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• May 9 – Interim reports issued• May 27 – Student holiday

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the start of the fi re | As the fi re burns at Windsor Green, the buildings are engulfed with fl ames extremely fast. “It just lit up like a match,” fi refi ghter Jeffrey Larkin said. “It was real dry and the wind made it like a blow torch.” [Photo by Kyleigh Cozene]

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Two fi refi ghters share their experiences

Not all heroes wear tights. Lieutenant Charlie Weeks was one

of the fi rst to arrive on the scene of the Windsor Green fi re. About a half hour into the disaster, fi refi ghter Jeffrey Larkin arrived.

“We were third engine into the fi re so when we got there it was almost to the front of Windsor Green and it started in the back,” Weeks said. “All the trees, the brim straw and into Waterford were start-ing to catch fi re.”

The fi re spread so fast that by the time Weeks got there it went from the back of the development to two cul-de-sacs away from the front of the development. It was so intense that the fi re melted a tire rim from a Volkswagen that was parked on the road.

With only one access into Windsor Green it’s amazing that the fi refi ghters were able to contain the fi re to Windsor Green and prevent it from spreading into Waterford, the development next to Wind-sor Green.

“We went to spot a hydrant in the cul-de-sac, and everything around it was on fi re so we could not reach it,” Weeks said. “We could hear small explosions in the buildings. It was that bad. Most buildings were exploding.”

Winds that day were up to 35 mph. To a fi re, that’s the troublesome part.

“It just lit up like a match,” Larkin said. “It was real dry and the wind made it like a blow torch.”

The most important thing for a fi re is its fuel, which is anything dry and easy to burn, such as pine straw, wood and brim straw, the main things around the condo buildings in Windsor Green.

“We could not get enough resources in there fast enough,” Larkin said. “You’ve got high temperature, low humidity and wind; that is like a recipe for a freaking disaster.”

The miracle is that no one died or was

severely injured.“The main concern is getting every-

one out, mainly people but animals if you can,” Larkin said. “Your second concern is getting our people out of there safely.”

The cause of the fi re will go down as undetermined. They know where it start-ed, but they don’t know what started it.

“A lot of the fi res that start down here are started from controlled burns like they do out in the country and trying to burn their trash,” Larkin said. “They burn and they get out of control.

“Fires just don’t start. You’re looking at either a cigarette, kids playing with matches or possible fi reworks.”

This fi re was so hot it even damaged fi re equipment.

“A couple sections of hose, a cross lay, a hose bit cover and a couple lenses on the fi re truck,” Weeks said.

The temperature of the fi re went to more than 1,200 degrees.

“The fi re overcame us and we had to pull out,” Weeks said.

Larkin has been a fi refi ghter for 40 years and this fi re is one of the three big-gest he’s fought.

“To me the fi re was bigger than the one on Highway 90 [which burned 20,000 acres in 2009],” Larkin said. “The inten-sity and the potential for life safety made this a big fi re. We had the fi re contained within an hour or two. It wasn’t out all the way because some buildings burned for two to three days.”

Some wonder how fi remen can so bravely enter burning buildings to rescue those inside.

“My best answer is that it’s just what we do,” Larkin said. “It takes a special breed to do what we do but we’re no he-roes. When I could save someone it gives me super satisfaction.

“No we’re not heroes. I’ve been doing this for 40 years. My dad was one and my granddad was one. I do it because I love it and it’s my way of giving back to the community.”

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• 26 buildings lost• 109 units destroyed• 189 left homeless• Origin 15x15 feet• 70 students from Horry County Schools in Windsor Green development affected

• 24 acres burned• 10 search and res- cue teams• 167 people used the Red Cross shel- ter• 0 fatalities• 7 students at CFE affected• 72 hours to get the fi re out

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donations for victims| After the Windsor Green fire The “X” open their doors for donations to be distributed among those affected by the fire. Items such as clothes, toys and furniture were collected. [Photo by Kyleigh Cozene]

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CF comes together to support the fi re victims

The community has come together and stepped up to aid the victims of the Windsor Green fi re.

“I think the community has been wonderful,” Red Cross staff member Anna Kate Twitty said. “They have defi nitely stepped up to help the residents affected by this fi re. They’ve helped the Red Cross as well, so we can help those affected, not only for this fi re, but also for future fi res.”

The American Red Cross encourages fi nancial dona-tions because it is the easiest way to help those in need. Anyone who wants to make a noncash donation can visit one of their partner agencies such as Good Will or the Salvation Army.

