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From The Editor 5

Showers 10

Kitchens 12

Profiting From the Green Movement 13

Umbrellas 14

Pillows 17

Sunrooms 20

Wardrobes 22

Barter Is Smart Business 23

Fans 24

Books 26

Time To Refinance or Buy!? 28

Chandeliers 29

A One Tank Trip 32

Curtains 33

Flags 35

South Carolina Firsts 36

Outdoors 38

About North Charleston 39

Carolina Girl Gear 41

South Carolina Wedding or Event Planners: Career Outlook 42

Beds 44
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From The Editor
Buy Local
Promoting local business is as simple as having other company’s
business cards or brochures posted on a board in your store. In an
effort to promote your area, we are distributing decals that say “Check
us out at www.Litchfield.sc,” in hopes that local shoppers will visit the
site to find local restaurants, clothing, specials, coupons and more. We
are doing our part, so please join us, and promote your local merchants,
and everyone will benefit!

Top Ten reasons to Think Local

Buy Local - Be Local – Help Local Businesses

1. Buy Local -- Support yourself and Litchfield. Many studies have

revealed when you buy from an independent, locally owned business in
the your own area, rather than a nationally owned businesses,
considerably more of your money is used to make purchases from other
local businesses. Local businesses continue to strengthen the economic
base of the local community. These include case studies showing that
local owned businesses generate a premium in enhanced
economic impact to the community and our tax base.

2.Support Local Area Community Groups:

Non-profit organizations receive an average 250% more support from
smaller Litchfield area business owners than they do from large
companies.

3. Keep Your Area Unique: Where we shop, where we eat and

have fun -- all of it makes our community home. Our one-of-a-kind local
businesses are an integral part of the distinctive character. Local tourism
businesses also benefit. “When people go on vacation they generally
seek out destinations that offer them the sense of being someplace, not
just anyplace.” ~ Richard Moe, President, National Historic Preservation
Trust.

4. Reduce Environmental Impact: Locally owned businesses

in your area can make more local purchases requiring less
transportation. This generally means contributing less to sprawl,
congestion, habitat loss and pollution.

5. Create Additional Jobs: Small local businesses are the

largest employer nationally and in the community, provide the most jobs
to local residents.

6. Receive Better Service: Local businesses often hire people

with a better understanding of the products and services they offer, and
take more time to get to know customers.
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From The Editor
- Continued

7.Invest in Your Community: Local

businesses are owned by people who live in this
community, and they are less likely to leave, and
are more invested in the community’s future.

8. Put your Taxes to Good Use: Lo-

cal businesses require a relatively little infra-
structure investment and make more efficient
use of public
services as compared to nationally owned stores
entering your area.

9. Buy What you Want, Not What

Big Advertising Budgets Want you
to Buy: A South Carolina marketplace com-
prised of tens of thousands of small businesses
is the best way to ensure innovation and low
prices over the long-term. A multitude of small
businesses, each selecting products and ser-
vices based not on a national sales plan but on
their own interests and the needs of their local
customers, promises a much broader range of
product choices.

10. Promote Local Prosperity: An

escalating body of economic research shows
that in an increasingly homogenized world, en-
trepreneurs and skilled workers are more likely
to invest and settle in communities that preserve
their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive
character.

Larry Local
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“If you can organize your kitchen,
you can organize your life.”

