2019 OSV PASSES

By now all Oceanside Village home-owners should have their 2019 car, golf cart, family and frequent visitor passes.

If you have not done so, please send all paperwork with the required in-formation to the Oceanside Village office. Be sure to mark whether to mail or pick up the passes. Please remember the pertinent informa-tion sheet and next of kin must be filled out and all monies owed to the village must be paid to date or passes cannot be issued.

Lose a sock in the dryer, it will come back as a

Tupperware lid that doesn’tfit any of your containers.

2019 OCEANSIDE VILLAGESPRING CLEAN-UP WEEK

This year’s spring clean-up week is scheduled to start Monday, April 1st and go through Friday, April 5th. During this week any debris you put by the street, including large appli-ances, furniture, etc., will be picked up by our maintenance staff at no charge.

OCEANSIDE VILLAGEANNUAL YARD SALE

The Oceanside Village annual yard sale is scheduled for Saturday, April 27th. The hours will be 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. If you wish to participate in the yard sale, please contact the OSV management office at 843-650-4440. The registration cutoff date is Thursday, April 25th.

OFFICE REMODEL UPDATE

As you can see the office remodel is underway and looks great. The new extension will have two offices, a conference room, file room and a kitchen area. There will be storage in the attic, new windows and new air condi-tioning. Pergo flooring will be installed in the new section and Ms. Gaskins office. The exterior will have brick on the lower part of the building with hardie board, gray color on the upper side of the building.

The completion date is estimated to be the middle of May. We are very ex-cited about the remodel and everyone will have breathing room and more storage. Staff parking will be determined after completion of the building.

Volume 2 APRIL 2019

2018 CHRISTMAS DECORATING WINNERS

Although Christmas has come and gone we would like to acknowledge our 2018 Christmas decorating winners.1st Place-1710 Mason Circle James/Roberta Gillespie2nd Place-1843 Kingfisher Jerry Shuffler/Margie Durham3rd Place-230 Meadowlark Troy/Barbara McFarland

Honorable Mention goes to:117 Georges Bay Road - Ronald/ Barbara Wing408 Marsh Folly - Terri Robinson352 East Lake - Mark/Randi Dougherty1723 Mason Circle - Joe/Toni Lovin449 Oceanside Drive - Donald/ Renee Cummins1912 Sunrise - Debra Kitzi1796 Park Green - John/Kathy Berry2098 Jacana - Carol Litton

Congratulations! Thank you for making Oceanside Village a beauti-ful place to live.

The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.

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ENTERTAINMENTCOMMITTEE

By Sam Spicknall

The winter has been chilly but the activities have heated things up at Oceanside Village. From the weekly events such as Cards and Games on Thursday, which draws dozens, to Lucky Social with scores of your friends and neighbors on the week-ends, there is always something fun and exciting to do. The New Year’s Celebration, the elegant Se-nior Prom Night Dinner/Dance, big screen Super Bowl party, Stardust-er’s Big Band Dance and Valentine’s Day Dinner/Dance and Carolina Forest Choir provided much music, dancing and entertainment for the young at heart during January and February. We closed out the month with another successful Golf Cart Poker Run and Trivia Night.

March was a very busy month. We started the month with Mardi Gras, followed with Pancake Breakfast, Night at the Races, Library Book/Bake Sale, St. Patrick’s Party, Sock Hop, Craft Auction and ended with a Covered Dish Dinner.

Movie night has been a big hit show-ing recent box office movies shown on various Tuesdays in the commu-nity center. Watch the electronic sign board and bulletin boards for dates, times and showings.

As we move through Spring we are planning more events. Keep an eye on the bulletin boards for these and other events. We are hoping to add another Poker Run and Trivia Night in April.

Also, don’t forget the Easter sunrise service on Sunday, April, 21st at 6:30

taking place on the beach. Please join us for a short service, music and communion as we watch the sun rise over the ocean and celebrate the true meaning of Easter.

Please join us the first Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the com-munity center for the Entertainment Committee meeting where we dis-cuss our successes, improvements and organize and discuss upcoming events. There are opportunities for you to get involved, volunteer, chair an event and put your stamp on our future events.

