyards, designed by Greg Norman ten years ago,

currently is ranked in California's Top 20 by GolfWeek magazine. It recently has been recognized for ils environmental practices and wildlife habitat protection. Summer concerts this year at the vineyard promise such greats as Liza Minnslli , Harry Connick, Jr. or Willie Nelson.

Whether jOi.ning the wi,ne club or the golf club for tne inside values or tasting their fine wines from afar, Wente offers a few samples of the best life can offer.

In the Myrtle Beach area, the May 16 Wente wine dinner hosted by Greg Norman's Australian Grille is a rare opportunity for meeting and greeting as wel'l as sipping celicious choices.

See feature story page 11.

If You Want To Go

What: Wente Vineyards Wine Dinner

Where: Greg Norman's Australian Grille, Barefoot Landing, North Myrte Beach, S.C.

When: May 16, 7 p.m.

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Sunday May 16·23: Greg Norman's Australian Grille will be offering a fabulous 3 course lunch menu with each course paired perfectly with wine.

Offered daily from 11:00 a.m, - 3:00 p.m. for $20.10 plus tax and gratu.ity.

Sunday 16: Wente Wine Dinner on the Waterway at Greg Norman's Australian Grille featuring Karl D. Wente, 5th generation wine maker. Greg Norman's Australian Grille's 'Award Winning' Culinary staff has created 11 fabulous seven course menu to compliment these exquisite wines from Califnrnia. The evening will begin at 7:00 p.m. with a reception in the 'Shark Pub: and dinner will be served on the Wa terway Deck overlooking the beautiful Intracoastal Wa terway for $110 incl us ive of lax and gratuity.

Monday 17: Australian Wines on the Waterway! Enjoy a variety of Australian wines paired with hers d'cerves from 5:00 till 7:30 p.m. Live entertainment, Here is a. sample list of wines to be served-Greg Norman Australian Estates, Penfold's, Rasemount, Chris Ringland, Marquis Phillips, etc. Cost is $30 per person plus tax and gratuity.

Tuesday 18: California Wines on the Waterway! Enjoy a variety of Australian wines paired with hors d'cerves from 5:00 till 7:30 p.m. Live entertainment, Here is a sample list of wines to be served-Greg Norman California Estates, Estancia, Franciscan, Simi, Ro bert Mondavi, etc. Cost is $30 per person pI us tax and gratuity.

Wednesday 19: Wines of the World on the Water Way! French, Spanish, Italian and Sout.h American Wines. Enjoy a variety of wines paired with hors d'uerves from 5:00 till 7:30 p.m. Live entertainment. Here is a sample list of wines to be servedSpanish Vines, La Loca, Voga, etc. Cost is $30 per person plus tax and gratuity.

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From the Editors of ElThe Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk: Which woods are OK to purchase, and which are not, in the interest of preserving forests and not harming those who depend upon them?

~ Jon Steiner, Boise,/d.

Deforestation continues to be one of the world's biggest environmental problems, especially in fast developing regions like South America, Southeast Asia and Africa. Cutting down large numbers of trees erodes land and silts waterways, displaces native people and wildlife, and releases tons of carbon dioxide (which is stored in living wood fiber) into the atmosphere, contributing to global. warming.

Of course, wood products are essential to modern life. Without wood we wouldn't have the buildings, furniture, paper and other essentials we make use of every day. That's why protecting sources of wood has become a leading concern among not just environmentalisis but everyone else as well

In response to the problems wrought by increasing deforestation, some forward-thinking wood products professionals teamed up with environmentalisis, native people's advocates, community forestry groups and responsible corporations to form the nonprofit Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in 1.993, Previous attempts to stem the tide of unchecked log.~ ging-including international

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negotiations and boycottswere having little effect, so FSC vowed to use the power of market forces to create change for the better.

FSC promotes responsible management of forests by certifying forestry operations around the globe and promoting its certification system at every step of the wood products distribution chain. Whether you're shopping for wooden furniture, building materials or other items, one easy way to tell if the wood you are considering buying was harvested from sustainable sources is to look for the FSC label on it or its packaging. Ifit is, you can trust that such products were harvested sustainably and are not contributing to deforestation-related woes.. If you don't see the FSC .Iogo, you should inquire as to where the wood came from and whether or not it was harvested sustainably.

The nonprofit Natural

Resources Defense Council (NRDC) warns consumers to avoid purchasing some tropical hardwoods unless they can be assured that it came from sustainable forestry operations. Many of these woods-includinq Big Leaf Mahogany, Spanish Cedar. Caribbean Pine,lpe. Rosewood, Teak, Ramin, Merbau, African Mahogany, and Okourne-are difficult to manage sustainably as they typically grow in low densities in natural forests and reg.enerate poorly after logging. Some woods and

Whether you're shopping for building materials, wooden furniture or other items, the simplest way to tell if the wood you are considering buying was harvested from sustainable sources is to look for the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) label." (Photo by Giles Douglas, courtesy Flickr)

wood products may contain FSC-certified wood without bearing the logo, while other woods may be OK without going through the FSC certification process. If you don't see an FSC logo you should ask. If the store salesperson can't provide information, then you can't be sure.

Even better than purchasing sustainably harvested new wood is to seek out reclaimed or salvaged wood, as it precludes the need for logging altogether. An added benefit of using reclaimed or salvaged woodlook for it at used building supply stores and even at construction sites where older materials are being tossed-is thai it provides incentives for municipal recycling programs. NRDC suggests that if you can't source used wood, consider recycled plastic lumber or composites if they are applicable for your project.

Dear EarthTalk: There have been many contradictory reports ("it was good; it was bad.") about what came out of "COP 15," the December 2009 international Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen. Can you set the record straight?

- Jay Killian,. Brookline, Mass.

Indeed hopes were high that international negotiators in Copenhagen last December at the 15th Annual. Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) would be able to hammer out a strong agreement to once and for all take the climate beast by the horns and begin to reign in carbon emissions worldwide. But a new binding formal agreement was not to be, mostly because of confl.icting priorities among participating countries.

Even a weaker 11 th hour voluntary "framework" put forth by the U.S., China, India, Brazil and South Africa failed to win consensus support among the 119 attending heads of state.

However, the resulting

Copenhagen Accord-which

aims to keep global tempera-

tures from reaching any more

than 2'C (3.6°F) above preindustrial times-did leave the door open for a stronger agreement later, with developing countries pledging a total of $30 billion in the short term and $100 billion a

year by 2020. mostly to help less developed nations adopt policies and technologies to keep carbon footprints small moving forward.

'This accord canna! be everything that everyone hoped for, but it is an essential beginning," reports UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon. 'The bad news is that the Accord is not legally binding and provides no plan of how to limit emissions," says climatologist Mark Maslin of the University College of London's (UCL) Environment Institute, pointinq out that the original text leading up to the meeting called for a global cut in emissions of 50 percent by 2050, including an 80 percent cut by all developed countries.

The lack of detail in the resulting Accord regarding specific emissions reductions targets means cooperation is completely voluntary, which is not what environmentalists want to hear. 'The Accord should be seen as simply a face-saving agreement." comments Maslin, "The politics are dear: Some developed and the richer developing countries resisted the call for legal limits to emissions."

The failure of COP15 to gen~ erate a binding agreement

means thai international policymaking will Hkely take a back seat in the effort to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels and profligate carbon emissions. Chris Flavin of the U.S.-based Worldwatch Institute believes that future progress on climate "will be driven more by domestic economics and politics rather than the international neqotiating process."

Flavin goes on to say that elimate change mitigation will depend on the ability of individual nations "to persuade domestic constituents that they will benefit economically as well

as environmentally from an energy transition." He adds that ~ future UN climate talks should • focus not on overarching agreements but on practical goals like •

• providing funding for poor coun- C

tries to mitigate and adapt to ellmate change, accelerating international cooperation on technology, and coordinating a global effort to protect the world's remaining forests given their capacity to store large amounts of carbon .. "Efforts over the next few years will determine whether Copenhagen was

a fatal setback for efforts to combat climate change., or just

a painful mid-course correction," concludes Flavin.

Send your environmental ouestions to: EarthTalk, do E ~ The Environmental Magazine, PO. Box 5098, Westport, Conn. 06881; earthtalk@emagazine.com. E is a nonprofit publication. Subscribe: www.emagazine.com/subscribe; request a free trial issue: www.emagazine.comMa/.

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• It was beloved American comedian and actor Bob Hope who made the following extremely sage observation:

"People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy."

• In the naming of American states, there a quite a few that never quite made it. It's interesting to speculate about the possibilities, though. For instance, if you currently reside in the state of Kentucky or parts of Tennessee, but for the whimsy of fate you could be a Transylvanian. Some people once wanted to take parts of Texas and Oklahoma to create the great state of Texlahoma (perhaps displaying a slight lack of imagination). When the Mormon church

settled out west, Brigham Young petitioned to have the state of Deseret created, and the land he suggested make up the state included present-day Utah, almost all of Nevada and Arizona, a sizable chunk of California and bits of five other states. Long Island, in New York, even had designs on statehood at one time.

• Next time you're in Tinseltown, remember that it is unlawful to herd more than 3,000 sheep at a time down Hollywood Boulevard.

• We all know that the day after Thanksgiving is commonly known as Black Friday, thanks to all the crowds seeking out deals on Christmas gifts, but have you ever wondered how it got that name? It seems that the moniker originated back in 1965 when the Philadelphia police department came up with the name after having to deal with the traffic jams and shopping crowds.

• William Howard Taft, the 18th president of the United States, was a large

man. Quite a large man. In fact, he was so large that his 300-pound bulk got stuck in a White House bathtub, and he had to summon help to extricate himself. • The French town of Versailles was originally built solely to house the staff of the extravagant palace.

Thought for the Day: "The telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful." - Kurt Vonnegut

·It was Pulitzer Prize-winning American author John Steinbeck, best known for "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Of Mice and Men," who made the following sage observation: "The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true."

·If you're planning a summer trip to Maine, you won't want to miss the stunning tourist attraction to be found on

Peaks Island. There you'll find an entire museum devoted to housing a rather extensive collection of umbrella covers.

• In the Uniled States, January is the least popular month for weddings.

• If you've never heard of the quagga, don't blame yourself. The creature, once found on the plains of Africa, has been extinct since 1883. An odd-looking creature, this subspecies of zebra was once thought to be half-zebra, half horse. Though the front part of its body had the zebra's stripes, those stripes faded out mid-body and the rest of the equine looked remarkably like a common horse.

• In the 19th century, ice accounted for more shipping than any other commodity except cotton.

Thought for the Day: "Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, use that something to support their own existence." - Frank Zappa

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Q: I have a question about

_ the stars of the TV series "JAG." I know Catherine Bell is in "Army Wives," but what about David James Elliott? Where can I see him? - Mare, via e-mail

A: David James Elliott, 49, has been keeping very busy with TV miniseries and movies, his most recent being the Hallmark Channel original movie "Dad's Home." David slars as a dad who loses his job and has to stay at home. When the former workaholic is suddenly thrust into the lives of his children, whom he doesn't really know al all, it's just in time to heal the family bonds he has been breaking. Sharon Case ("The Young and the Reslless") co-stars. The movie premieres on Saturday, June 19, just in lime for Fathers' Day.

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Q: I have always been a big fan of Emeril Lagasse and always watched his cooking show, "Emeril Live." I read that he has a new show coming out soon. What is it, and where can I watch it?

- Doris J., Atlanta A: The good-natured chef is back on TV with a new variety/talk show, "The Emeril Lagasse Show." As Emeril himself told me, his goal is 10 have fun and entertain his fans, as well as his guests: "We had Sammy Hagar on, which was a great show. He's a great musician, but Sammy just didn't come to play. He came to not only playa song, but he came to actually play and be a part of the show." You can

A: You are correct, Geni.e. I spoke recenlly with Kevin McHale, the talented young actor who plays Artie on the megahit "Glee," and he told me what a thrill it was to work on that show. "They were really, really nice. They're all geniuses. I remember the very first take we shot was Ihe first scene that I'm in with Steve Carell. He starts improvising, and I had to hide my face behind the pizza boxes, 'cause I'm like, 'This is ridiculous.' Every time I start frowning - the same thing on 'Glee' - if you see me frown, it's because I'm about to laugh."

