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ContentsFrom The Editor 5

Wardrobes 11

Commerical Real Estate - Renting In Todays Market 13

Books 15

Pillows 17

Umbrellas 19

Outdoors 21

10 Reasons To Plant Trees...Now! 23

Flags 24

Carolina Girl Gear 26

Palms 28

Aquariums 30

Bunker Shot Perfection 31

Kitchens 32

Curtains 34

Sunrooms 36

Can You Find The Gorget? 37

Chandeliers 39

Fans 41

How To Make Grits 43

Baths 44

About Carolina Forest 46

Time To Renace or Buy? 48

Neighborhoods 50

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top tenreasonsto think LoCaL

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1. Buy LoCaL -- Support yourself and Moncks Corner. Manystudies have revealed when you buy from an independent, locallyowned business in the your own area, rather than a nationally owned

businesses, considerably more of your money is used to makepurchases from other local businesses. Local businesses continue tostrengthen the economic base of the local community. These include

case studies showing that local local owned businesses generate apremium in enhanced economic impact to the community and our tax

base.

2.support LoCaL area Community Groups:Non-prot organizations receive an average 250% more support from

smaller Moncks Corner area business owners than they do from large

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3. keep your area unique: Where we shop, where we eat andhave fun -- all of it makes our community home. Our one-of-a-kind localbusinesses are an integral part of the distinctive character. Local tourism

businesses also benet. When people go on vacation they generally

seek out destinations that offer them the sense of being someplace, not

just anyplace. ~ Richard Moe, President, National Historic PreservationTrust.

4. reduCe environmentaL impaCt: Locally owned businessesin your area can make more local purchases requiring less

transportation. This generally means contributing less to sprawl,congestion, habitat loss and pollution.

5. Create additionaL JoBs: Small local businesses are thelargest employer nationally and in the community, provide the most jobsto local residents.

6. reCeive Better serviCe: Local businesses often hire peoplewith a better understanding of the products and services they offer, andtake more time to get to know customers.

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in this community, and they are less likely toleave, and are more invested in the

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8. putyour taXesto Good use:

Local businesses require a relatively little infra-structure investment and make more efcient

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9. Buy Whatyou Want, not What

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to Buy: A South Carolina marketplacecomprised of tens of thousands of small

businesses is the best way to ensureinnovation and low prices over the long-term.

A multitude of small businesses, eachselecting products and services based not ona national sales plan but on their own interests

and the needs of their local customers, prom-ises a much broader range of product choices.

10. promote LoCaL prosperity: Anescalating body of economic research shows

that in an increasingly homogenized world,

entrepreneurs and skilled workers are more

likely to invest and settle in communities thatpreserve their one-of-a-kind businesses anddistinctive character.

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in todaysmarketFirst make sure that the areayou have chosen is right for yourintended business. If you planon expanding, take that intoconsideration. Do you need to beclose to an expressway, or thelocal airport? Before you decide,think ahead, because you may

be getting into a long termcommitment.

Make sure that any space youreconsidering is big enough forboth your current needs, andyour foreseeable growth. Berealistic and never over-commit.

Do your homework beforehand.Investigate trafc patterns; tourthe area and building. Find outwho the previous tenant was,and why the business left. Learnwhat kinds of marketing thelocation does in support of itstenants (if any) and whether co-operative marketing funds areavailable to you.

Weigh the benets of guaranteedfoot trafc at a mall locationagainst premium rent. Somemalls require that all tenantsstay open during mall hours, andpay for common area usage aswell as the stores own spaceand upkeep. Stores may alsobe asked to pay a percentage ofsales to the mall.

Identify your closest competitors.Also check out neighboringbusinesses with an eye forcomplementary products orservices. If you are locating in a

mall, check the lease agreementfor any guaranteed protectionagainst competition.

Evaluate whether the physicallocation and space is a good twith your product line. Do you

need a large, bright space or isan ofce warehouse sufcient?

Investigate any restrictionson signage. Signs are vitallyimportant to retail businesses,yet many landlords decide onwhat a store can and cannot do.The rules may be even stricter ina mall, which closely monitors itsphysical appearance.

