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Martha’s House:
miracles do happen
By Tim Callahan
Susan Tyler had a vision in 2005.
She envisioned a Christian halfway house in
Georgetown County for women coming out of
jail, a gateway to spiritual, emotional and educational success and productivity.
But, that’s all it was, a great idea. Her needs
were great and seemed impossible to fulfill:
land, a building, a vehicle, furniture, office
supplies, time, prayer and money.
Miracles happen.
Last month, after eight years of working and
waiting, Martha’s House was dedicated to the
Lord. “The Lord kept me going,” Tyler said.
“When God gives you a vision, he gives you
the provision for that vision,” Tyler said. “It
is a double wide mobile home on 12 acres,
which were both donated. The inside was redecorated by an interior designer who also
donated their time, and all the furniture was
donated.”
She said they have room for three women but
are hoping to expand the trailer to accommodate seven women.
The house is needed, Tyler said, because
without it many women will return to an environment that got them in jail in the first place,
surrounded by temptations to drink or drug
again.
Tyler was never in jail but she was a drunk,
she said, and “certainly did enough things
to get me in jail.” She has been involved for
years in a prison ministry. She watched some
women give their lives to the Lord, get out of
prison, but then do something to be put back
in prison. She wondered how that could be.
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Communication keeps couple going for 64 years
By Tim Callahan
They pay people a lot of money to give what
the Van Rooyens of Murrells Inlet freely give:
advice on staying married.
“The secret is communication,” said Maria
“Mitzi” Rooyen, who has been married 64 years.
“Everyone has arguments. He would say, ‘Let’s
forget about it,’ and I would say, ‘No, let’s talk
about it.’ You don’t want something to fester.”
“If something is going on, we talk it out,” Peter
said.
Another key to marital happiness for the Van
Rooyens has been the kitchen table.
“We had breakfast and dinner at the table as a
family,” said daughter, Franny, who was visiting
from Baltimore. “We still sit around the table and
Mitzi and Peter Van Rooyen
talk.”
They also have a son, Jacob Peter, who lives chael’s.”
“We’re involved with people,” Peter said.
outside Fayetteville, N.C.
Keeping busy has been another tool the Van Mrs. Van Rooyen also walks three miles in the
morning.
Rooyens use to stay happy in their mid-80’s.
“We volunteered at Brookgreen Gardens, the Peter was working in a coal mine and Mitzi as
Chamber of Commerce, the hospital, and St. MiContinued on page 11
Inlet man compelled to raise awareness
By Tim Callahan
Frank Marsh feels compelled to do something for
the homeless.
The former Sumter resident said he has never
seen homelessness like he has in Myrtle Beach.
“It’s amazing,” he said, shaking his head. “Incredible.”
“It breaks his heart,” his wife, Lisa, said.
The homeless weren’t on his radar until he moved
from Sumter to Murrells Inlet and began work at
Sign World, off 76 Avenue North in Myrtle Beach.
From there, he could see and hear the homeless
as some of them walked through the doors and
asked for food or clothes.
“I think there are so many there because of the
woods nearby,” Lisa said. “That is where they
live.”
Frank had read two books – “Radical” and “I
am Second” – and felt called to put his faith into
action and not just into words. He began taking
some of the homeless to get clothes or buy shoes.
He filled backpacks with things like toiletries and
gave them away. He gave some rides.
But, he wants to do even more. He wants to raise
awareness about the magnitude of homelessness
in the area. So, he plans a benefit walk from the
North Carolina/South Carolina line to Murrells
Inlet. If this walk works out, he said he would like
to walk in every county in the state.
As he walks down the highway with a walking
trailer hitch on a single wheel (his father built
it for him) his hope is that people will ask him:
“Why are you doing this?”
He wants to haul camping gear and literature, and
to give away items.
He has approached some homeless ministries
and hopes to hook up
with them on his mission.
Frank is not new to
ministry. He was the
Campus
Recreation
Coordinator at the University of South Carolina Sumter. He was also
the Baptist Collegiate
Ministry advisor there
as well as a part-time
youth minister in Sumter.
Marsh was just married to Lisa Gipple
last May and said he is
blessed to have a wife
he can read the Bible, and pray, with. “We have
the same interests and she has even converted me
into a baseball fan.”
Lisa was the secretary at Low Country Community Church for seven years. They are taking a
break right now from organized church, she said,
and spending Sundays on their porch reading the
Word and praying.