“Ninety-six percent of our workforce is made up of volunteers. They are the heart of the Red Cross and we

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Windsor Green fi re victims share their stories

The fi re at Windsor Green was not something anyone was prepared for, but when it was fi nally over, no one was alone.

“We didn’t go back the fi rst night. It was still burning,” senior Khrysta Boul-vsky, who lost her whole house, said. “We drove past though, to go stay with my aunt and all you could see was fi re.”

The fi re spread devastatingly quickly and destroyed 26 apartment complexes which were homes to nearly 190 peo-ple, including part of the family here at CFHS.

“I was in shock. I didn’t know what I was going to do,” sophomore Jon Downey Jr., another victim of the fi re, said. “So many questions rang through my head at once –‘Where am I going to live?’ ‘Is everyone OK?’ ‘How did it happen?’ ‘Why?’”

Even those unaffected by the fi re just didn’t know how to react. And then every-one realized that all we could do was be there for each other.

“The school helped me a lot for prom,” junior Rose Nyguyen, also victim to the fi re, said. “They paid for my shoes and I

got to take free pictures.”Carolina Forest wanted to help as much

as possible. Not just those at school, but the community as well. Just when these families were trying to fi gure out how to deal with this huge loss, Carolina Forest gave them hope. The school, through the benefi t performance of “The Phantom of the Opera” and donations, raised approxi-mately $20,000.

“The community has been amazing. People have donated and visited. A little girl actually gave my dad her allowance,” Boulvsky said.

But donations can’t replace every-thing.

“Nothing could be salvaged which is sad, all the old pictures and memories, gone. Up in fl ames,” Downey said.

Boulvsky echoed that sentiment.“We lost all our pictures and every-

thing that makes a home a home,” Boul-vsky said. “Our church actually donated a house for us to use. We lost everything, but starting over with my family has brought us closer,”

And that’s important when looking at the whole picture.

“Stay close to your family because they’re less fi reproof than anything. My family is how I got through this,” Boul-

vsky said.Time has passed and people are start-

ing to get back into routine: work, school and being with friends, even though this event has fl ipped their lives upside down.

“We’re actually doing very well. Us Downey’s are strong. We have a new place, and we’re getting back to normal,” Downey said.

And donations are still being accepted

at the Red Cross. “We came to our new home and found

boxes of clothes, shoes and toiletries,” Boulvsky said. “Just little things, but it’s all the little things that count. I couldn’t imagine living anywhere else.”

Nyguyen agreed.“Everything happens for a reason. A

lot of people care, more than you think,” she said. “You won’t have to go through it alone.”

could not do what we do each and every day without their support and without their given time,” Twitty said. “We’re not a government agency so we rely on the support of our community both through time through volunteering and fi nancial assistance through monetary donations.”

Numerous businesses and companies have also shown their support for the fi re victims.

Many businesses in the Carolina Forest area accepted donations such as Boston Pizza, Fingertips Nail Salon, Jersey Bagels, Verizon Wireless and Kroger. Buffalo Wild Wings donated 10 percent of all food sales from March 18-22 and has already donated more than $1,000 in gift cards for the fi re victims.

CFHS held a benefi t show of “Phantom of the Op-era” March 19. All tickets were $20. Wal-Mart agreed to match how ever much was raised, totaling $8,000.

Best Buy offered an employee discount to fi re vic-tims as long as they had photo ID that showed their

place of residence. The Bowling Center also donated from every shoe rental. Coccadotts Cake Shop donated 50 percent of all sales on March 24.

The United Way of Horry County received 20 per-cent of Sonic’s sales. There was a raffl e held for two chances to win free Sonic for a whole year. Activities such as face painting, and hula hoop contests were pro-vided for kids and also an appearance of Sonic’s mascot Spudly.

Also, Handley’s Pub and Grill had a fundraiser on the weekend of March 30 and donated nearly $5,000 to victims. The whole community really pulled through for these victims.

CFHS raised a total of $20,000 for the fi re victims. The American Red Cross received $1,000 and the CF Fire Department also received $1,000. The other $18,000 has been distributed to fi re victims in the form of Costco gift cards.

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Cell phone use at lunch would benefi t students, staff

During lunch we have 46 minutes to our-selves to do essentially what we’d like.

In addition to eating lunch we have time to attend club meetings, receive extra help from teachers, make up work we’ve missed due to absences, enjoy the fresh air and socialize. However, there is one thing that isn’t allowed; during that time, students are not allowed to use cell phones or any other electronic device.