Special thanks to all of the wonder-ful volunteers; planning, food shop-ping, selling tickets, setting up the hall, decorating, food prep, cooking, serving, cleaning up and lots more. Without all of you we could never provide these activities.

VALENTINES DINNER/DANCE

By Sam Spicknall

The annual Valentines Day Dinner/Dance was a huge success where nearly 200 Valentine sweethearts and friends danced the night away to the music of DJ James. The food was excellent thanks to all the volunteers who shopped, prepared, cooked and served the dinner. Many more vol-unteers setup, deocrated, set tables and cleaned up the community. A special thanks to Tim Reilly for cap-turing the evening in pictures.

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BOCCE BBQ AND PARTYBy Ed Maurer

On February 4, 2019 the smell of hot dogs grilling, people laughing and ladies setting the tables could be heard coming from the courts. A hub of activity was happening to get ready for the first Bocce cookout.

The meal was prepared by “the Boc-ce Ladies” with Chef Jerry at the grill. The menu was extensive with everything from broccoli salad and haluski to cookies and chocolate cake. The weather was perfect for a fun game of Bocce following the meal. Win or lose, a fun time was had by all.

Snowbirds from Canada, the New England states, West Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania participat-ed. They all agreed that being in Oceanside Village for the winter is a great place for sunshine and fun. Bocce is only one of many games and activities available to our winter visitors.

I would like to thank everyone for making this a huge success!

KEYCARD INFORMATION

In 2019 we have enacted new pro-cedures regarding our key card sys-tem and the number of key cards that will be issued. It is important for this measure to be taken so that the Oceanside Security team can maintain a safe environment for our homeowners and guests by restrict-ing unauthorized individuals from entering our community. This new policy should reduce the liability for Oceanside and homeowners on a daily basis. All visitor’s vehicles must have a pass to enter into our private community. Please remem-ber KEY CARDS ARE NOT A PASS TO GAIN ENTRANCE.

As the resident of a gated communi-ty, it should be important to you that the lease and amenities you are pay-ing for are not being taken advan-tage of by unauthorized individuals. Oceanside has begun to notice an increase in the number of outsiders using our pools, beachfront parking lot, and other amenities. Rules, such as these, are established to provide better services to our homeonwers and, hopefully, to encourage you to assist Oceanside in their effort to maintain a safe environment for all its residents.

Homeowners - will be issued two key cards at no charge and will be allowed to purchase two additional key cards for family. A non-refund-able fee of $10.00 will be charged for these additional cards. There will be no refunds or exchanges of 2018 cards under this new policy and once the maximum card limit of four keycards has been reached, no further cards can be purchased for a residence until the following year.

Snowbirds - must have the proper OSV decal displayed on their vehicle and may purchase one key card per vehicle for $20.00 with a $10.00 refund upon return of the key card.

Vacation Renters - may pur-chase two key cards per residence. A $20.00 fee is require per key card with a $10.00 refund upon return of the card at checkout.

Frequent Visitors - Frequent vis-itors must have the proper decal dis-played on their vehicle and are not eligible to obtain a key card.

Multi-Day Passes - Multi-day passes are not eligible to purchase a key card under any circumstances along with day passes or guest pass-es.

Under no circumstances shall key cards be given to unauthorized in-dividuals by homeowners, renters, snowbirds and/or visitors.

1st violation - $50 fine2nd violation - $100 fine and loss of card privileges for six months.3rd violation - No access to key cards for a period of time determined by management.

FRIENDLY REMINDER

We are an animal friendly commu-nity. If you are out walking your dog and it needs to go (whether it’s in a yard or on the side of the road) please be courteous of others and pick up after your animals.

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CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIESCOORDINATOR

Oceanside Village is in need of someone to work this summer with the children’s activities. This would be a great opportunity for a college aged individual who is looking for summer employment. Please con-tact the OSV office if you are inter-ested.

The meeting was followed by social time with refreshments and games with prizes - most of which were red or purple!

