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In the Carolinas By Janet Blackmon Mohoan The Sun Nan Mark KamiMly (toft) and Sham Canttey try to attract a crowd for th on Rya" attraction Sunday at Tha Myrtle Roach Pavilion Aimiaaniafit Park on a 3-D gama that antartalns passanby who watch contestants EMS From Page 1C serve the central part of the county we moved an ambulance and its crew from Bolivia to Shallotte It achieved the needed effect of getting shorter response times" Sandifer said it's going to cost the county $500 a month We feel that's Hie total bill for the building furniture property paving permits and other expenses totaled about $500000 Mark Gore Shallotte Volunteer Rescue Squad chief said we were doing is asking $500 a month to cover the increase in our utilities bill when they were there" Gore said He said he compared utility bills before and after the county crew moved in and saw an increase of about $300 to $400 each month for eight months and rounded it up to $500 for wear and tear not about the money just pay for what you use" Gore said Moving to Shallotte allowed the Brunswick County ambulance crew to meet the American Ambulance guidelines that response times in rural areas should be answered within 12 minutes Before the move average response times to the central part of the county took more than 14 minutes Brunswick County Emergency Management Director Randy Thompson said the county would look for fire stations in the area to host the EMS crew dining peak times in the day and have crews spend the night at its facility in Bolivia citizens of Brunswick County have certainly been the recipient of a good plan that we put in place utilizing the facility that Shallotte made available to BftC spokesman Pat Dowling said thought people walking along the Boulevard would like it and want to try it themselves" And so they have Watching the players act out based on the vision only they see creates an aura of mystery only strapping on the goggles can Bolve No worries about looking silly for 10 minutes didn't mind it I like atten GAME From Page 1C Burroughs ft Chapin Co Inc caught on to the ride at last year's trade show of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions which showcases the latest trends new here this summer "It was sort of a hit at the ENTERTAINMENT Did Columbia Dance Give New York Its Nickname? More than 650 people played the game Saturday on Ocean Boulevard the intrigue factor" Finkbiner said main thing is the reactions of the people playing It allows people to tap into their childlike nature and let Contact DAWN BRYANT at 626-0296 or dbryanttgtthMunncwsxom nightclub name made national news when former Columbia Mayor Patton Adams related the story in a New York Times article As a result Adams bet then-New York Mayor Ed Koch some SC barbecue against New York-style pizza that the dance spawned the nickname Koch argued Walter Winchell used the name in a 1927 magazine about Broadway a full decade before the dance made the migration to Harlem The back-and-forth even made David late-night talk show Adams concede So Koch through an intermediary sent Adams a bushel of apples which the mayor accepted as a peace offering SOUTH CAROLINA GREENVILLE Radiology center insurer part ways At least 2000 Upstate women will have to pay for routine screening mammograms or use a different radiologist as Greenville Radiology ends a contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina The company soya it is losing money on its Blue Cross relationship Blue Cross pays $55 for mammograms and other insurers pay $90 on average said Patty Rhodes Greenville chief executive officer Medicare pays $75 1 Blue Cross spokeswoman Donna Thome says the split came when the two failed to reach an agreement during negotiations Greenville Radiology says the dropped contract affects about 3600 patients Blue Cross says closer to 2000 of its L4 million SC subscribers Low reimbursement rates are an increasing problem for the profession said Ceela McEhreny spokeswoman for the 106 000-member American Society of Radiologic Technologists CHARLESTON DNA tracking test better for rea drum A new way to track growing numbers of red drum in SC waters could leave more of the game fish in waters for anglers to catch Lowcountry scientists have begun tracking efforts to boost the red drum population using a DNA fingerprint instead of a potentially deadly chemical test Since 1989 South Carolina has been stocking rivers with millions of hatchery-raised red drum to help reverse a 20-year decline in the population But many of the hatchery-raised fish never made it to the wild because of a deadly chemical process used to track them Using genetic fingerprints to mark and test fish spares their lives NORTH CAROLINA REIDSVILLE estate bought in auction Nearly 20 years after Fritz Klenner died in a fieiy explosion that also killed the woman who was hia first cousin and lover buyers spent more than $10000 to buy items from his estate this weekend The more thanlOO items on the auction block included a black Colt Cobra 22-caliber pistol a Boy Scout membership card a ninja suit and a walking stick and leather purse recovered from the Chevrolet Blazer in which Klenner and Susie Lynch died June 3 1985 Police suspect that Klenner angered by a custody fight between his cousin Susie Lynch and her ex-husband Tom Lynch killed Tom mother and sister in Kentucky in 1984 and Susie parents and grandmother in Winston-Salem in 1985 The story was retold in the best-selling book Blood" and made into a television movie starring Harry Hamlin as Klenner From report tion" said Colleen Leggieri