Q: I was a faithful viewer of the sitcom "Becker," and I would like to know what the star, Ted Danson, is up to lately.

- Sara S., Fort Worlh, Texas

A: Ted co-stars in the Glenn Close legal drama "Damages," which airs on FX. He also co-stars in the HBO comedy series "Bored to Death." When Ted's not working, you can find him tending to his organic garden at his and wife Mary Steenburgen's home in Ojai, Calif.

Write to Cindy at King Features Weekly Service, PO. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853- 6475; or e-mail her at letters@cindyelavskycom. For more news and extended interviews, visit www.celebrityextraonline.comandtwitfer.comICelebrity_Extra.

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swear that the actor who : A seemingly stalled romantic situation plays the pizza delivery : could benefit from your reassurance boy that Michael and • that you want this relationship to work. Dwight take hostage is : And if you do, use a tad more of that

Artie from "Glee." : irresistible Aries charm.

: TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)

: Going to new places and meeting new : people appeals to both the Taurean's • romantic and practical side. After ali"

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• you never can tell where those new

: contacts can take you. Right?it. You'll : be glad you did.

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: That career-change opportunity that • didn't work out when you first consid-

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: CANCER (June 21 to July 22)

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: ground to be ready when it calls.

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: (August 23 to September 22)

: Bless that Virgo skepticism that has : kept you from falling into traps others • seem to rush. into. But you might want : to give a new possibility the benefit of : the doubt, at least on a trial basis.

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(September 23 to October 22) :

Traveling and career are strong in : your aspect. Perhaps your job will : take you to someplace exotic. Or you • might be setting up meetings with : potential clients or employers. :

Whatever it is, good luck. :

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(October 23 to November 21) :

Someone might use deception to try • to push you into making a decision : you're not fully comfortable with. But : those keen Scorpio senses should :

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Romance dominates this week when :

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to arrive by the week's end. :

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(January 20 to February 18) •

Congratulations. With things going : the way they are, you should be able : to spare some time and take a break : from your hectic schedule for some :

well-earned fun and games. •

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(February 19 to March 20) :

Your sharp Piscean intuition should : be able to uncover the true agendas : of those who might be trying to catch :

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"Twilight: The Graphic Nove'I, Volume 1"

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Meyer and Young Kim

(Yen Press, $19.99) Reviewed by Ealish Waddell

In case you've been living on a desert island for the past couple of years, Ihe gist of Ihe novel "Twilight" is Ihis: Quiel girl moves to gloomy town and faUs for brooding classmate, who turns out to be equally drawn 10 her. despite the pesky fact that he is a vampire who might at any moment snap, kill her and consume all her blood.

With talk of soulmates, destinies and lots and lots of yearning, it's pure wish-fulfillment for romantic misfits who just long to be understood. Perhaps that's wh.y the stories seem to have struck a chord not just with dreamy tweens, but with readers of all ages and backgrounds.

In addition to the hit movies and endless parade of tangential merchandise that surround the "Twilight" phenomenon, now there's another version of the

original story being offered up to these voracious fans. In concert with author Stephenie Meyer, artist Young Kim has created an extremely faithful graphic-novel adaptation of the tale. The book is labeled "Volume 1" and only covers the first half of the prose version, but it's a strong enough effort to give readers hope that the rest of the planned series will be equally effective.

Mostly black and white with a few judicious splashes of watercolor, Young's version of "Twilight" is certainly appealing visually. The style of the layout, characters and backgrounds owes much to the contemporary maohwa techniques common to comics in Kim's native Korea

(similar to manga in Japan) ~ the art is vivid, flu.id and inviting, with a soft, often sketchy quality that's pleasing. to the eye.

Meanwhile, the narrative is brisk and easy to follow, deftly hitting all Ihe important plot hig.hs that the expectant fan will be waiting for with palpitating heart. For while it's certainly possible for this to be a reader's first exposure to "Twilight," itis even more likely to be a supplement to the story for Ihose who have already digested the plot elsewhere.

IIA Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the lost Colony of Roanoke"

by James Horn

(Basic Books, $26) Reviewed by Larry Cox

What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke remains one of the most intriguing mysteries in our national history.

In May 1.587, 118 men, women and children sailed from

England for the Chesapeake Bay. After three difficult months at sea, the g:roup arrived not at their planned destination, but rather Roanoke Island off the coast of present-day North Carolina. The colony planned to establish the City of Raleigh, named for Sir Walter Raleigh, who hoped the settlement might grow into a thriving port.

Faced with attacks from local Indians, the group moved inland. When they began to run short of supplies, their leader, John White, returned to England for help, 'but it was three long years before he was able to return to Roanoke. When he did, he discovered the colonists had vanished, leaving. only the word

"Croatoan" carved on a tree. Even after 423 years, the fate of the colonists remains a baffling riddle.

Dr. James Horn, historian and author, sheds new .Iight on the los! colony of Roanoke in his new book. Horn is convinced the colonists did not intend to establish an agricultural settlement, but instead to use it as a base for explorations into the interior, where they believed both gold and a passage !hroug.h the mountains to the Pacific Ocean could be found.

According to Dr. Horn, when White returned to Roanoke and found the strange message, he assumed the settlers had gone to live with friendly Indians on Croatoan Island, about 50 miles south. Dr. Horn builds a solid case that even though some of the colonists did, indeed, go to Croatoan Island, most of them journeyed into the mainland to settle along the Chowan and Roanoke Rivers.

After more than four centuries, Dr. Horn brings us as close to the truth of what happened to these early colonlsts as we are apt to get. This is historical repo.rting at its very best.

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David Baldacci, Grand Cenlral

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Elizabeth George, Harper

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Anne Lamott, Riverhead 6. Lucid Intervals

Stuart Woods, Putnam 7. Beatrice and Virgil

Yann Martel, Spiegel & Grau 8. Every Last One

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Elizabeth Strout, Random House 7. The Arl of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein, Harper

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Greg Mortenson, Dav.id Oliver Relin, Penguin 2. Food Rules

Michael Pollan, Penguin 3. Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin 4. Conservative Victory Sean Hannity, Harper

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The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce is joining hundreds of cities, states and businesses nationwide in the annual salute to travel and tourism in America. May 8·16 marks the twentyseventh annual National Travel and Tourism Week. The cilies of Conway and Myrtle Beach and town of Surfside Beach have issued declarations for the week. Each year between 14 million

I and 15 million tourists visit the Myrtle • Beach area.

The MBACC is celebrating the week with activities and promotions for those visitingi the Grand Strand. As in past years, MBACC members will receive "Thank You for Visiting" static cling decals to place on business or vehicle windows.

The chamber's visitor centers in Myrtle Beach and Murrells Inlet will serve complimentary refreshments during the week. The Myrtle Beach International Airport vlsaor center will host live music periodically throughout the week and offer refreshments during these times:

May 10, 11 a.m.·2 p.rn. - Tim Peterman, steel drums

May 11 and May 12, 11 a.rn-j p.m.Joan Burton" guitar

May 13 and May 14, 11 a.rn.vl p.m. - Doug Fankhauser, variety

In the media, an advertising earnpaig,n will tout the benefits of tourism on billboards, 30-second spots on radio and television and ads in local newspapers and magazines.

The MBACC will host a Tourism Industry Update 10 a.m.·12 p.m .. May 12 at the Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center Hotel. Chad Prosser, director, S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourtsm, will present South Carolina's Tourism Action Plan, and Dr. Don Schunk, research econom ist, BB& T Center for

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• Travel and tourism is a $1.7 trillion industry in the United States. If one dollar bill equaled a second of time, then $1.7 trillion would equal more than 54,000 years (2008 data).

• Travel and tourism generates $111 billion in tax revenue for local, state and federal governments. If 111 billion One dollar bills were placed end-to-end, they would circle the world 422 limes (2009 data) ..

• Travel and tourism industry is one of the country's largestempl.oyers, with 7.4 million direct travel-generated jobs and a payroll totaling $186 billion. One Of every nine American jobs is dependent on travel and tourism (2009 data).

South Carolina Tourism Facts Source: U.S. Travel Association study prepared for the S. C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism

• Domestic travelers directly spent nearly $9.9 billion in South Carolina during 2008, up 1 . .7 percent from 2007.

• Domestic travel-generated employees in South Carolina earned more than $2 .. 0 billion in payroll income during 2008, a 1.3 percent increase from 2007.

• Domestic travel expenditures

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• On average, every $86,733 spent by domestic travelers in South Carolina during 2008 generated one job.

• Domestic travel spending in South Carolina directly generated nearly $1.5 billion in tax revenue for federal, state and local governments in 2008, up 1.4 percent from 2007. The total tax revenue increase is partially driven by higher state sales and use tax rates started June 1, 2007.

Local Tcurtsm Facts

• Harry and Georgetown counties cornbined generated $9..2 billion in retail sales in 2008·2009, accounting for more than 6.6 percent of the state's retail. sales (source: S.C. Department of Revenue).

• Both counties generated more than $1'0 million in admissions taxes in 2008·

HOLLYWOOD .... Dermot Mulroney has always wanted to be a director. Now hi'S dream has come true. He will helm "love, Wedding, Marriage,." a feature film starring James Brolin and Jane Seymour. In this, Brolin is an elderly gentleman with snowwhite hair. Need I tell you thai in real life, he is Barbra Streisand's spouse, Josh's

dad and a heckuva fine fellow.

Tinseltown is talking about ... 3D TV.

Jeepers, won't that be something to be lying in bed watching the tube and have things come flying out at you. NO THANK YOU! Just making conversation, folks. News is hard to come by when it rains in Hollywood, and we've had a bit of the wet lately.

Aside to Beulah G. of Akron, Ohio:

Righlo. We've not seen or heard much about Stedman Graham lately. As far as I know, he and Oprah are still together. And you will be seeing a lot of her when she launches her own network. However, there is one thing I'm sure of _. Oprah is a very rich lady.

No word of recent rompings up and down the boulevards by Tobey or Leonardo .. They must be seeing their "ladies" somewhere indoors. They certainly haven't been about in public.

A lonq-black-hairsd, bearded Russell Crowe admitted in an interview thai he is afraid of heights. He said he had to gr.it his teeth even when it was only an open win· dow, but up high. He also admitted to sev· era! bad habits that he is trying to over-

2009, roughly one-third of the state's total admissions tax collections (source: S.C. Department of Revenue).

• Both counties generated more than $15 million in accommodations taxes in 2008·2009, more than one-third of the state's Iota I accommodations tax cellaetions (source: S.C. Department of Revenue).

• Tourism generates, directly or indlrectly, most of the jobs in Harry and Georgetown counties. In 2008 this included more than 33,000 jobs in accornmodations and food services, more than 20,000 jobs in retail and nearly 8,000 jobs in arts, entertainment and recreation (source: S.C. Employment Security Commission) .

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,sITS 'N' PIECES: I wouldn'! want to be Conan O'Brien. Not even for a million bucks a day .... Did you know Bing Crosby got the name "Bing" at age 7 because he was an avid fan of a comic strip titled "The Bingville Bugle." ... Mae West disliked her co-star W.C. Fields, although it never showed when they performed .... Well, now you see even the biggest have their troubles, e.g. Sandra Bullock ... And NO! Tiger Woods 'has NOT been offered a starring role in a movie, although it could happen. Letcha know when it does.

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1!!iII~""I"!!I_ For residents of the Grand Strand, the memories of what we ._ .... --~~~~~~~~~~~ .. --._~._ .. haveto contend with after hurricanes (like Hugo) should trigger strong empathy to help immediately.

l~l~~ii!t.!E~~iiiE. The Nashville Area Red Cross is in

need of financial support to continue

providing relief to victims of local disaster flooding. The American Red Cross is not a government agency. All disaster assistance is free, and is funded solely by local donations.