Why? Using them won’t disrupt any classes and would be a privilege for the student body.

It’s the best time to get things settled. Some students have jobs and need to check in with employers to get their work schedules. Sometimes students need to talk to parents to let them know about changes in after-school activities or transportation, which also means they wouldn’t have to bother an administrator to use their

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Hard work always pays off in the endI’m not entitled to

anything.As a kid growing up,

my parents taught me the value of a dollar. They taught me that if I wanted something, I worked for it. They set up an allow-ance, a dollar a week, in exchange for chores around the house, and if I didn’t do the chores, I didn’t get paid.

They taught me not to expect people to give things to me.

We went down to the bank and set up a savings account. I started putting a little of my allowance into the bank, building it up little by little

Since the summer af-ter my eighth grade year, when I was 14, I’ve had a job. If I wanted to go out and do something with my friends on a Saturday night, I had to pay for

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phone. If phone use was allowed during lunch, students could also relax for a bit by listening to music or even watch ‘How to…’ videos for studying purposes.

And then there’s the obvious part. Stu-dents could text their friends which just

might decrease the number of cell phone violations dur-ing class resulting in fewer discipline referrals which would also free up administrators to spend more time on classroom visits and less on paperwork.

Letting students use cell phones during lunch would also serve as an incentive for students to keep the cam-pus clean and to stop using cell phones during class as administrators could revoke the privilege as they some-times do with break when students don’t cooperate.

Allowing cell phone use during lunch would be a win- win situation for both students and staff.

whatever it was I did. If I didn’t have the money, I couldn’t go.

I took my paycheck and put half of it into my bank account. The other half I could put into my pocket and spend on what I wanted.

But my dad told me that once I had spent that money, he wasn’t giving me any more.

No one hands me mon-ey. I don’t expect them to. I work for the money in my pocket.

If I want something, I go out and work for the money to pay for it. If I don’t have the money, I wait and save until I do.

I hate seeing some kids pull into the school parking lot with nice cars their parents bought for them. They’ll never know how much more something means to you

when you’re paying for it, when you’ve bought something yourself and it’s truly yours.

Some spend their parents’ money like it’s nothing. They’ll never know how much more that money means when they’re the one working for it.

It’s amazing how long the money you earned can last versus the money that was handed to you.

I’m paying for my own car. I never asked my parents to get my car. I got a job and began sav-

ing money so I could buy a car myself.

I’ll also pay for the gas in the car, and if that means not going out to a movie or buying the next video game just so I’ll have money to put gas in my car, I’ll do it.

I thank my parents for raising me that way. When I’m older, I’ll know how to manage money, when to save it and what’s im-portant to spend it on.

I don’t believe in hand-outs. I believe in getting off my butt and making my own money.

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Student wins weight loss battle, contest

Sophomore Steven Causey’s parents divorced when he was a young child.

He lived with his mother until his freshman year and ended up gaining a lot of weight from the stress. He soon grew worried and realized that something need-ed to be done about his weight.

When he moved in with his dad and step mom, he joined show choir and was in physical education. He also had a per-

sonal trainer after school as well as a new diet and within seven months, he lost 70 pounds.

“Being healthy is working the way your body can be the best it can be,” Causey said.

Causey entered a Subway contest by making a video about what his family does to stay healthy. He ended up winning a prize of $1,000 in Subway gift cards and another $1,000 went to his school.

And students are not the only ones who aim to be healthy. English teacher Cristy Nickel does too.

Supermom leads wayNickel stepped on the scale at the doc-

tor’s offi ce and was immediately embar-rassed.

“I was like ‘oh no!’ once I got on the scale and I started right there,” she said.

Her goal was to get back to what she weighed before she got pregnant, which meant she would need to lose 55 pounds. She went on a 1,200 calorie a day diet, consuming no more than four ounces of meat a day.

She separated her food portions by eating the same thing fi rst block, second block and third block. For a snack, she had a handful of almonds. She then ate on the kid’s plate for dinner and convinced herself to stop snacking at night.

Everything she ate was high energy foods and vegetables. It took Nickel six months to lose 55 pounds, and she plans to lose 20 more, putting her at 150 pounds.

