The Art of Recycling
Who says you need a canvas to display your art? For most people, an empty wine bottle, a wood pallet and a broken bicycle helmet are considered to be trash. But for a select few local artists, these unwanted items hold the inspiration and potential to be great works of repurposed art.
The truth behind those pesky plastic bags
Hawaii was the first state to do it, San Francisco was the first city to do it and Los Angeles was the largest city to do it. They all banned plastic bags.
News of the Weird for May 31, 2012
In Sickness and in Health, But Not in Triviality and Tackiness
Debit cards may be issued to people receiving tax refunds
In discussions with the State Treasurer’s Office (STO) regarding the possibility of using a prepaid debit card in lieu of a paper check for individual income tax returns, the South Carolina Department of Revenue (DOR) was advised that...
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Trash talk
Since moving into our new house the first week of April, it had been bugging me that I hadn’t set up a recycling system because my former recycling bins were lost in the shuffle of piling stuff in the new garage.
THERE’S A RU MOR ON THE STREET
Myrtle Beach has a surprisingly long history of gay nightlife. There’s a long list of bars and nightclubs that have come along including Off Shore Drilling Company, The Underground, Illusions, The Playground, Paradox, Tribecca, The Cat & Mouse, Liquid Pearl, Wilde Side, Club Hushhh, N-V, Club Blue and Masquerade...
A Rally Recap
There has been no shortage of confusion over local motorcycle rally dates this year as local politicians and business owners have all either changed, declared, or proposed changes to the so-called “official dates” of both the 2012 Spring/Harley-Davidson/Myrtle Beach/Murrells Inlet/Cruisin’ The Coast Rally and the Atlantic Beach/Memorial Day/Bikefest/Black Bike Week events...
Why is it that people confuse effort with quality - can’t you try really hard at something but still suck?
- Kent Kimes, Editor
Give us your 'Why Is It' and we’ll print it. Write to Weekly Surge at kkimes@weeklysurge.com with the subject line “Why Is It,” or send to: P.O. Box 406, Myrtle Beach, S.C. 29578.
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley spoke at a town hall session Monday during a Canadian conference in Myrtle Beach, telling Canucks that the Grand Strand is open for business - did she happen to mention that TIPPING is not a city in China?
- Kent Kimes, Editor
World leaders at a NATO summit in Chicago agreed on an exit plan for U.S. and NATO forces in the war in Afghanistan. When will U.S. combat troops be gone from Afghanistan, under the plan?
A. 2013
B. 2014
C. 2015
D. 2016
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 Jon Slavey, 38 Kentucky |
 Love Phelps, 38 Kentucky |
 Mike Picard, 31 Ohio |
 Nikki Nerone, 29 Florida |
 Tiffany Murphy, 31 Myrtle Beach |
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