IllU.ll...lII. --:- __ -l There are several ways to give:

Dover Anthony sings on as he overlooks the • Visit www.nashvilleredcross.org

parking lot of submerged cars at the Knights and dick DONATE NOW to make Motel in East Nashville, Sunday, May 2, 2010. an online gift;

(AP PhotolThe Tennessean, John Partipilo) • Mail a check to the Nashville

Nashville over two days. That near- Area Red Cross;

ly doubled the previous record of 2201 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville,

6.68 inches of rain that fell in the TN 37203;

wake of Hurricane Fredrick in 1979. • Call (615) 250-4300 to make a

National Weather Service mateo- donation by phone;

rologist Mark Rose said the river • Text REDCROSS to 90999 to

crested at 51.9 feet at 6 p.m. CDT make a $10 donation on your mobile

Monday night. phone.

From AP Reports

muddy waters have poured over the ... __ .... ~._ ... ._ ............. _ banks of Nashville's swollen

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City's historic downtown streets. The flash floods caused by record-breaking rain caught many here off-guard, forcing thousands to frantically flee their homes and hotels. The rapidly rising waters killed 18 people in Tennessee alone, including 10 in Nashville, and officials feared that the death toll could increase.

The ongoing Gulf Coast oil spill and the attempted Times Square bombing have caused many to overlook the impact of flooding on Tennessee, especially in Nashville. Parts of top Nashville tourist spots including the Country Music Hall of Fame and The Grand Ole Opry House were flooded.

The Cumberland flooded guickly after the weekend's storms dumped more than 13 inches of rain in

Nashville Residents Need Your

Couch Theater: DVD Previews

By DNA Smith

EDITOR'S NOTE: New DVDs reoietoed in this column will be available in stores the week of May 11~17, 2010.

Picks of the Week

"Invictus" (PG-13) -- Morgan Freeman stars as Nelson Mandela in this Clint Eastwood-directed look at the racially charged 1995 Rugby World Cup. Mandela had just recently been elected president of South Africa, and racial tensions (and the threat of civil war) loom large. Mandela hopes that the matches featuring his country's racially mixed team will act as an example that whites and blacks can work together. Matt Damon costars as Franlois Pienaar, the captain of the team, who must lead his players in the championship match against the highly favored New Zealand squad. "Invictus" is no "Million Dollar Baby," but it's still an Eastwood flick, so it's well worth a look.

"Extraordinary Measures"

(PG) -- Harrison Ford stars as research doctor Robert Stonehill in this production that teeters awfully close to being a made-forLifetime TV disease of the week disaster. Stonehill has an experimental treatment that may save the lives of two terminally ill children. Brendan Fraser and Ked Russell co-star as the parents of the children who go to Extraordinary Measures to raise the money needed to support Stonehill's research. If you're looking for a cheap tearjerker, then look no further, Mr. Weepy Pants.

The Spy Next Door (PG) -Jackie Chan stars as a Chinese secret agent "on loan" to the CIA (stay with me, it gets dumber) who wants to give up the spy game in order to have a relationship with the Single mom (Amber Valletta) who lives next door. When one of her kids accidentally grabs a super secret file from Chan's computer, Chan has to protect them from evil Russian agents. Billy Ray Cyrus and George Lopez co-star ... so, you know, Quality Comedy Backup, am I right?

I'm just gonna say this right now, 'cuz it has to be said: Jackie Chan needs to stop making action movies. It's becoming painful and embarrassing to watch. He's just

too old. How old is Jackie? He knew General Tso before he became famous for his chicken. That's how old he is. There. I feel better now.

"Toy Story" /"Toy Story 2" (Special Editions) (Rated G) -Coinciding with this year's release of "Toy Story 3," Disney /Pixar are re-releasing the first two classic adventures featuring Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Slinky Dog, Rex and all the rest. There are no new special features on these editions (except for some "Toy Story 3" marketing stuff), so if you already own the films, there's no need to rush out and grab these.

I have a copy of the now-discontinued three-disc "Ultimate Toybox" DVD set, which includes both films and a third disc packed with special features. What I'm hoping is that Disney will do a similar release for the holidays that will include all three films and perhaps a fourth disc of features. So yeah, wait a while. I'll bet that's what'll happen.

Jackie Chan stars in "The Spy Next Door".

Dog of the Week

"Valentine's Day" (PG-13) -Director Garry Marshall assembles an all-star cast featuring Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel and Jessica Alba and then wastes their talents to make possibly the worst romantic comedy in the history of rorncorns, The film is a rapid-fire series of vignettes of various couples spanning different target demographics in the hopes that someone somewhere will actually care about this lukewarm rehash of every chick-flick cliche in the book. Seriously, if your Significant Other makes you watch this turkey, make him or her your Insignificant Other and walk away from the relationship.

TV Series

"Breaking Bad" Complete Seasons 1-2 "Greatest American Hero" The Complete Series

"30 Days" The Complete Series "The Jeff Dunham Show"

"21 Jump Street" Season Two "Legend of Prince Valiant" The Complete 65 Episode Series

"Dragon Ball Z Kai" Season One, Part 1 "HI/11ter: Season Two'"

"The Barbara Stanwyck Show" Vol. 2 "My Wife & Kids" Season Two "Deadliest Warrior" Season One

"Lark Rise To Candleford" Series 1 "thirhjsomething" The Complete Third Season

"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" The Complete Fifth Season

"Raising the Bar" The Complete Second Season

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1.B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars Last Week: No. 2'Nothin' On You" (AebelAocklGrand Hustle)

2. Rihanna No. 1 "Aude Boy" (SAPlDef Jam)

3. Train No.3 "Hey, Soul Sister" (Columbia)

4 .. Taio Cruz. feat. Ludacrls No.4 "Break Your Heart" (Mercury)

5. Lady Antebellum No.6 "Need You Now" (Capitol Nashville)

6. Jason Derulo No.5 "In My Head" (Beluga Heights)

7. Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce No.7 ''Telephone" (StreamlineJKonUvelCherrytree)

8, Usher feat will.i.am No. 10 "OMG" (LaFace)

9. Ke$ha No. 19 "Your Love Is My Drug" (KemosabeIACA) 10. Adam Lambert No .. 23 "Whataya Want From Me' (19/ACA)

Top 10 Albums

1. Justin Bieber No.1 "My World 2.0" (SchoolBoylRaymond Braun/Island)

2. MGMT new entry "Congratulations" (Columbia)

3. Lady Antebellum No.4 "Need You Now" (Capitol Nashville) 4, Usher No.2 "Raymond V Raymond" (LaFace/Jive)

5. Coheed and Cambria new entry "Year of the Black Rainbow" (Columbia)

6. Various Artists No.5 "NOW 33" (UniversallEMlfSony Music)

7. Lady Gaga No.7 "The Fame" (StreamlinelKonLiveICherrytree/lntersoope) 8 .. Ke$ha No. 16 "Animal' (KemosabeIRCA) 9. Monica No .. 6 "Still Standing" (AMG)

10. Justin Bieber No.8 "My Wo~d (EP)" (SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun/Island)

Top 10 HOI CouDb'J Singles

1. Lady Antebellum No. 1 "American Honey" (Caprtol Nashville)

2. Zac Brown Band No.2 "Highway 20 Ride" (Home Grown/Atlantic)

3. Joe Nichols No. 5'Gimmie That Girl." (Show Dog-Universal) 4 .. Kenny Chesney No.4 "Ain' Back Yef' (BNA)

5. Chris Young No. 6 "The Man I Want To Be" (ACA) 6. Keith Urban No. 3"lil Summer Comes Around" (Capitol Nashville)

7. George Strait No. 9 "I Gotta Get To You" (MCA Nashville)

8. Steel Magnolia No. 10 "Keep On Lovin' You" (Big Machine)

9 .. Justin Moore No. 12 "Backwoods' (Valory)

10. Rascal Flatts No. 11 "Unstoppable" (Lyr.ic Street)

Top 10 Video Rentals

1. Sherlock Holmes (PG-13) Robert Downey Jr.

2. The Men Who Stare at Goats (R) George Clooney

3. The Blind Side (PG-13) Sandra Bullock 4,2012 (PG-13) John Cusack

5. Bad Lieutenant: Port of call New Orleans (A) Nicolas Cage

6. The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13) Kristen Stewart 7 .. Up in the Air (A) George Clooney

8,Brothers (A) Jake Gyllenhaal

9. AMn and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (PG) Jason Lee 10. Couples Retreat (PG·13) Vince Vaughn

Top 10 DID Sales

1. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (PG) (20th Centtlly Fox)

2. Sherlock Holmes (PG-13) (Warner)

3. The Blind Side (PG-13) (Warner)

4 .. The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13) (SLJmm~)

5. The Princess and the Frog (G) (Buena Vista)

6. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (BluRay) (PG·13) (Warner)

7. Alice in Wonderland (G) (Buena Vista)

8. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (R) (First Look) 9.2012 (PG-13) (Sony)

10. The Collector (NA) (Genius Productions)

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1 .. Ni.ghbnare on Elm Street (Al Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gal/ner

2. How to Train Your Dragon (PG) Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler

3. Date Night (PG-13) Stevel Garell, Tina Fey

4. The Back-up Plan (PG-13) Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin

5. Furry Vengeance (PGl Brendan Fraser, Brooke Shields

6. The Losers {Al Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage

7, Clash of the Titans 3D (2010) (PG-13l Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson

8. Kick-Ass (R) Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage

9. Death at a Funeral (2010) (Rl Chris Rock, Martin Lawrenc 10, Oceans (Documentary) (G) Pierce Brosnan, LanceIot Peron

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BEACH NEWZ

Standin' By Ben E. King

By Dariel Bendin

An American Legend Comes To Myrtle Beach for MayFest

Soul singer Ben. E. King is coming to town and I'm pumped. "Spanish Harlem," "Stand By Me," There Goes My Baby," "Save the last Dance For Me," "I Who Have Nothing," And that's just off the top of my head. With his smooth delivery and soulful styling, Ben E.

King deserves to be credited

as one of the artists who helped pave the way for Motown artists who came on the scene shortly afterward.

Born Benjamin Earl Nelson in the Upstate of North Carolina, King moved to Harlem, N. Y. when he was nine years old. During junior high school, he sang with the Four B's, performing doo wop on local street corners. At 20 he was invited to join the Five Crowns, a doo wop group who often opened for the Drifters. The same year 1958, George Treadwell, who was managing the Drifters then, fired the entire band and hired the Crowns to replace them.

These new Drifters, including Ben Nelson (still using his birth name), began working with producer/songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. King brought them a song he'd been working on, "There Goes My Baby," which would become his first vocal lead. He also sang lead on "Save the Last Dance for Me," written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. The tune spent three weeks on the U.S. pop charts as well as a week on the U.S. R&B chart.

Ironically, despite being inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2000 as Ben E. King and the Drifters, he only recorded ten songs with them, and had left the group by 1960.

After leaving the Drifters, King - now using the name Ben E. King - embarked on his solo career. Remaining with the Drifters' label, Atlantic Records (Atco), King's first hit as a solo act was "Spanish Harlem,"

(1961 ). Written by Jerry lei ber and Phil Spector, the tune featured Spanish guitar and marimbas. It reached No. 15

on the R&B charts and No. 10 on Pop. [Note: in 2004, it would appear as No. 349. on The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list for Rolling Stone magaZine.]

His next recording was "Stand By Me," for which he shares co-composer status

with the leiber & Stoller team. According to Wikipedia, ""Stand by Me" was voted as one of the Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America. "Stand by Me," "There Goes My Baby" and "Spanish Harlem" were named as three of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and were all given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, as well as "Save The last Dance For Me." His other well known songs were "Don't Play That Song (You lied)" (which was covered by Aretha Franklin in the 1970s), "Amor," "Seven l.etters," "How Can I Forget," "On the Horizon," "Young Boy Blues," "I (Who Have Nothing)," "First Taste of love," "Here Comes the Night," "Ecstasy," "That's When It Hurt," "Down Home," "River of Tears," "Dolt in the Name of love," and "It's All Over.""

"What Is Soul?" (1967) pretty much marked the end of King's time with Atco until 1975 when Atlantic president Ahmet Ertegun urged him to re-sign with the label. The disco tune "Supernatural Thing, Part I" put King back on the charts again. He enjoyed some success collaborating with the Average White Band and later toured with another version of the Drifters.