Frank said he “walked the aisle” when he was 8
years old and gave his life to the Lord, but it was
not until after a divorce that he started really following the Lord and having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
“I knew all the church answers, but I didn’t have
a personal relationship,” Frank said.
(For more information, or to help raise awareness of the homeless, call Marsh at 843-478-7888
or email: [email protected])
2/Murrells Inlet Messenger/February 2013
Messenger celebrates its third anniversary
By Tim Callahan
Editor/Publisher
It’s hard to believe but it has been three years
since the first issue of the Murrells Inlet Messenger was printed and distributed to stores and
businesses in Murrells Inlet, Garden City Beach,
Litchfield and Pawleys Island.
We have also published a book, “Murrells Inlet:
Memories, Memoirs and Miracles,” a compilation of most of the stories printed in the Messenger from February 2010 to September 2011.
A second volume may be in the works sometime
this year.
And, due to our success, we appear to have
stirred up interest in Murrells Inlet from other
papers. But, as one loyal advertiser told us, “you
have a niche only you can fill.”
Our niche is we aim, as our HIS Radio ad states,
to “encourage, inform and inspire the community.” We build up and don’t tear down. We print
good news, and we share the Good News.
So, I guess we are different from other newspapers. And, as we march into our fourth year of
publication, we commit to keep our niche, which
has struck a chord in the community. Not with
everybody, but with enough people to keep us
going and growing.
Along those lines, and as a free publication, we
could not go and grow without our advertisers.
We would like to take this time to thank our regulars and ask that you support their businesses:
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And, finally, as we stated in our first issue in
February 2010, we want to say again, “We’re in
this together, Murrells Inlet.”
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Let’s continue to work together to build up the
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Father-daughter team to run in the Myrtle Beach Marathon
By Tim Callahan
Who is Joe Murphy?
Years ago, he wouldn’t hesitate to answer, “I’m
a runner.”
Now, he’s not so sure.
After all, he is 74.
Through a neighbor, he got into running in the
late 1960’s and didn’t stop until the late 1990’s,
when travel for business – he was in the paper industry - made it impossible to find time to run.
Three years ago, at 71, he started running again
because it was a part of who he was, he said. But,
now he is “running for fun.”
However, Feb. 16 the Pawleys Island resident
is turning back the clock and he and his middle
daughter, Sue, are going to run the full marathon
– not the ½ – at the Myrtle Beach Marathon.
Sue is 49.
“We’ve always talked about it, about doing it
together,” he said. “Now we are not just talking
about it.”
Joe said it was surprising that Sue was the one to
challenge him as she came to running later in life,
only four or five years ago. “She joined a running
group and did the Run for the Cure,” Joe said, “
which she talked us [Joe and his wife Carol] into
and then she talked us into the Turkey Trot.”
Asked how he can run so far for so long at his
age, Joe said, “ibuprofen and ibuprofen. It is now
less about speed and conditioning and more about
managing pain and nutritional maintenance.” Joe
said he will probably do something he didn’t think
he would do as a runner and that is intervals of
walking and running.
His goal is humble and simple: “cross the finish
line while there are people still standing around
the finish line.”
His practice runs have been three miles on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays then speed work
on Saturdays. “I need three or four days just to
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Running wasn’t always about pain for Joe.
“I used to get up every morning at 5 a.m., drink
my coffee, turn on the TV, read the Bible, and
do my exercises and running and then be back
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He said running was also a great way to “get it
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Look into dry needling for shoulder and rotator cuff rehabilitation
By Dr. Richard DeFalco
DPT, OCS, CSCS, CWcHP
One of the most common areas of treatment
in our outpatient physical therapy offices is the
shoulder. It is not terribly surprising, since it is
one of the most mobile joints in the body, and
also one that is under constant demand. Patients
presenting with shoulder pain, but more specifically, rotator cuff issues are a daily occurrence.
The rotator cuff is the term given to a group of
four muscles and their tendons that help to stabilize the shoulder joint when you move your arm.
Our shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint and
one of the main jobs of the rotator cuff is to compress or stabilize the ball within the socket when
you are moving your arm. When the rotator cuff
is not functioning properly, there is an inability
to fully elevate the arm.