Louis Parrish
Profiting
From the
Green
Movement
By Zach Hanebrink
People in South Carolina are
active in “going green” and
doing their part to save the
environment, save money and
promote the local economy in
the process. There are many
green initiatives in the state
from local blogs getting the
word out to green businesses,
green home builders and homes,
recycling programs, as well
as, organizations designed
to promote South Carolina
agriculture and SC products.
Surely you have heard the buzz
on going green and if you want
to start getting involved and
doing your part, here are some
tips to get you started:
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• Avoid
idle
letting your car
- Every second you spend
idling your car’s engine means
needlessly wasting gas, as well
as, adding wear and tear on your
vehicle. Idling over 10 seconds
wastes more gas than is needed
for startup. Overall, Americans
idle away 2.9 billion gallons of
gas a year, worth around $78.2
billion.
• Turn off your computer -
Save energy and wear and tear
on your machine by shutting
down your computer when
you are done using it and in
the evenings before you leave
work. You’ll save an average
of $90 of electricity a year.
The Department of Energy
recommends shutting off your
monitor if you aren’t going to use
it for more than 20 minutes, and
the whole computer if you’re not
going to use it for longer than
two hours.
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Don’t sit
under an
umbrella
waiting
for it to
rain
Profiting On The Green
Movement
- Continued
• Ask your power company
about green energy - More
than half of all electricity
consumers in the U.S. now have
the option of purchasing green
power from their local utility. Find
out how you can purchase green
power by visiting the Department
of Energy’s state-by-state list of
providers. You can also check
with your own utility to see
what’s available. Palmetto Clean
Energy is a local South Carolina
green energy program http://
www.palmettocleanenergy.org/
default.asp
• Keep sensible tabs on
your thermostat - It is to
your benefit to pays to pay close
attention to your thermostat,
since most South Carolina
households spend 50 to 70%
of their energy budgets on
heating and cooling. For every
degree you lower the thermostat,
you’ll save between 1% and
3% of your heating bill. Do the
same thing in reverse with air
conditioning.
• Wash your clothes in
cold water - An easy way to
clean green is to turn the dial
on your washing machine to
cold. Most laundry loads do not
require hot water, and 90% of
the energy used by washing
machines goes into heating
the water. The higher the water
temperature, the higher the cost
to you and the planet.
• Enroll in online billing
- Save natural resources, as
well as late fees, by registering
with online bill-paying options.
Paperless billing not only saves
trees; it also reduces the fossil
fuel needed to get all those
billing envelopes from them to
you and back again. Plus, you’ll
save money on stamps.
• Get rid of junk mail - is a new, exciting, cooperative
Approximately 100 million trees
and 28 billion gallons of water
are used to send junk mail to
Americans annually. You can
eliminate 75% of unsolicited
mail by registering on the Mail
Preference Service on the Direct
Marketing Association website
(for a fee of $1). Within 90 days,
most unsolicited mail will stop.
• Print on both sides of
paper - Most software programs
give the option for double sided
printing, but yet most still print
only on one side of the page.
Consider this: the U.S. alone
uses 4 million tons of copy paper
annually, about 27 pounds per
person. Save dough and South
Carolina landfills.
• Carpool! - If your commute
to work is 25 miles each way and
at least half is in typical stop-
and-go traffic, you’ll save roughly
10 percent of your monthly
carbon emissions by carpooling.
Not to mention saving money on
gas!
• Buy Certified South
Carolina produce - The
Certified South Carolina program
effort among producers,
processors, wholesalers,
retailers and the South Carolina
Department of Agriculture
(SCDA) to brand and promote
South Carolina products. Our
goal is for consumers to be able
to easily identify, find and buy
South Carolina products.
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Barter Is
Smart Business
Barter is a form of trade where
goods or services are traded
for other goods and/or services,
without cash being exchanged.
Barter normally replaces money
as the method of exchange in
times of monetary crisis, or when
the currency is unstable and
devalued by hyperinflation.
What Are The Benefits of
Barter?
Barter Can Bring New
Customers: This enables you to
expand your market and
maintain your cash-paying
customers.
Barter Conserves Cash: Barter
generates new customers
because buyers are encouraged
to pay with their products or
services and save cash.
Simply put: If you had to make
a purchase for $1000, would you
rather write a check or pay with
an equal amount of your
product/service at its normal
selling price to a new customer?
Most businesses prefer to barter
and keep cash.
Barter Raises Profitability:
Barter customers pay retail
prices and fees, so you get the
full value of your goods and
services.
Barter Moves Surplus
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their inventory moving and our
customers shop for the most up
to date merchandise each
season. Carolina Barter
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inventory, eliminating the
advertising costs and heavy
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and you can handle new
customers, Carolina Barter
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free time with new business
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have trade dollars to purchase
the products and services you
need.
Hotels: Suppose you have 10
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Networking Increases Your
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Recent year statistics:
• The common dollar amount of
commercial barter rose to
$1,927.
• Merchants accounted saving
an average of $32,700 using
barter and saw and average
cash flow raise of 18%.
• 1,845 new corporations had
barter transactions surpassing
$100,000.
• 93% of all small business
owners (less than 25 employ-
ees) report trying barter with a
positive result.
Carolina Barter Exchange (CBE)
is the fastest growing barter
company based in South
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Charleston, Columbia, Hilton
Head Island, Myrtle Beach, and
Greenville.
CBE is the fastest growing trade
exchange in The Carolinas. CBE
helps its member companies
enhance their businesses
through exchange of products
and services instead of making
cash disbursements.
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Time to
Refinance
or
Buy !?
Right now, mortgage rates are
at their lowest level since 1971.
Think about that. Twenty-five
years ago, homeowners were
paying as much as 18% on a
30-year fixed. Today it’s just
a little over 5%.Combine that
rate with the tax advantages of
a mortgage, and you have an
incredibly cheap way to build
wealth, but you better act now.
Real estate guru Barbara
Corcoran has already seen a
tremendous surge in refinance
applications – more than triple
the average – and the number
of people getting approved is
astronomically higher as well,
she says. But that doesn’t mean
the low rates are a panacea for
the ills of the housing market. It
is only once home prices start
to go up that we will finally see
a light at the end of tunnel,
Corcoran says. Until that
happens, we are still going to
have to crawl out of this mess.
“[Low interest rates are] a not a
lifesaver,” Corcoran says. “This
is just a helping hand.”
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David Kittle, chairman of the
Mortgage Bankers Association,
has this advice to homeowners
looking to refinance: Do it. Don’t
get greedy searching for another
quarter-point. Lock in rates
now. He is seeing applications
soar over 125% just since
Thanksgiving due to the low
rates.
Of course, you should only
refinance if it saves you at least
3/8 on the rate and if you plan on
staying in your home for at least
four years, Kittle says. Along
with good credit, proof of income
and money by means of a down
payment or equity in the home,
there are certain things every
homeowner needs regardless of
interest rate levels.
There really are some incredible
chandeliers on the market now.
The designs are a lot softer and
warmer than they used to be. I
think the overriding design
factor that most homeowners
are seeking is something that
says their home is warm,
inviting and comfortable.