The officers for our group are:Bobbie Gillespie - Queen MotherSue Gelman - TreasurerNancy McDonough - Princess of Sunshine

RED HAT WINE ANDCHEESE PARTY

By Bobbie Gillespie

On Thursday afternoon, January 17th, the Village Red Hat Chicks held their Wine and Cheese Party in the OSV community center. This annual event is a re-organizational meeting for the group which pro-vides time for members to conduct a brief business meeting and decide upon disbursements of monies col-lected for charity at the monthly functions held throughout the year. The two charities selected by ran-dom drawing this year were the Community Luncheon program conducted by Shepherd of the Sea Lutheran Church and Freedom Fi-dos program which rescues dogs from shelters, task trains them to be service dogs and provides them free to Veterans and First Responders.

During the meeting there was also an opportunity for members to vol-unteer to be hostesses during the upcoming year. Two hostesses se-lect a month for which they plan and organize the activity for that month. Activities range from attending lo-cal theater performances to touring local TV stations and even having breakfast in our pj’s.

2018 ANNUAL COMPANYAWARDS LUNCHEON

On December 6th, Dennis Per-menter hosted a company-wide awards luncheon at the Texas Road-house Restaurant in Murrells Inlet.

Employees from Riptide Beach Club, Tupelo Bay Villas, Tupelo Bay Golf, Oceanside Village, Harbour View, Sleep Inn, Rose Real Estate and In-digo Property enjoyed a delightful lunch and visiting with those from the other branches of the company.

SENIOR PROMDINNER/DANCEBy Ron Thornton

This year’s Prom was held on Satur-day, January 19th at the OSV ball-room. There were 103 graduates (LOL) present. Music was provided by D.J. James and as usual, the music

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was excellent. The food was great and the wait staff was superb.

The graduates were dressed in for-mal and semi-formal attire. Every-one looked awsome.

Yvonne and I would like to thank all who attended and especially thank all the great people who helped make this event possible. As we al-ways say, “It takes a village and here at OSV, we have a great village.”

The greater yourstorm,

the brighter your rainbow

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Like any good dip,there are 8 layers to a

Southern goodbye:

- “About to leave” warning- A “We’ve gotta get going” state- ment- Hugs- Walking to the driveway- One more conversation in the driveway- More hugs- Talking while everyone’s piling in the car- Rolling down the window to say bye one last time as you pull out of the driveway and someone yells, “Watch for deer.”

True friends are those rare people who come to find you in dark places and lead you back to the light.

~~Steven Aitchison

REMINDER

The OSV office is filling up with parcels from USPS. Please remem-ber you must pick up your packages within two days of receiving a call from our office. If you are unable to pick up your package, please have someone pick it for you. After two days the packages will be returned to sender.

COMPLIANCEBy Kristin Gouker

Now is the perfect time to start plan-ning for the Spring. A good start is getting your home pressure washed. There are so many benefits of pres-sure washing your house. Here are a few examples:

- Adds several years of life to your home.- Removes mold and mildew, which are damaging to both your home and the health of your family.- Increases your home’s curb appeal. If you are planning to sell your house soon, you will want to in- crease your curb appeal.- You will feel proud of your house. When your home is clean and well maintained, it can increase your mood dramatically and also make you feel great about yourself.

You should pressure wash your house twice a year. Curb appeal al-lows your home to stand out from other homes. Many of the actions taken to improve curb appeal can be completed faster and more thor-oughly using a pressure washer. Boosting curb appeal is often done by shaping up the condition of the driveway and bordering sidewalks or by cleaning unattractive mildew off of the home’s exterior. Another major benefit of pressure washing is that it helps to maintain not just the cleanliness but also the beauty of the

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house. Without mold, mildew and other kinds of persistent particles, the driveway, lawn, garage and roof look better and more maintained.

Please join me in continuing to make Oceanside Village a great place to live!

SOUTH STRANDLIONS CLUB

By Annie Cutway

On January 26, 2019, the South Strand Lions Club held its annual charity dance in the Oceanside Vil-lage community center. Over 200 people were in attendance. the evening featured music by the Paul Grimshaw Band. A 50 inch televi-sion was raffled, as well as a crate of wine. Also a 50/50 raffle was held that produced a substantial mon-etary reward for the winner and the club.

