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OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C.

Two charged with larceny, safecracking

Two Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., residents were arrested and charged with breaking into a house and stealing money and checks, according to a news release from the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office.

Felisha Nicole Milligan, 22, and William Ross Stout, 30, were each charged with breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, and safecracking in the Ash area, according to Sgt. April Stanley with the Sheriff's Office.

Milligan is being held on $25,000 bail and Stout is being held on $20,000 bail at the Brunswick County Detention Center.

Deputies were called to Whiteville Road, where a homeowner found someone had forced the back door open between July 26 and Aug. 11, Stanley said.

Officials learned a safe with about $4,700 in cash and multiple blank checks had been taken during the incident.

During the investigation detectives learned someone cashed one of the victim's checks and another person tried to cash a second check at a local bank, Stanley said. The case is still under investigation and additional charges are pending.

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH

Fire damages mobile home, no injuries

A fire Friday afternoon damaged a mobile home in North Myrtle Beach.

North Myrtle Beach firefighters got a call at 3:41 p.m. about a doublewide mobile home on fire on Metts Drive on the Azalea Sands golf course, according to North Myrtle Beach spokeswoman Nicole Aiello.

North Myrtle Beach firefighters are investigating the fire, which is near 21st Avenue South, she said.

There were no injuries in the fire, Aiello said.

Local

MYRTLE BEACH

City celebrates going back to school

The city of Myrtle Beach is holding a Back to School Block Party from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the Canal Street Recreation Center.

There will be games, pool activities, educational seminars, free food and a professional health screening.

For more information, call 918-1475.

CONWAY

HGTC targets printing to reduce costs

The cabinet at Horry-Georgetown Technical College has endorsed a "Going Green" initiative to shave more than $30,000 annually from its $309,000 in printing costs, according to a release from the college.

Assistant Vice President Rene Smith and Director of Institutional Support Vincent Myers have been working on an analysis of paper use on campus over the summer.

"Digital files are more mobile, and they save costs," Smith said. "You can access them from anywhere in the world while saving the planet and operating costs."

Myers will be working with faculty and staff this semester on three campuses to reduce printing costs in each office, the release said. Printing last year for HGTC's Early College program included 30 pieces of paper per day for 400 students.

"We can cut these printing costs by providing information online and by duplex printing when printing is necessary," Smith said. "One study shows more than a third of student printing is wasted. Cutting this waste will provide additional funds for students and faculty."

Smith's suggestions for cutting costs included using black ink on color printers, using duplex printing, reducing document margins from 1 inch to half an inch and, with PowerPoint presentations, printing six slides per page instead of one slide per page.

She also encouraged virtual printing to One Note and PDFs to create digital files, which can be e-mailed, easily shared and worked on collaboratively.

HORRY COUNTY

Horry schools receive multiple grants

Horry County Schools has received an At-Risk Innovative and Supplemental Grant for the 2010-2011 school year, according to a release from the school district.

The grant of $110,908 will allow Horry County Schools to begin the Too Good for Violence and Drugs program to help students learn stronger decision-making skills and avoid using drugs and being involved with violence, the release said. Students will be referred to the 12-week program as a part of the Status Offender Diversion Program.

Horry County Schools also received four Individuals with Disabilities Education Act grants totaling $176,511, the release said.

One will allow Horry County Schools to create a mobile training lab where students, teachers and parents can learn about different types of augmentative communication devices and assistive technology.

A second grant will create the Preschool Center as a part of the Parent Resource Center. Parents and teachers may utilize the center to make books, games and other learning tools for a minimal cost, and it also will have a lending library with parent resource books, children's games and children's books.

A third grant will support preschool and child development literacy with Language Enhancement Strategies (phonemic awareness, pre-reading skills, listening and attention, expressive language, questioning and critical thinking), the release said.

The fourth grant will provide five high schools with teacher training on the Content Literacy Continuum of the Strategic Instruction Model.