Clinically, rotator cuff dysfunction is one of the
most common conditions affecting the shoulder
joint and not all dysfunctions are equal. Issues
may range from a strain to a complete tear. One
of the most frequent causes of rotator cuff dysfunction is age related degeneration and repetitive use. This, coupled with the fact that the rotator cuff tendon does not get a very good blood
supply, place it at increased susceptibility for
degeneration.
Symptoms may include pain or ache over the
front and outer aspect of the shoulder. Discomfort may be increased by activities that cause
upward pushing on the shoulder, such as leaning on the armrest of a chair as well as overhead
reaching activities. You may also have difficulty
reaching behind your back or to your back pocket as well as have increased pain at night.
Patients who suffer from pain, but still have
maintained a good amount of shoulder function
are generally good candidates for non-operative
treatment. Some of the more conventional treatment options include rest, ice/heat, stretching,
corrective exercise, ultrasound, and manual therapy. One of the newest and most effective treatments that we are using at our clinics is the implementation of dry needling. Since introducing
dry needling into our practice, we continue to be
amazed at the results patients are experiencing.
Conditions that are chronic in nature and may
have plateaued towards improvement in the past
with conventional therapies, are now completely
resolving, and doing so in a quicker fashion.
To understand how dry needling can be an effective technique to reduce pain and promote
healing of tissue degeneration we must first understand what happens when an injury is sustained. Injuries to tissues are caused by varying
degrees of stress, ranging from repetitive overuse, to sudden high velocity traumatic forces.
When an injury is sustained, our tissues go
through a healing process that starts with inflammation/swelling and ends with reconstruction of
the injured tissue. It is during this healing process, where inflammation, contracture of tissues,
formation of adhesions between neighboring tissues, and scar formation become the causes of
chronic soft tissue dysfunction. These changes
result in blockage of fluid into and out of an area,
as well as a decrease in blood circulation (this is
especially apparent in rotator cuff dysfunction).
Injured tissues eventually become weakened and
deformed due to a lack of nutrition, resulting in
increased pain, disuse, and altered movement
patterns.
The rotator cuff tendon, like many other tendons in the body, does not receive a great blood
supply, which is part of the reasoning as to why
it does not heal well on its own. Dry needling is a
process by which fine gauge solid filament needles are inserted into the symptomatic dysfunctional area to create tiny lesions (micro trauma)
in the underlying soft tissue. These lesions stimulate the body’s natural response of healing by
way of secretion of proteins and the blood factors responsible for tissue remodeling to the affected areas, as well as stimulation of the central
nervous system to create an anti-inflammatory
reaction. In other words, the micro trauma that is
caused in the tissue creates an environment that
allows the tissue to remodel and repair itself. Because the needles are of an extremely fine gauge,
the procedure has minimal to no pain associated
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The most effective defense against
damaged individuals is the family
By Joe Scanlon
The Chinese have an expression: “The best time to plant a tree is twenty
years ago, the second best time is today.”
Nobody has the expression that the best time to plant a tree is today twenty years ago. If you didn’t plant it twenty years ago, you won’t have it today. If you planted something you didn’t want and don’t like twenty years
ago, you can’t unplant it twenty years ago today.
So what is the point of this circular speculation about a common sense
Chinese saying?
The point is this, since the tragedy in Connecticut a whole lot of people
are trying to unplant or prune a tree we planted ourselves more than twenty
years ago.
In my 62 years, I have seen a transformation from violence being portrayed on television and in the movies from modestly with mindfulness of
the sensibilities of ordinary people to a competition for who can produce
the most gruesome, violent, graphic and desensitizing images of carnage
possible. The same is true of video games, which portray carnage and violence as if it were a figment of the imagination and had no counterpart in
reality.
I applaud everyone who was sufficiently moved by the senseless tragedy
to make an effort to restrict the availability of firearms of mass destruction. Unfortunately, and you can take my word on this, you can’t legislate
against mental illness, irresponsibility, apathy or negligence.
Putting gun laws aside, and forgetting about background checks, imagine
you have an adolescent with an autism spectrum disorder, which almost
always means they have trouble connecting with others and are isolated
inside their own minds. It takes a great deal of stimulation to occupy the
attention of one of these children, and when they with malice randomly
act out they are unaware and uncaring if they injure others. Now of all the
possible therapeutic activities we could provide for this child, who doesn’t
fit in at school and frequently is bullied, let’s give them an endless supply
of violent video games and teach them to become proficient with assault
weapons. Now we could take them to the water park and let them blow off
steam swimming and going down the slides but that takes a lot of supervision and chances are he will do something embarrassing and inappropriate. There are a lot of other stimulating, healthy activities, but they are time
consuming and expensive. But, for a couple of bucks a week we can plant
him transfixed in front of a video game, forget about him and take him out
on the weekend to teach him the real world analogue of the video game.