Susan Humphress
“It is the nature of
the strong heart,
that like the palm
tree it strives ever
upwards when it
is most
burdened.”

Sir Philip Sidney

A One Tank Greenwood and reel and try your luck with
the catch of the day. By night,
Trip Continuing on your trip and take
Highway 19 towards Greenwood.
you can dine at any one of the
myriad of fine restaurants, which
On the way you will pass by showcase cuisines from Europe,
the Ninety-Six National Historic the Caribbean, or good old-
Got the vacation blues? Site, where two battles of the fashioned American steak and
South Carolina abounds with Revolutionary War were fought potatoes.
destinations you can visit on one and where settlers braved harsh
tank of gas…trips that showcase winters and Indians to stake Clemson
the Palmetto State’s beauty their claim. Now, visitors can
experience it for themselves in Get back on the US-25, and
without busting your budget.
the original Star Fort, built in merge with the US-178 to
What a rich, exotic place South
1781, the Stockade Fort and Clemson. (Thirty miles later
Carolina is. One of the original
siege trenches, or by strolling via the US-123 and you are in
American Colonies, the state has
through the original town sites Greenville). Both cities offer
an abundance of historical sites
of Cambridge and Ninety-Six. more opportunities for fishing,
that bring our nation’s past to
This historic site is a fascinating golfing and fine dining. In
vivid life. The outdoors lover can
look at the way things were when Clemson, you should take a day
enjoy a variety of activities such
our nation was in its infancy. to enjoy the natural wonders
as kayaking, hiking, saltwater
Well worth the time to explore! of Paris Mountain, with its
fishing, even scuba diving in
Get back on Highway 19, and 1200-acre grounds, majestic,
the company of alligators. The
continue on to the US-25 which monument-like peak, and the
state’s culture has been shaped
leads you to Greenwood. This Sulphur Springs hiking trail which
by its European, African and
town, with its fresh air and makes for an excellent workout.
Caribbean settlers, as evidenced
especially by the food, which is sunny skies is a great place
Truly, South Carolina offers
some of the most delicious we’ll to pull over and enjoy some of
visitors a chance to enjoy the
ever have the pleasure of eating. the many outdoor activities to
modern age while giving us a
be found here. The Heritage
glimpse into our nation’s past;
Aiken Trail is a 2-mile paved path,
it’s the perfect place to enjoy the
perfect for walking, jogging, or
Do you like horses, the City best of all possible worlds for just
biking. Lake Greenwood is a
of Aiken is your destination. One Tank of Gas!
fine place to break out the rod
Explore the Thoroughbred Hall
of Fame & Racing Museum; the
facility presents the history of
thoroughbred racing, spanning
more than a century. Admission
is free. Also in Aiken, is the
DuPont Planetarium, located
on the grounds of the University
of South Carolina. The 30-foot
dome has fully-automated, state-
of-the-art projection systems;
an observatory is also on hand,
featuring a variety of powerful
telescopes for stargazing
purposes. Downtown Aiken is
filled with southern charm. The
restaurants, antique shops, and
local stores will fill anyone’s
afternoon.

