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Murrells Inlet Messenger The local newspaper for Murrells Inlet and Garden City Beach SEPTEMBER VOL. 1 NO. 8 W W W. M U R R E L L S I N L E T M E S S E N G E R . C O M FREE Former pro football player coaches at St. James High By Tim Callahan St. James High School has an assistant football coach who has played a little ball himself, namely in the Canadian Football and Arena leagues. Unfortunately for John Bush, an injury cut short his career and robbed him of the opportunity to perhaps play as an offensive lineman in the largest football arena in the world, the National Football League. However, it was St. James good fortune to land an assistant coach and a school resource officer with plenty of experience. He has coached football at a juvenile residential facility and at a Division III college, and been a law enforcement official in Gettysburg, Pa., and Horry County, where he was a deputy sheriff assigned to the fugitive and warrant division. This is his second year as an SRO and he said he “loves it. We have a good group of teachers, administrators and students. And, I loved working with Joe Dowling, but there is a lot of excitement and enthusiasm with the hiring of Van Pennell as the new principal. I hope it spreads.” Bush, whose dad played at Penn State University, grew up in Central Pennsylvania, where football is king. His favorite team is still the Pittsburgh Steelers. “There are a lot more distractions for students living in a resort area,” he said. “There is a lot more to do than in a rural area like where I grew up.” But, ironically, Bush was distracted from good grades by football in high school. “I relied too much on my athletic ability,” he said. “I didn’t follow up on my grades. By the time I tried to bring them up, the Division I schools withdrew their offers.” So, Bush went to the University of Rhode Island, a Div. 1-AA school. He was a four year Continued page 14 School resource officer and coach, John Bush Next Edition October 6 Three-year-old Jay Rucker admires his dad and car in 1925 Garden City Beach man drives 94-year-old car By Tim Callahan A man born in 1922 was driving a car built in 1916 around his neighborhood in Garden City Beach last month. Jay Rucker bought his Model T Ford in 1942. He was giving an admirer a quick spin. Well, not so quick. “I saw it along the side of a street, near a café, and I went in and talked,” he said. “I bought it for the exorbitant price of $50. It was a basket case. It needed a complete restoration. But it was the last year they built them with brass on them.” Rucker has a permit to drive the car in parades and at shows. Reduced insurance is the reason, as well as the car doesn’t do so well in modern traffic. Tough to keep up. “It would create road rage,” he said. To get around, he drives a 12-year-old Buick LeSabre. “It’s approaching an antique these days,” he smiles, saying things aren’t built to last anymore. Living in the country outside Charlotte, where his dad worked at a Ford dealership, Jay began driving at 10 years old. At 14, he bought his first car, a Model T Ford for $5. “You could buy everything you needed to fix a car for another $5,” he said. Transportation fascinated young Rucker. He hung out at the airport, got a job at the service station and was flying by the time he was 18 years old. “Some started a lot younger than that,” Rucker said. And they weren’t flying on video games. The airport had a flight program and he earned a commercial license and became a flight instructor. He was also a flight instructor for the Air Force Reserve and served in World War II. In 1944, he married his wife, Marjorie, whom he met while working at the airport. She died three years ago. They were married 63 years. “She used to love to ride in the car,” Rucker said. “Back then, women wore bonnets and dusters, coats that kept the dust off.” The car has no windows and a canvas vinyl top. Side curtains were used if it rained. The couple had two boys, one now lives in Charlotte; the other in Florida. He started working for the Postal Service in 1959 and stayed in the Reserves until the mid1960’s. It was then that he had more time to devote to his car, which had been sitting around waiting to be fixed. “I tore it apart and completely restored it,” Continued page 14 Extra! Extra! Murrells Inlet • Garden City Send us your news Call us about ads Call Tim: 843-344-3197 E-mail: [email protected] www.murrellsinletmessenger.com 2/Murrells Inlet Messenger/September Former Murrells Inlet resident, loving mother, nurse, passes away Elizabeth “Libby” Rehnke February 28, 1914 – August 25, 2010 Elizabeth “Libby” Rehnke, loving mother and grandmother, passed away on August 25, 2010 at The Vistas. The oldest of five