No problem that he doesn’t really understand the difference the way other
people do.
The only effective defense against damaged individuals wreaking their
violent fantasies on society is the family. They know what’s going on,
they always know. They turn a blind eye to it, minimize it, make excuses
for it, but they see it, it happens right before their own eyes long before it
escalates into the street. Whether it is in or around the dinner table or in the
classroom, if adults don’t start taking courageous responsibility for what
they see and hear we are going to continue to plant trees that yield poison
fruit. The government can’t stop this. It is the citizen’s responsibility.
(Joe Scanlon is the director of the Counseling Center of Georgetown)
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Murrells Inlet History Project - the story of the Ann Howe, part 2
By Steve Strickland
The Ann Howe continued charter fishing off the
coast of Murrells Inlet with Capt. Mac Oliver
(who was semi-retired) and Capt. Ira Vick at the
helm during the 1950’s and early 1960’s, running daily trips from the dock at Oliver’s Lodge.
Visitors from all over would come to enjoy the
bounty of black sea bass, grunts, and sailor’s
choice (all bottom dwelling species) that the Ann
Howe targeted. Typically leaving at 8 a.m. and
returning around 4 p.m., the Ann Howe would
take up to 25 to 30 anglers out to waters ranging
from 50 to 60 feet deep and let them fill their
baskets. The twin diesels would push the boat
around 10 knots, so the ride out and ride back in
was usually less than two hours each way. Fishermen could rent rod and reels, bring their own,
or use the handlines provided for free.
Several of the local boys learned to run fishing
boats under the guidance of Capt Ira, checking
the water levels and the oil levels every morning before the passengers came aboard, including Sam Vereen, Tommy Sing, Chappy Chaplin,
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them also worked in the restaurant at Oliver’s
Lodge when they came back from a day of fishing during the summer season.
During the winter months when charter fishing
died off, the locals would go commercial fishing
for black sea bass, using traps to take advantage
of the fish moving closer to shore and the prices
that would tend to get high around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays (mainly due to the
northern markets where fresh fish was shipped).
Fishermen, including Capt Ira Vick and Capt
H.C. Strickland, would venture offshore during
calmer days to catch fish for the markets, sometimes staying overnight while traps were set and
brought back in. Typical practice was to look for
a good bottom where the fish were congregating using a rod and reel, and when plenty of fish
were biting, set the traps, baited with any type of
fish available.
On one such trip, Capt H. C. Strickland, with
mates Mike Strickland and Ed Cribb (who also
lived at Oliver’s Lodge) found the black sea bass
thick across a small area, and over the course of
the day, loaded over 4,000 pounds of fish into
the cockpit of the Ann Howe. The traps were so
heavy they could hardly be pulled off the bottom with the help of a block and tackle (pulled
in by hand), but once they came up in the water,
the swim bladders of the fish decompressed and
started floating the traps to the surface. Many of
the traps were so full that the metal mesh of the
trap deformed under the weight, and the traps
had to be straightened out before they could reset
them. Toward the end of the trip, all of the coolers and boxes were full of fish and the ice had
been used up, so they blocked off the back of the
cockpit and dumped the fish on the deck.
The Ann Howe was sold to Capt M.G. Caughman around 1963 or 1964, and he used the boat
for commercial fishing in the winter time. He ran
charter trips during the season and would usually troll for topwater species like tuna, dolphin,
mackerel and wahoo on his other boats (including the albacore and the wahoo). Shortly after he
bought the Ann Howe, he was hired by Jeff Hunt
in Columbia to run the Top Cat, a fast fishing
boat with a half tower, and eventually moved to
Columbia, while traveling all over the Southeast
and Bahamas fishing.
During this time, the Ann Howe fell into disrepair due to lack of use. The boat was pulled up
onto Woodland Landing during an extreme high
tide so they could work on the bottom and the
running gear, and was destined to stay on that
site until around 1972, when the hull caught fire
and last remnants were left covered with creek
mud. During the last years of the Ann Howe’s
life, it was used as a clubhouse for creekrats
(who spent hours sailing and exploring the high
seas) or a subject for artists. Numerous paintings
of the Ann Howe beached at Woodland Landing hang on residents or visitors walls to remind
them of Murrells Inlet.