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 “When twilight
drops her
curtain down and
pins it with a star,
remember that
you have a friend
though she may
wander far.”
“Every normal man
must be tempted at
times to spit on his
hands & hoist the
black flag”

Henry Louis Mencken

South
Carolina
Firsts
Like any other State, South
Carolina is full of “Firsts”. The
following is a list of some of the
more popular Firsts, that may be
good to brag about, or for use in
a trivia game:
• First European settlement in
South Carolina in 1526 near
Georgetown settled by Spanish
explorer Lucas Vasquez de
Ayllon named San Miguel de
Gualdape (Rumor has it that he
was the first “Half-back”- that he
wanted to be half way back from
Florida to New York)
• First permanent English
settlement in South Carolina
established at Albemarle Point in
Charleston in 1670
• First free library established -
Charleston, 1698
• First opera performed in
America - Charleston, February
18, 1735
• First building to be used
solely as a theatre - Dock
Street Theatre in Charleston,
constructed in 1736
• First Jewish synagogue in
South Carolina (Kahal Kadosh
Beth Elohim) - Charleston, 1750
• First Black Baptist Church
established, Silver Bluff, 1773
• The Charleston Chamber of
Commerce was the first city
Chamber of Commerce in this
country - 1773
• First public museum -
Charleston Museum, organized
January 12, 1773
• First business publication -
South Carolina Price Current in
Charleston, 1774
•The first time a British flag was
taken down and replaced by an
American flag was in Charleston
in 1775
• Golf was first played in the city
limits of Charleston. The South
Carolina Golf Club was formed in
1786 - this was the first golf club.
• First Roman Catholic Church
St. Mary’s August 24, 1789,
Charleston
• First cotton mill built - James
Island, 1789
• First fireproof building built -
Charleston, 1822
• First steam locomotive built in
the United States to be used for
regular railroad service - “Best
Friend of Charleston,” 1830.
• First municipal college -
College of Charleston, opened
April 1, 1838
• First Roman Catholic cathedral
in South Carolina Cathedral of
Saint John and Saint Finbar -
Charleston, April 1845
• First state to secede from the
Union, December 20, 1860.
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• First shot fired in Civil War
on Fort Sumter in Charleston
Harbor, April 12, 1861.
• The first submarine ever
to sink an enemy ship was
the H.L. Hunley used by the
Confederates on February 17,
1864 in Charleston Harbor
against the U.S.S. Housatonic.
• The first state intercollegiate
football game took place on
December 14, 1889 with Wofford
defeating Furman
• First commercial tea farm -
Summerville, 1890
• First black woman to practice
medicine in the state was Dr.
Matilda Arabelle Evans in 1897
• First textile school established
in a college - Clemson, 1899
• The first car was manufactured
in Rock Hill by John Gary
Anderson in January 1916
• First woman lawyer in South
Carolina - Miss James M. Perry
of Greenville was admitted to
practice on May 4, 1918
• First national historic
preservation ordinance passed
by Charleston city council on
October 13, 1931
• First television station WCSC
broadcast from Charleston June
13, 1953
• First U.S. Senator elected by a
write-in vote - Strom Thurmond,
November 2, 1954
• First Spoleto Festival held in
Charleston May 1977
• First Internet company to bring
you the Internet, Streaming
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 “If people sat
outside and looked
at the stars each
night, I’ll bet they’d
live a lot
differently.”