children, Libby was born on Feb. 28, 1914 in Raccoon, Pennsylvania, the “love child” of Walter and Marie (Cantarell) Schollaert. She was the only child in her family to finish high school, graduating from Monesson High School in 1932 as the valedictorian. During high school, Libby left her parents’ home and lived with her aunt. She was also the only child in her family to graduate from college. After her college graduation, Libby became a nurse and worked hard to become the head of surgical nursing at Midtown Hospital in New York. It was during that time that she met her future husband, Charles H. Rehnke. Charles was a patient at the hospital awaiting surgery. When he saw Libby, it was love at first sight. Libby wanted nothing to do with him as he was a patient, but Charles would not leave the hospital until Libby came to see him. They were married in 1945 and Charles preceded Libby in death in 1951. Following Charles’ death, Libby, with some interview trickery and luck on her side, became a secretary at TRW, now known as Northrop Grumman. She retired around age 72, having spent most of her career as a legal secretary. Libby was a very spiritual person and her garden was her church. A member of the Hoe and Hope Garden Club, Libby won many top awards for floral design and enjoyed making wreaths and floral crafts. She was reunited at death with her husband, Charles; her parents; her brother, Bill and two sisters, Virginia and Thelma. Libby leaves many precious memories with her son, Eric Charles Rehnke; her daughter, Karin Elizabeth “Miss Sam” Rehnke (HoHo) of Longmont; a sister, June Pfister of South Carolina and her grandchildren, Sadie Mirth Rehnke and Christopher Alexander Rehnke. A celebration of Libby’s life took place at the Vistas, 2310 W. 9th Ave. Longmont, CO. Cremation at Ahlberg Funeral Chapel and Crematory. Share condolences and memories with the family at www.ahlbergfuneralchapel.com. Murrells Inlet Messenger The local newspaper for Murrells Inlet and Garden City Beach Editor/Publisher: Tim Callahan Freelance designer: Nathan Kirk Contributor: Debbie Callahan Sales: Wendy Gatzke Circulation: 6,000 copies available at stores in Murrells Inlet and Garden City Beach. Next edition: first week in October P.O. Box 612 Murrells Inlet, S.C. 29576 843-344-3197 843-979-0982 [email protected] No subscriptions or classifieds at this time. The Murrells Inlet Messenger, LLC, is a monthly newspaper serving the communities of Murrells Inlet and Garden City Beach, S.C. Restaurant & Lounge On the Water... Along the Beautiful Murrells Inlet Marshwalk 843.651.2044 4031 Hwy 17, Business Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 www.drunkenjacks.com RESERVATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTED!! September/Murrells Inlet Messenger/3 Child sports prodigy returns to area to give gift back to students She then started to travel, like to Costa Rica, where she lived for three months, “drank way too much,” and “got myself in some crazy situations.” She got sick, with a 104 degree temperature, and flew back home. She got a job at a golf course, saved her money and bought a plane ticket to an island off of Hawaii. “I was running away from God, from my parents, from reality,” she said. “I was running around in circles and I couldn’t do it anymore.” She said she got to a point where she said, “Jesus, if you are real, change my life. I cried like a baby for an hour.” She told her sister she had changed her mind and didn’t want to go to the island, and she wanted to make amends to her parents. But her sister said, “Oh no, you bought a ticket. You are going to follow through on your plan.” Kirk said, “I was 18 years old, but it was the best trip ever. I was a lab tech for four months and then my dad flew me back and I made amends.” She began teaching golf at camps and found out that she loved teaching golf more than playing it. “It’s like a cosmetologist,” she said. “They see lines on a head. I see the arc of a golf swing. I ask, ‘How can they cut hair like that? I could never do that’, but it’s the same thing with me and a golf swing. They ask, ‘How can you see something wrong in a swing.’ It’s a gift.” Along the way, she got an undergraduate degree in biblical counseling from Trinity, a bible college and seminary, in Illinois. She also got married and had three boys. She is starting to work Paper is now available on the web. Join us on Facebook and give us your ideas and comments ANDERSON LAW, LLC Located on Highway 17 Business in Murrells Inlet, directly across the street from Lee’s Inlet Kitchen Civil Litigation, Family Court, Contracts, Collections, Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, Probate and Estate matters 843-545-6001 w w w. j a y g a n d e r s o n . c o m on a master’s degree in counseling from Liberty University through a program that allows her to do most of the work from home. Kirk said she could have done the professional golf tour but God had other plans. “He brought me back to golf, but as a teacher, and I love teaching golf more than any aspect of it.” Because she didn’t enjoy golf as a prodigy, she is quick to ask her girls if they are enjoying themselves. “I guess I don’t want them to do what I did,” she said. Strand ’s Ol de st R e st a urant- O u r 6 2nd Ye a r ! Announcing the Grand Opening of 4447 HIGHWAY 17 BUSINESS MURRELLS INLET, SC 29576 Meredith Kirk, St. James’ girls golf coach Attorney Jay G. Anderson Serving only the finest, freshest local Seafood Chicken & Steaks • Senior & Children’s Menu Early Lite Menu from 4:30 pm until 6 pm Come see why generation after generation brings their family to Lee’s! Mon- Sat, Open at 4:30 pm 843-651-2881 Since 1948 www.LeesInletKitchen.com Follow us on Facebook! Early Lite Menu 4:30-6 pm Seafood Combination Fantail or Creek Shrimp, Flounder, Deviled Crab (No substitutions) $14.95 8 oz. Ribeye Steak $14.50 Flounder $13.50 Chopped Sirloin $11.50 Fantail or Creek Shrimp $13.95 Deviled Crab $12.50 6 oz. Boneless Chicken Breast $12.50 Above prepared Fried or Broiled, Served with a Tossed Salad or Cole Slaw, French Fries, Baked Potato or Vegetable and Hushpuppies Seafood & Service R ecommend e d by S o u ther n L i v i n g M a g a zin e 6 Tim e Wi nne r M ur re l ls I nl e t C howde r Coo k O ff The amount of pressure placed on children, who are athletic prodigies, can be monumental. Their childhood is often not spent playing with other children, but working with exacting parents and no nonsense coaches to become a professional athlete as an adult. While other kids are swimming, hanging out and video gaming, Olympic caliber kids are training and training and training. Such was the case with Meredith Kirk – until she had had it. A junior state golf champion many times over, she worked to graduate early from Socastee High, leave golf behind, and get away from home. Now the girls’ golf coach at St. James High School, Kirk remembers well the events that led her to the Lord, to pursue a master’s degree in counseling, and to teach golf. And, to make sure to always ask her student golfers if they are enjoying themselves. A very competitive family, the Kirk’s already had one Olympic hopeful in Meredith’s sister. The family even moved to Colorado Springs for her training. It was there that Meredith Kirk discovered she had a gift with golf. Her gifted sister, unfortunately, missed the Olympics by one skater. She was the last held back. After her parents divorced, her mother asked her where she wanted to live. Meredith asked her if they could return to Myrtle Beach, home of enough golf courses for an army, and her grandparents. And, of course, the beach, where Meredith loved to body surf. She began attending Socastee High and quickly proved she was a gifted athlete on the greens, and could wield a decent tennis racket. But, after her fourth junior state championship, she was burned out. She had no social life. Nothing but golf. “I didn’t want to see another course, another green, another golf club,” she said. She also didn’t want to see her parents. She could have had golf scholarships from Furman or the University of Georgia, but she decided to attend Coastal Carolina University. She was 17 years old. “I went through a rebellious, kind of wild time,” she said. “I drank to numb the pain. I was a binge drinker. I didn’t honor my parents. I was unruly. I am the prodigal son.” She golfed for CCU, but she had a hard time with the coach and quit. Voted #1 for Lowco u ntr y Cui si ne by B e achT V an d Tr i p sma r te r. co m! By Tim Callahan 4/Murrells Inlet Messenger/September Local establishments offer college and NFL football fans homes to cheer With the college football season underway and NFL action around the corner, it may come in handy to know where you can go and watch your favorite teams with like-minded folk, get some good eats and down some liquid refreshments. Several establishments in the Litchfield/Murrells Inlet/ Garden City Beach area cater to football fans, including these three: Vienna’s Pizzeria and Sports Bar, Backfinz, Chelsea Jo’s, and Carolina Wings and Rib House. Vienna’s manager and original owner, Ed Milardo, is from Connecticut. He is a Patriots and Vikings fan, and a “big” Red Sox fan. The sports bar is home to Patriots and Giants fans, as well as USC and Clemson rooters. He offers dine-in, take out and delivery and serves the “best pizza around,” including a New York style pizza he developed. During halftime of Monday Night Football games, he offers free pizza. During Thursday and Saturday games, he offers 25 cent