May 2013 - Aiken Bella Magazine

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May 2013
The Aiken Garden Show
“Butterflies” Filming in Aiken
page 5
page 26
Yuck! Maggots and Leeches!
Part 3: An Easy (Street) Walk
page 12
page 15
Aiken’s Book Clubs: The Love of Reading
page 6
CONTENTS
• Intriguing • Empowering • Entertaining
May Features
Bella Favorites
4
SBDC: BIG on Small Business
3
Ciao Bella
5
The Aiken Garden Show
8
Bella Buzz
6
The Love of Reading:
Aiken’s Book Clubs
by Belinda Smith-Sullivan
by Phyllis Maclay
10 Roots and Wings:
Fostering Independence
by Betts Hunter Gatewood
by Anna Dangerfield
12 Inconceivable Allies:
Maggot and Leeches
11 Nutrition: Red Meat vs. White Meat
by Cynthia F. Catts, RD, LD, Nutrition Therapist
by Phyllis Maclay
25 Good Sense Medicine: Men Have Hormone Issues Too (Part One)
15 Take a Walk Along Easy Street
by Susan Elder
19 Headed for the Water?
Practice Boat Safety
28 The Flying Foodie
Turmeric: Good Tasting and
Good for You
by Kathy Huff
20 The Art of Seamanship
by Zoom Heaton
by Capt. James Barker
22 Memorial Day: Remembering
the Silent Heroes
By Chef Belinda
May 2013, Volume 10, No.4
Mailing Address
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Aiken, SC 29801
Publisher
Kathy Urban Huff
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Advertising
Kathy Huff
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Photography
Kathy Huff, Jim Stafford
Staff Writers
Anna Dangerfield, Phyllis Maclay
Susan Elder, Tony Baughman,
Sally Bradley, Belinda Smith-Sullivan
Graphic Design
Jim Stafford
30 Scene Around Town
by Eric Blacks, USCA Writer
23 New USCA Programs Assist Nontraditional Students
by Heather Wright, USCA Writer
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24 USCA Students Promote
Community Fundraising
On the cover:
The gardens at Rose Hill Estate
26 Faith-Based Film Shot in Aiken
Will Premiere This Summer
by Tony Baughman
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29 Aiken Choral Society Spring Concert
May 2013 Ad Directory
3 Monkeys Fine Gifts.......................................... 4
My Aiken Body................................................... 16 .
Aiken Chiropractic............................................. 10
The Pain Center—Dr. William Durrett.................. 29.
Aiken Country Clothiers....................................... 5 . ..
Palmetto Package and Fine Wine Shop............... 27 .
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Aiken Obstetric and Gynecology Associates....... 11.Ray Massey, Attorney.......................................... 8 ...
Aiken Ophthalmology......................................... 14
Richards Furriers—Augusta............................... 27...
Aiken Regional Medical Centers...................... 3, 32
Rose Hill Estate................................................. 13...
AllStar Tents and Events.................................... 31
Ruby Masters, Mark Taylor Insurance................. 29.
Auto Tech.......................................................... 14...Shake It Off Fitness and Wellness Center............ 13 .
Barbranne Clinton, Hair Stylist........................... 29.
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Funeral Home..................................... 9.
Barbara Sue Brodie Needleworks....................... 29
Summerville Rags.............................................. 19
BELLA Magazine Tea................................... 16, 20..
Sutton Marine.................................................... 21
Chef Belinda Spices..................................... 13, 25
TLC Medical Centre........................................... 13...
Cynthia Catts, RD, LD, Nutrition Therapist.......... 27.
The Tailor Shop................................................. 27...
Pictured above is John Goodyear,
Doncaster Fashions --Lee Cavanaugh................... 4...
Unique Expressions Gifts and More.................... 18 .
Manager of The Fresh Market.
Handyman Jack—Jim Bloom.............................. 13...Wayne’s Automotive & Towing Center................. 27.
BELLA mistakenly published
Inner Beauty MD................................................ 14...WKSX-92.7 FM Radio.......................................... 19.
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the wrong name in the April issue.
Janney Montgomery Scott—Kenneth Wiland....... 21 .
The Willcox-- Hotel, Restaurant, Spa................... 30.
La Dolce Gourmet Bakery, Coffee & Tea Bar......... 7
York Cottage Antiques....................................... 27.
Mead Hall Strawberry Festival............................ 24
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BELLA MAGAZINE MAY 2013
Ciao
Bella!
The Next BELLA Tea
Through an unfortunate set of
circumstances, the BELLA Tea scheduled for last
December had to be cancelled. However, we are
once again hosting a BELLA Tea on Wednesday,
May 22, from 2 to 4 p.m. at The Willcox. Bring
your hat—the one you say doesn’t look good on
you--and Sissy Brodie will show you how to wear
it properly and show your beauty to advantage.
In addition, Lady Kelly MacVean will be present
to give us some etiquette tips while we enjoy
afternoon tea on the tea sets she has collected from
all over the world.
Tickets are $45 each and can be purchased by sending a check payable to Bella to 124
Trafalgar St. SW, Aiken, SC 29801. Deadline for
reservations is May 20. No tickets will be sold at
the door—that’s because we have to give a count
in advance to the Willcox for all those scrumptious
goodies! Proceeds benefit the Child Advocacy
Center.
Publishing, Printing, and
Social Media
When I assumed publication of BELLA,
there was a lot to learn about the myriad elements
of planning and printing a magazine. It took
me a full year to feel comfortable in the process.
Although I have been a writer all my life, I am
learning that it is not enough to be able to write
and edit, sell ads, and design a pleasing layout.
Remember when the FAX machine
happened on the scene? UPS and FedEx saw their
business plummet because their services had been
usurped by that machine.
And what about books? I thought I was
a diehard, hard-copy book reader, but last year I
downloaded a Kindle app onto my iPad. For me,
the Kindle still doesn’t replace books --although
reading in bed is much easier--and I still prefer a
hardback even over a paperback. I like the feel of
a book in my hands and my lap. I like the cover
artwork and reading the jacket. With a “real”
book, I have the ability to underline passages that
touch me, write notes in the margin, dog-ear the
pages, and thus personalize it.
I can also share a book with a friend.
Many times I come home to find a small bag with
a loaned book inside my screen door; sharing books
is a meaningful part of friendship. (I once knew a
couple who read each other’s favorite books from
childhood to understand the influence those books
had in forming their beloved mate.)
Where is this leading? The printed word
is not in danger, but its delivery form is changing.
Don’t worry! You’ll still have your printed BELLA!
But later this year we will be expanding into the
cyberworld.
Internet Marketing for Advertisers
Is Coming
First we will be experimenting with social
media, especially to broaden the exposure of
BELLA advertisers. In this slow economy business
people are searching for ways to attract customers
and clients, and BELLA is no exception. With
television, radio and online advertising vying with
print media for ad dollars, it’s more cost effective
to go with a media outlet that delivers more than
one version of an ad. And BELLA will be doing
that after the summer hiatus. In the meantime,
tell BELLA advertisers you notice their ads in the
magazine. They make it possible for BELLA to be
printed in the first place!
Right now you can find us on Facebook
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posted on other cyber developments.
Kathy Huff
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Small Business Development Center of Aiken –
BIG on Small Business
by Belinda Smith-Sullivan
Perhaps you have been thinking for a long time about starting your
own business, or your company is warning of an impending downsizing and
you would like to strike out on your own, or you currently own a business and
the economic recession has affected your bottom line. If you find yourself in
any of these situations, chances are the Small Business Development Center
(SBDC) of Aiken can help you make the right decisions and take the steps
toward moving your idea and/or business to the next level.
On the University of South Carolina Aiken Campus, in the Business
& Education Building, Laura DiSano and Bob Clark work as SBDC Business
Consultants/Educators, offering more
than 50 years of collective experience
in every aspect of business building,
sales, finance, marketing, operations
and education. With their combined
business knowledge, they are dedicated
to fulfilling the mission of the SBDC:
“To advance South Carolina and
Aiken’s economic development by helping
entrepreneurs grow successful businesses.”
250 Percent of Goal
The SBDC Aiken office has
already had a positive impact on Aiken
Bob Clark and Laura DiSano
area businesses, by meeting 100+ percent
of its consulting goals last year. In
capital formation alone – bank loans, personal equity and lines of credit –
it was successful in helping securing $3.7 million, an increase of 250 percent
of the original goal of $1.5 million.
With recent developments at the SRS, and the furloughing of 2,500
employees, this “roller coaster” effect has already started driving people
through the SBDC doors. According to J. David Jameson, CEO of the
Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce, “Half of the SRS workforce lives in
Aiken County; therefore, it’s a reasonable conclusion that half of the economic
impact will be felt in Aiken County.” This will have a significant effect on
existing local business. Laura and Bob want to dispel the misunderstanding
in the community that they only help new businesses. Currently 45 percent of
their clients are existing businesses.
Laura and Bob emphasize that there is no charge for the confidential
consulting services provided by the SBDC. Clients seeking their services can
just pick up the telephone and call for an appointment. No other preparation
is needed. Laura and Bob prefer new clients come to them with just an idea
and a clean slate. They will assist in developing the idea into a viable business
plan that has a better than average chance of succeeding. Said Laura, “We
are not bankers, we prepare the individuals to present their package to the
lenders.”
Business Incubator Program
When it comes to preparing the actual business plan and lender
paperwork, “They have to do the work themselves; after all, it is their
business,” said Bob.
Laura has presented a proposal to Aiken’s Economic Vitality
Committee for the development of a business incubator program for
Aiken. The goal of the incubator program is to help create and grow startup
businesses. (In some incubator business models, certain existing businesses
may also qualify.) Companies typically spend an average of
two years in a business incubator, during which time they share
telephone, reception services, equipment and technology with other
startup companies, in an effort to reduce overhead and operational
costs for each company. Statistics show that incubator success rate
is 82 percent, whereas the failure rate of non-incubator companies
is 50 percent. If approved, the business incubator could have as
many as 20 office spaces available. Interested businesses would
need to go through a selection process, said Laura.
“The proposal is in the infancy stages and is moving
through the exploratory process with the city, so stay tuned,”
she said.
Statewide Support
Laura and Bob do not operate in a vacuum. They are
supported by a statewide network of SBDC Consultants who bring
a plethora of expertise and varied experience and who are willing
to step in and assist if a business idea requires more specialized research and
development. Additionally, the SBDC conducts regular workshops in business
planning, credit management, financing, bookkeeping, marketing, exporting,
tax requirements and more.
For a SBDC Aiken consultation, contact Laura DiSano and/or
Bob Clark at 803-641-3468. Their office address is USCA/Business &
Education Bldg., Room #105.
Personal Note: This writer is a very satisfied client of the SBDC/Aiken. Several
years ago I sought out their services for my existing business. Laura’s intuitive
analytical and marketing skills helped me to identify, focus on and grow the more
profitable segment of my business.
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5 Burgundy Road SW, Aiken SC 29801
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The Aiken
Garden Show
by Phyllis Maclay
council is under the network of the Garden Club
of South Carolina, which Claudia Phelps started in
Aiken at Rose Hill in 1930.
2013 – The Best Yet
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun’s love
In the spring becomes the rose.
From “The Rose” by Amanda McBroom
Whoever said a garden show is just a
bunch of plants and pots never attended the Aiken
Garden Show at the Aiken County Museum
(historic Banksia). This is the place to go May 17
and 18 to find gorgeous gardens, dueling designers,
spectacular speakers, exquisite exhibitions,
vivacious vendors, even fabulous food.
Gardeners to the Rescue
Back in 1970, Hopelands Estate was
donated to the city by Mrs. Oliver Iselin. She
allowed the estate house to be torn down (which
is where the reflecting pools lie) but the Aiken
Garden Clubs Council asked to save what
was Hope Iselin’s playhouse. They were given
permission by the city and in 1974 the Council
restored what was one of the first Sears and
Roebuck prefab houses, calling it “The Dollhouse.”
After initially spending $10,000 that year, today
the Garden Show continues to raise money for
restoration and maintenance of the Dollhouse.
The Dollhouse is open every Sunday and staffed
by Garden Club members, who also decorate it at
Christmas.
Seven federated garden clubs are under the
umbrella of the Aiken Garden Clubs Council. That
This year’s events are full of entertainment
and beauty. Chair Tommie Culligan said she
expects 700-750 people to attend. Back by popular
demand is Dueling Designers, a competition
where two designers are given identical containers
and plants to arrange their creations in front of
the audience. In the first round, designers will
use flowers from the grocery store and things
found in the backyard. The second competition
will use containers and plants for outdoors. All
arrangements can be bought at the auction that
follows the contest.
Speakers like Suzanne Holmes will talk
about management of weeds, insects, and diseases
that invade your garden; other speakers will be
Tom Rapp, who is a horticulturist for the City of
Aiken and owns a landscape contracting business;
and Coleen Wallace, registered landscape architect.
This year will also feature the American
Rose Society’s “All Arrangement Rose Show”
where roses will be judged by Master Rosarian Bill
Patterson.