When Nickel started exercising, she thought that she couldn’t do it. Now she

Good health involves more than just weight loss; it involves strength and determinationby

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reality checkup |English teach-er Cristy Nickel shows a transfor-mation from before and after, losing 55 pounds in six months. It took one trip to the doctor for Nickel to take action. “I’m hoping to have a garden and that my lit-tle boys will help out with taking care of that and will end up eat-ing healthier from that,” she said. [Photo by Laura Hamelman]

More than 17 percent, 12.5 million teens, are obese. More than 26.7 percent of adults are obese as well. Below are the stories of two individuals, a student and a teacher, who through hard work and determination are no longer part of those statistics.

runs a 5k about three days a week.“I feel so much better. I actually want

to run and when I can’t, I do yoga. I’m so much happier just from exercising,” Nickel said.

She also stopped buying a lot of junk food, hoping to set an example for her three children.

“I’m hoping to have a garden and that my little boys will help out with taking care of that and will end up eating health-ier from that,” Nickel said.

People of all ages struggle to be healthy. Being overweight or obese affects more than just one’s health. It can affect one’s mood and make one more easily prone to headaches, backaches and depression.

Obesity also leads to heart disease and diabetes, two life-threatening sicknesses.

Being overweight and unhealthy hit Causey and Nickel hard enough to make them realize they had to do something about their health.

This supermom and the Subway win-ner overcame their fears and pushed for a better, healthier lifestyle.

sweating for success| through new fi tness plans and changing his diet, soph-omore Stephen Causey lost 70 pounds in seven months. “I was in show choir and P.E. I had a personal trainer after school as well as a new diet and within seven months, I lost 70 pounds.” [Photo by Taylor Ard]

Photo courtesy of Stephen Causey Photo courtesy of Cristy Nickel

Encounters is out of world experience

The Encounters: UFO Experience exhibit has crash-landed here in Myrtle Beach and it’s a must-see.

Encounters is a brand new attraction located at Broadway at the Beach that opened April 6 and is another intriguing exhibit produced by The Event Agency, the same group that presented the ever-popular Bodies Revealed exhibit.

The exhibit is comprised of several gal-leries including Ancient Aliens, Military Involvement, Modern Sightings, White Light Abduction Experience, Eyewitness Gallery, Alien Travel and a gallery which contains the effect of UFO’s on pop cul-ture.

The President and CEO of The Event Agency, Brian Bouquet, sat down for an interview at the opening of the exhibit.

“I’ve always had an interest in UFO’s and extraterrestrials, but I decided to start researching extensively fi ve years ago and I’ve also attended numerous lectures on the topic,” Bouquet said.

One thing that intrigued Bouquet is “the astounding amount of incidents such as UFO sightings and extraterrestrial en-counters that people claim to experience and end up being reported (to authorities) or broadcasted.”

This inevitably ended up being the driving catalyst that compelled Bouquet to put Encounters into production.

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features writer

if you go |Encounters: UFO Experience opened April 6 at Broadway at the Beach. It is located near Margaritaville.

Admission price:• $14 for adults • $12 for students and senior citizens• $10 for children ages 4 - 12 • Free for all children age 3 and under

Hours of Operation:• Sunday through Thursday: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.• Friday and Saturday: 10 a.m.- 10 p.m.• Encounters: UFO Experience will run through August.

“One of the primary reasons why I wanted to open the exhibit is because I see museums as a great medium of conveying any sort of message, idea or simply some-thing for people to think about upon leav-ing,” Bouquet said. “With Encounters, I want people to consider the possibility that we may have been in contact with aliens and we still are to this day and also to encourage people not to be silent about what they see.”

The guest of honor and one of the col-laborators of the exhibit is Stanton Fried-man, a nuclear physicist and a world renowned UFologist that was the fi rst civilian investigator of the legendary Ro-swell Incident. He has appeared in numer-ous television shows and has published numerous books.

“When I was 24 years old, I read a book on UFO’s because it was marked down to only a dollar,” Friedman said. “I really got an immense interest in UFO’s that eventually led me to join a UFO in-vestigation group.

“While I was in the UFO investigation group, I crossed paths with a journalist who was at Roswell, and he informed me about a man by the name of Jessie Marcell who was an intelligence offi cer for the Roswell Bombing Team and dealt with the wreckage. I then consulted Marcell who later gave me the names of 62 people that dealt with the wreckage and the rest is history.”

Friedman emphasized how he has used

his background as a nuclear physicist.“With my knowledge of nuclear phys-

ics, I learned to withhold judgment. I’ve worked on nuclear propulsion systems in the early ‘60s that helped me deduce that travel through space is a very real possi-bility for aliens, especially since the areas where UFO sightings occur have acute amounts of uranium,” he said.