wings, $1 slices and $1.50, 12 ounce, drafts. It is also the first bar, he said, that was nonsmoking in the state. From his first day at the place four years ago, he said, he has run football specials. He has 42-inch plasma television screens. He wants people to know that the original owner – him - is back and running the place. Vienna’s is located next to the Piggly Wiggly in the shopping center off Hwy. 17 in Murrells Inlet. The phone number is 357-9972. Backfinz, manager Laura Hizon said, is a “Raven’s Nest,” one of only three outside Maryland, home to the Baltimore Ravens. Backfinz emphasizes the Ravens, but there are other teams games found on some of their televisions. However, NASCAR races are also shown and “It was standing room only for Ravens games at come with the same specials. our old location,” she said, “but at our new one, A big seller during games, Lester said, is the which we’ve been at for six months, we hope to Redskins Hoagie Sandwich with polish sausage, have sitting room for all.” sauerkraut, peppers and onions and red potato The 4,000 square foot restaurant is off Highway salad. The sandwich is served on a big sub roll. 17 Business in Garden City Beach – on the left The restaurant is located off Hwy. 17 Business in if you are traveling north, on the right if coming Garden City Beach. The phone number is: 357from the south. 2799. Backfinz offers a full menu during games, she Carolina Wings and Rib House in Litchfield ofsaid, including steamed blue crabs, with rock salt fers $10 beer buckets during all NFL and coland Old Bay seasoning, and chicken and steak, lege games as well as other game time specials. as well as a kids menu. Watch your favorite team on their new big screen The Hixons, who are from Maryland, of course, TVs. They are located at 139 Willbrook Blvd., have owned BackFinz for nine years. They call #G Phone 235-2550. the place “a little taste of Maryland.” The phone number is: 357-3069. Joe and Lester Leonard, owners of Chelsea Restaurant Open 7 days Jo’s, are “100 percent a week 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Redskins fans,” Lester Bar Open Nightly said. The Lesters offer spe(843) 357-2799 Where Friends Meet cials everyday and half price appetizers and Special Events: drink specials during A Garden City Favorite: 1/2 price burgers regular season NFL Every Tuesday and Thursday – all day and night games. Back by Popular Demand - September 17 – Corned Beef and Cabbage With four 42-inch and The best this side of Dublin! – all day until gone – only $8.95 two 32-inch HD televiEvery Friday – Karaoke – 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. sions and NFL Ticket, Working Man’s Luncheon served until 4 p.m. Chelsea Jo’s can show 1 meat, 2 sides and a drink only $5.95 six different games at 3010 Hwy. 17 S. Business • Garden City, SC 29576 a time, but they emphasize the NFC East, the Redskins division. Watch Redskins Football Here New Location!!! 2132 Hwy 17 Bus. S. • Garden City, South Carolina 29576 Vienna's Pizzeria & Sports Pub Open daily From 4 PM until we get "tarred" 843-357-9972 Maryland Style Crab House & Bar 843-357-3069 (That's Baltimorese for "Tired") 2010 College and NFL Season Steamed Crabs It’s what we do best! The original non-smoking bar in South Carolina Colossal Crab Cakes Happy Hour Daily 3 - 6 pm Real thing, absolutely no filler! 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Give the kids an idea Thinking about plan- of what kind of vacation to expect, keeping in ning a family vacation? mind the family budget. Do you want to stay at a resort with a nice There are so many opbeach and pool, with a variety of water sports tions for family travel - more than ever and sightseeing nearby? before! Traveling with Are you a family that likes soft-adventure such your kids can be a as zip lining across the treetops in a rainforest? wonderful experience Costa Rica offers rainforests, cloud forests, butor a stressful one. So terfly farms, and occasionally a monkey will when deciding what come up to you at poolside to say hello. Love Disney with all the rides and wonderJean Kuhn adventure you will embark on, a family discussion is in order. Every- ful characters? In the past, a DisneyWorld trip would add up to an expensive vacation, but now one should have a say. First step is to set your date and keep in mind at certain times of the year, Disney offers free that holidays will offer premium rates, versus dining with hotel stays. Now that’s a bargain! How about a tour of the national parks? Find a other times of the year when the rates are considerably lower, then have a family meeting to park that suits your family. Are you interested in discuss your options. After all, there is so much biking? Hiking, rafting? Love cruising? Interested