The heart and what it leads people to do was the theme of an Horry Telephone Cooperative awards luncheon honoring Hometown Heroes on Tuesday at North Conway Baptist Church.

Coastal Carolina University head coach David Bennett, guest speaker, said the letters that spell heart stand for humility, ethics, attitude, respect and trust. 'We're here to honor you today, and we thank you for having a good heart,' he said.

'They may not speak from the mountaintop, but they speak from the heart,' Nicole Hyman, HTC's senior marketing coordinator, said of the Hometown Heroes. Read more

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Calvary Christian School in Myrtle Beach is having its annual Fall Festival from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. For information, call 650-2829. Read more

GEORGETOWN COUNTY

Safe Family Imitative to update residents

The Safe Family Initiative, a nonprofit group to help women, children and others who are victims of abuse, will host a presentation at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Georgetown County Sheriffs Office, 430 North Fraser St. in Georgetown. The organization will update residents on their ongoing efforts to create a Family Justice Center where victims of abuse can access multiple service agencies and police in one visit.

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