He then explained how it has also helped him gain even more logical evi-dence to support his views. However, his views sometimes come under fi re by skeptics.

“In most instances when a person scoffs about aliens and UFO’s, they usually are the ones who believe in them the most yet they are too embarrassed to reveal their beliefs to others,” Friedman said. “In the occasional occurrence in which the per-son genuinely doesn’t believe in anything extraterrestrial, they usually can’t present any feasible evidence to counter one’s be-liefs of UFO’s,” he said.

Friedman is impressed with the En-counters exhibit.

“I am truly impressed with what Mr. Bouquet has been able to present in this exhibit and I think it will only continue to improve. I’ll also be helping Brian acquire more information and ideas for the exhibit throughout the next several months.”

Encounters is an interesting exhibit fi lled with numerous things to see and fun things to do and will remain open through August.

fastfactsfacts

• Myrtle Beach had 59 UFO sightings in 2012.

• A UFO sighting occurs somewhere on the planet every three minutes.

• UFOs are believed to have been depicted in numerous paintings of the Renais- sance.

• Astronomer Jose Bonilla took the fi rst photograph of a UFO during the year 1883 in Zacatecas, Mexico.

• Greys are the alien species most associated with ab- ductions.

• Some physicists speculate that extraterrestrials travel through wormholes in the space-time continuum and/or are capable of time travel.

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• Sources: MUFON, lithiumdreamer. tripod.com, perceptions.couk.com, arc-turi.com, aleph.se/Trans/Tech/Space-Time/wormholes.html

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From silly names to Salt Life stickers, we give our cars personality.

We used to watch movies where the actors named their cars and now we are doing the same thing.

Junior Austin Kelly named his car after his favor-ite sports team.

“Delilah, because it is Detroit lion blue. ‘Ae’ is for Detroit and ‘Lilah’ for lion,” Kelly said.

Junior Dakota White named her car after a bad experience.

“Fribble, I named it after Friendly’s ice-cream because I got obsessed and ate it so much I got sick,” White said.

Senior Lanie Ruedy had a different reason.“Although most cars are girls, mine is a boy and

his name is Snitch,” Ruedy said.Some cannot wait to decorate their car with items

that match their personalities.White began to decorate her car as soon as she

got it.“I have a lot of stickers and a lot of them are zom-

bies,” she said. “I love zombies. A lot of them are random just like me,” she said.

Junior Kayla James’s personality comes through her vehicle.

“The colors are bright which fi ts me because I’m outgoing, and it has my initials on it,” she said.

Junior Ana Selmon thinks her car is like her.“I have Hello Kitty in my car, and I think she is

sweet just like me,” Selmon said.Some relive their childhood through emblems on

their vehicles.For example, senior Kirsten Hobbs has a Sailor

Moon sticker on her car.

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Hobbs would take decorating her car one-step further if she could by changing the color to green and she would want her interior to be Sailor Moon.

Yet some emblems on students vehicles are origi-nal creations.

Senior Leeor Grinberg made his emblems on his car, while Hobbs’s dad made hers.

Paraprofessional Pam Salice had her neighbor make her Salt Life sticker for her truck.

“My whole family goes to the beach a lot to go fi shing,” Salice said.

Some decorations offer amusement.“I have a skeleton hanging in the back window to

scare people,” Hobbs said.Whether students love or hate the car they drive,

you can usually tell what their personality is like just by their vehicles.

“My car is the best on the planet! There’s only one other BMW in the parking lot, and one time the other silver BMW owner was trying to get into my trunk. I found it funny,” Ruedy said.

Sports enthusiast like Grinberg love to show their pride for the sports they love.

“Shout out to CF lacrosse, and I love the Buffalo Bills,” Grinberg said.

Hobbs and her car are around the same age.“Still going since ‘95,” Hobbs said.Students’ vehicles can show sentimental feelings.“I have a rosary my grandmother blessed and gave

me on my rear view and a picture of my girlfriend by my gauges,” senior Cullen Marcis said.

Students are proud of their vehicles and even think of them as more than just a car.

“My car has personality. When my boyfriend drives my car it acts up, but when I drive, it works perfectly fi ne,” White said.

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ound The Forestshow their personality through their cars. Learn how to let your

country pride | On the back of his Chevy Silverado, junior Drew McAllister shows his Quack Life sticker off. McAllister’s love for fi shing and hunting prompted him to get his emblem. “I started decorating my vehicle as soon as my dad gave it to me,” McAllister said. Pictures of others’ decals and license plates appear along the border of this page. [Photo by Lauren Register]

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51 fi lms in three days | Myrtle Beach will hold its eighth annual International Film Festival from April 24-27 at Carmike 17 at Broadway at the Beach. An impartial panel of judges will critique the fi lm entries which vary from features to documentaries and beyond.

