By Christine Ellis Winyah Rivers Foundation held its fifth annual Photo Contest Awards Ceremony on May 11 at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach. Winning photographs were hung at the museum through May 22, during which time, visitors to the Museum had the opportunity to view all photographs entered and [...]
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Classic Names Marketing Strategies Agency For Southern Living Showcase Home
Marketing Strategies, Inc. has been chosen as the Agency of Record for the 2012 The Southern Living Showcase Home. The home, built by Classic, is located within the Seville community of the Grande Dunes and is slated for completion in early August. Home tours will begin August 31 and run through September 23. A holiday [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Jordan Receives CCU’s Ammons Award
By Mona Prufer McKenzie Jordan, president of Chancel Builders Inc. and Chancel Hospitality Residential and Tourism Inc., is the recipient of the 2012 Jason Ammons Free Enterprise Award, given annually by Coastal Carolina University’s E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration. Jordan, who graduated from Coastal Carolina University in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Artists Vie For Honors In Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Competition
By Casey Church Over 40 artists from around the region will vie for top honors and over $2000 in cash prizes in the fifteenth annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition, opening Thursday, May 3, at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum. A reception (free and open to the public) will be [...]
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By Linda Ketron The South Carolina Academy of Authors will celebrate writers Franklin Burroughs, Marian Wright Edelman, Charles W. Joyner and the late Mickey Spillane, inducting the four into the state’s literary hall of fame in an April 21 ceremony at Coastal Carolina University. Founded at Anderson College in 1986, the S.C. Academy of Authors [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Results For 3rd Annual Little River Taste Of The South
By Jennifer Walters The Little River Chamber of Commerce hosted the 3rd Annual Little River Taste of the South at Brunswick County Community College (South Brunswick Islands Center) on Wednesday, March 21st from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and it was a HUGE success! Congratulations to the Best Taste Competition Winners: Judges Choice Best Appetizer—Key [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Bachman To Give Annual HTC-Sponsored Lecture At CCU
By Mona Prufer Maria K. Bachman, professor and chair of the Department of English at Coastal Carolina University, has received the 2012 Horry Telephone Cooperative Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Lecturer Award and will present a lecture on “We Read, Therefore We Are: Novel Reading in the Age of Neuroscience.” The lecture, which is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »NMB Annual Awards Gala Set For March 31
By Jennifer Prince The North Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce has announced their annual awards gala, “Stars of the Derby,” will be held Saturday, March 31 at North Beach Plantation, located at 21 Main Street in North Myrtle Beach. Awards will be presented in the following categories: Small Business of the Year, Large Business of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Paralympics Events Set For April 13 at NMB’s At J. Bryan Floyd Community Center
By Patrick Dowling Sports Mobility Network and U.S. Paralympics, a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee, announced today that they will host an April 13 Paralympic Experience at the J. Bryan Community Center, 1030 Possum Trot Road, in North Myrtle Beach. Participation in the event is free. The event will introduce individuals with physical disabilities [...]
Read the rest of this entry »CCU Art Professor Brings Home Best In Show
By Mona Prufer Elizabeth F. Keller, professor of ceramics at Coastal Carolina University, was recently awarded Best in Show for her entry in the Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition 4 at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minn. The competition is one of the premier international juried clay exhibitions in the country. Keller’s ceramic sculpture titled “Momiji” [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Seacoast Artist Guild Annouces Spring Art Show
By June Groft The Seacoast Artist Guild of South Carolina announces their ninth annual Spring judged Art Show and Sale, from March 14 through March 24, at the Center Court of Inlet Square Mall in Murrells Inlet. Show hours coordinate with mall hours. Art can be viewed from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. on weekdays [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Democratic Women’s 2012 Scholarship Contest Underway
As area Republicans prepare to select a candidate for president, Democrats are already thinking ahead to the November elections, and the Democratic Women’s Council of Horry County (DWCHC) encourages students to think about college. To help them along, the HCDWC’s Sixth Annual Scholarship Essay Competition is underway. The top two essay writers will each receive [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Georgetown Chamber Holds Logo Contest For Coastal Brew Fest
The Georgetown County Chamber is scheduled to host its inaugural Coastal Brew Fest on Friday, April 27. The event will feature brewers from across the Carolinas, local food vendors and bands for the one-day event. All are encouraged to submit their ideas for the inaugural logo to be used for Coastal Brew Fest, the first [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Winyah Rivers Foundation Photo Contest
By Christine Ellis The fifth annual Winyah Rivers Foundation (WRF) Photo Contest will accept entries beginning Feb 1. The goal is to promote the beauty of our local rivers and to raise funds for the Waccamaw RiverKeeper Program. Rules For Entering The contest is open to everyone. Emphasis in judging will be given to photographs [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Online Gospel Competition Announced By HOB, Warner Bros.