Attendees will have the chance to tour
some of Aiken’s most beautiful gardens where
Master Gardeners will answer questions. The
program guide to the garden tour will be available
at Banksia on Garden Show days. And whenever
you work up an appetite, you can dine at the
Banksia Bistro.here you can sample eat lunch or
sample snacks.
be a variety of garden accent items, interesting
plants, home and yard accessories, soaps and
lotions, books, soil and fertilizer, photographs,
and cast iron items. Every time you spend $50 at
an individual vendor, an additional ticket will be
entered for you in the daily door prize drawings.
Tickets are $23 when bought before the
event and $25 at the event. They can be purchased
at the following Aiken businesses:
Cold Creek Nurseries
Material Things
Nurseries Caroliniana
Palmetto Nursery
Plum Pudding
Sponsored by Atlantic Broadband and
Howell Printing, the Aiken Garden Show will
be held rain or shine. Please visit the website at:
Aikengardenshow.org.
A garden is a grand teacher.
It teaches patience and careful
watchfulness; it teaches industry
and thrift; above all it
teaches entire trust.
Gertrude Jekyll
Shop Till You Drop!
There are more vendors than ever before at
this year’s show, from North and South Carolina,
Florida, and Georgia. Their merchandise will
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The Love of Reading
by Anna Dangerfield
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anna
Quindlen shares her love of reading in How Reading Changed My Life. She regards books as a way to
wander the world, to provide sustenance, and to act
as invincible companions and havens.
“Women seem to see reading not only as a
solitary activity but as an opportunity for emotional connection, not just to the characters in a novel,
but to those others who are reading or have read
the same novel themselves,” she writes in her book.
By talking to numerous book group members, Quindlen understands that many friendships
have formed over the sharing and discussions of
good books. She would not be surprised to discover
that many Aiken women, and men, share connections in the book groups they have formed.
The First Ladies Book Club
Gwen Schwallie is a member and co-chair
of The First Ladies Book Club.
“It was the first book club to organize in
Woodside,” Schwallie said. “It was formed in 1997
by Linda Long. We now have 16 members and
have just completed our 150th book!”
They choose their yearly book list in the
late summer, with each member presenting a selection, and then voting on the suggested books. Their
selections include a biography or autobiography,
and a classic, as well as fiction.
“I love this group because we come from
diverse backgrounds and that leads to interesting
discussions,” Schwallie said. “Everyone is to come
to the monthly meeting having read the book, and
one person is assigned to lead the discussion. Books
we’ve read include Mudbound, Wolf Hall, and Unbroken.”
Co-chair Colleen Dorrycott said, “We
enjoy all ages and experiences, so ideas and input
cover the gamut. To recommend a book, you must
have read it and must be willing to moderate it. My
favorites range from The Kite Runner to Beneath a
Marble Sky, which we are reading now. I find I read
a greater repertoire of books that
I would never have read, or even
have knowledge of, on my own.
It’s a great, knowledgeable and interesting group of women, and I
love being part of it.”
They also make an annual
donation of books to the Cumbee
Center.
Book Group
Jane Anne Royal is a third
generation book club member. “My
grandmother was in the Thursday
Afternoon Book Club, which was
started in the 1920s in York, South
Carolina,” Royal said. “It was a
group of professional women who
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store-bought cookies were to be served freed the
would leave work to attend. You had to wait to get
in and did not dare get out. They had speakers and hostess to be at home only 15 minutes before her
guests arrived! This was a godsend when I was
a ‘hand done year book’ for the members.”
Royal is a member of the Book Group
working,” Jane Scott said.
which started in 1976 when Pat Pennington and
Members bring to the monthly meeting
Cecile Cothran gathered fellow
readers into their homes. Though
the membership has changed over
the years, it is still an active group.
Becky Robbins has been
a member since the early ‘90s.
“Someone once called us The
Downtown Book Club, but our
name is actually just Book Group,”
Robbins said. “We’ve read exciting books such as Women Who Run
with the Wolves, A Soldier of the
Aiken’s Very Own Book Club - L-R: Catherine Beadles, Leslie Garnett,
Great War, The Power of One, and
Betty Witham, Nancy Wilds, Anne Campbell, Dorothy Ridley,
Cry, the Beloved Country. I love the
Anna Lacher, and Frederica Loftquist.
diversity in both the ages of the
the book they are currently reading. Garnett somemembers and in the books we read.”
Myrtle Anderson agrees. “This group gets
times shares what she has read in the Book Group.
me to read books I would have never picked up,”
“Some members present fascinating and obscure
she said.
literature,” she said.
The club is fortunate to enjoy Marion
Scott believes that by bringing what you
Naifeh and her firsthand perspectives on the
are currently reading invites “the intellectual
culture and life of the Middle East. She apprecistimulation of difference, the beauty of knowing
ates the Book Group as well. “Aiken book groups
a person by ‘their reading,’ and the invitation to
abound,” she said. “I happen to have had the good
read very different books than one would normally
fortune to join one I delight in. I have been led to
choose because of the intriguing report by another
read books I never would have without the group’s
member.”
She credits earlier members for gifting
promptings. Even more of a plus has been learning the group: “June Caskey shared her love of Rushow and pondering why others can differ so much
sian poetry; Charlotte Cassels shared her husband
in their reading, understanding, and appreciation
Louis’ brilliance of discernment for religious readof the same book.”
Though she was dubbed President for
ings; Becky Webster shared her fascination of the
Life, member Meg Jones died in 2011. She kept
natural world and her gentle sense of humor; and
the Book Group organized and the discussions on
Mellie Hickey believed each person in the group
track. She’s still missed by her fellow booklovers.
was ‘equally intelligent’ and insisted one not ‘go
over her time’ so all members could be heard.” Aiken’s Very Own Book Club
Leslie Garnett is a member of both the
Book Group and Aiken’s Very Own Book
Club. “It was started in 1991 by Mellie Hickey and Jane Beatty, now Scott,”
Garnett said. “They decided to ask four
younger women and four older women to
make a group of 10 members. It was to be
very low key, and the
hostess could provide
only ‘store bought’
cookies or other refreshments. There was to be
‘no trouble’ about it.
Members were reminded to be cognizant
of time to allow all to have
time to talk.”
“The absolute insistence
that ‘no silver’ was to be
brought out and ONLY
Eat, Pray, Read Book Club
Though named for the book Eat Pray Love,
this group did not enjoy reading their namesake.
Nor did they enjoy the national bestseller, Room.
“Some found it disturbing,” said the book group’s
founder Sharon West. “But we have enjoyed
books such as A Thread of Grace and those by Ted
Dekker. We also enjoyed Three Cups of Tea, though
we were disappointed by the later controversy surrounding it.”
This group meets on the third Monday of
each month at 7 p.m. and is sponsored by St. John’s
United Methodist Church. It enjoys a membership
of ladies ranging in age from 50 to 70 years. While
most members belong to St. John’s, church membership is not a requirement for joining. Ladies
outside of St. John’s have joined, and the group is
open to everyone.
“We are in our fourth year,” West said.
“We get together in August and start discussing
suggestions for reading September through May.
We are all Christians, but all of our reading is not
Christian oriented. We meet at the church and
average about 10 to 15 members each time, with
some members bringing friends.”
All of the members are avid readers who
enjoy discussing good books, sometimes using
questions pulled from the Internet.
“There are some books I would not have
picked up if not for this book club,” West said.
“I’ve definitely learned different points of view on
many subjects.”
The Stirrup Cup Book Club
(SCBC)
Rhonda Lang and Helen Naylor are the
co-founders of the Stirrup Cup Book Club (SCBC)
formed in Aiken in 2006. “The majority of the
female members were newcomers to Aiken, strangers meeting strangers as volunteers at the Whiskey
Road Fox Hunt where we helped serve the stirrup
cups to the riders,” Naylor said.
“When I was married and living in
Sudbury, Massachusetts, in the 1980s and 1990s,”
Naylor continued, “I was a
member of the
Best Book Club
(BBC) which has
been functioning
for more than
25 years. I was
impressed with
their club
format – voting
on suggested
books, setting up
houses to meet
at and selecting a
monthly discusHelen Naylor
sion leader.”
Lang and Naylor used that format in
the Stirrup Cup Book Club that has grown into a
close-knit, fine literary group of year-round ladies
from the horse world. One of the original members
eventually helped establish a coed book group that
included the spouses or boyfriends of the SCBC
members.
Best Book Club-South
(BBC-South)
In January of 2013, Helen Naylor founded
a new group called the Best Book Club-South
(BBC-South). It is a four-month club, meeting in
January, February, March and April. This small,
seasonal group uses the same model as SCBC. “We
read good books, eat lunch or refreshments in a
lovely home and enjoy good discussions,” Naylor
said. “Some of our seven members leave town
in May to go home to other states. The cultural
exchanges are most enlightening, as members were
born in different sections of the country. A fine
sense of heritage is present and often comes into
play during discussions.” This winter, the group
read the Civil War book The Killer Angels. “The
military heroes have a voice, like a narrator in a
novel,” Naylor said. “At our discussion, one member pulled out a letter written by an aging woman
who had experienced the soldiers marching into
her homestead during the war. It was a moving letter, and I would never have heard of it, if I had not
been a member of this newly formed book club.”
An Evening Coed Group
John and Sally Bradley belong to another
coed book group that includes both married as
well as single members. John Bradley said that being in a coed group is “interesting because women
are more capable than men of honestly expressing
their emotional response to the literature, especially
with their soft emotions.” In a tongue-in-cheek
manner he added, “The experience of a coed book
group provides insights into the mysteries of the
female mind.”
Perhaps Bradley could share insight into
how he developed an ability that makes many readers feel guilty. When he starts a book and doesn’t
like it, he is able to put it down. Permanently.
His wife Sally, too, enjoys their interesting
group. “There seems to be a different dynamic in
our group, perhaps because women talk about concerns that men don’t,” she said. “Maybe that directs
the conversation and the choices of our books.”
Though their group does not have a name,
they have been meeting at night for more than 10
years, enjoying book discussions over dessert and
wine. Their group reads many different types of
books, including favorites of Sally’s such as The
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Out Stealing Horses.
“Twice yearly, we
each bring recommendations, make lists, and
then vote, all in a very
democratic process,” she
said.
While some male
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members may be wary of
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books considered to be
“chick lit,” most enjoyed
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Bees and Rules of Civility.
basket of La Dolcé gourmet desserts and artisan breads.
“We also enjoy
meeting the authors
when possible,” she said.
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While Aiken book groups are numerous
and diverse, many avid readers have discovered the
joys of sharing their love of reading. Most would
probably agree with Quindlen who says, “I did not
read from a sense of superiority, or advancement, or
even learning. I read because I loved it more than
any other activity on earth.”
For more information on the BBC-South
Book Club, call Helen Naylor at 617-510-9524. They
would enjoy a few more new members.
For more information on the Eat, Pray, Read Book
Club, call Sharon West at 803-648-3824.
Anna Quindlen’s 10 Good Book-Club
Selections
Fraud by Anita Brookner
Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
The Rise of Silas Lapham by Wm. Dean Howells
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Paris Trout by Pete Dexter
Eden Close by Anita Shreve
The 2013 SC Book Festival
The 2013 SC Book Festival will
be held at the Columbia Metropolitan
Convention Center from May 17-19. It is a
program of the Humanities Council of South
Carolina and was first held in the spring of
1997. Friday events require registrations and
fees, while those on Saturday and Sunday
are free and open to the public.
Last year, more than 80 authors
presented and more than 100 exhibitors
attended.
Exhibitors this year will include
antiquarian book dealers, publishers, literary
groups and many others.
More than 65 authors, poets and
presenters will also attend. They include:
Ken Burger, Baptized in Sweet Tea; Jackie K.
Cooper, Back to the Garden; Phillip DePoy,
December’s Thorn; Alexia Jones Helsley,
Wicked Columbia; Tom Mack, Hidden History
of Aiken County; Maggi M. Morehouse, Civil
War America: A Social and Cultural History
with Primary Sources; Herman Parish, Amelia
Bedelia Unleashed; and Ron Rash, Nothing
Gold Can Stay: Stories.
2013 South Carolina Book Festival
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
1101 Lincoln Street
Columbia, SC
May 17-19
For more information on the SC Book
Festival, visit: www.schumanities.org
www.scbookfestival.org
803-335-1440
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Downtown Aiken
May 2
National Day of Prayer, 12 noon to 1 p.m.,
new City Municipal Building at Laurens St.
and Hayne Ave.
May 2-11
USPA Sportsmanship Cup, Whitney Field,
Mead Ave., Aiken. Sunday games are
played at 3 p.m. Visit www.aikenpoloclub.
org for a complete schedule.
May 2-12
Smoak Family Aiken Cup, Whitney Field,
Mead Ave. Sunday games begin at
3 p.m. Cost is $5 per person at the gate
or $20 for a ticket to the Social Tent. Visit
www.aikenpoloclub.org for a complete
schedule.
May 3
2013 Lobster Race, Newberry St. Festival
Center, 6 p.m. Races start at 7:30 p.m.
T-shirts and ride bands may be purchased
at Atlantic Broadband, Hitchcock
Healthcare, Coach T’s Diner, AllStar
Tents & Events, Lionel Smith Ltd. and
Screenprint Factory. There will be races,
live music, food vendors, and games.