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Artists have their canvases. Musicians have their stag-es. But what about fi lmmakers? They too need an outlet, right?

Filmmakers from around the world have sent in their independent fi lms in the hopes of being chosen to show their work in the eighth annual Myrtle Beach Internation-al Film Festival, running April 24-27.

It will be held at Carmike Broadway 17 at Broadway at the Beach. For an admission of a regular movie ticket – $7 to $8 – you can get into the festival and see a few great fi lms created by aspiring directors and producers. For $50, you get an all-access pass and will be able to view every fi lm shown throughout the three day festival.

The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival was re-cently named one of the Top 50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee by MovieMaker magazine.

There will be 51 fi lms shown this year. “We accept all different types of fi lm submissions,”

Jerry Dalton, founder of the festival said. “Anything goes. Nothing illegal or considered ‘adult’ obviously. And we also have a 17-year-old age restriction for rated movies.”

Dalton is a fi lm producer as well. He has produced media in Europe, made training videos for the United States Navy and Air Force and even animated children’s books. He created the festival because of what many in-dependent fi lmmakers often face when trying to get their own fi lms produced.

“I’ve made several movies, and I found out that it’s more of who you know that counts as opposed to the ac-tual quality of your fi lm,” he said. “It’s also expensive. So I thought that in creating something like this, I could open doors for fi lmmakers and give them a sort of venue to play in.”

The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival was moved from December to April to capitalize on Myrtle Beach’s tourist season.

“The weather is obviously much nicer in April than in December. People from all over the world come out for this, and I fi nd it is much more beautiful to showcase Myrtle Beach in the spring,” he said. “And with Decem-ber being close to so many holidays, it also causes dif-fi culties with travel and making time to get out to the festival.”

The panel of judges at the festival vary from a wait-ress to someone in the medical fi eld.

“We were mentioned in ‘MovieMaker Magazine’ for our diverse panel of judges. We try and do this every

year,” Dalton said.A few fi lms from past festivals have gained wide-

spread attention. “Across the Hall,” a fi lm released in 2009, was fi rst seen at the festival. It was the last movie Brittany Murphy appeared in before her death in Decem-ber of that year.

HBO also showed a documentary that fi rst appeared in the festival called “Kings Point.”

“The festival serves as a launch pad,” Dalton said. “We give credibility to great fi lms and help them go onto bigger and better things.”

The Myrtle Beach International Film Festival offers a learning experience as well as entertainment to all par-ticipants.

“You can actually sit down and talk to some of the people we’ll have here,” Dalton said. “We have direc-tors from Hollywood coming out that you could have a chance to ask inside questions. It’s a great experience.”

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Gamers debunk common stereotypes

in the zone | Citing “Minecraft” as one of his favorite video games, junior Nick Nichols focuses in on unseen enemies. Video games have been a part of Nichols’s life since he was 3 years old. “I like really challenging, immersive games like ‘Minecraft,’ ‘Team Fortress 2’ and ‘Skyrim’,” Nichols said. [Photo by Kennedy Camburn]

They’re lazy, antisocial, unmotivated males who are wasting time.

This is a common gamer stereotype, according to bi-ology teacher Nathan Ernest. However, it seems as if the gamer culture is slowly countering these myths.

“Gamer culture is something people are doing more and more, so the stereotypes about gamers are dispers-ing,” Ernest said. “As games reach out to more and more people and gain a bigger audience, the stereotypes break more and more.”

Research, conducted by the University of Rochester in New York, has suggested video games may actually be benefi cial, with action gamers notably having faster reac-tion times and the ability to make quick decisions.

Ernest agreed.“It allows me to see complex situations and still be

able to restart. You don’t always get a second chance in real life,” he said.

However, these action games have caused some gam-ers to be stereotyped as violent people who can’t discern between reality and games.

“It’s not fair to accuse video games as being a catalyst for violence. In fact, I’d say it helps prevent violence,”

junior Nick Nichols said. “After all, most people would rather shoot someone in the face in a video game than in real life.”

Junior Oren Waknine agreed. “Some people are just crazy,” he said. “I don’t trust

the media and the way they blame video games for vio-lent people’s actions.”