Negotiate the terms of yourlease aggressively. Thinkabout consulting a realtor thatis familiar with the area. Neveraccept wording thats confusingor that leaves you wonderingwho is liable for what. Askfor the right of rst refusal onadjacent space in case you needto expand. Negotiate for freeimprovements, free rent, andother incentives before signing

your lease.

Hire a real estate attorney whonot only specializes in leasenegotiations, but knows yourarea and, preferably, has dealtwith your kind of businessbefore. A lease negotiation cancover tens, if not hundreds, ofterms, and you want someone inyour corner who has seen it allbefore.

Know who is responsiblefor maintaining the heating,air-conditioning and othersystems, as well as keepingup the parking lot and buildingexterior. This can be critical inolder buildings. Who pays for theutilities and trash pick-up?

The time has probably neverbeen better to start a new

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Bunker shots can be dauntingbut its really all in your head!Use these simple techniques thenext time youre in the bunkerand blast your way to a better

score.

Golf ScoreFirst, dont changeyour swing. Use the loft ofthe club and your back swingto determine your distance.Of course this will take somepractice so you know how toshorten your backswing to getthe distance you need. You useyour back swing to adjust yourdistance because you always

want to accelerate through

the ball. You never want to theclub head to decelerate. Alsoopen the club face if needed todecrease the distance the ballwill travel.

Use the bounce on the club to

launch the ball out of the sand.Dont worry too much about thedenition of bounce but try thisthe next time in the practice sandtrap. Take your sand wedgeand swing at the sand. Vary theangle the club hits the sand.When you bring the club downsteeply youll take a lot of sandand leave a large divot in thesand. Decrease the angle thatyou strike the sand until you

can feel the club almost bounceoff the sand. Feeling that ismore important than the actualdenition of bounce. The key isto have this bounce feel whenhitting the ball out of the sand.

Open the club face and aimslightly right with an open stancewith the ball forward in yourstance, slightly off of your leftheel for right handed golfers.

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Hit about 1 inch behind the ball.The key is to get sand betweenthe club face and the ball. This iswhere that bounce comes in toplay.

Also, expect more roll on the ballwhen faced with a down hill liein the bunker because the ballwont get as much spin and tendto roll quite a bit.

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CanyouFindthe GorGet?The South Carolina State agis immediately recognizable

to native Carolinians, and ifyoure spending some timeout-of-State, it will probablybring a tear to your eye to see itwhizzing by on a bumper stickeror rippling in the soft blue skyof a native license plate. Mostfolks, however, consistentlyconfuse our ag for a simplerepresentation of a moonlit palmtree. The truth it, the sliver ofcrescent suspended in the upperleft hand corner is not a moonphase: its a piece of ornamentalarmour known as a gorget.

A holdover from the days ofknights in shining armour, thegorget was originally used toprotect the throat and blockblows from non-projectileweapons such as swords. Sincethe gorget originally rested

around the throat, the shapewas that of a crescent. In formalarmour, the gorget was placedbeneath the breastplate andbackplate set and supportedthe weight of the armour. They

were often equipped withstraps in order to attach someof the heavier armours. By theRenaissance, the gorgets hadalready achieved an ornamentalstatus and by the AmericanRevolution, it could be seenhanging from delicate chains andribbons around the throats ofofcers, signifying their rank.

The rst South Carolina ag,

designed in 1765, displayed thedark blue of the American troopsuniforms and a large crescentwith the word Liberty writtenwithin it. While most historiansagree that the crescent is therepresentation of the gorget,which was also worn as asymbol on the caps of Americansoldiers, there is some argumentthat the symbol could also stand

for the river bend on whichCharleston sits (the crescentwas a common symbol used byearly American settlements whentheir Town rested on the curveof a river), or it was a borrowed

symbol from the crest of the Bullfamily, one of Charlestons earlysettlers.

The palmetto tree on todaysag was not included untilJanuary 28, 1861, the day ofSouth Carolinas secessionfrom the Union. The palmettotree represents the defense ofFort Moultrie from British attack,as the Fort itself was made of

palmetto logs: an unexpectedlybrilliant construction, as thelogs of the palmetto tree areincredibly resilient and absorbedthe enemy cannon re like asponge.

