A golf trip to Myrtle Beach is the way Canadian livestock broker Patrick Clark has entertained his farming clients for the past 12 years.
Economic headwinds and tailwinds are pushing at snowbirds this winter. Those northern residents, who spend a month - or several months - in southern, snowless regions, have sinking gas prices on their side. But the likely recession - and for Canadians, a worsening exchange rate - has pushed back.
The end. The finite statement had been written carefully, in all caps, on the eye-black strips of Coastal Carolina senior Trent Usher.
Coach Todd McLellan insisted his San Jose Sharks had a good bit of rink rust after a four-day layoff. He thought their legs were heavy and their passes weren't crisp for about 30 minutes.
Joseph Hughes, the owner of the Meat Locker, has watched the steel mill from the front door of his business for the past seven years.
Given that California struck down gay marriage a couple of months after it was legalized, the issue is front and center once again.
Spend a few minutes on Facebook, perusing the public profiles of young workers across town, and you can get a peek at last year's University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill fraternity formal, last month's Halloween costumes or last Saturday night's party.
If President-elect Obama and his family come to the Grand Strand looking for their new puppy, there will be plenty of folks to point him in the right furry-pawed direction.
These common sense rules for teaching manners and civilized behavior to youngsters moved me as a mom.