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This Month's Features

US Air Force Academy Coach Fisher DeBerry
Caring for Others
Tommy McQueeney

Air Force head football coach Fisher DeBerry’s priorities are firmly in place and very apparent: faith, family and Falcon football. He has dedicated his life to all three.

“Kids just need a chance.” Fisher DeBerry knows all about needing chances. His life is all about recognizing and then maximizing opportunities. He pauses for a reflective moment on his screened porch, catching the wisp of the soft Isle of Palms wind amidst the cooing of russet doves perched upon the swoop of electrical lines out front. “Could this day be any better?” He asked enthusiastically. “There is something so special on this island that you never want to leave. Sometimes, LuAnn and I will not leave this island for anything for four or five days.” He continued talking about his other passion in life – helping others. One would get a sense that this much-accomplished college football coach was brought to the sandy-loamed soil of coastal South Carolina to humbly plan his next gift to mankind. He has quite a dossier. DeBerry was born at the height of the Great Depression in Cheraw, South Carolina...
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Ernest Grainger Is Put To Rest
Kathy Ropp
Reprinted with permission from the Horry News After lying in a grave in South Kore...
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History of the Rubik’s Cube
A Small Cube That Obsessed the World
Courtesy rubiks.com
It seemed like such a simple puzzle and yet the Rubik’s Cube mesmerized millions o...
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Jackstraws, Pick-up-Sticks, Spillicans
Courtesy gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca
Who doesn’t remember as a child, the sound of Pick-up-Sticks being thrown on the f...
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Mike Veeck is a Jerk
by Mike Veeck
I am one of the smartest guys in the world. Just ask me. I’ll tell you. Oh, I won&...
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Aging in Place in South Carolina
Courtesy SCAIPC
The SC Aging in Place Coalition is comprised of 75-100 local providers of goods and serv...
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