in a cruise that ofto choose from, such as hotel stays, cruises, kidfers rock climbing, ice skating, basketball, disco, friendly adventures, all inclusive resorts, and tour packages. Finding the right one for your surfing and more? Mega Ships such as Royal Cafamily can take a few family get-togethers. As ribbean’s Oasis of the Seas is the answer. Several cruise lines also offer children under a travel agent, I enjoy meeting the family and interviewing each member about their trip wish 17 free in the cabin with their parents. A huge lists and expectations. I will work with the fam- savings. For those families looking for kid-friendly adily to find a solution that everyone loves and loventure, try a unique concept. There are several cate the perfect destination that would work. My goal is for everyone to be happy with the tour operators that work with children specifically in destinations such as Europe, Africa, Latin family choice. Here are some examples of questions to dis- America and even North America. All journeys cuss with your family before you meet with your are real-life discoveries, whether it is to Cowboy Canadian Rockies, Alaska Call of FRA_10.337 2:43 PM the Page 1 travel agent:S.Tool (4.75x7.5)-sm:Layout 1 5/25/10Country, the Wild, Europe-Castles and Kings, Costa Rica By Jean Kuhn Jungles and Rainforests, Patriots of America or Wonderful Wildlife in the Galapagos Island. Planning the best family vacation is only part of what a tour operator does. One of my fondest memories is when my daughter and I embarked on a Club Med trip, traveling to one of their all inclusive resorts. It was a mother/daughter trip with lots to do and wonderful food to enjoy. She was seven at the time and was ready to try new things. The destination offered the exciting world of the circus with special classes and even a flying trapeze. The Club Med Circus School is something every child should see. Have you ever dreamt of walking the tight rope, jumping on the trampoline, flying through the air or juggling like a clown? There are different workshops for adults and children as young as four-years-old, they will learn a few tricks: juggling, tightrope walking, trampoline, unicycle, clowning, as well as the spectacular (but safe) joys of the flying trapeze. Well, my daughter got up to the top of the trapeze, froze, and as the instructor talked to her, she began to relax and off she went flying through the air. I was a bit nervous at first but there was a net to catch her and trained specialists all around so no need to worry. Kids really do like to experiment and try new things - what a wonderful environment to do so. Remember that when you take a vacation with kids, it is about the “family.” So, please take my advice and make your vacation with your kids an ADVENTURE. Let them help in planning your trip and have fun from start to finish! 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The tournawill appear at the upcoming “First Thursday at ment is a Captain’s Choice, shotgun start beginWaccamaw” program, sponsored by Friends of ning at 1:30 p.m. Dinner and awards will follow the end of play. the Waccamaw Library (FOWL). The program will be at 7 p.m., Thurs., Sept. 2, Tidelands is a non-profit hospice commemorating 25 years of service to patients and families in the Community Room of the Waccamaw Neck Branch Library, 24 Commerce Lane, Paw- dealing with end of life issues. To learn more about Tidelands Hospice, visit our website at leys Island. Lammonds’ songs have been recorded by Hoo- www.tidelandshospice.org, or call 843-546tie & The Blowfish, Edwin McCain, Josh Turner 3410. The toll free number is 888-922-3410. and other popular performing artists. He was a founding member of The Blue Dogs, a staple in Low Country Herb Society The Low Country Herb Society will hold its the Carolina college circuit, and performed with first meeting of the 2010-2011 meeting year on the bluegrass band The Seldom Scene. The program also will showcase works by teach- Tues., Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. at St. Paul’s Waccaing artists from the Cultural Council of George- maw United Methodist Church in Litchfield. Chef and owner of the Chive Blossom Café, town County, including Danny McLaughlin and Paul Kelly Rennault, will give a program on usRuth Cox. These works will remain on display ing, growing, and preserving herbs, and a cookin the library throughout September. The public is invited, and admission is free. ing demonstration with recipe handouts. A “Meet and Greet” social time, to welcome Refreshments will be served. new and returning members, will be held prior to For more information, call (843) 230-7286 the meeting with refreshments provided. The Low Country Herb Society was founded in Hospice annual golf tournament 1986 to foster the cultivation, propagation, and Are you a golfer in search of a tournament? Come and join Tidelands Hospice for their third many uses of herbs, including culinary, mediciannual tournament. The event begins on Friday nal, cleansing and crafts. The society maintains night, Sept. 10, from 6-9 p.m., at the True Blue an herb garden at the Rice Museum in GeorgePlantation Clubhouse. There will be a silent auc- town. Annual dues are $20, which includes a quartion with a cash bar, appetizers and wonderful terly newsletter with articles on herbs, LCHS upitems to bid upon. Coastal Realty Can Help! We Offer Dignified Solutions. 