of Greenwood who jumped on the game after watching others atomp and shout at me! Look at The interactive component makes the attraction a hit drawing crowds not only here but across the country in Bpots such as St Louis Atlanta and Dallas said Bill Finkbiner who has manned the mike at the games for three years in black SC kids to get in and see what was happening "If it wasn't for that balcony who knows how all this would have turned Durlach said Some white students later gave a demonstration at the Roxy Theater in New York The dance was picked up by Manning and other black choreographers And famous big-band songwriter Tommy Dorsey penned Big Apple Arthur Murray began teaching the new dance and he expanded his dance studios from one to a string of studios across the nation The dance also set off a discussion that lives to this day: Did New York's nickname the Big Apple derive from the dance? In 1988 the origins of the (Mi MIAKUFFf It VtjriGRMI uoadvkaym nuTsauMin nisuwtUi mm Mini 44S-14H WWW tUI raw nasal craze began said the Big Apple was more than a dance craze Like jazz it helped bridge the divide between white and black America was a rich example of blending those two he said In 1936 calls of the or your or the apple!" would ring out most Saturday nights from the old House of Peace Synagogue on Park Street in Columbia And Columbia's black teenagers and young adults were creating something special at the nightclub The calls were dance steps each unique Couples would take turns in the middle of the circle showcasing their own creations In the balcony white University of South Carolina students would watch the dancers then mimic the moves at their own parties That white students were in a black club at all was a unique cultural phenomenon of the Big Apple Club The building formerly housed an Orthodox Jewish congregation where women worshipped from the balcony That made it easy for white ftEGAlJCINEMAS I 7 rt fYc FOR TODAY'S SHOWTIMES wwwREGmoviescoin or call 843-651-5500 Inlet Square 12 1QPOT IHOWIIMM RUT pmM mow mmNP timh SAVE 50 OR MORE ON YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS! 13 Shipping Fee Waived With This Coupon On Orders Over '300 Big Apple By Jeff Wilkinson KnigftiRidder The Big Apple was the Electric Slide of 1937 a phenomenon that swept the country and then faded almost as quickly as it bloomed It all started with black teenagers and young adults inventing dance moves at The Big Apple nightclub on Columbia's Park Street But the swing dance which was so raucous some clubs banned it ended up in New York City There it spread across the nation fueled by black choreographers white swing composers and a dance teacher named Arthur Murray Some people even claim it gave New York its nickname On Labor Day weekend dance partners Richard Durlach and Breedlove will kick off a campaign to record the memories and collect memorabilia of the original Big Apple dancers black and white want to find the dancers and their memories because they are almost all Durlach said' The two will conduct workshops and dances at the historic club at the comer of Park and Hampton Streets The workshops are part of Historic Columbia's 25th Jubilee an annual festival spotlighting black history The organizers hope to attract at least a few surviving Big Apple dancers to the historic chib would like whoever we locate to trade some steps" Breedlove said Headlining the event will be: Lucretia Cayruth one of the original black Big Apple dancers Betty Wood a white dancer who gave a demonstration at the Roxy Theater in New York igniting the craze Choreographer and dancer Frankie Manning who refined the dance took it uptown and introduced it to the nation represent the evolution of the Durlach said "It will be the first time the three will all be in the same room" Roger Pttston executive director of Historic Columbia us" Thompson said what we have to do is try to identify other A study on public safety in Brunswick County is expected to become available in the next few weeks Thompson said From that the county will develop plans to speed up response times waiting for the public safety study to come -We hated to make any large- -scale plans until we had an opportunity to see what the consultants recommended and see how that fits into the plans we were developing" Thompson said Contact BROCK VER8AKIS at (843) 399-8745 or bvergakisthMunncwsxom 773 BARGAIN YfMATlNEES DIGIT A1 SOUND vmn turn am Briarcliffe 10 £72-1777 HIGHWAY 17 COLOMAL MALL 0rt02R) -1245-150-700-1005 1 JO -245 -710 -930 120-400-710-98 16) HmT0mI(FG13) jatayEaM(PG) 1245-245-500-78-98 18 -415 715-945 2HMklMk(FG131 28-715 IMHaiCaMiN(PGl3) 128-146 -78-1006 tNNMRPGti) 115-415-715-1015 RyBatfiataOMpG) 18-28-58-78-98 415-945 Mhaili(FG13) 18-48-78 OlFTCCRTinCATKSmiLAaLIAT wwwecannikecom (PG131 200-490-700 -410 215-415-715-915 1-45-48-73C (FSI215-415-715-H5 (I) TtaHUUlPGID Tito Unto I FREE QUOTES JCALT4975414: 9am-3pm Monday Friday 5001 Kings Hwy Suita 202-K lUitohciVo Drug Broadway 16 445-1616 BROADWAY AT THE BEACH awnunH lai-tzwjo-XMO 1245 -18-150-440-7fl 1-745 KHS Mta tayHlMkPG-(3) 230 -730 Nata(G) 128-225-48-710-930 HmTiDmI(PG13) 215-445-700-930 JDaybJMIFG) 1245 -M0-S1O-71S-330 LaywattMtatay 715-945 2MMkiaa(PG13) 1200 215-430-720-930 MaiiCaMM(PS13 1330-1250-345 400-700-715-1000-1030 1300-230 -500 730-1000 IMMtarCMbaUbiFGUI 1300-100-240 400-520-700-900-940 (9MIIPG13) RyHtaKMOW(FR 100-300-500-700-900 WWiMtarFG13) 440-950 All SEATS HU SHOWS snasf irm MHSBMBiirein 210-410-719 -lie tafto tallinl PG13) 210 48 7 10 9 20 CMCHHPG1H 145-400 715 -JX DaMyDmmiK) 7M-400-7X oo ALL SHOWT1MES INCLUDE PRE-TEATURE CONTENT.