In 1986,. director Rob Reiner featured King's "Stand By Me" in his movie of the same name and the song once again climbed the charts. The nineties found King recording with Bo Diddley, recording a children's album and performing at different venues.

In 1997, Ben E. King formed the Stand By Me Foundation, a nonprofit (501 )c(3) organization created to award scholarship to financially challenged students pursuing a four-year college degree with an emphasis on

music. He still serves as chairman and CEO and has had some pretty impressive honorary chairs, too, including the late Ahmet M. Ertegun, co chair and co-CEO for Atlantic Recording Corp; Jerry leiber, composer and Mike Stoller, composer.

I wanted to share with you

an online source that t found

as I wrote this piece. It's a blog ... actually it's two blogs by a guy named Red Kelly from New York. One is called "The A Side," which is really the "B" side of the blog. It covers "A" sides that aren't very wellknown (and may not even be available on CD). The "A" side

of the blog is called "The B Side," and according to the blogger, "This page is dedicated to the poor, neglected "B" sides of alilhese 45s I have ... n Are you kidding ??? I think I've died and gone to heaven. I

love this guy already. Dude, check him out. Red's web address is: http://redkelly.blogspot.com.

Sources: starpulse. com (Steve Huey, All Music Guide); Encyclopedia of Rhythm & Blues and 000 Wop Vocal Groups by Mitch Rosalsky;wikipedia.org.

This was originally published at darielb. wordpress. com. Author Dariel Bendin can be reached on the Internet at Facebook.com, Twitter.comldarielb, LiveBluesWorld.com and MySpace. comlculturejunkie. Read Beach Newz online at myrtle beach altern atives. com.

Motown, country, blues and beach.

Festival Schedule May 15

10 a.m.Beach Music Festival Kkk-Off. Food vendors and arts & crafts booths open.

10 a.m. The Embers, from Raleigh, N.C., masters of R&B and soulful rock, this quintet will blow you away - even at ten o'clock in the morning!

11:30 a.m. Jim Quic.k & Coastline. Fresh from opening at House of Blues for Delbert McClinton, Wilmington's musical madman and his loony legions deliver funk & soul at its best. 12 Noon. The official

Boardwalk and Promenade ribbon-culling ceremony on the Boardwalk between 8th and 9th Ave. North.

12:30 p.m. Buddy "The Cake Boss" Valastro reveals his gigantic flip-flop cake.

How perfect is that for Myrtle Beach?

1 - 4 p.m. Character Meet & Greet with The Cake Boss. Adult show fans may love this even more than the kids.

1 p.m. Billy Scott & The Party Prophets. Billy Scott is back! Don't miss this classic beach band Performing classic hits like "I Got the Fever" and "Rockin' Good Way."

2.:.30 p .. m. Maurice Wil.liams & The Zodiacs. Charlotte, N.C.'s Maurice Williams ("Stay," "little Darlin'") is one of the most extraordinarily durable figures in the history of classic R&B.

4 p.m, Mark Roberts & The Breeze. From Georgetown, S.C., this dynamic dance band covers rock, funk,

5:30 p.m. Cornell Gunter's Coasters. Called the "clown princes of rock & roll" the Coasters will be performing their most popular hits.

7 p.m. The Catalinas from Charlotte, N.C. performing classic and original beach music like "Summer Time's Calli.ng Me."

8:45 p.m. BenE. King.

This man with the amazing baritone voice is probably best known as the hit song "Stand By Me." His enduring tune was in the U.S. Top 10 in 1961 and again in 1987, and made it to No. tin the U.K. in 1987. Don't miss this fare opportunity to see a true American legend in person.

May Events

[in~o De Mayo!

May 8,2010

Downtown Myrtle Beach, Ocean Blvd.

• Food Vendors

• Kids Zone

• Air Guitar Competition

• Cook-Off Caliente

• Man VS Cinco de Mayo

• Live Entertainment

• Chihuahua Race

For details visit www.RockNTheBeach.com

MAYFEST on Main

MayS, 2010

North Myrtle Beach on Main Street

Beach Music Feslival

May 28-31, 2010

Valor Park, MarkEt Common MilitaryAppreciationDays.com

Saturday, May 1$,2010 • 10 a.m. -10 p.m.

Ocean Blvd. between 8th Ave. N. and 9th Ave. N., Downtown Myrtle Beach

10-11:15 a.m. The Embers

11:30 a.'m.~12:45 p.m. Jim Quick & Coastline

12:00-12:30 p.m. Boardwalk Ribbon Cutting Grand Opening Ceremony

12:30 -1p.m. Buddy Valastro unveils the Flip Flop Cake

1M 4 p.m. Meet & Greet BuddyValastro

1- 2:15 p.m. Billy Scott & The Party Prophets

2:30 - 3:45 'p.m. Maur.ice Williams

4 - 5:15 p.m. Mark Roberts & the Breeze

5:30 ~ 6:45p.m. The Coasters

7 - 8:15 p.m.. The Catalinas

8:30 M 9:45 p.m. Ben E. King

10 p.m. Fireworks

FIREWORKS TO ,FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER LAST PERFORMANCE! "Times and line up are subject to change. Rain/Shine event.

Kickoff your summer in North Myrtle Beach with a street festival that never disappoints. The 5th annual Mayfest on Main festival will feature some of the best live musical acts, a car show, art, craft and food vendors, a community stage and a children's area. Bring a beach chair to this family event to enjoy a day on Main Street, Saturday,

May 8, 2010. Browse local shops while strolling the street for one of a kind beach memories. The festival begins at 10:00 am and continues until 6:00 pm. The Main Stage is located at "the Horseshoe" and begins performances at 12:30 pm. You are sure to have a day full of fun with the family.

For details visit www.NMB.us

Experience the Grand Strand this Spring! Free concerts and events ... something for the whole family!

Taste! Tradeshow and Expo Beach Blast! Memorial Day Weekend. Military J\ppre£iation Days

(hristian Music Festival Parade & Concert

Friday, May 28 - Monday,. May 31, 2010

Kings Hwy. between Brd arid 27th Ave. N. Free (on cert and Meet & Greets

Saturday, May 22, 2010 • 2 - lOp. m. - Tickets on sale now! Kings Hwy. between 23rd and 27th Ave. N.

Live 0 nstage fo r th i s ticketed event is Am 1'1 ica n Grammy Award-winner, TobyMilc. TobyMac brings his high-energy, crowd-engaging performance to Myrtle Beach, along with tcday's modem rock band favorite Kutless, The Afters, KJ-52 and special guest speaker David Nasser.

May 14-16,2010

Myrtle Beach Convention Center TasteShows.com

The Blue Crab Festival

May 15·16.2010

little River Wate rfront 6'1 u eCrsbFestiva 1.0 rg

Coastal Uncorked! Food and Wine Festival

May 16-23, 2010

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• Fireworks

5 ched ul I'd to perfo rm :

• [ordin Sparks, American Idol Season 6 Winner

• Mitchel Musso, "Oliver" on Hannah Montana

• Jasmine Richards, "Peggy" on (amp Rock

• Sava n nah Outen, Had io Disney

• Drake Be II., .. Drake" 0 h Drake and [osh

S ched u I I'd to a PP ea r for Cele b rity Meet & Greets;

• Debby Hyan, "Bailey" on Suite Life on Deck -TiffanyThornton, 'Tawni" on, Sonny with a Chance

• Nathan Kress, "Freddie" on iCady

• jasmine Richards. "Peggy" on Camp Hock

• Sava n neh Outen, Rad io Disney

• Drake Bell, "Drake" on Drake and Josh Memorial Day Parade

Featuring Celebrity Grand Marshal Col. Buzz Aldrin, NASA Astronaut and Dancing With The Stars celebrity

Sun Fun Feslival

june 4-5, 2010

Grand Park, Market (ommon Su n Fu n Festiva I. co m

Surlside Bea£h Sun Fun Super Saturday

june 12, 2010, 4-8 p.m.

Surf, ide Dr; ve, 5 u rfsid I' B ea rh Surfsidebea ch. olg

Grand Strand Sports & FishinQ Festival

june 11-13, 2010

Bass Pro Shops at M yrtl e B eo ch Ma II G SFishi n gFestiv al.co m

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NIGHT LIFE & ~.Iil~

EntertainmTnl:

Amos's Southend 704-377-6874 • Bi-Le Center 864467:.ocKlS • Colonial Life Arena 803-5'76-9200 • Crown Center 910438-4100 House Of Blues - North Myrtle Beach 843-272-3000 • North Charleston Coliseum 843-529-5000

Ovens Auditorium 704-335-3100 • Time Warner Music Arena (formerly Bobcats Arena) 704-522-6500 Uptown Amphitheatre at The Music Factory (704) 549-5555 • Verizon Wil:eless Amphitheater 704-S49-1292The

. Fillmore Charlotte (704) 549-5555 • Time Wamer Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek 9'l9-831-6400

F 5/7 Colt Ford House Of BllleS N. Myrtle Beach, SC

F 5/7 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Verizon Wu-elessAmphitheatre Charlotte, NC

find Joe Cocker

Su 5/9 Minus the Bear The Fillmore Charlotte

with Special Guests Young The Giant and Everest

Angels & Airwaves The Eillmore Charlotte

Norah Jones Ovens Auditorium

ZOSO-A Tribute to Led Zeppelin House Of Blues

Tim McGraw North Charleston Coliseum

with special guests Lady Antebellum and .Love & Theft

5/14 The Marshall Tucker Band House Of Blues

5/14 Enrique Bunbury The Fillmore Charlotte

5/14 AquaTeenHungerForce Amos's Southend

5/15 Tta vis Tri tt wi til Blackbeny Smoke House 0 f Blues

5/15 Rock & Rumble The Fillmore Charlotte

5/17 Insane Clown Posse Uptown Amphitheatre1:!lMusk Factory

5/19 Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper uptown Amphitheatre®MusicFactory

5/19 Wicked Ovens Auditorium

The Untold Story of the WitclJes of Oz: A New Musical

F 5/21 MB Rocks Country: House Of Blues

The Long Sisters, City Limit, Madonna Nash and "Brad Long

Sa 5/22 Bamboozle Roa d Show Uptown Amphiiheatre@Ivfusic Factory Ch arl otte, N C

Su 5/23 Jeff Dunham (Comedy) The Crown Center Fayetteville, NC

Su 5/'23 Wicked Ovens Auditorium Charlotte, NC

Th 5/27 2010 Country Megati eke t Verizon Wireless Amphi theatre Charlo tte, NC

Country Throwdown Tour featuring Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson and more

F 5/28 2010 Country Megaticket TIIIICMusicPavilion@WalnlltCreek Raleigh, NC

Country Throwdown Tour featuring Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson and more

Wicked Ovens Auditorium Charlotte, NC

Charlotte, NC

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$19.50* Advance / $22.50* Day of Show

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N. Myrtle Beach, SC

l'ATribute te Led Zepplin" Wednesday May 12 Doors Open 7.:3Opm

$15.00* Advance 1 $17.00* Day of Show

The MarshaD Tucker Band

Friday May 14 Doors Open 7:30pm

$21_00* Advance 1 $24.00* Day of Show

Su 5/?IJ

June

W 6/2 Carol King /James Tay lor:

Troubadour Reunion

6/4 Brooks & Dunn: Last Rodeo Tour Verizon Wireless Am phitheatre Cha rlotte, N C

with special guest Jason Aldean

Sa 6/5 Brooks & Dunn: Last Rodeo Tour

with special guest Jason Aldean

Th 6/10 The Disco Biscuits House Of Blues

Th 6/10 Azia Ansari: Dangerously Delicious Tour Charleston Music Hall

F 6/11 Dropkick Murphys House Of Blues

Sa 6/12 Phoenix Uptown Amphitheatu:@lMuslc Factory

Tu 6/15 GWAR House Of Blues

with Dirge Within and Mobile Death Camp

6/18 SO Cent House Of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC

6/18 Lynyrd Skynyrd God & Guns Tour TlNCMusic Pavilion@WalnutCreek Raleigh, NC

with Bret Michaels of Poison and .38 Special

Sa 6/19 Edwin McCain House Of Blues

Sa 6/19 Lynyrd Skynyrd God & GlU1S Tour Verizon Wucless Amphitheatre

with Brei Michaels of Poison and .38 Special .