May 7
Birds & Butterflies: Wildflowers of the
Southeast, 117 Laurens St. NW, 7 p.m.
Learn to identify 70 species of beautiful
wildflowers and flowering shrubs of our
region. Cost is $5 to register. Children
16 and under are free.
May 10, 11
Aiken Bluegrass Festival, Highfields,
198 Gaston Rd., 5 p.m. Tickets can be
purchased at Aiken Brewing Company,
Boots Bridles and Britches, Hotel
Aiken, Mellow Mushroom or online at
aikenbuegrassfestival.org.
May 11
National Train Day, Aiken Visitors Center
and Train Museum, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Guided tours of the museum exhibits,
music, activities, stories for children and
much more. Cal 803-293-7846 for more
information.
Mead Hall Strawberry Festival, 619
Barnwell Ave., 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Come for a
day of fun for the whole family. There will
be games, entertainment, a bake sale, and
plenty of strawberries. Call 803-644-1122
for more information.
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May 14
Aiken Youth Orchestra Spring Concert,
7 p.m. Free.
May 16- June 2
USPA Congressional Cup, Whitney Field,
Mead Ave., 3 p.m. Admission is $5 per
person at the gate or $20 for a ticket to the
Social Tent. Visit aikenpoloclub.org for a
complete schedule.
May 21
Birds and Butterflies: Critters of the Night,
117 Laurens St, Aiken, 7:30 p.m. Join us at
Silver Bluff Audubon Center where Director
Paul Koehler will lead us as we listen for
the calls of the Whip-poor-will, Chuckwill’s-widow, owls, frogs, and other night
dwellers. Cost is $5.
May 22
BELLA Magazine Tea, 2-4 p.m., The
Willcox, 100 Colleton Ave., benefiting
the Child Advocacy Center and the
100 Women Initiative, $45 per person.
Reservations required. Send checks
payable to Bella Magazine to 124 Trafalgar
St. SW, Aiken, SC 29801. Program
features hat-fitting by Sissy Brodie and
a program by Tea Master Lady Kelly
MacVean. No tickets at the door.
Deadline for reservations: May 20.
May 23
USPA Constitutional Cup, Whitney Field,
Mead Ave. Cost is $5 per person at
the gate of $20 for a ticket to the Social
Tent. Visit aikenpoloclub.org for more
information.
May 30- June 9
Aiken Polo 4 Goal, Whitney Field, Mead
Ave., 3 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the gate
or $20 for a ticket to the Social Tent.
Visit aikenpoloclub.org for a complete
schedule.
Aiken Center for the Arts
122 Laurens St. SW
803-641-9094
www.aikencenterforthearts.org
May 2
Opening reception for the Aiken Artist
Guild Member Show, 6 p.m. Free to the
public.
Aiken County
Public Library
May 9
URS Center for the
Performing Arts
314 Chesterfield St. SW
803-642-2020, www.abbe-lib.org
LEGO Club, 4-5 p.m. Grades K-5 can show
off their imaginations and super building
skills. LEGOs will be supplied.
May 11
Movie, Pride and Prejudice, rated PG, 3-5
p.m.
May 23
Movie, Becoming Jane, rated PG-13, 6:458:45 p.m.
Movie, Beautiful Creatures, rated PG-13,
6:45- 8:45 p.m.
Dork Days, 4 p.m. Get dorky with fun
activities based on the Diary of a Wimpy
Kid and Dork Diaries series. Enter to win
fun prizes.
Summer Reading sign-ups begin.
May 24
Game On! For teens, 4 p.m. Kick off the
holiday weekend with Wii games, retro
board games, and pizza. Open to grades
6-12.
May 29
The last spring storytime is today.
May 30
Book Discussion, Pride and Prejudice.
USCA English instructor Ilona Law will tell
why Jane Austen is still one of the most
popular novelists, and she will lead a
discussion of the novel.
Aiken County
Historical Museum
May 1- June 7
May 1- May 31
May 5
John Bradley Exhibit.
May 17- 18
Aiken Garden Show, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Come enjoy garden tours, exhibitors,
vendors, workshops and educational
programs. Call Tommie Culligan at
803-641-6777 for more information.
433 Newberry St. SW
803-642-2015 www.
2013 Aiken Artist Guild Member Show.
of Banksia will open at 2 p.m. Call
803-643-4774 for more information.
aikencountyhistoricalmuseum.org
Spring Fling, concert by Orchestra of
the Midlands, 4 p.m. Tickets are $25 for
adults and $15 for students. The grounds
Wm. Ray Massey
TAX ATTORNEY
Smith, Massey, Brodie, Guynn & Mayes, P.A.
126 Newberry St. SW
Tickets and information:
803-648-1438
May 4
ACP Main Stage Productions
presents The Nerd, 8 p.m. Contains
some adult themes. Visit www.
aikencommunityplayhouse.info for more
information.
May 24, 25
Aiken Community Playhouse presents
The Drowsy Chaperone, 8 p.m. Visit www.
aikencommunityplayhouse.info for more
information.
DuPont Planetarium
Ruth Patrick Science
Education Center
471 University Parkway
803-641-3654
http://rpsec.usca.eduPlanetarium/
pubshows.html
May 4, 11, 18, 25
In My Backyard, 8 p.m. Good for the
whole family. Learn about seasons,
constellations, planets, meteors and the
moon.
More Than Meets the Eye, 9 p.m.
Suggested for ages 8+. Learn about the
moon and neighboring planets in the solar
system.
Etherredge Center
803-641-3305
www.usca.edu/ec
May 3- 5
Bambino: One-act Opera, May 3, 4 at 7:30
p.m. and a matinee at 3 p.m. on May 5.
Cost is $15 for adults, $10 for faculty and
military and $5 for students.
Phone
803-643-4110
Facsimile
803-644-9057
[email protected]
www.smbgm.com
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Please email event information to [email protected]
by the 15th of the month before the event.
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May 9
Nurses Pinning Ceremony, 3 p.m.
May 10
guest speakers; 10:30 a.m. to noon at
Millbrook Baptist Church. To register, call
Irene Howley at 803-649-9267 or Diane
Hadley at 803-644-3902.
University Theater, USC Aiken, and Mr.
and Mrs. Carlos Garcia present, The
Garcia Project: A Showcase of Local High
School Drama, 12:30 p.m. Admission is
free and open to the public.
May 14
May 11
May 20
USCA Aiken Alumni Council Young Alumni
Committee presents Casino Night, 6 p.m.
Aiken Regional Medical
Centers
Aiken Cares, Alzheimer’s Support Group,
for family members and caregivers, 11 a.m.
to noon, Cumberland Village Library,
2nd floor.
Look Good … Feel Better, free program for
female cancer patients actively undergoing
or about to start treatment, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
at the Cancer Care Institute of Carolina at
ARMC. To register, call 803-641-6044.
803-641-5000
Odell Weeks Center
www.aikenregional.com
1700 Whiskey Road
803-642-7631
Support Group Meetings:
May 1- 31
AA: Every Sunday and Wednesday
evening, 7:15 p.m., Aurora Pavilion.
Aiken Cares- Alzheimer’s: 2 Tuesday,
11 a.m. to noon, Cumberland Village
Library, 2nd floor.
nd
Bariatric: 2nd Wednesday, 6-7 p.m.,
ARMC, Bariatric Services, 2nd floor, room
209; register at 641-5751.
The Lunch Bunch – Bereavement-Grief
Support for Adults: 1st Wednesday, noon
to 1 p.m., ARMC, Cafeteria Dining Room A.
Cancer: 3rd Wednesday, 3-4 p.m., First
Baptist Church parlor.
CSRA Dream Catchers -Traumatic
Brain Injury and Disability: 1st Monday
every month, 6-7 p.m., Walton Options
for Independent Living, 325 Georgia Ave.,
North Augusta; register at 803-279-9611.
Diabetes: 2nd Tuesday, 3-4 p.m., Odell
Weeks Activity Center. Registration:
803-293-0023.
Lupus: 3rd Thursday of the month,
7-9 p.m., ARMC, Dining Room A
Mended Hearts: 2nd Friday, 10:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m., USCA Aiken Business
Conference Center.
May 13
Pink Ribbonettes, the American Cancer
Society Breast Cancer Self-Help Group
for women diagnosed with breast cancer;
Toddler Time, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Weeks
Center 2, every Monday and Wednesday.
Use the gym space to run, chase and
release a lot of energy. Allows kids to
interact with others of the same age, and
gives parents a chance to socialize with
one another. Ages 5 and under. Cost is
$2 per visit or $16 for a 10-visit pass.
Fit 4 Ever, 10-11 a.m., Rooms 6 & 7,
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. This
low-impact, moderate paced fitness class
is great for a total body workout. Cost is
$27 for 10 tickets.
Zumba Gold, 1:30-2:30, Rooms 6 & 7,
Tuesday and Thursday. Low-impact,
high-energy, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired
Zumba fitness party. Cost is $35 for
10 tickets.
Line Dance, 10-11 a.m., Weeks Center
Rooms 6 & 7, every Tuesday. Learn country
dances as well as those taught to jazz, big
band and modern music in this moderately
paced fitness class. Cost is $31 for
10 tickets.
Zumba Toning, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Rooms
6 & 7, every Thursday. Zumba Toning
combines targeted bodysculpting
exercises and high energy cardio work
with Latin-infused Zumba moves.
Cost is $35 for 10 tickets.
Zumba Sentao, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Rooms
6 & 7, every Tuesday. Zumba Sentao
workout takes the thrill of the fitness party
and partners it with explosive, chair-based
choreography. Cost is $35 for 10 tickets.
May 14
Aiken City Cup Corporate Fitness Challenge, 6 p.m. Get involved as a participant, team cheerleader, volunteer, team
captain, or coordinator; get motivated
about an exercise program, lose weight,
change your lifestyle, begin new friendships in your company.
May 4
Aiken Horsepower Cruise-In, Home Depot
Parking Lot, 1785 Whiskey Rd., 1- 3 p.m.
Monthly car show first Saturday of every
month. This is a wonderful chance to
come see some of Aiken’s beautiful classic
cars.
Meet a Master Gardener at Aiken Farmers’
Market, 8 a.m. Master Gardeners will
answer your lawn and garden questions
and identify plants, weeds, and any other
mystery items that you bring in to show.
May 1- 31
Raymond Kent Art Show, Hitchcock
Health Center.
May 5
Big Delicious Event, Gravatt Camp
and Conference Center, 1006 Camp
Gravatt Rd. Aiken. 5 p.m. Enjoy a tasty,
three-course meal while award winning
chef Brandon Velie, owner of Juniper
Restaurant in Ridge Spring, demonstrates
how to prepare each course. The menu
will feature fresh local produce and meats.
You are invited to bring your favorite wine
or beer to enjoy with your meal. Tea
and water will be provided. Cost is $45.
Registration deadline is May 1.
Celebrity Waiter Night at participating
local restaurants. This annual fundraiser
event for Children’s Place, Inc. is fun for
everyone. Enjoy a fine meal served by one
of Aiken’s celebrities and help kids all in
the same evening. Call 803-641-4144 for
details.
The World Beloved, presented by the
Aiken Choral Society, 3 p.m., Cornerstone
Baptist Church, Hitchcock Parkway and
Cornerstone Drive. Concert featuring The
World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass and
works by Copland, Scott Joplin, Irving
Fine, and Spirituals by Moses Hogan.
Tickets are $20, available at the Aiken
County Historical Museum beginning May
6, and at the door before the performance.
Call 803-648-4628 for more information.
Outside Aiken
May 4
Stargazing at the Boyd Observatory, 5-7
p.m. Free programs offered on the 1st and
3rd Saturday evenings of each month.
Look up and see the world beyond our
own.
Pendleton King Plant Park Swap and Sale,
1600 Troupe Street, Augusta, 9 a.m.- 2
p.m. Admission is free and all proceeds
go to benefit the Pendleton King Park.
Call 706-228-3559 for more information.
May 17
Savannah River Classic. Fee is $25 per
angler, youth 15 and under pay $10.
Registration includes event T-shirt and
BBQ lunch. Prizes will be awarded for
largest fish in several categories. Visit
lowersavannahriveralliance.org for more
information.
Coming in June
June 10- 14
Julliard Summer Jazz Camp
June 21, 22
Downtown Beach Blast
May 17
The World Beloved, presented by
the Aiken Choral Society, 7:30 p.m.,
Cornerstone Baptist Church, Hitchcock
Family Owned & Operated
Shellhouse
Funeral Home, Inc.
May 19
Miscellaneous Venues
and Events
May 13
Parkway and Cornerstone Drive. Concert
featuring The World Beloved: A Bluegrass
Mass and works by Copland, Scott
Joplin, Irving Fine, and Spirituals by
Moses Hogan. Tickets are $20, available
at the Aiken County Historical Museum
beginning May 6, and at the door before
the performance. Call 803-648-4628 for
more information.
COMPLETE FUNERAL SERVICE
Shellhouse-Rivers
Funeral Home, Inc.
On-site Crematory Pine Log Rd. Location
924 Hayne Ave., Aiken, SC 29801
Jason B. Hucks
Funeral Director
642-3456
Robert W. Shellhouse, Jr.