The profits of this fundraiser will be used in a wide variety of ways that will promote the goals of both the local club and Lions Club In-ternational. Locally we provide vi-sion screening for hundreds of area school children. Throughout the year, the club is approached by both children and adults who cannot af-ford eye exams, glasses and hearing aids. After reviewing these requests, those in need are referred to testing which can provide them with the equipment they need.

In recent years, contributions have gone to local disaster relief after Hurricanes Matthew and Florence. The Lions Club also donates to the St. Vincent DePaul Food Bank and

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Help 4 Kids. The Leader Dog Pro-gram benefits from the fundraising also. The South Strand Lions Club provides college scholarships to se-niors at local high schools, while the art program at St. James Middle School helps promote the annual Peace Poster competition.

Visitors to Oceanside Village who would like to attend a meeting or join our club should contact me. Meetings are held every second and fourth Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Dick Pond Civic Center in Surfside Beach.

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THE ARK PLANTATION

The Ark Plantation was the home of John M. Tillman. The plantation consisted of approximately 3,200 acres of land and covered much of what is now Surfside Beach.

There are no records in Horry County of a deed for the property. It is possible that the Tillman family received a royal grant for the prop-erty prior to the American Revolu-tion. If there was a royal grant, a record of this is in Charleston. If Tillman acquired the land between the revolution and 1801, a deed was likely recorded in Georgetown. Any deed recorded there was sent to Co-lumbia during the war between the states and destroyed by Sherman’s troops when Columbia was burned.

The first evidence of Tillman liv-ing in what is now Surfside Beach is from the Robert Mills Atlas of 1820.There is also a survey of John Till-man’s plantation recorded in Horry County. The map indicates a total of 3,194 acres stretching from the Atlantic Ocean about three miles inland and with about one and one-half miles on the ocean front. This map shows the plantation house, several outbuildings and cleared fields. The home stood until the middle part of this century. Accord-ing to an article by John Thomas

GHOST STORIES

Of all the tales told over time, the ones most dear to Myrtle Beach na-tives are ghost stories. The most en-during folklore figures are of Alice Flagg, ghost of the Hermitage , and the Gray Man. According to leg-end, Alice Belin Flagg (1833-1849) roams beside the waters of Murrells Inlet...searching for a ring she re-ceived from a young man her fam-ily did not approve of. As she lay in bed ill with a fever, her brother dis-covered the ring on a ribbon around her neck, became enraged and flung it into the inlet - and it is said that she still combs the creekside in pur-suit of the lost treasure.

The story of the Gray Man also in-volves a tragic love story - as a sol-dier returns home to marry his sweetheart. Riding on horseback, he has an accident and is killed. His spirit, however, lives on, and he is able to warn his lover of an ap-proaching hurricane and saves her life. Since that time, many people have reported seeing the Gray Man before a hurricane and heeded his ghostly warning to seek safety.

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LAUNDRY

Laundry will always be there for you.

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(in the fall of 1982) Tillman owned 57 slaves in 1850. His main crop was sweet potatoes and he produced 3,000 bushels annually. One hun-dred ninety acres were used for the production of rice.

At the time Tillman’s will was written in 1854 he apparently had no wife nor children. Nor did he at his death in 1865. Mr. Tillman was apparently quite af-fluent since he listed gifts of money, land and slaves to his brothers, sis-ters, nephews and nieces in his will. When Tillman died, the war had ap-parently taken its toll since his per-sonal property was valued at about $2,000.00. No value was placed on his real estate.

After Tillman’s death the family di-vided The Ark and eventually it was developed. It was renamed first Roaches Beach, then Floral Beach and later Surfside Beach. It has been written that the old plantation home was named The Ark because it sur-vived the great hurricane of 1893, however, this is not true since it was referred to as “Arke Plantation” in the inventory of Tillman’s estate compiled in 1867. The Ark was torn down in the 1960s.

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ANGELS LOVE

You can shed tears because they are gone, or you can smile because they

lived.

You can close your eyes and pray they will come back, or you can

open your eyes and see all that they left for you.

Your heart can be empty because you can’t see them, or you can be

full of the love you shared.

You can turn your back on tomor-row and live yesterday, or you can be happy for tomorrow because of

yesterday.

You can remember only that they are gone, or you can cherish their

memory and let it live on.