Th 6/24 Earth, Wind and Fire UptDwnAmphitheatre@"iMusicFactory Charlotte, NC

F 6/25 Rascal Flatts lVVC Music Pavilion@Walnut Creek Raleigh, N C

with special guests Kellie Pickler and Chris Young

6/25 Aqua Teen Hu:nger Forte Amos's Southend Charlotte, NC

6/26 Drivin' N' Cry in' House Of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC

6/26 Rascal Platts . Verizon Wh-eless Amphitheatre Charlotte, NC

with special guests Kellie Pickler and Chris Young

Tu 6/29 Chicago and The Doobie Brothers UptownAmphi.i:hea.tte@MusicFactury Charlotte, N C

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Th 7/1· Plush TWCMusic Pavilion@WalnutCreek Raleigh, NC

F 7/2 Corey Smith House Of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC

F 7/2 Phish Verizon WmilessAmphitheatre Charlotte, NC

Sa 7/3 Adam Lamber t &. Orianthi House 0 f Blues N. Myrtle Bea ch, SC

with All-ison. Iraheta

W 7/7 Umphrey's McGee House Of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC

Sa 7/10 Toby Keith's American Ride Tour TWC Music Pavilion@WalnutCreek Raleigh, NC

presented by Ford E-Series with Trace Adkins and Jam es Otto

Su 7/11 Go-Go's Happily Ever After: House Of Blues N. Myrtle Beach, SC

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Th 7/14 The Cool Tour Featuring House Of Blues . N. Myrtle Beach, SC

As 1 Lay Dying, Underoath, Between the Buried and Me, Bless the Fall,

The Acacia Strain, Architects and Cancer Bats

Sa 7/16 John Mayer Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

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On .,he Geek Scrand

By Christopher A. Huff

A Brief Geek's Guide to Summer Movies

While on the surface, it rniqht look like there are a lot of great movies for the Geek audience coming out this summer; a closer inspection shows that there may really only be one, and that is Iron Man 2_

lron Man 2 (May 7)

Why Iron Man? Well,

because he is almost as cool as Batman, and a lot more fun to be around at parties, Plus, you get Mickey Rourke in the villain-

ous role of Whiplash, Sam Jackson returning as the mysterious director of SHIELD, and Don Cheadle climbing inlo the War Machine armor.

Of course, if that is a .little too manly for you, don't forget Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts and Scarlett Johansson as the wicked Russian spy, Black Widow (and a whole bevy of hot babes that moody Bruce Wayne would never get to have fun with, including G4's Attack of the Show's Olivia Munn).

A-Team (June 11)

This may look cool , but I am afraid' thatlhe trailer has already given away all the good parts. Liam Neeson as Hannibal

is a cool casting, and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's Mr. T/8A Baracus is dead-on, but the other two, playing Face and Murdock (Bradley Cooper, and Sharlto Copley) don't really shine in the footage I have seen.

The Karate Kid (June 11)

Remaking the Karate Kid? A questionable endeavor at best. The original is very near and dear to many movie-lover hearts-geek or not. But okay. A chance at some better martial arts and maybe someone not as whiny as Ralph Macchio was, I can give it a chance.

But wait? Jackie Chan is replacing the tate Pat Morita? A Chinese man is playing a Japanese maintenance man and Karate teacher in L.A.?

Oh, no. He is playing a Chinese maintenance man/Kung Fu teacher in Beijing, Well, then, Okay ..... Wait a

minute? The Karate Kid is learning Kung Fu?

... Well, that is just wrong in so many gaijin and gweilo ways.

.. .to be cominued.:

Christopher Huff is an unrepentant geek living, writing and playing on the Grand Strand . You can learn more about him and his writing at www.piralejournalism. com, Comments can be sent to chris@alternatives.sc

Ironman 2: All that and a box of doughnuts? Most likely;

The Coach's Perspective ...

By Thomas H. Swank, eec

Replicating Your Success Again and Again ...

While you may not yet have a million dollar business ... do you realistically see this as a possibility for yourself?

Are you thinking like a struggling entrepreneur ... or like an established million dollar business owner? Let me rephrase the question ... are you thinking like Donald Trump, Bm Gates or Oprah?

If you're not,.. "Why" not? And if you're not, then you are still thinkingenlirely too small Be totally honest with yourself about your answer. You don't have to like the answer, in fact I hope that you don'! like your answer. II's just today's answer, it's temporal and. you can change it.. if you really want to.

The reason that you aren't as yet thinking like The Donald or Oprah- all stems from the simple truth that you don't as yet see (visualize) yourself as being super successful. How successfulda you see yourse'lf potennatIy being? Is it that you just can't see it or is it because you have yet to give yourself "permission" to go all out for what it is that you wa nl? Your self truth rests entirelyon Just how much you believe

in yourself and what it is that you do.

When George Washington and his few remaining troops crossed the Delaware, their level of commitment and belief in their abilities and rrussron was absolute. Their Battle Cry was "Freedom ... or die!" Is your beli.ef and commitment level anywhere near as strong? From the perspective of modern day business resolve - "Freedom ... or die'" would translate as their Unique Value Proposition. Can you visualize your current UVPin the context of being your "Battle Cry"?

I often ask people to think about their business and personal performance graphs and then answer Ihis question ... how long has it been since your business performance, business revenue and personal income las! "peaked"? How many years ago did you just tell yoursel.f that it has been? How much revenue or income have you lost since your last peak performance and income level? That's: a huge number!

What would have happened, if you would have obtained some

professional help a long. time ago? Most assuredly, you could have reduced your income loss by 50% or more, eliminated a whole lot of pain and anguish and restored your income level a heck of a lot sooner. In hind sight, what would that have been "worth" to you?

Ray Kroc once said "We take the hamburger more seriously than anyone else." This is a statement of pure belief in what he was doing. A mindset so strong about what he believed was possible, that it resulted in him over committing to the percentage of royalties to be paid to the McDonald brothers. While Ray Kroc was highly successful at franchising McDonald's - he still found himself on the verge of :[osing money on the selling of hamburgers even on a massive scale.

It would ultimately be an external help resouJcethat would lead to the innovation of the real estate component of the McDonald's franchise model that would hit the financial jackpot for Ray Kroc. Had he wailed for 'later ... rather than sooner, it may have been too late for Ray Kroc tolurn his vision around. Of course, you know how the story turned out. But, do you know how it actually began?

McDonald's as you know it all started by happenstance. While in his early 50's Ray Kroc was selling mllkshaka machines one at a time to restaurants across the U.S, when an obscure California hamburger stand for an unknown reason ordered 5 of these latest and greatest multi-

mix milkshake machines. His curiosity gene kicked in, which resulted in him taking a trip to California to find out why some one would want 5 milkshake machines. The order request was simple unprecedented. What he found was the McDonald brothers and their simplistic approach of selling just hamburgers, french fries and milkshakes.

So, what has really made Ray Kroc and McDonald's such an enduring success? Was it the menu concept? The franchise business model? The real estate component redo? I suspect that the opinion poll vote would be splintered accordingly,ln my opinion, the correct answer is "none of the above". Here's why ...

It was the culmination of all these factors ... plus one more key componenl that in the end made it all work harmoniously. While Henry Ford can be credited for the consistency of assembly line production techniques - it is Ray Kroc who can be credited with first masler·ing the "standardization" of business mode'I'ing, consistency of product delivery and customer service,

Clearly, McDonald's falls far short. of providing the best hamburger on the face of the planet ... yet they sell BILLIONS more hamburgers than anyone else. Year after year ... for over 50 years ... McDonald's has continued to outsell their competition. Speaking of which, let's see ... Wendy's, Burger King, Hardee's, Soni.c, Checker's, Jack-In-The-Box, .In-O ul Bu rger,

Roy Roger's and a bunch more.

How do they do it? Surely by now you know what I'm going to say .. , "innovation". In the case of McDonald's, continued and unending innovation over time. Theirinitiai innovation of The Golden Arches and Ronald McDonald was followed by Happy Meals, the Quarter Pounder, Value Menu, Super Sizing, McRib, Filet,O-Fish, Egg McMuffin and more recently spe~ cialty McCoffee offerings.

While Ray Kroc is no longer with us ... the vision, dream and standardization protocols that he "believed" so strongJy in ... Jive on in perpetuity for all of us to enjoy where ever we go. Is it just me ... or does it just seem like there's a quarter pounder waiting ... at the end of every quarter mile of road that! travel?

That's the true power of "process" ... the abiUty to standardize and then replicate your success again and: again ... time after tirne.. ,

Next issue: understanding your customer's lifetime value ...

Copyright © 2010 Developing FOlWard I Thomas H, Swank, esc I All Rights Resef1led.

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MayFest on Main Brings Eddie Money, Other Big Names to North Myrtle

By Callie Wise

May is here, and brings with it one of North Myrtle Beach's most exciting celebrations ~ Mayfest on Main. Mayfest, which features some of the finest musical entertainment in the area, will take place from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, May 8, on Main Street.

The day-long festival is filled with exciting events, great food, crafts and arts vendors, a children's play area and incredible concerts. The kids' area opens at 10 a.m. and features the gladiator joust, inflatable rides, pony rides, mechanical bull rides, a caricature artist, face painting, a magician and more. More than 75 food vendors and arts and craft vendors also will open at 10 a.m. Entertainment begins at 10 a.rn. on the Community Stage, located at the corner of Hillside Drive and Main Street, and at noon on the Main Stage in the Horseshoe. The concert schedule Includes:

• Community Stage

• 10 a.rn.: Carolina

Forest Elementary Taiko Drum Ensemble

• 11 a.rn.: Carolina Dance Partners- Paul McTaggart • Noon: Arts Alive Theatre Group

• 1 p.rn.: Academy of Dance and Fine Arts

·2 p.m.: NMB Pilot Club

"Brain Minders for Life" puppet show

• 2:30 p.m.: Beach Service concession logo announcement and congratulations to logo designer Amy Hardee, a graphic design major at Coastal Carolina University

• 3 p.rn.: NMB Middle Schoo! Choral Ensemble's "Tribute to Michael Jackson" Main Stage (Horseshoe)

• Noon: Welcome

• 1p.m. Paul Grimshaw Band

• 2 p.rn.: The Mighty Tams

• 3:15 p.m.: The Bar-Keys

• 4:45 p.rn.: Eddie Money

Admission to Mayfest is free. For more information, contact the North Myrtle Beach Parks and Recreation Department at 843-280-5570 or go to www.NMB.us ..

Eddie Money (shown), the Bar-Kays and the Tams join Paul Grimshaw Band and other local entertainers for MayFeston May 8.

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2001 Nightclub Celebrates 30 Years on Grand Strand

By Michelle Cantey

When 2001 opened its doors in 1980 on the northern edge of Myrtle Beach, no one had heard of Broadway at !he Beach, everyone still spent their days at the Pavilion or on the beach and there were only about 30 golf courses on the Grand Strand. 2001 Entertainment Complex is marking its thirtieth annlversary on Thursday, May 6, as this publication goes to press. Entertainment is being provided by one of the nation's top rated dance party bands - Party on the Moon.

According to 2001 owner and manager Roger Davisson, the band will perform for three hours straight, playing hits from the past three decades without skipping a beat or taking a break! Dubbed the ultimate dance party band, Party on the Moon performed at the Western Inaugural Ball for President Barack Obama in 2009 .. The band has performed for countless celebrities and politicians, including President George W. Bush and his family, Eli Manning's wedding., Emeril Legasse, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Virginia Governor Tim Kaine and Nigerian royalty, Party on the Moon has performed with Journey, Three Dog Night,. The O'Jays, Peabo Bryson, James Brown, Prince, Huey Lewis, The Temptations, Bob Seger and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Their repertoire ranges from 80s and 90s rock, Top 40 hits,

disco, beach, Motown 50s and 60s, swing, ballads, country and jazz.