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Backyard Birds expands business The Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony at Backyard Birds business expansion celebration on Thurs., August 19 at 5:30 p.m. A group of attendees personally invited by owners Tim and Linda Clos, along with Chamber staff and board of directors, all gathered for the official ceremony. Tim and Linda Clos decided to expand their business and offer home and garden accents for nature lovers with Backyard Accents. This new addition adjoins their current business, Backyard Birds, and is located at 5200 Hwy. 17 Bypass in Murrells Inlet. Awnings, arbors, bird baths, art and photography from local artisans, along with many other outdoor treasures are all available. “I want to thank my wife, Linda, because all of this would not be possible without her,” Tim said. “This was her design, her idea and her vision that made this addition such a beautiful space. Linda worked long hours to make this special.” Counseling Center Of Georgetown JOSEPH E. SCANLON, L.P.C. FELLOW, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PAIN MANAGEMENT JAMES F. GRAHAM, JR., MD MEDICAL DIRECTOR • Individual Counseling • Marriage and Family Counseling • Adolescent Counseling • Outpatient Alcohol & Drug Counseling • Outpatient Psychiatric Care • Pain Management B/C & BS & MAJOR INSURANCES ACCEPTED Across the street from Pawleys Island Wine & Spirits Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-5 (843) 235-3233 NOW ACCEPTING CONSIGNMENTS Furniture, Home Accents, Vintage Handbags,Paintings, Jewelry and Much More… Local Artists and Craftsmen Welcome 527-8118 906 PRINCE ST • GEORGETOWN, SC September/Murrells Inlet Messenger/7 Community Events Calendar Low Vision Support Group The Low Vision Support Group meets the third Wednesday of the month at the Myrtle Beach Senior Center on 21st Street at 12:30 p.m. For more information, contact Betty Cain, 651-3328. Harvest and craft festival The 11th Annual Harvest & Craft Festival will be held at St. Michael Catholic School, 542 Cypress Ave., in Garden City on Sat., October 16, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Children will enjoy a variety of activities including face painting, games, inflatable rides, and a haunted house. Admission is free; $10 for unlimited rides. Waccamaw Animal Rescue Mission (WARM) will present an animal exhibit. Arts and crafts will be on hand for show and purchase. Sticky Fingers BBQ will be available for $8 per plate. This year, for the first time, the festival will include a Good As New Sale, where gently used items can be purchased. The Good As New Sale will continue on Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., inside the school’s Duffy Center, with coffee and doughnuts. All proceeds from the event benefit St. Michael Catholic School. For more information, call 651-6795. with a B.S. degree in Psychology and a M.Ed in Counseling, Meacham brings to the center over 28 years of experience working with the state of South Carolina. Her positions within the state Dept. of Juvenile Justice included county director in Lexington County and Horry County. She spent 17 years with the Dept. of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services, serving as regional director for the Pee Dee Region and was appointed as state director of the agency, a cabinet level position, by the governor in 2001. Joan and her husband, Tim Meacham, university counsel for Coastal Carolina University, reside in Georgetown. The Family Justice Center is located at 1530 Highmarket St. in Georgetown. It is being designed to offer professional, co-located services to victims of domestic violence and their families. Dance, music, theatre Dance, music and theatre will flow along Front Street as The Georgetown Performing Dance Arts Foundation presents “Summer’s-End” with Tales Safe Families names executive director of Litchfield Beach. Safe Families Initiative (www.safefamiliesgc. The Studio of Dance org) has named Joan Meacham as the interim ex- hosts the event at 925 ecutive director of the new Family Justice Cen- Front