Tuesday, May. 19, 2009

For Kids | Vacation Bible school with a messy twist

Vacation Bible school with a messy twist

Nick@Night is returning to Carolina Forest Community Church in June.

Organizers describe it as a twist on traditional summer Bible school in that the children learn about God's love and they get totally soaked and messy. It meets from 6-8 p.m. every Wednesday in June at the church, on Carolina Forest Boulevard. It's open to children in 3rd to 5th grade. For more information, contact Kathy Perry, volunteer coordinator, 236-7331.

Dance with the Scouts

Girl Scouts of Eastern South Carolina invites girls of all ages to a dance party to promote self-esteem and fitness. The party will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Socastee United Methodist Church, 5575 Dick Pond Road. The party will feature the fitness DVD "Byou2" starring Cheetah Girl and Dancing with the Stars. For information, call 650-3373.

4-H summer camps

The 4-H organization is offering summer camps in the area:

4-H Junior Gardener Camp, June 23-26; ages: 9-14; cost: $50. Youth will learn the basics of botany, the gist of gardening, the essentials of ecology, and much more. This day camp will be held at the Clemson Extension Office in Conway.

4-H2O Camp for the Grand Strand, July 6-9; ages: For rising 5th-8th graders; cost: $50. This hands-on science inquiry program teaches youth about water quality and their local watersheds. Along with educational activities, students will get to do some fishing, canoeing/kayaking, boat rides, and more. This camp will be held at the Socastee Recreation Center.

Pee Dee 4-H2O Camp, July 20-23; ages: For rising 5th-8th graders; cost: $50. This camp will be held at the Wildlife Action Education Center in Fork Retch. It is open to youth in Marion, Marlboro, Dillon, and Horry County.

To get more information or to register, contact Pepper Strickland at: strick3@clemson.edu or 365-6715, ext. 116. Summer youth classes

Coastal Carolina University's Mini Summer Youth Program for rising third- through ninth-graders gets under way

June 8 and runs through July 31, excluding the week of June 29. Hands-on, interactive courses include creative writing, money management and video production. Students may sign up by the week or for the entire summer.

Half-day classes are from 9 a.m. to noon or from 1 to 4 p.m.; full-day classes are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Before-class childcare (7:45 to 8:45 a.m.) and after-class child care (4 to 5:30 p.m.) are available at an additional cost.

Registration fees vary according to length and content of courses, with fees beginning at $95 per student. Participants are encouraged to register before June 1.

Transportation for all field trips is provided by the university. Parents, siblings and friends are invited for the last half hour/hour of class on Fridays.

The classes are taught by CCU faculty, instructors and graduate students; and Horry County and Georgetown County school teachers.

For the full list of classes or to register, call 349-2665 or visit www.coastal.edu/cec/mini.html on the Internet.

Teen poetry contest

Horry County public libraries are hosting a teen poetry contest. Submissions are being accepted through Friday. The winner will be announced Monday at the Teen Spot Teen Meeting at the Conway Library.

Contest rules:

Must be in grades 6-12 and live in Horry County.

Include your name, phone number, grade or age on a separate sheet of paper attached to each poem you submit.

No obscenity or porn.

Do not submit anything you don't want displayed in the library.

Leave your poems with the staff at one of the Horry County Memorial Library branches, bring it to Stephanie at the Conway Library or e-mail to teenspot.conwaylibrary@yahoo.com.

Conway Library also will also have an open mike poetry night at 6 p.m. May 26.

Car wash, yard sale and one tasty barbecue

You can get your car washed while you look for bargains at the Socastee Family Worship Center Yard Sale and Youth Car Wash beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday at the church, 3911 Socastee Blvd. Among the items on sale will be a baby grand piano and an organ. Hungry? Barbecue sandwiches also will be on sale.

Tobacco barn exhibit

Through May, the Horry County Museum will feature photography by local commercial industrial photographer Benton Henry.

With wood tobacco barns mostly in despair and dilapidated, Henry's photos record an essence of local history fading away.

The Horry County Museum is at 438 Main St., corner of Fifth and Main, in downtown Conway.

Call the Horry County Museum at 915-5320 or e-mail hcmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Open enrollment for LIFE program

Online applications are now available for Coastal Carolina University's new Learning Is For Everyone, or LIFE, program for students with developmental disabilities. The program begins this fall.

LIFE is designed to promote a smooth and effective transition from secondary school to a four-year higher education institution, according to an e-mail from CCU spokeswoman Mona Prufer.

Information on the structure and cost of the program, as well as an application, is available at www.coastal.edu/cec/LIFEprogram.html.

LIFE is funded by a three-year, $155,000 grant from the College Transition Connection (CTC), with support from state appropriations.

The program will enable students with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to address four key primary areas: (1) academic enrichment, (2) socialization, (3) independent living skills and (4) competitive or supported employment.

Show off your pipes

Karaoke with Lee McDonald, beginning at 8 p.m. every Wednesday and Thursday through the end of May at Tavern in the Forest, 4999 Carolina Forest Blvd. Call 236-5007.

Arlin Strader Trio will play jazz beginning at 7 p.m. tonight at the Coastal Ale House, 115 Waccamaw Medical Parkway, Conway. Call 347-0500.