Funeral Director
C. Mitchell Rivers
Funeral Director
www.shellhousefuneralhome.com
715 E. Pine Log Rd., Aiken, SC 29803
641-4401
www.shellhouseriversfuneralhome.com
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by Betts Hunter Gatewood
Fostering Independence
In an earlier issue of my favorite Aiken
magazine, Bella, I read some interesting quotes
from Dr. Betsy Fleming, current president of
Converse College:
“In 1890 (at Converse) women students
returned home at Christmas only and communicated
with family and beaux by letter once a week.
Students in 2012 average(d) 14 communications
per day to immediate family. This inhibits the
development and growth of independence.”
This fact started me thinking about what
the ease of technology and access to parents is
doing to our children’s development. Why do
these students need to contact their parents so
often? Can they not make their own decisions?
How Could This Be Bad?
As with any parent/child issue, there
are many ways to interpret this. One is that it is
wonderful that a college student feels close enough
to his or her parents to want to share campus life
with them. If this is your interpretation, you may
be asking, “What is wrong with being available
and aware of what our older teens are doing and
thinking?”
The Flip Side of Constant
Communication
Another way of looking at this cultural
change is how Dr. Fleming interprets it, that this
access is inhibiting our children’s independence.
That is the issue I would like to focus on in this
month’s column. But I want us to go back some
years, to consider what we can do earlier in our
children’s lives to encourage self-confidence in
them. An independent spirit does not evolve
automatically when a child leaves the nest. Our
role as parents is to encourage this independence as
is developmentally appropriate during our child’s
10
life. Then when he is old enough to leave home, he
- and we - will feel confident that he can and will
make responsible, mature decisions on his own.
Carefully and Intentionally
How can we encourage this independence
in a culture of child predators and unhealthy
temptations? As parents did in the last century,
we can carefully and intentionally find times and
opportunities to give them the freedom to be
independent. There are many ways we can do this.
Consider how old your children are and come up
with many other examples of your own.
Clothes: As much as we want them to look cute,
well-dressed, and fashionable all the time, up
until a certain age this is just not that important
to children. What better way to encourage their
development of their own style and personality
than to let them choose their clothes, both in the
store and at home. Of course there will have to
be some bottom lines. For instance, outfits have to
be occasion and weather appropriate (no bathing
suits to church in January, etc.). There have to be
guidelines as to how much you are willing to pay;
you may decide to be the decision maker for special
occasions or church events, etc.
Money: All children watch us very carefully as
they learn life’s lessons on managing, spending,
and saving their money. This is one of the areas
where college students get in the most trouble
when all those credit card companies come to
freshman orientation and make it sound so simple.
So why not, as they grow, give them more and
more opportunities to learn what things cost, how
long it takes to save for something, how infinite
the choices are when spending a finite amount of
money, etc.
Interests: Do your children take part in activities
you choose for them or are they developing their
own interests which may be very different from
yours? Many of us want to push our children to
excel in certain areas, sports, or subjects that we
enjoy, and when this happens it is great. However,
our children are unique individuals and our job
is to introduce them to a variety of activities and
subjects then watch as they try them out. We
usually excel in what we are good at, so this is a
clue that a certain area should be pursued. There
will be plenty of clues if they are not happy in
a particular activity also. This understanding of
who they are based on what they like to do and
are good at is a huge milestone in becoming selfconfident and independent.
We are fortunate to be able to have contact
with our children 24/7. But as with any modern
convenience there is a downside. Just because
we can talk them through every decision, choice,
and opportunity that comes up doesn’t mean that
process is the best thing for them. Remember, we
are giving them roots AND wings. They can’t take
flight if they are constantly tethered to us and to
our opinions. Enjoy watching them become their
own person. It is a wonderful part of parenting!
Betts Hunter Gatewood is
a National Board Certified
school counselor with 28 years’
experience in elementary and
middle school counseling.
She holds an EdS degree
from USC and has authored
or co-authored four books on
school counseling strategies and
activities. She and her husband
are the proud parents of three adult children and have four
granddaughters and a grandson.
Nutrition
by Cynthia F. Catts, RD, LD, Nutrition Therapist
Health: the Greatest of Human Blessings
Red Meat vs. White Meat
Everyone knows that we should be consuming less red meat and more white meat for our
health, right? Truth is, there is a lot of conflicting
data—and therefore misunderstanding—leading
to recommendations as to the deleterious effect of
various red meats, as well as which white meats are
actually not so good for us.
Multiple studies link red meat consumption to increased health risks including diabetes,
stroke, coronary heart disease, weight gain, certain
cancers and all-cause mortality. But just which
meats are “red” meats?
Walter Willett, MD, DrPH, Chair of the
Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of
Public Health and primary investigator in both the
Nurses’ Health Study II and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, states that “high amounts of
heme iron, which is absorbed even when we have
enough iron, is probably a contributing factor for
type 2 diabetes.” He goes on to state that “the high
amounts of saturated fatty acids and cholesterol are
also probably risks contributing to cardiovascular
disease, and specific amino acids may also be a factor.”
Studies vs. the Chef
Rankings According to Iron and
Saturated Fats
Pretty much all dietary studies categorize
poultry and fish as “white meat” and four-legged
land animals (beef, and yes, pork and yes, lamb) as
red meat. But ask a chef for her definition and she
will tell you that veal is often considered a white
meat and duck or goose may be classified as red.
My daughter, the food scientist, would correct me
by reminding me that the higher concentration of
myoglobin and slow-twitch muscle fibers are the
primary determinants of red meat and that chicken
and turkey usually have more myoglobin than veal
or pork. To add to the confusion, the USDA fact
sheet on poultry production states that flightless
birds like emu and ostrich are considered red meat
because the pH of their flesh is similar to beef.
What’s the carnivore to do?
First, let’s establish what it is about “red
meat” that is so bad for us.
According to nutrient data provided by
the USDA nutrient data laboratory, clams (long
considered a white meat) have the most iron of
any meat, followed (in order of iron prevalence) by
bison, ground beef, turkey, lamb, flank steak, tuna,
pork, chicken, shrimp and salmon being the lowest
in iron. Ground lamb has by far the most saturated fat of any meat, followed (in order of saturated
fat prevalence) by ground beef, chicken nuggets,
ground turkey, bison, flank steak, salmon, pork,
chicken breast, shrimp, clams, and finally tuna.
[For details see the USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory SR-25 at www.ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb.]
In my practice, my general message to clients who are interested in improving their diets is
to eat less meat in general, and more whole grains,
fruits and veggies. But in the spirit of making the
message simple, I discourage clients from using
color as the reason to eat or avoid a particular meat.
For more information about which meats to include
in a healthy diet or to make an appointment for a private consult, Cyndi may be reached at 803-642-9360
or [email protected]. You may view her website
at www.cynthiacattsrd.com.
A licensed Clinical Nutrition
Therapist practicing in Aiken,
Cyndi Catts, RD, LD, sees
clients who desire individualized
programs to address weight
reduction, metabolism
measurement, menopause
issues, cholesterol and
triglyceride-lowering, blood
pressure management, and
diabetes management, in
addition to eating disorders, anti-inflammation, and cancer
prevention. Self-referred patients are welcome, as are
referrals from medical personnel. Cyndi is a graduate of
Florida State University in Food and Nutrition and has done
graduate work at (now) Augusta State University. A longtime
contributor to BELLA Magazine as a nutrition columnist,
Cyndi can be reached at [email protected] and
803-642-9360 for appointments.
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11 Inconceivable Allies
Maggots, leeches, worms and
a closer look at biotherapy
by Phyllis Maclay
We humans are the greatest
of earth’s parasites.
- Martin H. Fischer
The diabetic woman knew she was headed
for trouble when the wounds on her feet became
infected. The prescribed antibiotic for the infection
was damaging her bones so she was also considering a bone marrow transplant. But with the persuasion of a friend, she convinced her doctor to use the
unthinkable to rescue her: 1,000 hungry maggots.
For two days these specialized, hungry
microsurgeons lived on her wounds under a gauze
dressing, devouring the nasty infection and deadly
bacteria. Her doc was a little squeamish about
washing out the maggots and applying new maggot
dressings 10 more times, but he was amazed as his
patient’s wounds healed without expensive procedures. The woman told her physician the maggots
saved her feet and her life.
Another female patient was gravely ill from
an infection that was spreading across her abdomen
due to a perforated bowel. Her doctor said she had
to have dead tissue removed every other day, and
opening her that often was a risk he didn’t want to
take. Instead, he applied maggots.
The woman received 2,000 maggots on
a special dressing to keep them from escaping. It
remained on her open wound for two days, then
her abdomen was irrigated and the maggots flushed
out. The gangrene was gone. After her abdomen
was closed, she required no more surgery for her
infection.
Maggots as Medicine
Maggot Debridement Therapy (MDT)
uses bio-surgery – living creatures – to clean out
wounds that will not heal. This is not to be confused with a condition called myiasis where infec-
conventional method is the scalpel but now some
physicians are opting for bio-surgery, specific maggots that will not eat healthy tissue nor multiply
but will consume infection and dead or damaged
tissue. These maggots have been raised in a sterile
environment then compete with bacteria in the
wound as long as their surroundings are to their
liking. They love decomposing tissue, and even
resistant bacteria.
What is this Creature?
As the caterpillar is to the butterfly larvae,
maggots are to the fly. These wriggling white
worms lack wings and are ravenous for dying or
dead tissue. Maggot
Therapy labs primarily breed the blowfly
Calliphoridae (in
particular, the green
blow fly Phaenicia
sericata). To prevent
secondary infections,
the maggots are sterilized, then shipped
overnight because of their short lifespan.
Five to ten maggots are put into a small
area of the wound, then covered so they can
breathe but not escape. They will grow almost five
times their size (.4 inch) in the next 48 to 72 hours
as they perform their cleanup jobs.
Patients say they feel a tingle or tickling
beneath the dressing after the maggots are applied.
There may be discomfort or some pain as the scavengers increase in size, which medication lessens.
The whole procedure is never longer than 72 hours.
If the infectious wound is too dry, it will
be made a suitable habitat for the maggots by administering saline soaks for 48 hours before application. When the maggots are full, they try to leave
the wound and need to be removed. They will not
multiply, only grow larger from ingesting bacteria
and infection. After irrigation and cleansing, the
wound may be either grafted or sutured shut.
It’s Nothing New
tious sores in the extremities have become so that
diseased maggots infest them. The wrong maggots
cause damage to healthy tissue.
Debridement is the process of removing
damaged and dead tissue from wounds. (Many
times if the extremity does not heal, amputation
may be necessary to save the patient’s life.) The
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The ancient Mayans and the aboriginal
people of Australia used maggots to cleanse and
heal wounds. Military surgeons (like Napoleon’s)
realized soldiers hadn’t died of gangrene or infection if the wounds had maggots.
During the Civil War, Confederate medical officer Dr. Joseph Jones, frequently used MDT.
“I have seen neglected wounds fill with maggots …
these worms eat only dead tissue, and do not injure
the well parts.”
Another Confederate medical officer, Dr.
J.F. Zacharias, credited his high survival numbers
to the use of maggots. “In a single day they would
clean a wound much better than any agent we had
at our command. I am sure I saved many lives by
their use.”
At Johns Hopkins University Dr. William
Baer was one of the first physicians to promote
healing of infectious wounds by using maggots.
In the late 1920s he named the specific species for
debridement, raised them in the lab, then successfully treated 98 children. The “modern” method
was practiced during the next decade, but MDT
was replaced with newly created antibiotics and
surgical procedures that evolved out of World War
II. MDT became the last resort for treating wound
infections during the 1970s and 1980s.
Today resistant strains of bacteria are outpacing antibiotics so doctors are returning to the
practice of maggot therapy. In a 2007 preliminary
trial, wounds infected with MRSA (Staphylococcus
aureus) were successfully treated using maggots,
along with some strains of the flesh-eating bacteria.
Any doctor In the U.S. can prescribe
MDT. There are 800 facilities that practice this
method.
Pros and Cons of the Critters
Maggots were approved for wound care
by the FDA in 2004 for marketing and use, and
classified as a “device.” That same year England’s
National Health Service allowed maggot therapy.
Many doctors are skeptical about their place in the
medical field, but others are enthusiastic about the
successful way they remove gangrene and damaged
tissue.
The advantages are:
• Low cost of treatment
• High safety record
• The procedure is simple; application
takes only 15-30 minutes
• They do not have to be administered by a physician
• Less painful than the scalpel. Many
patients report no pain at all
The disadvantages:
• Maggots are perishable and sensitive to harsh temperatures. They need to be administered within 24 hours of arrival.
• The gross factor. Maggots need lots of PR. The idea of wriggling white worms under a bandage is repulsive to many
patients. But if they were to look under a microscope to see the bacteria
destroying their tissue, they might change their minds.
From the Water
Yell “Leech!” to swimmers in a creek, as
in the 1986
movie Stand
by Me, and
suddenly no
one is left in
the water.
This creepy
cousin of
Bringing Home the Bacon
Leeches
In the late 1800s, with the demand for
leeches growing, huge numbers were imported to
Europe from other parts of the world. Americans
raised their own leeches on “farms.” Enterprising
men wanting to cash in on the business used themselves as leech bait; they would spread pig’s blood
over their bare legs then wade in streams, waiting
for the leeches to come for supper. After a while the
men left the water where partners plucked off the
dangling leeches and took them to a leech dealer.