Davisson says, "We want everyone who has made 2001 the place to be for the past 30 years herewith us 10 eelebrate. Past employees, Dds, managers and owners will be attending from Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, D.C. and, of course, West Virginia. Now, all we need is you, the spokes in the 2001 wheel that keeps us turning, into the future. Thanks for being part of the memories."

Through the years, night clubs and entertainment venues have come and gone along the Grand Strand but 2001 has continued to persevere and evolve with the times. It's seen its heyday of fashion with parachute pants, flashdance tees, mullets, Miami Vice wannabes, bangles, big teased and permed hair, through 90s era of baby doll dresses, rolled up jeans and tees, "the Rachel," Chelsea boots, and beachwear of Hawaiian shirts and capris to the sleeker 2000s with the chemise tops, black tees, dress jeans, jackets and tees, smart casual and high heels.

Local resident Sally Howard met long time beau Don Yonce on the dance floor at 2001 in the early 80s and they've never stopped dancing. Countless couples have joined Howard and Yonce in meeting at 2001 over the years and. continuing that attraction into a relationship, Davisson hopes they'll join 2001 in its

celebration and relive old memories.

The entertainment complex recently revealed Next Level, its newest, nonsmoking "club within a club" featuring ultra modern lines and furnishings. Patrons may smoke in the Tiki Bar, World Bar or Club Touch. With a choice of three different clubs, numerous music formats and cutting edge video exciternent, 2001 has been ranked as the "hottest club concept on the beach."

The various clubs and choice of live entertainment helps 2001 keep the Myrtle Beach club scene fresh by offer-

ing somethi.ng for all ag.es and tastes.

Tuesday nights feature the Dino Variety Show at 7 p.rn., Wednesday nights are Beach Party nights with doors opening at 8 p.m., Thursday-Saturday nights is Party Time with No Limit performing in Next Level. The summer kicks off May 30 with Teen Nights on Sundays and Mondays 8 p.m. - 1 a.m. with OJ E~ Flow spinning dance, hip hop and house trax for teens ages 13-18. For more information about 2001 Entertainment Complex, visit www . .2001nightclub.com or become a fan of 2001 Nightclub on Facebook. For more information, call 843-449-9435.

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By Loretta Miller

Oak Island Club Features Nine Gardens For Annual Tour

The Oak Island Beautification Club's eleventh annual Garden Tour and Plant Sale is set for Sunday, May 16, from 1 to 5 p.rn Among the nine gardens on the tour this year are a Certified Willdlife Habitat, a butterfly garden, a bird sanctuary with more than 200 plant and tree specimens, a water garden and the Sea Biscuit Bird Sanctuary.

The Plant Sale at the Oak Island Recreation Center begins at noon and lasts until all the plants are sold. It is the club's biggest plant sale of the year wi.th hundreds of plants to choose from, including perennials and annuals, such as elephant ear, petunias, salvia, purple plant, Black-Eyed Susans, Zebra Grass, verbena, evergreen Japanese iris, Stella o'o-o, Sago palm, Shasta daisy and culinary herbs. Prices range from $1 to $15 with most in the $3 10 $6 range.

The Garden Tour begins as soon as you cross Ihe bridge onto the island on Yaupon Way and goes all the way to King's lynn Drive on the west end of the beach strand. Along the way

you will have an opportunity to visit some extraordinary gardens developed by homeowners under the unique and demanding condition of sun, sea and sand. See what the Town of Oak Island and the Beautification Club have done at the Nature Center and the Recreation Center and don't miss the lovely plantings at Coastal Dentistry.

TIckets go on sale April 23, and are $6 in advance, $8 day of the tour. They can be purchased at Oak Island Recreation Center, Chamber of Commerce and Blue Crab Blue on Long Beach Road, Seaside With Coffee and Yaupon Tree on Oak Island, Curb Appeal on Howe Sireet and the Southport Visitor Center.

On the day of the tour, Rec Center plays host to a Master Gardeners' Plant Clinic where you can ask questions about speclflc plants, bring samples for identification or raise general issues about the challenges of coastal gardening .. Beautification Club members will also be on hand selling plants and serving refreshments.

This is a self-guided tour.

Along! with your ticket, you will receive a map with directions to each of the nine locations, which you are free to visit in the order of your choosing.

Oak Island Recreation Cenler is located at 3000 E. Oak lsiand Drive, Oak Island, N.C. For tour information, call 910-278-7752.

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Along Myrtle Beach's New Boardwalk

By Mark Kruea

Myrtle Beach's new oceanfront boardwalk is open and ready for your stroHing enjoyment. The $6 million ~ promenade stretches 1.2 miles along - the oceanfront, from the 14th

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peaceful settings, as well as the nearby restaurants, shops and amusements.

The boardwalk features three distinct sections of varying widths and des.igns. The northern section is a traditional raised boardwalk following a serpentine line across the dunes, with connecting pathways to beach access paints. This section runs from the 14th Avenue Pier to Plyler Park.

The middle section begins at Plyler Park and extends south to Eighth Avenue North, adjacent to beachfront eateries, shops and arcades, Here you'll find a wide wooden walkway with benches and sidewalk cafes. Six large United States flags wave proudly in the ocean breeze at the boardwalk's widest point. Strollers can enjoy the sights on the beach, which is just an easy walk away.

Headline act Ben E.. King takes the stage at 8:45 p .. m. during the Beach Music Festival

The southern section, from Eighth Avenue North to the soon-to-be-renovated Second Avenue Pier, is a winding promenade among the dunes, with benches and natural landscaping. This is a peaceful, linear park, with the ocean scenery on one side and nearby hotels on the other. Three vendor stands in this

Jim Quick & Coastline perform at 11:30 a.rn,

section will offer treats for hungry or thirsty strollers and beach-goers.

Ribbon-cutting and grand opening ceremonies for the boardwalk are scheduled for 12 noon on Saturday, May 15, as part of the city's first-ever Beach Music Festival. Well-known beach music groups will perform free concerts throughout the day, from 10 a.rn. to 10 p . rn., and TLC's "cake boss," Buddy Valastro, will be in town to create the world's largest flip-flop shaped cake. Valastro will make the cake on site, then be available for a meet-and-greet for his fans.

Miss Myrtle Beach and Miss Teen Myrtle Beach also will appear during the grand opening, along with the National Shag Dancing Champions. A historic marker recognizing the site of the former Myrtle Beach Pavilion will be dedicated, and the evening will end with a fireworks show. All of these activities will occur on and near the boardwalk, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues North.

The oceanfront boardwalk is open for strolling and shopping! (Photo Jean Hampton)

Here's the tentative schedule of events for the grand opening and Beach Music Festival on Saturday, May 15.

10 a.m. - Official Kkk Off to the Beach Music Festival, Food and Arts/Crafts Vendors Open

10-11 :15 a.m. - The Embers

11 :30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. - Jim Quick & Coastline

Noon -12:30 p.m. - Boardwalk and Promenade ribbon cutting ceremony 12:30~1 p.m. - Gigantic Flip-Flop Cake Reveal with Buddy "The Cake Boss" Valastro

1 - 4 p.m. - Character Meet & Greet with Buddy "The Cake Boss" Va\astro

1 - 2:15 p .. m. - Billy Scott & The Party Prophets

2:30-3:45 p.rn. - Maur.ice Williams & the Zodiacs

4 -5:15 p.m. - Mark Roberts & The Breeze

5:.30-6:45 p.m. - The Coasters 7 -8:15 p.m. - The Catalinas 8:45-9:45 p.m. - Ben E. King 9:45 Fireworks following the last performance

The new oceanfront boardwalk was on the drawing board for about five years before the City of Myrtle Beach finalized the funding and approved construction. For groundbreaking ceremoni.eslast fall, officials scooped sand from beach buckets using plastic shovels,

Building the boardwalk took nine months and lots of lumber. In all, the project required 770,000 board-feet

of turnoer, 270,000 nails, 555,000 screws, 1 0,000 bolts and about 57,000 man-hours. The boardwalk also has 600 new palmetto trees around it, along with 50,000 beach grass seedlings planted on the adjacent dunes.

Now, with the boardwalk a reality, the finished project is drawing rave reviews from visitors, residents and Ocean Boulevard merchants. It may be brand-new, but already the oceanfront boardwalk is an icon for downtown Myrtle Beach and a mustsee destination.

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ONGOING EVENTS:

Every Thursday: Pawleys Island Drinking Liberally. Drinking Liberally is an informal gathering of like-minded left-leaners. Join us starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Pawleys Island Tavern, 10635 Ocean Hwy (Behind "Mole Hole" in the Island Shops off US 17). 843-237-5632. http://livingliberally.org/drinki ng/chapters/SC/pawl eysi sland

Every Thursday: Square Dancing - Grand Strand Strutters. 7p.m. to 9p.m. Mainstream and Plus Level Square Dance, with occasional Rounds, all in a friendly club atmosphere. (Class for new dancers is from

6 to 7p.m.) Grand Strand Senior Center (1268 21 st Ave N., Myrtle Beach) 843-497-0470

or 843-650-2043

Myrtle Beach Stamp Club

1 st Tuesday of each month @ 7 p.m., Grand Strand Senior Center, 1268 21 st Ave. North, Myrtle Beach, 843-337 -008 7.

Canal St. Recreation Center Senior Bingo, Tuesdays,

10 a.m.-12 p.m.; 12p.m.-2 p.m. FREE, bring a small gift to sha re. 843-918-1485

VFW 10804 Friday night dinner Dinner and live music, 6 p.m. Seating limited, reservations by Thurs. required. $8 per person, music only, 7p.m. $3 per person. Highway 57, Little River, S.C. 843-399-0877

Georgetown of the Late 19th & 20th Century Rice Museum.

The exhibit chronicles George-town's transition from rice production to lumber, livestock, & shipping. Georgetown, SC.

M-S, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 843-546-7423

Canal St. Recreation Center Special Needs Workout Tues. & Thurs. 11 a.m.-12 p.m., A unique workout pro-

gram for individuals with special needs. $5 city residenV$8 non-city resident. 843-918-1485

Rape Crisis Center, Adolescent & Adult Support Groups for Survivors of Sexual Assault Thursday evenings at 5:30 p.m. Myrtle Beach & Conway

448-7273 or 448-31

Monday, Wednesday & Friday Myrtle's Market

Mr. Joe White Ave. at Oak st. Local farmer's market, your best source for fresh fruits and vegetables. 9 a.m - 3 p.m.

CURRENT EVENTS:

Through September 26 Barbara Burgess-John Dinkelspiel Collection of Southern Art

Franklin G. BurroughsSimeon B. Chapin Art Museum

Fifty-three works of art by more than a dozen Southern artists or artists whose subject matter is Southern including works by William Clarke, James Denmark, Jonathan Green Aaron Henderson and Corrie McCallum. 3100 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, S.C. www.MyrtleBeachArtMuseum. org. 843-238-2510

Through May 27

Marshland Exhibition Sunset River Marketplace Group show featuring oil paintings, watercolors, sculptures and clay art inspired by the region's marshlands. Richard Dixon, Jim Comer, Ramona B.Bendin, Brenda Behr, Ortrud Tyler. 10283 Beach Drive (N.C. 179), Calabash, N.C. www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com

910-575-5999

Through May 27 Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition Franklin G. BurroughsSimeon B. Chapin Art Museum

The 13th annual WACG Juried Exhibition combines

works of professional and amateur regional artists.

This springtime favorite offers a diverse display of oils, watercolors, mixed media, ceramics, sculpture, etc.

Over $2,500 in prize money awarded. 3100 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, S.C. www.MyrtleBeachArtMuseum.org

843-238-2510

Through May 27 Van Auken Green Exhibition

Horry County Museum Photographs of back roads family life in the 30s and 40s by William Van Auken Green. 5th Ave. & Main St., downtown Conway, S.C. Tuesday - Thursday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. www.horrycounty.org 843-915-5320

Through May 29 'Marshlands: From Back Roads to Coast'

Sunset River Marketplace Group show featuring 16 artists (oil, watercolor, pastel, stained glass, hand-blown glass, carved wood). 10283 Beach Drive SW (N.C. 179), Calabash, N.C. Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com 910-269-1552

May 7

Leadership Grand Strand Class 30 Graduation

Pine Lakes Country Club Sponsored by Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. Dinner 6:45 p.m., ceremony 7:30 p.m. www.leadershipgrandstrand .com 843-916-7222

May 8

Cinco de Mayo Celebratioin Ocean Blvd. Between 8th & 9th Ave. North., Myrtle Beach Local Heritage-based music, folkloric dancing, a kids' area with pinatas, Chihuahua racing and Mexican food and beverages.