Music venue House of Blues and Warner Brothers have partnered for a gospel singing competition in conjunction with Alcon Entertainment’s and Warner Bros. Pictures highly anticipated film Joyful Noise opening nationwide on January 13, 2012. Written and directed by Todd Graff, Joyful Noise stars Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton in a funny and inspirational story [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Lakewood Camping Resort Receives ‘Green’ Award
Lakewood Camping Resort was recently awarded the Plan-It Green Award by the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) during the association’s annual conference held Nov. 30 through Dec. 2 in Savannah, Ga. The Plan-It Green Award is given to the campground that has demonstrated their efforts in becoming more eco-friendly including educating guests, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Wilmington’s Wall Receives NTA Bob Everidge Lifetime Achievement Award
By Connie Nelson Frances “Mikie” Wall, vice-president of sales & services for the Wilmington and Beaches Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), has received the NTA Bob Everidge Lifetime Achievement Award. Ms. Wall accepted the award on Dec. 6 at an awards luncheon during the NTA National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is the first [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Ocean Lakes Named 2011-2012 National Park Of The Year
By Monique Newton Ocean Lakes Family Campground, a subsidiary of The Jackson Companies, received three national honors on Dec. 2. The S.C. campground was named 2011-2012 Park of the Year in the Mega Park category by the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) at the 2011 Outdoor Hospitality Conference and Expo held in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Horry County Fire Rescue Receives Award
By Leslie Yancey Horry County Fire Rescue was recently awarded the 2011 Recruitment and Retention Achievement Award, in Clearwater FL, by the Volunteer Firemen’s Insurance Service, Inc. (VFIS), in conjunction with the Volunteer & Combination Officers Section (VCOS) of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), for the “Emergency Recruitment & Retention Initiative.” Horry County [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Winning Poster, Cocktail For Coastal Uncorked Festival Announced
Representatives for Coastal Uncorked Food Wine & Spirits Festival, recently announced the official cocktail of Coastal Uncorked. Christa Brown and Jeffrey Ray, mixologists from the House of Blues, defended their title and won the competition for the second year in a row with the creation of the “Ciroc Gummy Berry Martini.” The People’s Choice Award [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Awards Banquet Honors MBHS Lady Seahawks Volleyball Team
By Jack Gregory Coach Larry Church honored his 2011 Myrtle Beach Lady Seahawk volleyball team after an active and rewarding season with an awards banquet at Capriz Italian Feast in November. Progress was the prevailing theme heard throughout the evening as the team had over the past five years only won one game in the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Waccamaw RiverKeeper Photo Of The Month
By Christine Ellis The Great Blue Skimmer is one of many species of dragonflies that live along the Waccamaw. It is the largest of the group of dragonflies known as skimmers, reaching a total length of 50-63 millimeters (2-2.5 inches). Its face is white and its body a mixture of brown, white stripes, pale grayish [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Team Horry Reebok Places Fourth In Firefighter Competition
By Leslie M. Yancey Horry County Fire Rescue’s Team Horry Reebok came home with a fourth place finish at the Scott World Firefighter Combat Challenge on Nov. 19. In a 64 team elimination tournament, Team Horry Reebok, not only made it to the finals, but also superseded their fifth place title from 2010. Team Horry [...]
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