The stereotypes also affect gamers in everyday life. “My mom doesn’t think girls should play video

games, but I play anyway,” junior Nicole Patterson said.Besides overcoming stereotypes, video gaming helps

players bond and discover new acquaintances. Ernest met a neighbor he didn’t know after playing

against him in a game of Halo.Waknine said he was socially awkward in middle

school, but as he played games, he found himself getting along with peers.

Gamers say they are as loyal to their games as music addicts are to their favorite artists.

“It’s got a fan base similar to movies, with a loyal fol-lowing to certain franchises and genres,” Nichols said.

Some gamers use video games to help unwind from the stress of the day.

“For me, it’s kind of an outlet to relax, and it’s just a way to take a break from the world,” art teacher Thomas

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Mendenhall said.Even with the gamer brotherhood, tensions can arise

when it comes to different games or systems.“It separates everyone and they get into fi ghts over

their opinions,” senior Cooper Calderwood said. Waknine agreed. “Everyone has their own opinion on video games, but

people don’t respect that. Gamers and people in general need to respect other gamers’ opinions.”

Contrary to the stereotypes, a gamer’s life isn’t all about gaming. Waknine says he enjoys movies, music, hanging out with friends and lifting weights.

Other gamers have jobs along with other hobbies.“I play music and I work at Ripley’s Haunted Adven-

ture,” Nichols said. Mendenhall also said he enjoys working out and art-

related activities. Some gamers have also noticed a change in the way

their peers see video games.“Society’s reception of video games has been mixed,

but over the years, it has gotten more positive,” Nichols said.

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“Rayman” – Marista Mercer, junior

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power point | At the game against St. James April 11, Coach Eric Sauthoff gives a few pointers to team member Savannah Solano, eighth grader at Ocean Bay Middle. The girls ended the season with an 8-2 record [Photo by Trey Johnson]

Coaching can be a tough job.Coach Eric Sauthoff coached not just one, but two

JV soccer teams, the boys and girls. “Coaching both teams took a lot of time manage-

ment and planning with 34 players instead of 17,” Sauthoff said.

To keep all the players straight, Sauthoff had four assistant coaches: Andrew Johnston, JT Cuomo, Adam Harrelson and Amanda Loach, who helped him orga-nize the practices and matches.

Despite the large number of players Sauthoff was in charge of, he still was able to make an impact on individuals like freshman Chyan McDonald.

“I wasn’t that good of a player until he started coaching me,” McDonald said.

Freshman Milton Rodriguez agreed.“I have improved since he has been my coach, and

I really appreciate his help,” Rodriguez said.And Sauthoff noticed his players’ improvements.“They have improved individually and as a team,”

he said.Both boys and girls built a bond with Sauthoff.“He defi nitely makes me aware that he’s a coach,

but we joke around and have fun sometimes too,” Ro-driguez said.

McDonald felt the same.“I like him, but he’s hard on us sometimes,” she

said. “He’s more like a friend than a coach.” The boys ended the season with a 1-9 record, and

the girls ended their season with an 8-2 record.

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sportsrounduproundupTennis• 7-3, 4-1 in region

Varsity baseball • 10-14

JV baseball • 11-1

Varsity boys soccer • 7-6, 2-2 in region

Varsity girls soccer •7-4, 4-0 in region

JV boys soccer• 1-9

JV girls soccer • 8-2

Boys track & fi eld• 19-0•2nd year in a row

Girls track & fi eld • 13-1

Golf• 4-5• 5 losses all close, within six shots

Two teams, one coach

Eric Sauthoff coaches JV girls, boys soccerby

miller reddingsports editor

one down, one to go | During halftime at the St. James game, Coach Eric Sauthoff goes over the positives and nega-tives of the fi rst half with the girls team and preps them for the second half of the game. [Photo by Trey Johnson]

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Jessie Patrick

• College: Anderson University• Sport: Track and Field and Cross Country• Distance Runner• Major: Education• 6 years on the CF track team• Broke all freshman records

“It just had a great atmosphere,” Patrick said. “I did visit a few other colleges, but Anderson just felt like home. Everything about it just clicked.”

Varsity softball• 21-2, 6-1 in region• Emily Merriam has 15 pitching wins

JV softball • 6-5

Spring football• Begins May 1

*All scores as of press time April 18.

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The JV baseball team almost went undefeated this sea-son with a record of 11-1.

After a 5-7 season last year, this year was rewarding.“This year means a lot more because last year I was

on the team and we had the worst season ever in Caro-lina Forest history and now we’re undefeated,” JV player Dylan Roberts said before losing their fi nal game to St. James April 11.