The practice of bloodletting was finally
abandoned when doctors realized patients did no
better with leeching and sometimes fared worse.
Revival of leeching for specific procedures
is practiced today by plastic surgeons to drain
trapped blood from puffy faces and by other surgeons to drain blood from reattached limbs. Today,
researchers in Germany are looking into leeches as
treatment to lessen inflammation and pain from
osteoarthritis.
A Closer Look
Leeches have a sucker at one end to hold
onto their host and a sucker at the other end that
is the mouth. They feed on the blood of both
vertebrates and invertebrates. The species used in
bio-surgery is segmented with a mouth that makes
a “Y” shaped bite mark. Its saliva contains more
than 30 proteins that numb pain and lessen
swelling, and an anticoagulant that keeps
blood flowing. Doctors apply one to six leeches
on a wound. There are at least two companies
in the United States that sell leeches for under
$10 apiece, and some hospitals stock them in their
pharmacy refrigerators.
It’s Better Than Dying
New Yorker Herbert Smith was losing his
battle with Crohn’s disease (a disease where the
body attacks its own intestinal lining, presenting
symptoms of diarrhea, fatigue, abdominal pain,
infections, and bleeding). He went under the knife
several times to remove sections of his intestines,
only to have his symptoms recur. Smith knew there
was no cure and he was going to run out of surgical options. He would end up getting nutrition
through an IV and eventually die. Smith was 33
years old.
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gulped down a dose containing thousands of pig
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he said. He downed
2,500 of the eggs
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three months and
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person accidentally swallowed it. The patient was
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A Desperate Man on a Mission
As long as he could remember, Jasper
Lawrence battled allergies and asthma. He was
suspected of drug abuse in school because “I was so
bombed out on antihistamines,” he said. His eyes
swelled shut, causing him to suffer excruciating
pain. Then he watched a 2004 BBC documentary
about the relationship between people, asthma,
and parasites that changed his life.
Lawrence researched and was desperate
to put to the test what other researchers had
discovered. “When you take those worms out
of people, the immune system doesn’t develop
properly and is unregulated. The inflammatory
response is stronger and misdirected,” he stated.
“By reintroducing the parasites, you restore the
situation that our immune systems evolved for.”
In 2006 Lawrence made the decision
to allow a parasite to grow in his intestines. He
wanted it to be the hookworm, which enters
through the skin from feces, but in the U.S, he
found it impossible to find. He packed his bags and
traveled to Cameroon, where the villagers watched
this desperado take off his shoes and tramp
through
their
muddy
fecal
areas. “It
was so
repulsive
and
repugnant
that if I hadn’t told everyone what I was doing I
wouldn’t have done it,” Lawrence said.
After he returned home he tested positive
for hookworm. In a few months it was allergy
season, and Lawrence wasn’t wheezing.
When Lawrence began selling hookworms
on the Internet, it caught the attention of the
FDA. They told him he needed to come under
regulation, and the hookworms would most likely
be classified as devices. Instead they were declared
pharmaceuticals and that requires a costly, long
process for legal dispensing. Lawrence is convinced
the drug markers are behind that decision, because
the cost to use helminth therapy (the use of
parasitic worms for medical reasons) is dramatically
less than drugs, and the parasites aren’t patentable.
The cost of using them would only go down.
Lawrence set up practices in the U.K. and
Mexico where he continues to do research on the
effect of helminths on other diseases like multiple
sclerosis and irritable bowel syndrome. Here in the
United States doctors like Dr. Jonathan Terdiman
at UC San Francisco Medical Center are curious
about this procedure. “It’s not a therapy that I can
officially endorse or condone,” he said. “There is a
growing body of science that suggests this makes
sense. It’s not a crazy idea.”
Whether you consider them repulsive
parasites or the future for disease control,
helminths are becoming the center of attention in
the medical arena. The possibilities of using these
eager microsurgeons seems to be expanding and are
worth researching. The most difficult part may be
getting past the “yuck” factor. But then remember,
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Take a Walk Along Easy Street
by Susan Elder
Editor’s note:
This is the third in a BELLA series of three
walking tours around Aiken, laid out
by staff writer Susan Elder in the company of
her husband Hank and their Scottie, Bell.
This month’s walk is a bit shorter than
the others, not quite one-and-a-half miles, but it’s
still chock-full of Aiken history. So put on your
walking shoes and have a look along these unpaved
lanes into Aiken’s early history at Coker Spring, as
well as the grand days of the Winter Colony. You’ll
probably see a horse or two as well.
1
We’ll start and end this tour at Banksia, home
to The Aiken County Historical Museum.
Park anywhere along
Newberry Street in front of the
museum or along New Street
on the side, and head away from
town on Newberry.
2
On your right, behind the fence stands Uncle
John’s Cabin at 467 Newberry, built around 1925
as a guest house for the Hitchcock family and once visited by
President Dwight Eisenhower.
It is now a private residence. The
Hitchcock home, called Mon
Repos, once stood not far from
here on the edge of present-day
Hitchcock Woods.
Continue down the hill on Newberry,
which is rather steep as Aiken streets go, to Coker
Spring Road. If you’re up for a lengthy side trip,
turn right into Hitchcock Woods.
3
Otherwise, go left
up Coker Spring Road
until you come to the
spring house on the
right, named, of course,
Coker Spring. Originally
part of a land grant to
Ephraim Franklin in 1791, it was a primary watering source for the town of Aiken until the late
1800s when artesian wells replaced it. It was also a
regular stop on the stagecoach route from Abbeville to Charleston. Train passengers who disembarked in Aiken could catch the stagecoach to the
eastern coast at the Coker Spring stop.
Local historian Will Cole wrote in his
book The Many Faces of Aiken, “Take a drink of
Coker Spring water, and no matter where you may
roam, you will return to Aiken.” I wouldn’t recommend drinking this water today – maybe take a
snapshot instead.
4
Continue up
Coker Spring and
turn at the first left
onto Burkwood
Place. The homes
along this charming
cul-de-sac were built
in the 1960s on the site of what was once part of
the George Mead Estate called The Pillars. The 41room home sat on the left, and the street and circle
stand on the property that once led to the stables.
5
To honor their son George Mead, Jr., who
was killed in World War II, the family established
a school, Mead Hall, in his name. It is the parish day school of St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church.
Mead Hall classes were held
in The Pillars from 1955 until
1961, when a new building to
house the school was built on
the church grounds downtown.
Though The Pillars was eventually torn down, the estate’s indoor
tennis court still stands around the corner on Third
Avenue.
Many celebrities visited the Meads,
including actress Gene Tierney and her estranged
husband, Oleg Cassini, who played on the tennis court. John F. Kennedy presumably stayed at
The Pillars as the Meads’ guest. He was a friend of
George Mead, Jr. and mentions visiting Aiken in
his letter of condolence to the Mead family following the young Mead’s death.
After you’ve made the circle on Burkwood
Place, return to Coker Spring and turn left onto
Third Avenue.
6
On the left, past the
indoor tennis court, notice the
Woolworth House at 203 Third
Avenue. Built between 1918 and
1925, it was bought by the Hitchcock family and
remodeled to house their guests. Homes and stables
on both sides of this quiet street have been restored
or remodeled over the years.
At the end of Third Avenue, turn right
back onto Newberry Street. Walk to the next
corner and you’ve come to Easy Street. Turn right
onto Easy Street.
7
First, on your right at 217
Easy Street, stands Black Stables,
or The Pink House. It was built
for the Bayard Warren family
around 1930 and named Black
Stables because the roof was
painted black. The architect was Julian Peabody,
son-in-law of the Hitchcock family. Peabody and
his wife, Celestine E. Hitchcock, were later killed
when the cruise ship on which they were passen-
gers collided with a cargo ship and sank off the
coast of New Jersey.
8
On your left, contained in the block surrounded by Easy Street, First Avenue, Newberry
and Chesterfield, you’ll see
what is, perhaps,
Aiken’s most
well-known
“cottage.” Joye
Cottage, this
rambling Georgian Revival
residence, is one
of the oldest and largest of Aiken’s winter retreats.
It is a fine example of the lavish lifestyle enjoyed by
Aiken’s Winter Colonists. It is the largest privately
owned estate in South Carolina.
The original structure, now the kitchen
wing, was built in the 1830s, around the time of
Aiken’s founding. Later, a Charleston woman, Miss
Sarah Joye, for whom the house is named, purchased it and made it a boarding house. In 1897
it was purchased by William C. Whitney, a New
York banker who is considered the founder of the
Whitney dynasty. It was expanded into a vacation “cottage” of more than 60 rooms, containing
more than 20,000 square feet. The estate also had
stables, a greenhouse, and a squash court.
In 1990, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors
Steven Naifeh and Greg Smith, purchased the
home, which was by then in a deteriorating state,
and began their own renovations. In their careful
and creative hands, Joye Cottage has been restored
to its former grandeur. Naifeh and Smith have
bequeathed their home to the Juilliard School of
Music upon their deaths.
Across Chesterfield Street sits Squash
Court, built around 1897 as part of the Joye Cottage complex. It is now a private residence that
includes a 28-foot ceilinged court, just as it was in
1904.
9
Continue north on
Chesterfield Street, then turn
left onto 1st Avenue and the
other side of Joye Cottage. On
your right stands the property
that was once the Joye Cottage
stables, called Whitney Stable, now on the National Register of Historic Places. Formerly home to 30
horses, it has now been beautifully converted to a
private residence.
10
At the end of First Street, you will face
your last stop, Banksia, at 433
Newberry Street. Unlike the
other places of interest on this
walk, Banksia welcomes you to
stop in for a look around. And
if you have some time, you
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15 should, indeed have a look. (Museum hours are
10-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 2-5 p.m. Sunday)
An older, wooden house dating from
the 1840s was moved to this location by Richard
Howe in the 1930s and an addition was designed
and added to it to form this 17,500 square-foot
rambling structure that has been a part of Aiken’s
history ever since.
Howe’s daughter-in-law sold Banksia in
1951, after which it served as a boarding house for
construction workers at the Savannah River Plant.
It was later home to Southern Methodist College;
then it became the first campus for USC Aiken.
After that it housed the Aiken County
Public Library until the library moved a few blocks
away to the vacant Aiken Elementary School. In
1984, the Aiken County Museum moved into
Banksia where it has remained since.
1950s drugstore from Dunbarton, South Carolina.
(For more information, go the museum’s website,
aikencountyhistoricalmuseum.org.)
If your shoes are muddy or caked with
sand, you’ve had a good walk around the Winter
Colony’s playground. It will likely not be your last.
Susan Elder is a former elementary
school teacher and garden writer.
These days she spends her
time babysitting for her adorable
granddaughter.
11
On the museum grounds also stand an
1890s one-room schoolhouse and an 1808 log
cabin, both moved to the property from elsewhere
in Aiken County.
Among the many displays inside Banksia, learn
about golf in Aiken, historic
area pottery, The Savannah
River Site, The Ladies of Aiken
County, Polo, Carolina Bays,
and Aiken in World War I
through the Gulf Wars. Find
out more about the New Ellenton exodus, Aiken’s Winter
Colony, and see a model of a
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Headed for the Water?
Practice
Safe Boating
by Kathy Huff
Aikenites love the water. With summer
nearly here, boning up on boating safety is a
preventive activity that “avoids a mishap even
if you are surrounded by people who are not
educated,” said Butch Rachal, Commander of the
Savannah River Power Squadron.
Safe Boating Week—May 18-24—drives
home the importance of three main points in the
art of seamanship:
1. Proper planning and forethought
2. Developing the proper skill sets through
practice and education
3. Having the proper equipment, including a
well-maintained boat, and the right tools to
react to an emergency on the water
“You don’t have to
pass a rigorous test to drive a
boat like you do a car,” Butch
commented. “Therefore,
ignorance abounds on the
water.” To promote boating
safety, the Savannah River
Power Squadron will perform
a free vessel safety check
before boating season begins.
An appointment can be scheduled by calling Ed
Liebfarth at 803-441-3999. Vessel safety checks
(VSC) can be performed in a slip, at the launch
ramp or in a driveway. “We believe that no
vessel is too large or too small to be safe and in
compliance,” he continued.
Such checks are conducted by a certified
vessel examiner and usually require about 30
minutes. The examiner looks for the proper display Butch’s work with
numbers, registration and documentation, personal the EPA took
flotation devices (life jackets), visual distress
him to various
signals, fire extinguishers, ventilation, backfire
offices. However,
flame arrestor, sound producing devices, navigation they became
lights, and overall vessel condition.