Street, Georgetown, on Sat., Sept. 25, ter in Georgetown. A graduate of the University of South Carolina 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. In-home care can ease the daily burden of simple life tasks. Right at Home services include: Companionship • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Safety supervision Socialization Family respite care Medication reminders Shopping & errands Light housekeeping Bathing & hygiene assistance Alzheimer’s & dementia care Parkinson’s care Assisting with Arthritis limitations Laundry & linens Facility sitters Hospice supportive care Incidental transportation Prompting & cueing Couples care Making bed Ironing Mopping & sweeping Dusting Vacuuming Personal Care • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ambulation assistance Bathing & showering Continence care & toileting Transfers & positioning Taking vitals Skin care Hair Care & shampooing Mouth & denture care Shaving with electric razor Alzheimer’s & dementia care Parkinson’s care Diabetic meal planning Changing briefs Dressing Feeding Nurse evaluations 920 Mt. Gilead Road Suite C2 • Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 Phone: 843-651-4848 • Fax: 843-651-4868 Email: [email protected] www.rightathome.net/grandstrand A stage performance brings to life characters from Bill Sirmon’s book, Tales of Litchfield Beach. Georgetown Mayor Jack Scoville kicks off the evening and author Bill Sirmon and Illustrator, Jim Dyson, will be available to sign books and keep a watchful eye on “Lizard Man.” The evening celebrates dance with performances by members of the “Pass It Forward Company,” directed by Steele Wilson-Bremner, owner and artistic director of The Studio of Dance. Live music by local artists will also fill the air. Saturday’s gala will include a silent auction with donated items from shops, restaurants, fine jewelry, massages, local art, vacations and more. Tickets are $35 per person. Heavy hors d’oeuvres, complimentary beer and wine and coffee and dessert will be served. All proceeds support local outreach programs for community and children in the arts. Tickets are available at the Dance Foundation office at 925 Front Street in Georgetown and Plantation Federal Bank in Pawleys Island. KOBE EXPRESS 4450 Highway 17 Unit D7 Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 843-651-3867 Dine-in, Take out Kobe Express Aims to Impress The Kobe Express menu covers tuna, eel and salmon, and a wide range of Japanese food, consisting of bowls, hibachi, noodles and teriyaki, and more than 20 kinds of sushi, made to order, including the traditional California Roll, Soft Shell Crab Roll, Philly Roll, and Boston Roll. Combos include the Lily (8 pcs of sushi), Rose (1 pc of sushi & 6 pcs California Rolls), Tuna Boy, and Salmon Boy. For large parties: Shogun (32pcs, $24.99), Ocean Garden (64pcs, $37.99) and Emperor (76pcs, $49.99). Teriyaki Chicken and Hibachi Filet Mignon, dishes Mr. Zhao strongly recommends, are surefire crowd pleasers. There are some combinations, like an order of Hibachi Shrimp and Teriyaki Chicken, reasonably priced at $6.75, and you can customize your meal. Kobe Express uses no MSG, and little salt or oil. Owner, Mr. Jason Zhao, tries to source the ingredients daily. Mr. Zhao has eight years of experience and knows the essence of Japanese cooking. Orders are prepared within 10 minutes and are well packed. At Kobe Express, "customers are king" and are treated with respect. Dedication to detail is in all aspects of the dining experience. Kobe Express is a charming eatery that is definitely worth a visit. Signature Dishes: Teriyaki Chicken, Hibachi Filet Mignon Japanese cuisine Owner: Jason Zhao Founded: 2006 8/Murrells Inlet Messenger/September EDITORIAL/OPINION Bikes, planes and trains of thought on judging others By Heather McKeown Having Adam Bower, a man not given to expansive descriptions or wasted words, show me around the construction site at Huntington Beach was an interesting interlude on my bike ride. This young man, presenting the walking tour of the observation deck job, came alive as he explained the project’s ongoing challenges and goals. Eyes dancing, pride showing, one couldn’t help getting hyped up about everything from the pressure treated lumber to the newly sunken supporting pillars. The BREAKWATER CONSTRUCTION sign was proudly displayed on the site and this was a definite point of interest to me. I like clean-looking, professional jobs. They invite me to satisfy my sparked curiosity and to ask questions. I got more than I bargained for from Adam because, not only did I learn about the ways of deck building, but of first impressions and how they serve to inform correctly or the opposite. Lately, my hasty judgment calls haven’t served me