Bill Watterson

About
North
Charleston
The city of North Charleston sits
on the boarder of Charleston
and Dorchester counties. North
Charleston’s has almost
quadrupled in population since
it’s conception on June 12,
1972, encompassing over 73
square miles. With a population
of over 85,000, North Charleston
is the third largest city in South
Carolina.
Until the Civil War, what is now
North Charleston, consisted of
primarily of plantations. The
turn of the 20th century brought
a boom of industry to the North
Area, with the opening of E.P.
Burton Lumber Company and
the Navy Shipyard. In 1912, a
group of Charleston business
men laid out the Park Circle
area. Much of Park Circle still
adheres to the original 1912
plan.
This thriving city is home to the
North Charleston Coliseum,
Performing Arts Center, &
Convention Center. This
complex is home to the South
Carolina Stingrays, an ECHL
minor league hockey team, and
is a major hub of cultural events
and conventions for the
Tri-county area.
North Charleston’s climate has
resulted in some of the most
beautiful communities in the
area. Several major developers
have entered the market over
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the past several years with a
huge selection of new housing.
With exceptional choices for the
first time buyer, to top executive
homes and homesites, these
sprawling neighborhoods
offer a wide range of amenities
including golf, fishing, tennis,
playgrounds, nearby schools,
day care, shopping, dining and
recreational opportunities. As
part of the area’s boom, many
developers have integrated
fitness centers and jogging trails
into the communities. Parks and
Community centers also add
to the beauty of these carefully
planned neighborhoods.
North Charleston is home to
several highly acclaimed
“magnet” schools, including
Garrett Academy of Technology,
Charleston County School of
the Arts, and The Academic
Magnet High School. The city
is also home to many well know
colleges inclueding, Trident
Technical College and
Charleston Southern University.
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a couple’s happiest day together and
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handle a certain amount of weddings in any given time.
An event planner does the same basic tasks as the wedding
planner, but the event will dictate what is different. A
big corporate event may require several sound and video
systems. A golf tournament may require many sponsors being
adequately recognized.

Wedding and Event Planner Job

Description

Wedding or Event planners, as the name

implies, handle many or all of the details
of setting up a wedding or other event
from coordinating the caterers to
directing the dinners. The term wedding
planner is a classification of how involved
the person is with their clients’ wedding.
There are two other classifications which
are wedding consultants and wedding
directors.

Wedding consultants allow couples to

plan the wedding and offer only their
advice and expertise. Wedding planners
oversee and are responsible for much of
the work of the wedding from beginning
to end, but the couple is still involved.
Wedding directors take care of the entire
wedding event, which affords the couple
getting married to only focus on getting
married.

Wedding directors sometimes usually

attend the wedding to make sure the day
goes exactly as planned. If it rains on the
day of an outdoor wedding, the
wedding director will have an alternate
plan already in place.
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 “The bed has
become a place
of luxury to me! I
would not
exchange it for all
the thrones in the
world”

Napoleon
Bonaparte
Whatever the event, having
alternative plans when things go
not as planned is the mark of a
good planner. This means that
you must have a long list of
suppliers and people in the
service industries that can
stand in when problems arise.

Educational Requirements
for Wedding Planners

There are no federal, state, or

local laws requiring wedding or
event planners to have
anything other than a business
license. Very few
colleges/universities offer
degrees or certificates in
wedding and planning. Online
schools offer training; however,
carefully research the online
school prior to paying any fees
or signing up for classes. The
best schooling is the College
of OJT ( On the Job Training).
Working for a wedding or event
planner and learning from the
ground up is the only way to
truly learn the business.
Certification is increasingly
becoming sought after because
clients want to make sure their
special day is handled by a
professional.

Job Outlook for

Wedding Planers

Wedding and event planning

in South Carolina is a growing
field with more and more
opportunities. Creating a
profitable business is a slow
process. Attracting clientele
takes time, but there is always
plenty of work for good
planners.

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 Final Words

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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