(Copyright © 2012 by Steve Strickland. Used
with the author’s permission.)
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Love is in the air this week, as Valentine’s Day rolls around again. During the course of your life, you’ve probably sent your share of flowers and
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Community Events Calendar
Reel ladies movie group
Last month the Reel Ladies Movie Group donated over 90 children’s books to New Beginnings monthly food distribution, Angel Threads
and Help 4 Kids.
The next movie night will be combined with
the 2nd Annual Reel Ladies Fashion Show at
Travinia on February 19. For information or to
obtain tickets, please email: [email protected]
Herb Society workshop
The Low Country Herb Society is presenting
a workshop on learning how to make your own
all-natural skin care products on February 25,
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Frances Bunnelle
Center on Hwy. 17 So., Pawleys Island (locat-
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ed next to Ace Hardware). The speaker will be
Pat Harpell, founder and chief executive of the
South Carolina Herbal Society (scherbalsociety.
com), located in Mt. Pleasant.
Learn how to make herbal face and body lotions,
facial cleansers, herbal masks, and lip balms that
are natural, free of chemicals, and made only
with ingredients that are pure enough to eat.
The cost for the workshop including supplies
and printed materials is $40. To register, mail a
check by February 22 to Low Country Healthy
Living, 112 Marsh Oaks Drive, Pawleys Island,
SC 29585. For more information on the workshop, please contact Amber Bradshaw at (843)
359-0987.
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Cecere (1894–1985). He worked as a sculptor
in New York for nearly a decade and, under the
auspices of the New York Federal Art Project, he
contributed sculptural pieces to a number of that
city’s public building projects.
Over the course of his career, Hirsch exhibited his work at the National Academy of Design, National Sculpture Society, Whitney Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts, and in numerous galleries and
museums in the Southeast. Some of Hirsch’s
best known work is on permanent exhibition
in Charleston’s public parks and buildings, including bronze sculptures in Washington Park,
Two new Brookgreen exhibitions White Point Garden, the Gibbes Museum of Art
From January 26 through April 21, Brookgreen garden, and Charles Towne Landing State Park.
Gardens will display two new exhibitions in As Charleston’s premier sculptor of the twentithe Rainey Sculpture Pavilion: Willard Hirsch: eth century, this exhibition examines the body of
Charleston’s Sculptor, travels from the Gibbes work Willard Hirsch developed over his 50-year
Museum of Art in Charleston; and Recent Ac- career.
quisitions showcases art and history objects that The generosity of donors, both artists and colare new to the Brookgreen collection. The exhi- lectors, has been vital to the expansion of Brookbitions are open daily and free with garden ad- green’s unparalleled collection of American figmission.
urative sculpture and its growing collection of
A native of Charleston, Willard Hirsch (1905– objects pertaining to the history of its land and
1982) trained at the National Academy of De- people. In the same spirit as that of Brookgreen
sign and the Beaux Arts Institute in New York Gardens’ founders, Archer and Anna Huntingduring the 1930’s. He studied under notable ar- ton, many individuals have helped to build on
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archival material. This exhibition showcases selected works acquired since 2010 and celebrates
each of the generous donors.
(Brookgreen Gardens, a National Historic
Landmark and non-profit organization, is located on U.S. 17 between Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island, and is open to the public daily. For
more information, visit www.brookgreen.org or
call 843-235-6000.)
Daddy-Daughter Dance
Belin Memorial United Methodist Church
is holding the first annual “Daddy-Daughter
Dance” on March 8 in the Belin Family Life
Center, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The cost is $25/couple and $30 for more than
one daughter. Daughters of all ages and “special” father figures welcomed. Tickets are available at Belin and Lee’s Inlet Apothecary.
All proceeds go to the Belin International Mission Fund.
Meetings address voter law
The Georgetown County Office of Voter Registration and Elections has scheduled a series of
community meetings in February to discuss the
state’s new voter identification law. Community
meetings about the new law will take place at
each of the county’s four library branches. All
meetings begin at 5:30 p.m. The meeting schedule is as follows: Feb. 14 — Waccamaw Library;
Feb. 20 — Georgetown Library; Feb. 21 —
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Carvers Bay Library; and Feb. 25 — Andrews
Library.