well. I cycle or run long distances because I’m a writer. Somehow, if I have a seed of a story line in my head, the monotony of such activities puts me in a trance which frees my subconscious and, upon returning to my computer, the articles write themselves. On the day I stopped at the BREAKWATER sign, I was working out a piece about a woman I thought to be a caring mother upon first sight but a temptress, cheap alley cat emerged very quickly thereafter. As a flight attendant, it’s my job and pleasure to meet and greet customers boarding my planes. In the air, there’s the constant care and feeding of these fascinating travelers. I adore everything about this and, as a bonus, the life stories they tell me makes great fodder for articles. Last month, an extremely well-put-together woman in her mid-thirties came aboard with two of the sweetest daughters imaginable. All smiles and perkiness, the mother and her little girls, moved to their seats with grace and poise. “Ahh, they’ll be a pleasure to serve. So clean and classy!” I thought to myself. First impressions. After the safety demonstration, I walked the aisle insuring all seatbelts were fastened, tray tables and seat backs up, carry on baggage stowed properly and electronic devices turned off. When I arrived at the little family’s row, the two little girls were sitting on one side of the aisle; the mother and a man I thought to be the father in two seats on the opposite side. I assumed the handsome fellow was the children’s sire because the mom was totally leaning in on him in a somewhat intimate way. “Excuse me,” I said, “ I just think you might like to know that it’s always best to have an adult beside a child just in case the oxygen masks come down and an adult has to reach for it and put it on the youngster.” The woman looked over to her five and threeyear-old resentfully, gave a shrug and said, “They’ll be OK.” Then without another thought, she resumed her face-to-face-in-his-space discussion with her man. When taking drink orders, it was obvious that the woman was really into her seat mate. He was dark and swarthy, very dapper and had the apparent sophistication of a successful entrepreneur. Old money, multiple interests, talent for many things I thought. A decent man. First impressions. Without taking her eyes off the man, I was given her command. He worked his face out of hers and graciously gave me his order. I almost sensed that he was embarrassed by her constant attention. “What might your daughters want?” I asked the man. “Oh, they aren’t mine,” he said. With a quick eye-movement from me to the mother, he raced on, “We’re not together.” This certainly appeared to come as news to the woman. She visibly reacted to this news in a shocked manner. I’m sure she wasn’t used to rejection from the male half of society and the fact that her goals of seduction and ownership weren’t going to be easily achieved on that flight. The ‘mommy’ answered my question, “I don’t care what you give them as long as it keeps them over there and quiet.” I offered the pretty little girls a list of my Murrells Inlet Studio Café Lee’s Farmers Market Inlet Golf Carz Ebb n’Flow Plantation Printing Spring House BB & T CVS Lowe’s Earthworks Christ Church China Chef NBSC Hampton Inn Owens Development Fontinello’s Waccamaw Hospital Fox’s Pizza Jersey Mike’s Grand Strand Bikes The Pig Kobe Express Car Wash (next to Markette) The Markette Crab Cake Lady Russell’s Cedar Hill Landing Creekside Cab Hot Fish Club Nance’s Jerry’s Barbershop Inlet Convenience and Fish Supplies Lee’s Inlet Kitchen River City Café Belin UM Church Murrells Inlet 2020 K-Rae’s Creek Ratz Bubba’s Drunken Jack’s Perry’s Bait and Tackle Booty’s Flo’s Place Lee’s Inlet Apothecary Empire for the Arts MI Community Center LC3 Church Waccamaw Chiropractic Atlantic Eye Vision Center Beverly’s Services, Inc. Anderson Law Firm Conway National Bank Palmetto Heritage Bank of America Brian’s Tire Jiffy Lube Merchant’s Tire SCBT Garden City Dunes Realty Produce Store Causeway Bar Jack DeBruhl’s Gigi’s Sam’s GCB Pier Ice cream store Caldwell Banker Garden City Realty Surf Shop California’s Pizza Baskin-Robbins Dennis Smith, attorney Garden City Furniture Backfinz Twelve Garden City Beach Café Walgreen’s Firm Foundations ASAP Computers Chelsea Joe’s Nico’s David’s Barber Shop Laundromat Holiday Inn Surf Beverage Hickory House BBQ Curve’s O’Keefe’s Coastal Dental Right-at-Home Hudak Chiropractic A Novel Idea Inlet Consignment Shop Pawleys Island/Litchfield My Sister’s Books Island Day Spa Visible Results Christian Counseling Clinic Pawley’s Island Mercantile Island Shoes Pawleys Island Wear Low Country Jewelers Continued page 14 Murrells Inlet Messenger delivery locations
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