Even ending in a loss, Schildt was proud of his team.“Losing the last game was tough, but I really liked how

the kids fought to the end,” JV coach Bob Schildt said.Perhaps the successful season, in spite of losing the

last game, was due to the team’s history together.“We all play very well together since we have been

playing together for a long time,” JV player Brendon Calvert said, “since we were 6 years old playing Little League All Stars.”

The team knew what they were doing.“Every player knew their role and they brought it to

everything we’ve asked them to and have had a lot of fun,” Schildt said.

As the wins mounted throughout the season, some of the players understandably felt the pressure to stay unde-feated.

“I felt pressure because I felt like if we didn’t stay undefeated, JV baseball wouldn’t get any respect,” Calvert said.

However, Schildt didn’t feel the pressure.

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• What’s your most memorable sports moment? Shooting the basketball over the backboard freshman year.

• Who is your favorite athlete? At the moment Seth Curry.

• What is your favorite sport? Volleyball.

• What is your best score? 72 even at Carolina Forest and a 69, 2 under.

• Who is your favorite athlete Dustin Johnson • What college are you going to? Mars Hill in Ashville to play golf.

“Really there wasn’t pressure. It was taking it one in-ning at a time and one game at a time and the players embraced that,” he said.

In spite of all the wins they did agree they had their weaknesses.

“We tended to get lazy. We would be up and the other team would come back,” Roberts said. “We needed to fi n-ish out games better. From a numbers stand point we were perfect, but there were some games we could have done better.”

Schildt’s philosophy was to accent the positive.“I talked more about strengths but our lack of approach

at the plate was our weakness. Every time we have a good approach, we played well,” he said.

Schildt’s approach to staying undefeated might have seemed a bit unorthodox.

“We didn’t talk about it,” Schildt said. “We really did not talk about it. We just continued to work and do what we had been doing.”

Obviously, this team is the future of the program.“I think when I become a senior our program will be

one of the best baseball classes ever in Carolina Forest,” Calvert said.

Coach Schildt has faith in his team.“The team was dominated by freshmen that are really

good and we had four sophomores and they had done a lot through Little League and now they have chance to do something at Carolina Forest,” Schildt said. “The future is bright and everything that is being done at the varsity level is done at the JV level to, and it has been really working well.”

three strikes, you’re out| Working on a shutout against Myrtle Beach April 8, sophomore Andrew Brong helps the Pan-thers to an 8-0 win pushing their season record to 11-0. [Photo by Trey Johnson]

Cristina Wright

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Cole Swezey[golf]

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▲dance, dance, dance | Prom goers pack the dance fl oor at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club March 28. This was the third time the prom was held at the Dunes Golf and Beach Club. Approximately 500 attended. Those who attended previous proms like senior Kasey Westraad compared them.

“Prom was fun,” Westraad said. “I loved the lights. I think next year we should have fog too, but this year was the best. It was a good thing to end my senior year on.”

Teachers like drama teacher Pam Muise also enjoyed it.“Prom was great, well organized, and the decorations were beautiful,” she said. “It looked

like everyone had a great time.” [Photo by Emani Akram]

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| The fi rst one on the dance fl oor, senior Hunter Jones, dances his heart out using the empty dance fl oor to do all of his favorite dance moves.

“This year’s prom was the best time I ever had. It was the fi rst time I had a chance to go with a date,” Jones said. “Last year my picture was in the Sun News newspaper. I felt good because I got to dance with someone.” [Photo by Emani Akram]

▲all smiles | If you look up the word fun in the dictionary, you might see this picture of sophomore Jordan Gates and senior Kyle Rice having a blast at prom. “Being able to dance with my girlfriend was the best time ever,” Rice said. “Prom was lots of fun and very memo-rable.” [Photo by Emani Akram]

▲crowning glory | The royal titles are passed down to seniors Michael Brooks and Juliet Wilson as they are crowned prom king and queen. The faculty voted on the king and queen and prince and princess.

“I was ecstatic when I heard Juliet and my name called,” Brooks said. “It was a great moment.” [Photo by Haley Dixon]

▼in line for the crown | The crowd greets the new royal couple as juniors Emily Fehlig and Ryan Flynn are proclaimed prom princess and prince.

“I was surprised because I didn’t know I was nominated until the day before so yeah, I didn’t expect it,” Fehlig said. [Photo by Ha-ley Dixon]

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