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hoWtomakeGritsBy now, you should know that grits are notonly the starch of choice in South Caro-lina, its also the acronym for Girls Raisedin the South; so if you dont have yourrecipe down by now, its time to getboiling.

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GoLF!

Residents are afforded with recreational

opportunities in the Carolina Forest area. Thereare two golf courses in Carolina Forest, ManO War and The Wizard golf courses. Both aresituated beside Windsor Green and WaterfordPlantation. The River Oaks neighborhood, whichborders Carolina Forest, also features numerousgolf courses as well. Carolina Forest has plans forten golf courses, but the slight decline of the golfindustry in Myrtle Beach has not permitted this.

Future pLans

Upcoming recreational plans have been set asidein Carolina Forest. International Paper initiallyplanned parkland, roadway easements, reserves,and animal corridor land, some of which has notbeen started and for now remains virgin forestland.Lewis Ocean Bay Preserve, a gigantic tract of landreserved by the state of South Carolina, bordersCarolina Forest and is easy to get to throughInternational Drive and Highway 90.

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timetoreFinanCeorBuy !?Right now, mortgage rates are

at their lowest level since 1971.Think about that. Twenty-veyears ago, homeowners werepaying as much as 18% on a30-year xed. Today its justa little over 5%.Combine that

rate with the tax advantages ofa mortgage, and you have anincredibly cheap way to buildwealth, but you better act now.

Real estate guru BarbaraCorcoran has already seen a

tremendous surge in renanceapplications more than triplethe average and the numberof people getting approved isastronomically higher as well,she says. But that doesnt meanthe low rates are a panacea forthe ills of the housing market. Itis only once home prices startto go up that we will nally seea light at the end of tunnel,Corcoran says. Until that

happens, we are still going tohave to crawl out of this mess.[Low interest rates are] a not alifesaver, Corcoran says. Thisis just a helping hand.

David Kittle, chairman of theMortgage Bankers Association,has this advice to homeownerslooking to renance: Do it. Dontget greedy searching for anotherquarter-point. Lock in ratesnow. He is seeing applications

soar over 125% just sinceThanksgiving due to the lowrates.

Of course, you should onlyrenance if it saves you at least3/8 on the rate and if you plan onstaying in your home for at leastfour years, Kittle says. Alongwith good credit, proof of incomeand money by means of a downpayment or equity in the home,

there are certain things everyhomeowner needs regardless ofinterest rate levels.

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neiGhBorhoods1. Neighborhoods are where we all grew up a long time ago. Today,because of golf courses, shopping areas, subdivisions, jobs, schools,and a transient society, a neighborhood means different things todifferent folks.

2. Neighborhoods can be as small as a dozen or so houses, and be asmany as thousands of homes.

3. Neighborhoods are common, and perhaps close to universal, sincemost people in urbanized areas would probably consider themselvesto be living in one.

4. Neighborhoods are convenient, and always accessible, since youare already in your neighborhood when you walk out your door.

5. Successful neighborhood action frequently requires little specialized

technical skill, and often little or no money. Action may call for an

investment of time, but materialcosts are often low.

6. With neighborhood action,compared to activity on largerscales, results are more likely tobe visible and quickly

forthcoming. The streets aregenerally cleaner; the crosswalksare painted; the trees areplanted; a festival draws acrowd.

7. Visible and swift results areindicators of success; and sincesuccess is reinforcing, theprobability of subsequentneighborhood action is in-creased.

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8. Because neighborhood actionusually involves others, suchactions create or strengthenconnections and relationshipswith other neighbors, leadingin turn to a variety of potentiallypositive effects, often hard to

predict.

9. Over and above thesecommunity advantages,neighborhood activity may simplybe enjoyable and fun for thosetaking part.

But in addition to these benets,considerable research indicatesthat strong and cohesiveneighborhoods and communities

are linked quite possiblycausally linked to decreases in

crime, better outcomes forchildren, and improved physicaland mental health. The socialsupport that a strongneighborhood may provide canserve as a buffer againstvarious forms of adversity.

Sometimes a neighborhood isnta neighborhood until an eventoccurs, which draws peopletogether, to become neighbors.



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Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look upand see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

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