May 8

Mayfest on Main 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Free family event with food and craft vendors, a children's area, community stage enter

tainment, Myrtle Beach Corvette Club Car Show. Entertainment includes: The Bar-Kays The Paul Grimshaw Band, The Mighty Mighty Tams and Eddie Money! Main Street, in the Ocean Drive Section of North Myrtle Beach 843-280-5570

May 9

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Creative Exchange

Sunset River Marketplace Line Dancing with Babs & Calabash Flash. 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $5, includes lunch. Reservations required due to limited seating. 10283 Beach

Drive SW (N.C. 179), Calabash, N.C. www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com 910-269-1552

May 13

Exhibition Reception Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery

Coastal Carolina University Reception 4:30 - 630 p.m. Show runs through Friday, June 18. Gallery hours 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. from May 10- August 6. www.coastal.edu/bryanartgallery

May 14 - 16 Taste!

Gourmet Trade Show & Expo

M.B. Convention Center Expo Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m.- 3 p.rn. Expo general admission $7; Intimate Wine Dinner $120; Bad Boy Breakfast with Guy Fieri $95; celebrity cooking demos $32 - $80. Celebrity cooking demos, kids' cooking classes, seminars, BBQ cook-off, tastings, gourmet specialty products, seminars, trade show for buyers.Tickets online and at Crystalite Cafe, Myrtle Beach www.tasteshows.com 843-333-7972

May 15

Myrtle Beach Mayfest:

Beach Music Festival

10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Ocean Blvd. between 8th & 9th Ave. North. Performances by Ben E. King, Billy Scott and the Party Prophets, Chairmen of the Board, the Coasters, Jim Quick & Coastline, and Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs. Other activities include creation of a giant flip-flop cake by TLC's "Cake Boss," Buddy Valastro. Lots of food and beer, arts and crafts vendors and fireworks finale. Free! www.myrtlebeachmayfest.com 843-626-7444

May 15

Oceanfront Boardwalk Ribbon Cutting

In conjunction with Beach Music Festival, 12 noon, Ocean Blvd. between 8th & 9th Ave. North www.myrtlebeachmayfest.com 843-626-7444

May16-23

Coastal Uncorked

Food & Wine Festival Locations include the Boardwalk, Plyler Park, The Market Common and various trolley stops. www.coastaluncorked.com 843-916-2000

To include your event in the Alternatives Newsmagazine/COAST Magazine local events calender, email your listing to editorial@alternatives.sc with "Calendar Item" written in the subject line at least two weeks in advance of print date. Please sure to include the date, appropriate costs, phone number for information and address.

Coast and Alternatives go to press every other Thursday. Visit us on the web at: www.myrtlebeachalternatives.com.

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CCU'S SCHOOLS, NEWS .. VIEWS

By Mona Prufer

Summer Arts Academy Offered at Coastal Carolina University

Coastal

Carolina

University's 2010 Summer Arts Academy will be held during June for rising seventh to twelfth grade students interested in intensive study in music, visual arts or performing arts. The fees for the programs range from $495 to $825 and include room and board, as well as the cost of all activities.

Students who participate in the Summer Arts Academy will live in campus residence halls

during the chosen week and eat meals in the campus dining halls.

Students who enroll in the Visual Arts Academy, scheduled for June 13 to 23 for middle school students and June 13 to 25 for high school students, will develop skills in two-dimensional and threedimensional media. They will also study technology, visual art choices, including stopmotion video, dynamic figure drawing, photography, printmaking, painting, sculpture,

stained glass, 3-D social issues structures and crafts. The fees are $750 for the middle school program and $825 for the high school program. In addition, there is a $70 supply fee.

Susan J. Slavik, professor of visual arts at the University and 2005 South Carolina Art Education Association Higher Art Education of the Year, will direct the visual arts portion of the program.

The Music Academy, which will be held June 5 to 12, will

focus on vocal, band and string instruments. The fee is $495.

Tanya Propst, assistant professor of music at the University, will direct the music portion of the program.

The Performing Arts

Academy, scheduled for June 13 to 25, will offer classes in monologue development, how to use proven acting techniques, stage movement and stage combat, instruction in lighting, props and scenery and technical aspects of film acting. The fee is $750.

Thom Penn, a professional actor and Coastal Carolina University instructor, will direct the performing arts portion of the program.

The Coastal Summer Arts Academy, presented by the University's Division of Academic Outreach, has been designed to meet South Carolina criteria for programs for artistically gifted students.

Registration deadline for the Summer Arts Academy is Monday, May 10. To register, and for more information, contact KelJi Barker at 843-349- 4003.

By Tom Hallman

Students Honored For Device That Lets Children Feel Computer Interaction

Developing a device that allows third-graders to "feel" their interaction with a computer has won a national award for a team of Clemson University engineering students.

The project adds a sense of touch to the computer interface, allowing children to actually feel force and vibration as they compare shapes, sizes and weights of objects shown on the computer screen.

The student team from the Senior Capstone Design Glass in Clemson's Holcombe electrical and computer engineering department earned a $7,500 award in the design competition sponsored by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).

Their project - "Engineering Haptic Virtual Manipulatives to Enhance K-12 Math and Science Education" - seeks to help elementary school children learn basic math and science concepts, such as rotational symmetry and the relative weights of objects.

"The idea is to use real-world objects to teach abstract concepts," said Tim Burg, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering who heads the Haptic Interaction Lab. "The students adapted man i pulatives-based teach ing methods from Math Out of the Box presented by Dot Moss and turned them into computerbased haptic virtual rnanipulatives.

"A haptic device, essentially a computer-controlled robol that uses electric motors to push or pull against the user, is a unique

computer output device that allows the user to actually feel forces or vibrations," Burg said. "Creating haptic virtual manipulatives holds the potential to revolutionize the educational field of math and science instruction. "

The computer engineering students collaborated with faculty in other disciplines - including Clemson's bioengineering and psychology departments - to complete the project.

Members of the award-winning team are: Katelyn Aggas,

Jacksonville, Fla.; Tatum

Boulware, Elan, N.C.;

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Charles ton: J usti n Coulston, Charleston; Shawqi EI-Tarazi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; John Furmanski, Simpsonville;. Andrew Kinard, Swansea; Joshua Knuckles, Gaffney; Robert Kriener, Surfside Beach; Mary Maier, Cheraw; Tyler Rowe, Catawba, N.C.; Adam Thompson, Rock Hill; Brandon Shropshier, Boiling Springs; and Kristen Wallis, Centreville, Va.

The electrical engineering senior design classes are taught by Burg and Richard Groff,. an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering.

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Clemson electrical and computer engineering majors John Furmanski and Brandon Shropshier receive a plaque and check for their team's national design award. From left: Tim Burg, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering; Esin Gulari, dean of the College of Engineering and Sciences; Furmanski; Nancy W. Cottingham of the S.C.

Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors; Cecil Huey, professor of mechanical engineering; Richard Groff, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering; Shropshier; and Ninad Pradhan, graduate student and class teaching assistant. (Photo by Ron Grant, Clemson University)

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Education is an annual competition sponsored by the organization, which develops, administers, and scores the examinations used for engineering and surveying licensure in the United States. Louis Hapeshis, P.E.,. of Schneider Electric's Square 0 Services served as the liaison to local engineers who helped critique the projects.

"An important goal in our undergraduate engineering pro-

gram is to prepare students for engineering careers according to the standards set by NCEES through the F.E. (Fundamentals of Engineering) and P.E. (Professional Engineer) exams. The NCEES endorsement of our senior design projects through this award helps to validate our efforts to reach these standards," Burg said. "Additionally, the award is inspiring in that it helps to reinvigorate our efforts to improve the quality and relevancy of the student design projects."

located at 160 WUlbrook Dr., Litchfield.

Some of the classes be.ing offered include:

• Computer Starters

• The Amazing Human Body

• Fantastic Flower Child

• Finger Prints and Evidence:

Forensic Science lab

• Magical Wizard Camp

• Use the Force

• Fantastic Photography

• Hardware Store Music

• Pirates, Pi.rates Everywhere!

• Poetry Slam

• Let's Build It!

• Scribble, Doddle and Collage

• Snap It, Scrap It!

Scrapbooking Camp

• Sugary Chefs

CCU Announces Summer Youth Program

By Mona Prufer

Coastal

Carolina

University's Mini Summer Youth Program for ages six through 12 gets under way from Monday, June 7 to Friday, July 30, excluding the week of July 4. Hands-on, interactive courses range from photography to forensic science to scrapbooking and more. Students may sign up by the week or for the entire summer.

Morning classes are from 8:30 a.rn. to 12:30 p.m., afternoon classes are from 1 to 5 p.m. Registration fee is $75 per class.

All Mini Summer Youth program classes will be held at either the Myrtle Beach Education Center located at U.S. 17 Bypass and 79th Ave. N, or the Waccamaw Higher Education Center

To register, and for more information, call 843-349- 4001 or 843-349-4030.

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Karen Menn to Serve as Chair Mischief Night Masquerade Ball

Mercy Care, the oldest, community-based, nonprofit hospice in Horry County, is proud to announce Karen Menn as returning chairperson for their annual Mischief Night Masquerade Ball.

With Menn at the helm of Mercy's inaugural ball in 2009, the event was a sell-out and more than $25,000 was raised

to help patients and families in need. Funds were used to provide vital hospice services for uninsured patients, counsel grieving children, and assist families struggling to pay for necessities like electricity and heat.

Menn has been involved in the Horry and Georgetown communities since 1991 when she and her husband, Joe, relocated to the area from

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Pennsylvania. A well-known physician in Murrells Inlet, Menn was forced to retire from the profession that she loved in 2007, due to a worsening hearing disorder. Needing to fill the large void left after retiring from practice, Menn began volunteering at Mercy Care in 2008 where she could still have the opportunity to educate others on sustaining a high quality of life.

Others serving on the Mercy's second annual Mischief Night Masquerade Ball committee include:

Joan Grove, Chris Marlowe, Rosa Marronne, Judy Mattson, Nancy Poole, Jeanne Sasser, Tom Smigielski, Barb Treacy and Brenda Varnum.

Mercy's Mischief Night

Masquerade Ball will take place at Pine Lakes Country Club in

Myrtle Beach on Friday,

October 29.

Corporate sponsorships are still available and are very much needed. For more information, please call Lyn Rumage, director of development for Mercy Care.

"I have seen first-hand the incredible work Mercy does," said Menn. "The superior quality of care, the incredible compassion, and the total focus on what the patient needs and wants - and the willingness of every person associated with Mercy to make sure that patient has all of the their needs and wants met. And that's what this gala is all about - making sure Mercy has the resources necessary to help our friends and neighbors in H, G, & M counties"

Mercy Care was founded in

1981 to bring a special program of caring to patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families. Organized by the Franciscan Sisters of Mary and initially funded by both the Sisters and the Catholic Diocese of Charleston, Mercy has since provided the highest quality care to patients and families dealing with advanced illness in Horry, Georgetown and Marion counties.

Monique Newton Joins LHWH

Award-winning journalist and former tourism and business reporter for The Sun News, Monique Newton, has joined LHWH Advertising & Public Relations as a public relations associate. Newton's news coverage and features stories have also appeared in The Kansas City (Mo.) Star, The Anchorage (Ak.) Daily News and The Daily Tar Heel, the publication of UNG-Chapel Hill.

A Kansas City, Mo. native, Newton also has experience covering the hospitality and airline industries, employment, and chambers of commerce in print and online through a blog on tourism issues. She also shot video footage to accompany online stories. Newton's work earned her awards for Business Reporting and Lifestyle Feature Writing from the South Carolina Press Association.

