Grand Strand Newsmakers

Sheriff Cribb serves as ‘Principal for a Day’

On March 8, Sheriff A. Lane Cribb was honored to serve as “Principal for a Day” shadowing Principal Teddy Graham at Pleasant Hill Elementary School. Cribb toured the school, observed classrooms and media centers and interacted with the students.

When asked about his experience, Sheriff Lane Cribb commented, “It was a privilege to follow in the footsteps of Principal Graham and view all of the hard work and dedication that goes into serving as the principal of Pleasant Hill Elementary.”

Aging Services hosts Senior Pageant

The Georgetown County Bureau of Aging Services had its annual Seniors Pageant for members of county senior citizens centers countywide on March 15. Pageant participants showed off casual wear, talents and evening wear for a chance at the crown. Wilhelmenia Deas of the Plantersville senior center was crowned queen and Kenneth Young of the Pawleys Island center was crowned king. Sarah Johnson of the Georgetown center and Herbert Dennison of the North Santee center were runners up. For more information about free services for seniors offered through Georgetown County, call 843-545-3185.

Ribbon-winning quilts exhibited at Horry County Museum

The Horry County Museum recently held its 2second Annual Quilt Gala Friday, February 26th and Saturday, February 27th. The Gala featured over 200 pieces on display.

The categories this year were large quilts, medium quilts, medium wall quilts, small wall quilts, wearables, and the challenge quilt entries. The challenge quilt category is based on preset restrictions such as colors, fabric, and themes. The challenge this year was themed “Goin’ in Circles”. This meant applicants designed a piece with a recognizable circle somewhere in the quilt. Wearables are garments, usually hand sewn, using a variety of quilting techniques.

Vendors were available for visitor’s sewing and quilting needs, including patterns, fabric, thread, baskets, clothing, wall hangings, aprons, and much more.

The featured Quilter this year was Kathleen Stuart. Kathy displayed several of her quilts and gave talks on Whole-cloth quilts.

The Gala’s other highlights included discussions of antique quilts by Walter Hill, “Embellishments Etcetera” by Jerry Reese, “Cuttin’ up Quilts” by Jeff Woodward; and “Zany Zentangles” by DJ Stultz.

The public was invited to vote on their favorite quilts. Ribbons were given in each category for third, second and first place. The Best of Show quilt received the most votes overall.

The first place ribbon winners and the ribbon winners in the challenge category will have their items displayed at the Horry County Museum throughout the month of March. All ribbon winners can be seen on the Horry County Museum’s website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

2016 Winners

Large Quilt

1st Place: Sandra Jacobs Primitive Garden; second Place: Barbara Bogert My Road to Baltimore; and third Place: Kathleen Stuart A Blanket of Snow

Medium Bed Quilt

1st Place Gilma Caslin Flowers for Matthew; second Place Margarete Tomkins Cosmic View of a Bargello Universe; and third Place Kay Hopkins Total Eclipse

Medium Wall Quilt

1st Place Judy Lilly Over the River & Thru the Woods; second Place Tina Roth Pensive; and third Place Anita Clodfelter Geisha and Her Fans

Small Wall Quilt

1st Place Judy Lilly Falling Water; second Place Sandra Jacobs Feathered Tree; and third Place Margarete Tomkins The Grass Beneath My Flippers

Wearables

1st Place Janet Whittaker Jacket; second Place Judy Lilly Jazzy Jacket; and third Place Norma Mintz My Out of the Box Jacket

Challenge Quilt

1st Place Karen Kirkland Wild Waves; second Place Patricia Sprecher Purplicious; and third Place Deborah Burmer Goin’ in Circles

Best of Show

Judy Lilly Over the River & Thru the Woods

Team First Book now accepting grant applications

Team First Book-Horry County is accepting book grant applications through April 1 at 5 p.m. from local nonprofit, literacy programs that serve children from low-income households. Local after-school, tutoring and mentoring programs are encouraged to apply.

To be eligible to receive a First Book grant worth up to $2,500, organizations must:

▪ Incorporate reading as part of their program activities.

▪ Serve children and families from low-income households.

▪ Provide multiple distributions to each child in the program.

▪ Support the child’s ongoing education outside of the school classroom setting.

Each child participating in a recipient program should receive books of their own, enabling the children to start their own home libraries that can be shared with their families. The grant funding is made possible through local fundraising efforts by board members of Team First Book-Horry County and through generous business sponsorships.

The grant application qualifications/requirements and application are attached. Please, read all of the information attached before applying. For more information, contact Kortnee Crumler, grants coordinator, at 843-424-6578 or kortneeacrumpler@gmail.com..

Optimist Club names Students of the Month

Kennedy Smith is being honored by the North Myrtle Beach Optimist Club as the December Student of the Month. Kennedy is the daughter of Jim and Heather Smith and is in the eighth grade at North Myrtle Beach Middle School. Kennedy is a member of the Jr. Beta Club, Student Council, FCA, News Team, Yearbook, JV Soccer, and B-Team Cheer.

This story was originally published March 24, 2016 at 1:00 AM with the headline "Grand Strand Newsmakers."