The law went into effect Jan. 1. Voters in parts
of Georgetown County will see the new rules at
the polls for the first time during the June 11 primary when officials for the City of Georgetown
are on the ballot. The Town of Andrews and the
Town of Pawleys Island will also have elections
this year.
Under the new law, voters will be able to cast
their ballots by bringing one of five forms of
photo ID with them to the polls. Those include
a state-issued identification card or driver’s license, a federal military ID card, a passport or a
new voter registration card that includes a photo.
Georgetown County residents who do not have
another accepted form of photo ID can obtain
one of the new voter registration cards for free at
the county Office of Voter Registration and Elections, located at 303 N. Hazard St., Georgetown.
The office has had only four people come in for
the new cards since the state’s photo identification bill passed last fall, said Donna Mahn, director of Georgetown County Voter Registration
and Elections.
Mahn advises that this is also a good time for
individuals to make sure all their voter information is current. For more information about that
process, the new voter ID law, or the series of
meetings, call (843) 545-3339 or visit
www.gtcounty.org/voterreg.
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Georgetown Memorial Hospital System February calendar of events
HEALTH SCREENINGS: Tuesdays, Georgetown Memorial Hospital, 7:30 a.m. – noon;
Thursdays, Waccamaw Community Hospital,
hallway by Same Day Surgery, 7:30 a.m. – noon;
2nd Friday every other month beginning in February at Waccamaw Community Care, 4310 Dick
Pond Road, Myrtle Beach, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30
a.m. Screenings Offered: Finger Stick Lipid profiles with blood sugar for $20 (8-10 hour fast
required); Diabetes Screening-Hemoglobin A1C
for $15 (no fasting required); blood sugar levels
for $3 (2 hour fast required); and free blood pressure screenings. More information, 520-8579.
(Many of these classes can be registered for online, www.georgetownhospitalsystem.org. Some
of these classes are held at the Wachesaw Conference Center, which is located at 4367 Riverwood Drive, Murrells Inlet, across from the Waccamaw Community Hospital.)
Feb. 7: HANDLE WITH CARE-BABY CARE
CLASS - MURRELLS INLET. Waccamaw
Community Hospital, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Free;
pre-registration required; call 520-8490. COMMUNITY HEALTH BLS - CPR - MURRELLS
INLET. For healthcare professionals in the community interested in getting certified for CPR.
Wachesaw Conference Center, 8 p.m.-12 p.m.
$35 fee; pre-registration required; call 520-8490.
Feb. 11: OB TOUR – GEORGETOWN. Walking tour of Labor & Delivery, Postpartum Unit
and Nursery at Georgetown Memorial Hospital.
6 p.m. Pre-registration required; call 520-8490.
Feb. 12: OB TOUR - MURRELLS INLET.
Tour of Labor & Delivery, Postpartum Unit and
Nursery, Waccamaw Community Hospital, 6
p.m. Pre-registration required; call 520-8490.
Feb. 13 & 27: ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT
GROUP - MURRELLS INLET. 10 a.m. Belin
Church, Murrells Inlet. Information, 651-9711.
STROKE SUPPORT GROUP.
Waccamaw Community Hospital, 4th floor dining room, 3 p.m. Call 652-1875 for information.
Feb. 13: I CAN COPE EDUCATION SERIES.
Waccamaw Community Hospital, 5:30 p.m –
7:30 p.m. Program for people facing cancer.
Free; pre-registration required. To register, call
652-1640.
Feb. 14: PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP.
7 p.m. Timber Lake Baptist Church on Rt.707.
Information, 650-8756.
Feb. 16: HANDLE WITH CARE – GEORGETOWN. Education Center on the Georgetown
Memorial Hospital campus, from 9 a.m.–11
a.m. Free; pre-registration required; call 5208490. BREASTFEEDING CLASS – GEORGETOWN. Taught by a Certified Lactation Consultant, will be held at the Education Center
located on the Georgetown Memorial Hospital
campus, 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Free; pre-registration
required; call 520-8490. SIBLING PREPARATION CLASS - GEORGETOWN
Education Center, Georgetown Memorial Hospital campus, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Free; pre-registration required; call 520-8490.