In her role as a PR associate for LHWH, she is responsible for generating media coverage, composing press releases, managing Facebook content programs for clients, and developing and imple-

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• On May 6, 1954,. in Oxford, England, medical student Roger Bannister cracks track and field's most notorious barrier: the four-minute mile. Bannister won the mile race with a time of 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds.

• On May 8, 1963, Sean Connery stars in his first Bond movie, "Dr. No." The film established many Signature elements of the Bond series, including its distinctive theme song, fast-paced action, "Bond girls" and Bond's fondness for vodka martinis "shaken, not stirred."

• On May 10, 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes has the White House's first telephone installed in the mansion's telegraph room. Hayes embraced the new technology, though he rarely received phone calls. The White House phone number was "1."

• On May 12, 1932, the body of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh's baby is found,

more than two months after he was kidnapped from his family's Hopewell, N.J., mansion. Kidnapping was made a federal crime in the aftermath of this highprofile crime.

• On May 13, 1958, during a goodwill trip through Latin America, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by an angry crowd and nearly overturned while traveling through Caracas, Venezuela. President Eisenhower dispatched U.S. troops to the area to rescue Nixon, and the vice president left Venezuela ahead of schedule.

• On May 15, 1982, "Ebony And Ivory," a duet by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, takes the top spot in the Billboard Hot 100. This continued the pop-mesic trend of pairing successful duos, such as Barbra. Streisand and Neil Diamond, and Diana Ross and Lionel Richie.

menting public relations plans.

Newton first came to the Carolinas when she attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She also holds a Business Essentials Certificate from the KenanFlagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill She resides in Myrtle Beach and attends The Father's House International Outreach Church. Newton enjoys spending quality time with family and friends, traveling, reading and doing Tae Bo.

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Georgetown Chamber Announces New Annual Meeting Format and Business Awards

The Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce is shaking up the format of their ninetythird annual meeting to be held July 22, from 6 to 8 p.m .• at Debordieu Country Club.

This annual July event is a departure from the norm for the Chamber; they've replaced the regular key note speaker with a slate of ten brand new and exciting awards to acknowledge

small business people, young professionals, and leaders in the community. "After the challenges of the last year, now more than ever we want to find ways to applaud excellence in business in Georgetown County!" says Annette Fisher, President of the Chamber. This is an opportunity to let local businesses shine to the entire community.

New Business Excellence Awards presented this year

are Lifetime of Leadership, Outstanding Small Business,

Excellence in Customer

Serv.ice, Excellence in

Industry, Tourism Leadership Award, Outstanding NonProfit, Outstanding Leadership Alumni, Outstanding Employee, and Community Stewardsh ip.

Self-nominations will be accepted. Applications are available on the Chamber's website, www.visitgeorge.com.

or by calling the Chamber office, 843-546-8436.

Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. June 4. Ask for Annette Fisher.

The event is open to chamber members at the cost of $50 per person and to nonmembers for $65. Companies wishing to purchase a corporate sponsorship for $400 will receive eight reservations to the event and company name recognition. A paid reserva-

bon includes an array of hors d'oeuvres and one drink. Reservations must be paid in full by July 15 and will not be held after thai date. For reservations, call Rhonda at 843- 546-8436 x 21 or online at www.visitgeorge.com.

Sponsorships for this event are still available. If you would like exposure for your company, contact April Jordan at 843-546- 8436 x 23 or ajordan@visitgeorge.com.

Watch These Plankton Wiggle!

What are the most abundant and important living orqanisrns in the ocean? Find au! at the Museum of Coastal Carolina on Saturday, May 15 at 11 a.m.

Learn about the amazing creatures as you drag a plankton tow and then view them under the microscope. The Museum's new microscope, sponsored by a Walmart grant, projects to a large screen in the Hayden O'Neil Learning Center

where you can watch these plankton wigg.le!

Upcoming programs and activities at the Museum are Overviews of Brunswick Town and Orton Plantation & Gardens on May 11, and a field trip to Brunswick Town and Orton Plantation & Gardens on May 13 ..

The Museum of Coastal Carolina, N.C.'s only natural history museum on a barrier

island, is located at 21 East Second Street, Ocean Isle Beach beside the playground and just a block from the beach and the pier, Enjoy coastal natural history ... for the fun of it! Seven galleries with dioramas, exhibits, hands-on activities and a tidal. touch tank with live sea animals feature the natural history, environment, and culture of the Coastal Carolinas.

Spring hours are Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m, through May 29. The Museum

is open Memorial Day from 10 a.m. -4 p.rn, Summer hours begin on June 1.

Summer programs start June 14. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for senior adults 60 and over, $6 students K-12 and college (with 10), and $4 preschool ages 3-5, Ages 2 and under are admitted free. Annual membersh.ips are available. Volunteers are needed for the summer. Check www.museumofcc..org or call 91 0-579-1016 for further information. Also visit the

Museum's sister facility, Ingram Planetarium, www.ingramplanetarium.org.

View plankton under a microscope during the May 15 program.

By Debbie Bissette

Line Dancing Demo/Classat Calabash Art Gallery May 12

Sunset River Marketplace's Creative Exchange series continues with "Line Dancing with Calabash Flash and Babs." It will be presented on Wednesday, May 12, from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. by Flash and Babs Ludwick, the area's unofficial ambassadors of beach music. The fee for the event is $5 and includes lunch. The workshop will demonstrate three popular line dances, the Cupid Shuffle, 00 Glide, and the Tush Push.

Flash and Babs moved to Calabash, N.C. in November 1994. They became involved with the Ocean Drive Shag Club in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., took tessons in Shag dancing, and got hooked on Carolina Beach Music.

In 1996, Flash wrote his first Carolina Beach Music song and released his CD debut singl.e that September. Since then he has written or co-written and sung several songs that have appeared on compilation CDs as well as his own solo CDs. In 2002, he received a Carolina

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Beach Music AWard (CBMA) nomination for Songwriter of the Year for the song "One Track Mind." His Flash Flood CD was nominated for the 2008 CBMA Solo Album of the Year. Currently, he is promoting his Doo-Wop single "Standing. on the Corner" and his brand new country song "I'm Not a Country Boy."

F,lash has performed at the Carolina Beach Music Awards (CBMA) Show at the Alabama Theatre, CBMA membership drive concerts, Beach Music Days in North and South Carolina, Coastal Carolina University Beach Music Concert, Endless Summer Festival in North Myrtle Beach, Born In The Carolina's liva radio show and numerous charity functions.

Babs is primarily a watercolor artist.

Shei.s a member of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina, the Brunswick Arts Council. the Associated Artists of

Southport, Oak Island Art Guild, and the Waterway Art Association. Her motto is "Do what makes your heart beat" She earned a third place award at the 2007 Associated Artists of Southport Spring Show; 2009 Merit Award, 2008 People's Choice Award in 2007 and Honorable Mention at Ihe Brunswick Arts Council snow in 2006 and 2004. When she is not painting, Babs enjoys quilting, quilling, and shag and line dancing. For several years, every Sunday in March and October Flash and Babs taught line dancing at Fat Harold's Beach Club in North My,rtle Beach.

This is the fifth event of the third year of the gallery's 2010 Creative Exchange calendar. Reserve your spot by calling the gal.lery at 910-575-5999. Sunset River Marketplace is located al 10283 Beach Drive (N .C. 179), Calabash, N.C. For more information, visit the website at www.sunsetrivermarketplace. com

Calabash Flash and Babs Ludwick wUl demonstrate the Cup Shuffle, 00 Glide and Tush Push at the Sunset River Marketplace event.

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- Cindy K., Clinton Township, Mich.

DEAR CINDY:

Stopping Jessie from eating those wildlife pellets (droppings, really) is indeed difficult. Dogs instinctIvely seek out unusual odors and often lick or eat other animals' droppings as part of this behavior -- after all, droppings can smell quite strong.

The most effective way to control Jesse's behavior is to remove the source of the problem- that is, Ihe droppings themselves. This means combing through the property prior 10 letting Jesse out, and picking up and disposing of all droppings.

That can be pretty labor-intensive, not to mention having Jesse go nuts watching you walk around the yard while he's stuck inside. Another option is to fence off a portion of the yard big enough for Jesse to run around, while 'keeping wildlife out.

A third option is to put Jesse on a leash when you lake him out, so you can 'keep him away from the wildlife droppings.

You. may be able to combine a couple of methods. In addition to regularly cleaning up the dropp.ings, lake Jesse out on a leash and have him "g0" in roughly the same area every day. He'IJ soon associate this area as his elimination spot. Afterward, spend some time with him on basic obedience (sit, stay, heel) and walk him around Ihe yard on his leash. When he darts out to sniff a dropping or other spot, give him a firm "come!" or "heel!" and, when he returns to your side, a small IreaLln short, make obeying you more rewarding than exploring droppings.

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Several years ago., a frighleninginCidenl inspired automotive safety specialist Christina Seiter to found BarkBuckleUP, a program that promotes pet safety.

"We had a near-accident with our dogs in the car (We were) only traveling about 2 mph from a stop Sign, when a car ran a red light and our little Betty fell off the seal. (She) wasn't hurt, but didn't want to be on the seat or in the car. It took some time to get her confident again."

Seiter, who has an SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) certification, created BarkBuckl.eUP to remind owners to restrain their pets properly in the car, usiing safely belts specially designed for pets. She travels the U.S. throughout the year, prornotmq the message and working with police and fire departments to support the safety program.

BarkBuckleUP also focuses on other safety issues, and Seiter wants pet owners to stay aware. May is National Water Safely Month, and she reminds owners to keep a close eye on their pets while playing near or in the water.

While explaining that most dogs love water, she warns, "Dogs get tired just like us. They need to take breaks."

Dogs also should wear a pet life vest when on the water with owners -- in a boat or other watercraft, for example.

To keep dogs healthy, wash them off after they've finished their swim. "A few years ago in California ata pet event, there was a huge breakout of hot spots (on dogs) after going into the ocean," Seiter says. "Clean their fur thoroughly and their feet. Clean them off every time."

The BarkBuckleUP website (www.BarkBuckleUP.com) teatures safety products for pels, including restraints for dogs and for pet carriers, life vests, first-aid kits, and more.

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A Driving Experience in History

By Glenn Arnette, III

Old Washington.. Old Washington is considered the historic district of Maysvill.e. We were the guest of the very comfortable French Quarter Inn and realized that we were in the center of this historical town of Maysv.ille. When traveling you certainly discover many past secrets about a small community. Maysvillels no exception. It was at one time a center of

This is truly an experience you will want your family to enjoy. Traveling the Northern Shore of Kentucky is packed

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Country outside the Smithsonian in Washington. You will be very impressed. After our visit we headed for the tour of the Freedoms Underground Railroad Station with Jerry Gore, a great, great grandson of Addison White (Ohio's most famous fugitive of the Underground Railroad) With Peggy Overly, they presented one of the besl discussions and presentations on slavery and the Railroad.

While strolling down Main Street I happened upon the Russell Theatre I Opera House. These large ornate buildings were constructed in a wide variety of exotic and opulent styles. In 1928,. Col. J. Barbour Russell built this theatre in Maysville at the cost of $125,000. It opened December 4, 1930 and today is back in full swing offering great theatre, movies and concerts to the area.

After our fantastic and delicious lunch at Chandler's on Market we headed to Old Washington. Jack Hussey, who told us that this was a "station" on the Underground Railroad, lead us on a visit to the Paxton Inn, Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum and Mefford's Station: C 1787, a flatboat house"

When starting my journey, I never thought there was so much history in the State of Kentucky, and it is not all about horses. It is about people surviving and a State that really cared about freedom for the slaves trying to cross the Ohio River.

Next I will be taking you to Covington, Newport, Burlington and Carrollton, Kentucky as we continue to journey along the trail of the Underground Railroad. This is Northern Kentucky and so much more. If you are thinking about an educational vacation for the entire family you must travel this area of Kentucky. The MaysvilleMason County Convention and Visitors Bureau has a great booklet for you, if you call 606· 564-9419 or go to cityofmaysville .com.

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