“boomerangers”
A decal is awarded to boats that pass
in 2006 when
the VSC. This alerts the Coast Guard, Harbor
they moved here
Patrol and other law enforcement agencies that
permanently.
the boat was found to be in full compliance with
Prior to that time,
all federal and state boating laws. If the boat does
they had been
not pass inspection, no report is filed. Instead, a
“homeless.” Upon
written report is issued to the owner to help correct retirement, they
Butch Rachal, Commander of the
any problems. A subsequent re-check will then
sold their home
Savannah River Power Squadron.
hopefully merit the decal. Regular vessel safety
and lived aboard
checks sometimes help to lower insurance rates.
their refitted
“The basic responsibility of every skipper
trawler christened the Aisling for seven years,
of every boat is to be able
traveling to various friendly ports. The Rachals
to operate his boat without
spent one year making “the Loop” up the Atlantic
endangering the boat, its
coast, down the St. Lawrence Seaway and out to
crew or other boats. That
the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River.
“Safe
means knowing the
Boating
‘rules of the road’
Week is a
to avoid collisions,
nationally
knowing where
recognized
you are, where
event,
you are going and
not just a
what lies between
local one,”
so you won’t hit
explained
the bottom or become lost,” Butch
Butch.
said. The other major requirement is
“Safe
to understand safe rules of operation of
While“
homeless,”
the
Rachals
lived
on
their
refitted
practices on
the boat itself, acquired through proper
trawler Aisling.
the water
education and lot of experience.
Having spent their childhoods in
are the only way to prevent the numerous injuries
Aiken, Butch and his wife Lynne have also lived
and deaths realized every year.”
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Safety and Philosophy
Reprinted with permission from
McGraw-Hill Education
by Capt. James Barker
A fellow named John Vigor
wrote a neat book called The Practical
Mariner’s Book of Knowledge*. In that book
he puts forth a theory about seamanship,
which he calls Vigor’s Black Box Theory.
The Theory is that there is no such thing
as luck at sea. Luck is earned by “diligent
and constant acts of seamanship.” Every
time the chart is double-checked, the turnbuckles
inspected, the chafing gear renewed, the seacocks
cleaned and greased, the seaman earns a “chit” that
goes into an invisible black box, which is aboard
every boat.
When things go wrong, and all of that
seaman’s skill and preparation have been
taxed completely, chits are withdrawn from
the box. The skipper has no control over the
withdrawal; they withdraw themselves, as they see
fit. Only the seaman with a good supply of chits
has the “luck” to survive, because he had the chits
to spend. But he had best start to replenish his
supply immediately, because they could be needed
at any time, and the sea does not extend credit.
Because boat-related activities include such
a very broad spectrum of vessels and waters,
seamanship means different things to different
people. Common to all definitions of seamanship
is that it is inextricably related to safety – that
while a good boat, well-equipped, will certainly
give its crew an advantage when things go wrong,
it is the additional preparedness of the boat and the
skill of its skipper and crew that allow it to come
through unscathed.
No matter whose wisdom you read or
how seamanship is defined, there seem to be
three elements that must coincide to propagate
seamanship: forethought, a set of skills, and
equipment. The latter is the easiest to come by and
is often mistaken for seamanship. The two former
consume a lifetime to develop and that is the
reason that seamanship is an art.
Forethought
You may remember the grandfather in
Peter and the Wolf. He angrily closes the garden
gate to keep Peter in, asking “What if a wolf
should come out of the forest? What then?”
We never learn if the grandfather
had been a seaman or not, but he had
the right mindset for it. Just as a defensive
driver is constantly, almost unconsciously,
preparing for situations that might arise
on the road, so a seaman prepares for the
unexpected on the water. He anticipates
every eventuality he can think of, and
takes the action necessary to prevent or minimize
potential damage to his boat and
those aboard it.
Proper maintenance of your boat and all
of its parts is one example of forethought in action.
While one reason for maintenance is aesthetic,
another reason is to ensure that every element of
the boat is as strong, as sound, as functional as it
should be. Cleaning, greasing, painting, and
repairing all contribute to 100 percent operability
of the boat. A boat that is “shipshape in Bristol
fashion” is a boat that both looks good and
operates at its full potential.
A seaman’s forethought involves not only
what is before his eyes, but also events that could
occur. Some are simple and obvious: making sure
you won’t run out of gas, or ensuring that you
have enough room to maneuver away from your
mooring under sail, before you cast off.
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It also
involves a
thoughtful
approach to
every task you
undertake.
For example,
you’ve just
bought a
new pair of
batteries,
which you
are installing.
Are the old
tie-downs
or clamps
strong enough
to hold the
new, heavier
batteries? Will they stay put in a knockdown or
after prolonged pounding? Are they high enough
above the bilge pump so that they are likely to
remain above water in the event of a major leak?
Fresh, inquiring eyes are used to re-examine the
situation, imagine the worst, and prevent it to the
extent possible. Toss a chit into the black box.
Checking the shackle that attaches your
mooring pennant to the top chain isn’t much fun.
The pennant and the chain are both slimy and
rusty, but to really check it the rig has to come
out of the water. Do you count on someone else’s
presumed inspection? It would be easier to do so,
but it won’t do anything to protect your boat. So
you bite the bullet, put on your old pants, and do
it because it ought to be done and because there’s
that unanswered what-if: What if they didn’t check
it? Another chit goes in the box.
Skill Sets
The basic responsibility of every skipper of
every boat is to be able to operate his boat without
endangering the boat, its crew, or other boats. For
most pleasure boaters that means 1) knowing and
following the rules of the road to avoid collision;
2) knowing where you are, where you are going,
and what lies in between, so you won’t hit the
bottom or become lost; and 3) understanding safe
rules of operation of the boat itself, so that
passengers don’t get thrown overboard or injured
because of the mechanical operations of the boat.
The knowledge required to fulfill these
responsibilities depends on the vessel and the
waters on which it operates. If your boating is
only on inland lakes in good weather, and never
far from shore, you don’t need to know about
quarantine anchorages, or be conversant in storm
tactics. But the lake boater must still subject
himself to his own set of what-ifs, and have the
skills necessary to deal with them.
What if, for some reason, darkness should
fall before you get back? It’s a realistic possibility;
you should know how to get back in the dark by
compass, and have the appropriate equipment to do
it.
What if you need to be towed by another
boat because of engine failure? You should know
how to tie a good, secure bowline, a square knot,
and a sheet bend – and know when to use which.
What if a crew member should go
overboard? If you’re a sailor, you’d better have the
skill to sail back to the victim.
A larger boat on larger water brings a
much larger set of what-ifs, and a much larger
set of skills to handle them. These might include
celestial navigation, storm tactics, medicine, diesel
mechanics, rigging repair – the list is practically
endless. Happily, the world’s oceans are populated
with thousands of thoroughly competent seamen
– people who have acquired the skills to master a
very large number of their own what-ifs.
Once again, the boat and where it is operated will do a lot to dictate required equipment.
The captain of a lake or coastal cruiser might not
feel any need to carry a spare mainsail or a spare
alternator. A long-distance voyager probably would
not leave without them. You must satisfy your own
what-ifs.
There’s More
If your purpose is simply to operate your
boat safely, the demands
upon your mind and
equipment
might be
small –
depending
on your
boat and
operating waters.
Even so, the art and the
craft of the seaman can add
immeasurably to the
enjoyment of your hours aboard.
Traditional skills like weather forecasting,
decorative knot work, rigging, and splicing – even
modern skills like electronics and engine repair –
will add considerably to your boating safety and
enjoyment, and enhance your connection to the
history and traditions of the sea.
Equipment
All the forethought and skills are worthless
if essential tools or materials are missing: mastering
recovery of a man overboard may not help much if
there are neither lifejackets nor a life ring. On the
other hand, do not delude yourself into thinking
that by having the latest man-overboard gear,
you’ve got that particular what-if covered; without
the boat-handling skills to safely retrieve
the victim, you lack the seamanship
necessary to do the job.
The Coast Guard has a list
of required equipment that represents
a minimal collection of safety-related
devices. Most boaters, in fact, carry a
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21 Memorial Day:
by Eric Blacks, USCA Writer
Remember the Silent Heroes in the Other “Rooms”
As a tribute to Memorial Day this month,
USCA Contributing Writer Eric Blacks has
written a thoughtful review of a play at
USCA, Two Rooms.
loyal and wholly supportive to the effort to bring
her husband home. Sadly, in mere moments,
Michael and Lanie’s spiritual connection is torn
apart by Michael’s untimely death. They never
see each other again.
This situation is unbearably tragic, a man in
the wrong place at the wrong time. However,
we often forget about the men and women who
volunteer to protect us, knowing that they may
be exposed to deadly circumstances like this as
well. In the United States Armed Forces, our
country’s most valiant citizens give their lives to
serve us so we can enjoy our freedom and have
the opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
Cries of admiration and perseverance
resonated from the luminous stage and into the
audience as USCA’s University Theatre Players
staged an unforgettable production for the ages.
A silencing, thought-provoking drama, Lee
Blessing’s Two Rooms is just as riveting now as it
was when first performed 25 years ago.
One locked room, somewhere within the
The gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery are honored every
recesses of the Middle East, confines an American
Memorial Day Weekend by being decorated with U.S. flags.
teacher; Michael is being held hostage by political
terrorists – bound, and blindfolded in a dark, empty, windowless room. The other
Honoring the Brave
room is just outside Washington, D.C.; this room’s inhabitant is his distraught
Our duty to these men, our soldiers, is to play the same role as Lanie
wife Lanie, who has stripped her room of its belongings in an attempt to share the did to Michael. We, the people of the United States, must make it our duty to
pain of her husband’s ordeal. Throughout the play’s entirety, forcibly the estranged remember our brave, fallen soldiers. We must honor them, and cherish them for
couple exchange imaginary conversations in which they try to connect and
their bravery and self-sacrifice. We must encourage their morale and spirit to live
interact with each other in their minds.
on among us, and we must do everything in our power to ensure that they are not
The Grisly Reality and Imagining It
Their conversations open their lives to the audience. We can see their
lives stripped of their dreams and ambitions and emptied as bare as the rooms
in which they reside. In his captivity, Michael gives the audience the true, grisly
reality of what it is like to be an American captive on foreign soil. He is harshly
abused verbally, physically, and mentally for no real reason at all. He constantly
tries to envision and reconstruct within his mind his past as his present, where he
is back at home safely with his lovely wife. In their separation, Lanie suffers just as
much as her husband. However, throughout all trials and adversities, she remains
forgotten.
Though they may not physically be here with us today, why should
they be denied the privilege of the American Dream? Let us honor these men
and women with the admiration they deserve. Let their spirits live on through
us: through our words, our thoughts, and our reflection. So, as you watch our
flag wave proudly, boasting those red and white stripes and those 50 unified
stars, remember the hearts of those who have gone before us. They are the true
embodiment of the American Dream.
This Memorial Day, be sure to take the time to show your respects to the
fallen soldiers of the United States Armed Forces.
MENTORING THE FUTURE
For the past year, BELLA has been host
to several students from USCA as part of their
internship requirement for graduation and work
experience in the School of Communications and
English. It has been a pleasure and also a good
learning experience to mentor these young people.
They have been writing articles for BELLA since
February; one is now ready to graduate and the
other has one more year of college left.
“After graduation, I hope to pursue a
career in journalism. I want to write feature pieces
about people of interest and events that people
should know about. I want to ultimately write for
a large music magazine like Vibe. I also want to go
back to school and get a degree in early childhood
education. I want to teach young children because
I love how much you can impact a child’s life,” she
told me.
Heather Wright
Eric Blacks
Heather Wright hails from a North
Augusta family that puts heavy emphasis on
education. At the May 9 graduation ceremony,
she will receive
her diploma
with a major in
communications
and a minor in
music. For the past
year, she has been
editor-in-chief of the
Pacer Times weekly
newspaper at USCA
and also treasurer
of the Lambda Pi
Eta Honor Society
and secretary of
Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society. She is also
very active in her church, St. Phillip Missionary
Baptist Church.
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From Johnston, Eric Blacks is one of
10 children influenced by their father who is a
minister in Ridge Spring-Monetta. Now majoring in English
and minoring in
religious studies, he
is a member of the
National Society
of Leadership and
Success, is on the
National Honor
Roll and has been
a student leader
in Intramurals.
Currently, he has
a part-time job at
the Student Life
Office.
“Ever since I was little, I was always certain that whatever career path I chose would be in
an endeavor to help others. However, later in my
collegiate career I made the decision to become a
writer. My parents had a great impact on my present career decision. The earliest stanzas of poetry
that I can remember were written by my mother;
she enjoys writing poetry in her spare time. My father is a pastor; he was sure to teach me to exemplify a Christian lifestyle in any occupation I chose,”
Eric said. Originally Eric studied biology, but has
re-directed his interests and will seek a graduate
degree in Sacred Theology and Sacred Scripture to
become a theologian.
Working with Heather and Eric has reminded me that the negative headlines about some
young people do not apply to all. They are bright,
hard-working, creative, and pleasant to be around.
With good values that they put into practice, they
are tomorrow’s community leaders and solid citizens. I am proud of them and proud of the work
they have produced for BELLA.
Best of luck to you, Heather and Eric!
Thank you for enriching my life.
Kathy Huff
New USCA Programs
Assist Nontraditional
Students
USC Aiken is a campus that is full
of diversity, whether it is different races,
socioeconomic standing or even educational
background. Recently the campus has introduced
two new ways to assist the unique group of
students who have chosen this university for their
continuing education.