Feb. 19: CAR SEAT SAFETY CLASS – MURRELLS INLET. Wachesaw Conference Center,
6 p.m.–8 p.m. Offers instruction to parents and
infant caregivers on general safety guidelines
for car seats. Free; pre-registration required; call
520-8490.
Feb. 20: PHYSICIAN LECTURE – GET ANSWERS TO YOUR CARDIOLOGY QUESTIONS. Mitchell Devlin, DO of Inlet Cardiopulmonary & Associates will conduct a free lecture
at the Wachesaw Conference Center in Murrells
Inlet at 12 noon. Lunch provided. Call 520-7842
to reserve your seat. AMPUTEE SUPPORT
GROUP.
Waccamaw Community Hospital, 4th floor dining room, 1 p.m. Information, 652-1839.
Feb. 25: BOSOM BUDDIES SUPPORT
GROUP. Wachesaw Conference Center, Murrells Inlet, 6 p.m. -7 p.m. Call 843-237-8787.
Feb. 27: PHYSICIAN LECTURE – SPINAL
STENOSIS-“MY NECK AND BACK HURT
ALL THE TIME, DOC.” T. Scott Ellison, MD,
Waccamaw Orthopaedics, conducts a free lecture. Wachesaw Conference Center at noon.
Lunch provided. Call 520-7842 to reserve a seat.
Feb. 28: FRIENDS & FAMILY CPR – MURRELLS INLET. Wachesaw Conference Center,
Murrells Inlet, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Adult CPR is covered but emphasis is on pediatric CPR. Fee $10/
couple or $5/for individual. Pre-registration required; call 520-8490. DIABETES SUPPORT
GROUP – MURRELLS INLET. Waccamaw
Community Hospital, 1st floor classroom, 1:30
p.m. Information, 652-1281.
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Martha’s House: miracles do happen...continued from page 1
By talking to inmates she found they were often
overwhelmed by the thought of freedom. In jail
almost all decisions were made for them. As a result, they were afraid to reenter society, hounded
by questions like where will I live? How can I
get a job? Can I stay straight?
That is how Tyler got the idea to provide a safe
place [also important as some of the women
come from abusive homes] where they can work
out these questions with other women like themselves, guided by Martha’s House staff.
For about six months, the women will receive
instruction in things like positive parenting
skills, managing finances, etc., all preparing
them for reentry into society.
Most importantly, “the women will receive
spiritual nurturing that will provide the environment for each resident to experience God’s unconditional love and the power to live a victorious Christian life,” Tyler said.
Tyler experienced that love herself after bottoming out with her drinking. There is a reason
for everything and Tyler believes that experience
prepared her for this ministry.
Why is it called “Martha’s House?”
“Martha represents any woman who has lost her
way in life for any reason,” Tyler said, “and yet
still has great value and potential in the eyes and
heart of God.”
“We believe that through the ministry of Martha’s House, that valuable lives can find restoration and healing, not only in this area but, in
time, across the country,” Tyler said.
Van Rooyens...continued from page 1
The Martha’s House board of directors includes: Alvilda Meyers, Libby Ellenburg, Susan
Mitchell, Linda Porter, Rick Russ, Dixie Tindal,
Tyler and Joe Young.
For more information, call (843) 237-4222 or
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Dry needling...continued from page 4
Physical Therapists will pursue an individualized treatment approach to your needs. So if you
or someone you know is having shoulder pain
or another musculoskeletal problem and would
like to know more about dry needling or other
physical therapy options, seek the consultation
of a physical therapist at one of our three locations or see your physician for a referral to one
of our facilities. Physical therapy is a regularly
covered service by most health insurance plans.
Free 15-minute consultations are a great way to
identify if you are a candidate for treatment.
(For further information on this or other related
topics you can contact Richard DeFalco, DPT,
OCS, CSCS, CWcHP at Professional Rehabilitation Services (Myrtle Beach) (843) 839-1300;
Brian P. Kinmartin PT, DPT, MTC, STC, OCS,
CWcHP (Pawleys Island) (843) 235-0200; or
Richard A. Owens, MPT,OCS, Cert.SMT, CWcHP (Surfside) (843) 831-0163; or visit www.
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about the company and even download a referral
form for your physician to fill out. You can also
call and schedule a free 15-minute consultation.)
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“He would walk by the shop where I was sewing in the window every day with a group of men
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the men if he knew who I was and then he wrote
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