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Adventures

Summer 2011

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78Making the MoveBrunswick!County’s!New!Hospital

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I watched from

Rice Creek as Don

other members of

their kayak in the

joined us in the

A few instructions on

of us were off for a

Mahanaim AdventuresAt the Intersection of Faith and Passion

STORY!AND!PHOTOGRAPHY!BY!BILLY!JASON!FRYE

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Don Harty owns Mahanaim

in kayaking, canoeing and

backpacking adventures in

with my Boy Scout Troop camping or canoeing our way Above:!Don!Harty,!founder!of!Mahanaim!

Adventures,!doing!what!he!loves!to!do.

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provides more intense and adventurous

Harty provides a running narrative,

remake of Creature From the Black Lagoon.

The Hartys founded Mahanaim

Above:!Lily!pads!blooming!in!a!cove!on!Rice!Creek.

Below:!Bald!cypress!lining!the!bank!of!Town!Creek.

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During the workforce reduction the University of North

off from his position as department head of Printing Services undergraduate studies, his printing job in Lubbock and his

time at UNCW, he’d spend sunny days dreading another hour

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The creek widened and we joined

Pretty soon the conversation changed

before the other Scout in our group,

then turned to head upstream and back

he knew of the surrounding area, from

the Cape Fear River at the mouth of

buggy and moved south to found

Above:!Harty,!who!is!well-versed!on!the!wildlife!that!populates!the!waterways,!points!out!this!Pileated!Woodpecker!to!the!group.

Dr. Steven J Maniscalco, M.S., D.C.

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one morning as I was reading the

way back to Canaan when he meets

Hartys and know the story, you see

Mahanaim Adventures as the perfect

Brunswick, Pender, New Hanover and

continue and that Mahanaim

Adventures continues to grow,

Mahanaim!Adventures!offers!half-day,!full-day!and!overnight!adventures,!including!kayaking,!hiking,!backpacking!and!camping.!Rates!vary.!Visit!Mahanaim!Adventures!on!the!web!at!mahanaimadventures.com,!or!call!Don!Harty!at!(910)!547-8252!for!more!information!or!to!schedule!an!adventure.

and there weren’t as many of the

tried to imagine them muddy and

messy, boughs strewn here and there,

Harty’s passion for the outdoors is

Mark T. Murphy, MD, FACC

Henry M. Patel, MD, FACC

William T. Smith IV, MD, FACC

Frederick J. Meine III, MD, FACC

James S. Forrester Jr., MD, FACCChristopher C. Barber,

MD, FACC

Linda P. Calhoun, MD, FACC

P. Christopher Ellis, MD, FACC

James R. Harper Jr., MD, FACC

W. Lance Lewis, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Anthony Maglione, MD, FACC

Praful N. Patel, MB.ChB, FACC

David E. Weaver, MD, FACC

William P. Buchanan, MD, FACC Frank A. Hobart,

MD, FACC

Timothy M. Winslow, MD, FACC

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that came together to provide the best care for

patients, who depend

on these specialists,

who are now part of

NHRMC Physician Group.

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