Veteran Student Success Center
With the opening of a new center the
university will serve the ones willing to serve
their country at The USC Aiken Veteran Student
Success Center. The Center had its official grand
opening ceremony April 7 in the Etherredge
Center.
There was a great deal of community
support at the event. Veterans who attend the
university were encouraged by the attendance, and
voiced their hope that it is a reflection of things to
come.
Junior English major John Elliott feels
that this could be a good step for supporting the
young men and women who have volunteered to
protect this country,” Thornton said. “They have
gone over to fight for our country and it is time for
us to fight for them.”
Chancellor Jordan referenced the need
for the university to offer programs to specifically
assist military personnel and their families on
campus.
Not Doing Enough
“We were identified as a military-friendly
campus, but we were not doing enough to
intentionally support our veterans and dependent
students,” Jordan said. “The response has been
incredible on our campus. They were there all the
time, waiting to connect to people who would
understand their story.”
Recent USCA graduate Robert Murphy
is now the program leader of the Veteran Student
Success Center and has high hopes for the center
and the programs being created at USCA. “It feels
good to be a part of something much greater than
me,” Murphy said.
Murphy wants to implement three
main “pillars” at the center.
•Connecting veteran students to
veteran students. “We served and
fought side by side, we are going
to get through school and into our
next careers together. This veteranto-veteran connection has been
ongoing over the last 60 days when
we informally opened the doors to
the Veteran Student Success Center.
Chancellor Jordan, Michael Thornton and other attendees
at the USC Aiken Veteran Student Success Center.
Daily, I get to witness these men
and women assisting each other.
military community on campus. “I hope it really
There are close to 200 veteran, active/
does contribute to the success of the veterans on
reserve and military dependent students on
campus,” Elliott said.
this campus. It is my personal goal to meet
The main speaker at the event was Medal
and build a relationship with each of them
of Honor Recipient Michael E. Thornton, who
as well as to have them know each other,”
spoke about the importance of granting support for
said Murphy.
the men and women that put in so much time and
• Connecting veterans to the community.
effort for our country. “We need to support these
“Building relationships with our
community as a new workforce, or as the
next little league coach, young professional,
or the next generation of community
leaders – the next congressman just might
come from a USCA student veteran grad,”
he added.
• Connecting veterans to their service
component. “We take pride in what we
accomplished while in uniform. In our
center a service flag from each branch of
our military is represented. I am proud to
Robert Murphy gives the introduction for the event in
state that USC Aiken has current students
the Etherredge center, accompanied by USCA students,
who represent each branch of service,”
Julius Sykes and Elise Davis.
Murphy continued.
Second Life Scholarship
Paying for college is a concern for many
college students, but coming back to college after
30 years to find out that you cannot qualify for
academic scholarships makes it even harder. This
was the reality that senior communications major
Anne Fulcher had to endure.
Although she qualified for the LIFE
Scholarship based upon her grades, she could
not receive the scholarship because she was a
nontraditional student.
“After making the Deans List I was
excited because I thought I would qualify for the
LIFE Scholarship, but I did not, “ Fulcher said.
“Although I had the grades it is geared toward
traditional students straight out of high school.”
After she discovered she would not be able
obtain the benefits of the scholarship she decided
that she would work to create a scholarship for
nontraditional students to assist in paying their
tuition through an academic scholarship. She
worked along with Judith Goodwin and Randy
Duckett to make her dreams become a reality and
create the Second Life Scholarship. “They gave me
guidance, but I came up with the guidelines and
criteria,” Fulcher said.
The Second Life Scholarship has the
same criteria as far as grades are concerned, but
recipients must be over 25 to qualify. It is a very
big moment for Fulcher to see her hard work
create something so beneficial to others who hope
to come and earn a degree later in life. “It gives
nontraditional college students a second chance in
a new career in their life,” Fulcher said.
The scholarship is geared toward
academics, and applicants for these funds can
be full-time or part-time students. Fulcher
has been to the State House to try to get the
scholarship funded by the state and hopes that
her persuasiveness “will help this get funded
statewide.”
Overall Fulcher is “overjoyed” that her
idea came together to help someone who hopes to
advance his or her career later in life.
“It was nice to know I did this,” Fulcher
said. “Instead of waiting on someone else to get
things done, I got to work to help someone for the
future.” (Contributions to the scholarship fund
can be made online.)
These two additions to USCA are just the
beginning of things to come to provide students
who may not fit into traditional standards, with
the tools they need to succeed.
Those who wish to support veteran students or the
Veteran Student Success Center can contact the USC
Aiken Advancement Office at (803) 641-3448 or
[email protected].
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USCA Students Promote
Community Fundraising
USC Aiken students are often doing things
to assist the community, and it comes as no surprise that these talented Pacers find creative ways to
impact their surroundings.
Greek fraternal organizations at USCA
each take on community service events throughout
the year, and many of the fraternities and sororities
find unique ways to raise money. Tau Kappa Epsilon does multiple fundraisers where they put their
bodies to the test for a good cause. The members
host their annual “toilet sit,” raising money through
donations, by taking turns sitting on a toilet continuously for days. The men of Tau Kappa Epsilon
also have an annual fundraiser where they do pushups to raise money. The amount of money collected
determines the number of pushups the members
must do. This fundraiser helped TKE earn honors
for community service at the Student Leadership
Banquet for USCA.
From Bike-Riding to Kisses
Lambda Chi Alpha holds a stationary bike
ride on campus to raise money for Golden Harvest
Food Bank. A member of the organization is on the
Phi Mu holds its seesaw fund raiser on the Student
Activity Center Patio. Faculty, staff and students
were encouraged to give money for the cause.
bike for 36 straight hours in the Student Activity
Center lobby. Zeta Tau Alpha members work to
raise money for their philanthropy, breast cancer
awareness. They had a bake sale on campus for Valentine’s Day to “Kiss Away Cancer.”
Alpha Omicron Pi recently had a “Strike
Out Arthritis” event that they correlate with the
baseball team. They had posters and promotions
for this event at their pageant to publicize it to the
student body.
Fashion Shows and Book Drives
The event was done in honor of Women’s History Month and Women’s International Day. The
center is in need because of recent budget cuts. Aja
Vaughn, assistant director of student life-diversity
initiatives, wanted to address this issue. “I knew
they had funding cuts, and I wanted to support
them in their mission,” Vaughn said.
Recently Lambda Pi Eta Honors Society
did a book drive to assist Helping Hands in Aiken.
The drive brought in a great number of books,
and there were members willing to go out to the
organization and volunteer. Member Kayla Pruitte
is hoping this is something that can continue. “If
this works out well enough, we may try to keep this
a regular thing a least once a month throughout the
school year,” Pruitte said.
The students of USCA work hard to make
the best of their academic careers, but they also
work to ensure that they leave their mark on the
community that supports them.
Greek life affiliates are not the only ones
that are being creative for a cause. The Diversity
Initiatives Program held an International Fashion
Show to help raise money for the Cumbee Center.
Mead Hall’s Annual
Strawberry Festival
Downtown Aiken’s Only Spring Festival
Saturday, May 11th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
(rain or shine)
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The festival will be held in downtown Aiken behind Mead Hall
Episcopal School on Greenville Street between Richland Avenue
and Hayne Avenue. Mead Hall is located on the grounds of
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church.
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Come join us for a fun-filled day that will include the following:
Pie Eating Contest
Frozen Casserole Sale
Games
Fresh Strawberries
Book Sale
Silent Auction
Entertainment
Junior SPCA
Adoptions On Site
Vendor Booths
Strawberry Desserts
Refreshments
Climbing Wall
Lots of Inflatables
Face Painting
Fun Races
Game Dudes Truck
...and so much more!
For general information, please visit our school website at www.meadhallschool.org.
The Strawberry Festival is an annual fundraising event for Mead Hall.
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Good Sense Medicine
by Zoom Heaton
Men Have Hormone Issues Too
Girls, we can talk and talk about our
hormonal issues all day long, but what about our
men? Their hormonal issues are often forgotten or
overlooked. Just like us, they are made up of hormones that are essential for their well-being. When
a deficiency occurs, their symptoms flair up too.
If your man is irritable, moody, anxious,
depressed, has difficulty concentrating, has
memory problems, sleep disturbances, and fatigue, he may be going through the “ male change”
and it could be up to you to get him some help.
It has been referred to as the “grumpy old man
syndrome.” Unfortunately, the aging process has
detrimental effects on our hormones which in turn
mean negative emotional, physical, and mental
consequences for us.
Women experience menopause, the signaling of the end of our reproductive years. Men
have a similar phase of life called andropause.
This phase occurs in men between the ages of 40
and 90. Andropause describes the emotional and
physical changes that men experience as they age.
This is due to a drop in androgens, a group of male
hormones like testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and an increase in undesirable
hormones like estrogen and dihydrotestosterone.
The symptoms of andropause can include low sex
drive, low energy level, loss of strength and muscle
mass, weight gain, loss of memory, and bone loss.
Notice that these symptoms are also a result of aging. The process of andropause is not universal and
occurs subtly over time rather than as an abrupt
change with the end of the reproductive cycle that
women experience. This is the reason why the
symptoms of andropause have a tendency to be
ignored and are considered almost an unavoidable
result of the aging process.
Testosterone is the primary sex hormone
produced in the testes that is key to a man’s health
and well-being. We all know the basic benefits of
testosterone in libido, bone mass, sperm production, and muscle strength. What we don’t think
of is heart health, brain health, and metabolic
health. The heart, in fact, is one of the organs
with the greatest number of testosterone receptors. Testosterone is associated with cardiac health
in several ways. It has been linked with reducing
coronary artery disease and hypertension risks as
well as improving cardiac function in patients with
pre-existing heart disease.
In Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association, a study in 2000 demonstrated that low-dose testosterone reduced angina
symptoms in men with stable angina. A 2005
study in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that the risk of incident
cardiovascular events was nearly double for men
with ED (erectile dysfunction).
The brain is another organ with an abundance of testosterone receptors. Testosterone was
found to be associated with maintained cognitive
function in the aging brain, lowered dementia
risk and improvements in brain health in patients
with pre-existing dementia. In addition, testosterone has been linked to metabolic function in
the body. Studies have found inverse associations
between the severity of metabolic syndrome, a condition characterized by excess abdominal fat, high
cholesterol and high blood pressure that predisposes one for cardiovascular disease.
A clinical study showed that men with low
testosterone levels are twice as insulin resistant as
their counterparts with normal testosterone levels,
and 90 percent met the criteria for the metabolic
[Part One]
syndrome (Pitteloud et al 2005). There is evidence
that men with diabetes have lower testosterone levels compared to men without a history of diabetes
(Stanworth and Jones 2009).
What’s happening? As men get older,
the Leydic cells which produce most of the testosterone in the testes do not secrete testosterone as
frequently. Each secretion, on average, includes less
testosterone. In addition, men become deficient in
other hormones which in turn can cause testosterone to be converted into a much more potent
form of testosterone called dihydrotestosterone
(DHT) which is linked to prostate cancer. Furthermore, weight gain often becomes a problem due
to an increase in an enzyme called aromatase that
converts testosterone to estrogen. Higher estrogen
levels promote fat storage. This conversion further
depletes free testosterone levels contributing to
increased belly fat and overall weight gain. Weight
gain contributes to metabolic syndrome, heart
disease and diabetes and the next thing you know
you’re in a heap of health troubles!
If you suspect that your man has low testosterone, take him to get tested! Standard blood
testing alone must include total and free testosterone. A more comprehensive testing includes a salivary panel that tests free levels of all sex hormones.
Remember, too much estrogen causes problems for
men. An overall picture of what your hormones
are doing and their ratios can help to determine an
appropriate therapy for hormone balance. We’re
not so different. Hormones rule both men and
women. Without them, our bodies, emotions and
psyches suffer miserably.
In Part Two next month, I’ ll be discussing the effects
of stress, the environment, and food on testosterone
health and testosterone replacement therapies. Like
women, men don’t have to suffer. Girls, we can get
our sense of self back through hormone replacement
and they can too.
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Faith-Based Film Shot in Aiken
Will Premiere This Summer
by Tony Baughman
Closing time at
City Billiards has long
past, and the joint is
still hopping. The neon
“OPEN” sign out front
glows through the darkness,
and folks are watching the drama
unfold at the bar.
A boyishly handsome man, tall and
lean and reminiscent of a young Jimmy Stewart
but wearing a weeklong stubble on his face,
staggers to the counter.
He slurs and spews a few
harsh words toward the
bartender. Suddenly, he
snatches a tumbler from
the counter and hurls it
toward the wall. Glass
flies everywhere, and
those watching from
afar let out an audible,
collective gasp.
“Cut! That’s a
Jason Burkey
wrap!”
The “patrons”
along the wall applaud and begin gathering their
belongings, preparing to walk out into the wee
hours of a steamy morning in Aiken. The violent
young man’s demeanor instantly changes, and
he reaches across the bar to shake hands with the
bartender. Others step up and pat him on the
back, congratulating him and laughing about how
stubbornly the glass had refused to break when he
had thrown tumblers a few times before.
One very long day on the set of Waiting for
Butterflies is done. Another awaits just past dawn.
because of the enthusiasm of Carla Cloud,
executive director of the Aiken Downtown
Development Association and a sometime-actress
who has appeared in other films produced by New
Daydream Films. She was cast in a television pilot
Clark and his team produced, and during that
filming, she convinced New Daydream Films to
scout locations in Aiken for future projects.
Clark said
Filming All
he instantly fell in
Over Aiken
love with the city
and knew it had
During their 15 days in Aiken,
to be the backdrop
the New Daydream Films cast and crew
to Waiting for
awoke to early morning fog blanketing a horse
Butterflies. In
farm inside Foxchase; splashed in the waters
fact, he re-wrote
of a pond at Gem Lakes; strolled The Alley,
the script to set
Laurens Street and South Boundary; and
the entire story
staged scenes inside such downtown businesses
in Aiken, and he
as City Billiards, Lionel Smith Ltd. and the
staged a casting call
Desserves bake shop.
last spring with a
The city has become as much a
Carla Cloud and Jason Burkey
goal of putting as
character in Waiting for Butterflies as its
rehearse a scene filmed on South
many local actors
principal star Jason Burkey, who co-starred
Boundary in Aiken for the upcoming
as possible onlast year in October Baby, another movie-withfeature, Waiting for Butterflies.
screen.
a-message that mined box office gold.
“I’ve heard stories of other movies that
“Honestly, I hadn’t heard of Aiken before have been here who kind of use it as a location and
I got here, but after spending a little over a week
then go away, never to come back. We made it our
here, I love it,” said Burkey. “It’s peaceful. I didn’t
goal that we are doing this film with Aiken and
realize it was a horse community, and I’m staying
on a very nice farm and it’s beautiful. Everyone has with the people of Aiken, not just in Aiken,” Clark
said.
been so nice.”
Cloud was cast as Rachel Mills, one of
Like others on the set, Burkey took
the film’s main characters. Another Aikenite and
time between filming scenes to explore Aiken’s
veteran of the Aiken Community Playhouse, Bob
downtown, which “reminds me of a backlot in
Engle, portrays her father. Countless other Aikensome movie studio,” he said. “It’s been perfect for
area residents populated minor speaking roles in
the film.”
the film and served as extras in the background of
Tim Ross, a Charlotte radio personality
who portrays a down-and-out man whose misdeeds nearly every scene.
drive the central plot of the film, agreed.
New Daydream Films
“The city of Aiken has welcomed the
Many Aiken Recruits
For two weeks last September, the magic
production
with open arms,” said Ross. “This is a
of movie-making rolled into Aiken like a late
Clark and his co-director Kent Allen,
beautiful place. In the
summer storm, as New
along
with
executive director Derrick Simcox, also
last year, I have worked
Daydream Films set up
recruited
locals
to work as crew members to set up
on several projects in
camp in and around
places like Greenville and and operate cameras, assist with lighting and sound
downtown Aiken and
now Aiken, and I can tell and drag the miles of electrical and electronic cable
throughout the horse
that feed a film set.
you that you have one
district to film its new
“It’s been fantastic,” Clark said. “A lot
of the most beautiful,
faith-based movie.
of times, it’s been people’s first time on a movie
enjoyable cities in the
Waiting for
set, and it has been a great learning experience.
South.”
Butterflies aspires to wide
Everybody has been gung-ho, great attitudes,
release internationally
working hard anywhere from 16 to 20 hours a
A Story of
and hopes to capture
day, and we’ve become a big family. The cast and
a large share of the
Tragedy
crew that we have pulled out of Aiken have been
same faithful audience
Waiting for
absolutely amazing.”
that elevated such
Butterflies follows the
recent faith-based
saga of a family torn
A New Shoot
films as “Courageous”
apart by tragedy. When
So enamored of Aiken was the team
and “Fireproof” to
the family matriarch is
from
New
Daydream Films that they returned in
mainstream success.
diagnosed with cancer,
November
to film additional scenes to be included
If that international
she makes a last-ditch
in
Waiting
for
Butterflies. Then, in March of this
audience does flock to
effort to reunite her
The crew of New Daydream Films shoots scenes on
the film, much of what
family. The only obstacle year, the team converged again on Aiken for 19
South Boundary for the upcoming feature,
days of shooting on another drama, Discover Zac
they see on the big screen
to reconciliation is
Waiting for Butterflies.
Ryan.
will look like a cinematic
forgiveness for the crime
Discover Zac Ryan follows the story of a
love letter to Aiken.
that shattered the family years earlier. It is a story
young research oncologist who discovers that the
“Once this film is finished, I think it
rooted firmly in biblical principles.
could be a promo video for the town,” said Richard The movie came to Aiken in large part
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Clark, writer and co-director.
“I cannot think of a beautiful location
in Aiken we haven’t shot. A lot of
great Aiken people are in the movie,
and I think this movie could
be a postcard showing what
Aiken’s all about.”
patient scheduled for human trials on his
breakthrough treatment is his long-lost biological
father. The ethical, moral and spiritual conflicts
swirling around that revelation are just a few of
the surprises in the script, written and directed by
Ohio native Corey Paul.
visual effects. New Daydream Films is hoping to
secure national distribution to get the film into
hundreds, if not thousands, of theaters by late
2013.
Whatever happens, Clark and other cast
and crew say they are eager to return to Aiken for
a gala world premiere – possibly as soon as June or
July – and for future film-making projects.
“This has been an unbelievable
experience,” Clark said. “We’re excited about
getting another film back here.”
From Production to a
SummerPremiere
The future of Waiting for Butterflies now
rests in several months of post-production, as the
team has taken the footage shot in Aiken back to
North Carolina, where they cut scenes together
and marry them with music and other sound and
Photos courtesy of Tony “Tony B” Baughman.
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THE FLYIN
G FO IE
OD
by Chef Belinda
Turmeric:
Good Tasting and Good For You
On a recent segment of the Dr. Oz Show,
Dr. Oz outlined three spices that should be eaten
on a regular basis, as they have notable health and
healing properties. They are turmeric, ginger and
cinnamon. In this column I will cover turmeric.
Turmeric, which ranges from yellow to
orange in color, is imported from India, and is
part the ginger family. It has been a staple in
Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian cooking for
thousands of years. Ancient Hindu and Chinese
medicines utilize turmeric to clear infections and
inflammations on the inside and outside of the
body. But Western medical practitioners have only
recently come on board in recognizing the benefits
of turmeric. Blocking cancer
According to a recent UCLA study,
curcumin, the main component in turmeric,
appeared to block an enzyme that promotes the
growth of head and neck cancer. In that study,
21 subjects with head and neck cancers chewed
two tablets containing 1,000 milligrams of
curcumin. The results found that the cancerpromoting enzymes in the patients’ mouths were
inhibited by the curcumin and thus prevented
from advancing the spread of the malignant cells.
Studies have also indicated that curcumin may help
prevent or treat several types of cancers including
prostate, skin and colon.
Antioxidant
Turmeric’s powerful antioxidant properties
fight cancer-causing free radicals, reducing or
preventing some of the damage they can cause.
Antioxidants scavenge molecules in the body
known as free radicals, which damage cell
membranes, tamper with DNA, and even cause
cell death. Potent anti-inflammatory
According to Dr. Randy J. Horwitz,
an assistant professor of clinical medicine at
the University of Arizona College of Medicine
in Tucson, “Turmeric is one of the most potent
natural anti-inflammatories available.” Curcumin
lowers the levels of two enzymes in the body that
cause inflammation. Because of its ability to reduce
inflammation, researchers continue to examine
if turmeric can help relieve osteoarthritis pain. It
also stops platelets from clumping together to form
blood clots.
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Other
benefits • Prevention of Alzheimer’s disease
• Turmeric may help people with ulcerative
colitis stay in remission
• Curcumin stimulates the gallbladder to
produce bile, which may help improve
digestion
• Turmeric has reduced symptoms of bloating
and gas in people suffering from indigestion
• Early studies suggested that turmeric may help
prevent atherosclerosis, the buildup of plaque
that can block arteries and lead to heart attack
or stroke
Vadouvan Shrimp
Serves 6
Precaution
Turmeric does not seem to help treat
stomach ulcers. In fact, there is some evidence
that it may increase stomach acid, making existing
ulcers worse.
1/2 tablespoon ground cumin
1/2 tablespoon ground cardamom
1/2 tablespoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1-1/2 teaspoons curry leaves, fresh,
thinly sliced, optional
1/2 teaspoon ground fenugreek, optional
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 shallots, thinly sliced lengthwise
6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced lengthwise
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
24 large shrimp (31 to 40 count per pound) peeled, shelled & deveined
(about 1-1/2 lbs)
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 scallions, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon mustard seeds, toasted,
for garnish, optional
Lime wedges, for garnish
Daily diet
Add turmeric “raw” to food whenever
possible. Sprinkle it on vegetables or mix it into
dressings. If you do cook it, make sure to use a
small amount of healthy fat like olive, canola or
coconut oil to maximize flavor and help the body
absorb it. Rub turmeric on meat and put it into
curries and soups.
It’s inexpensive, mild in taste, and seems to
benefit nearly every system in the body. According
to Dr. Oz, adding this powerful plant to your diet
is one of the best things you can do for long-term
health.
Vadouvan Shrimp is one of my favorite
dishes containing turmeric. Vadouvan spice
mix is a French interpretation of Indian masala
which contains onions, shallots, garlic, cumin,
cardamom, turmeric and curry leaves. It is a
combination of these spices that gives this dish a
sophisticated depth of flavor. Serve it as an
appetizer or main course.
In a small bowl combine cumin,
cardamom, ground mustard, turmeric, and red
pepper flakes. Add curry leaves and fenugreek, if
using.
In a large skillet heat oil over medium
heat. Add shallots and garlic and cook, stirring
occasionally, until they start to soften, about 2
minutes. Add 2 tablespoons water, cover, and
reduce heat to low, stirring a few times, until
golden brown and very soft, about 10 minutes
more. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon spice
mixture and cook over medium heat, stirring until
fragrant, about 2 minutes. Scrape mixture into a
medium bowl. Return skillet to stove.
Add butter to skillet and cook over
medium heat until starting to brown, 1-2 minutes.
Add shrimp in an even layer and season with
1/4 teaspoon salt. Cook over medium heat
until shrimp starts to curl, about 1 minute per
side. Sprinkle with 2 teaspoons spice mixture
and continue to cook, stirring until fragrant
and shrimp are almost cooked through, about
2 minutes more. Stir in shallot-garlic mixture
and lime juice and simmer until heated through,
about 1 minute more. Season with remaining 1/4
teaspoon salt.
Spoon shallot-garlic mixture onto 6 small
plates. Add 4 shrimp to each plate and scatter on
top scallions and mustard seeds, if using. Serve
with lime wedges.
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is a food writer, personal
chef, and pilot who enjoys
exploring the “off the
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world. Her love of cooking
and entertaining motivated
her to give up a corporate
career to pursue a degree in
Culinary Arts from Johnson
& Wales University. Now living in Aiken, she currently
markets her own spice line called Chef Belinda Spices.
Visit her blog at www.flyingfoodie.blogspot.com.
Aiken Choral Society
Spring Concert to Feature
American Composers
Ruby Masters
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The World Beloved: a Bluegrass
Mass, written by American composer
Carol Barnett, will be presented by
the Aiken Choral Society in its spring
concert on Friday, May 17 at 7:30
p.m., and Sunday, May 19, at 3 p.m.
The performances will be held at the
Cornerstone Baptist Church, located at
100 Cornerstone Drive and Hitchcock
Parkway. Other American composers,
such as Scott Joplin, Aaron Copland,
and Uzee Brown, Jr., will also be
featured.
Musicians from the Sand
Hills String Band will accompany the
vocalists with banjo, guitar, violin,
mandolin and double bass.
Tickets are $20 and will
be available at the Aiken Country
Historical Museum beginning May
6, and also at the door before the
performances.
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Horses and Courses
City event to showcase Aiken
The Alley
April 11, 2013
Linda Purdy and
Barbara Stafford
Claudia White and
Frank Starcher
Larry Gleason
D.S. Owens and
Mundina O’Driscoll
Pauline and Tom Supensky
Jim and Brenda Conard,
Joe and Judy Sullivan
Alexus Forbes,
Richard Napier and
Jordan Forbes
Susan and Art Jurgensen
Bob and Kathy Harris
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Carol Oetter and Lin Sweeten
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The 100 Women Initiative Spring Luncheon
Benefiting the Child Advocacy Center
USCA Business and Education Building
April 24, 2013
Beth Barranco and Lyddie Hansen
Tink Callahan, Helen Naylor, and
Penny Gumingo
Keynote Speaker Erin Merryn
Sharon Burke and Gwen Schwallie
Cheryl Cummings and
Cynthia Mitchell
Martha Tumblin,
Julie Adams, and
Lisa Mitchell
Susie Ferrara, CAC Executive Director
Gayle Lofgren, and Dwayne Wilson
Patty Golub, Marian Gertman,
Peppy Surasky, Irene Gregorie, and
Mary Anne Cavanaugh
Neasey Greene, Leslie Cobb, Susan Calderone
Kimberly Sawyer with Charlotte Holly, chair
Kim Sawyer, Mary Helen Simons, Anne Laver
Molly Hunt, Penny Rue, Tommie Culligan
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