You can cry and close your mind and feel empty, or you can do what they would want. Smile, open your

heart, Love... and go on.~~ Elizabeth Ammons

You can’t go back and changethe beginning but you can

start where you are and change the ending.

~~C.S. Lewis

CHICKEN LOMBARDY

6 thin sliced chicken breasts, 1/4 in1/3 cup butter, divided1/2 cup flour8 oz sliced mushrooms3/4 cup marsala wine1/2 cup chicken broth1/2 tsp salt1/4 tsp pepper1/2 cup shredded mozzarella1/2 cup parmesan cheese2 green onions, sliced1/4 cup capers (optional)

Over medium-high head add 2 tbs butter.Add mushrooms, cook until they begin to brown; remove and set aside.Dredge chicken in flour.In mushroom pan add 1 tbs butter and heat over medium-high heat.Add 2 pieces of chicken and brown well on all sides. Do this in shifts to avoid overcrowing. (Add 1 tbs butter each shift.)Preheat oven to 450 F. Lightly grease a 13x9 inch baking dish.Add browned chicken to dish. Top with mushrooms. (Do not drain the pan.)Add wine, broth, salt, pepper and capers. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered 10 minutes. Pour evenly over chicken.Mix cheeses and green onions and distribute over top of chicken.Bake for 15-20 minutes until cheese is melted and just starting to brown. Goes well with pasta.

CAROLINA FORESTSHOW CHOIRBy Ruth Roth

On Tuesday, February 26th at the Oceanside Village community cen-ter the talanted students’ choral group from Carolina Forest High School performed in front of a crowded audience. They were ex-cellent singers and dancers. Their performance was outstanding as it has been for several years.

There were many Oceanside Village volunteers that donated baked goods for the students and audience after the performance. Thanks to all of you who volunteered with food for the students and the goodies afterwards. The money col-lected from the ticket sales was used to help the students towards their future competitions.

A special thank you to Krey for all his hard work in getting all the stu-dents ready for their performance.

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IMPORTANT NUMBERS

OSV Office 650-4440OSV Maintenance 650-6000OSV Security 650-8600Rose Real Estate 650-9274Fire/Police 911 Non-emergency/Fire 651-5143 Non-emergency/Police 444-1520State Police 626-1225Emergency Preparedness 626-1326OSV Web Site:www.oceansidevillage.comE-mail: oceanside843@gmail.com

Oceanside VillageOffice HoursMon-Friday

8:30 am - 5:00 pmSaturday

9:00 am - 5:00 pmWith Limited Service

USPS Request

We have had a request from the USPS. If you are going to be away from your residence for more than one week, please put a hold on your mail. This can be done online at usps.com/holdmail or you can call 1-800-ASK-USPS. You can have your mail held for up to 30 days. This will prevent your mail from be-ing returned.

This will also benefit you when re-ceiving packages. We will only hold your package in our office for three days before returning it. If your mail is on hold, you have nothing to worry about; the USPS will hold it for you.

Enjoy the momentBefore it becomes

a memory

FAIRS AND FESTIVALS

Below is a list of some area fairs and festivals that we have found that may be of interest to you.

April 12-13 - Low Country Herb So-ciety Spring Garden Festival - Mur-rells Inlet

April 13 - Marshwalk Masters - Murrells Inlet, Water Lantern Festi-val - Market Commons

April 19-28 - Horry County Fair - Myrtle Beach Speedway

April 23-27 - 14th Annual Film Fes-tival - Market Commons

April 27 - 11th Annual Dragon Boat Festival - Market Commons, So-castee Heritage Festival - Socastee Swing Bridge

April 27-28 - Spring Art in the Park - Market Commons

May 4 - Rivertown Music and Craft Beer Festival - Conway

May 6-9 - Carolina Music Festival - Myrtle Beach

June 29-30 - Art in the Park - Market Common

July 4 - Fireworks - Murrells In-let, Broadway at the Beach, Market Commons

We have also found other places that may be interesting to visit:

East Coast BrewBoat - Murrells In-let (I have personally participated in this and had a blast!)

Lost at Sea Memorial - Morris Park Landing - Murrells Inlet

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Hudson’s Flee Market - Just across Business 17

Waccamaw Neck Bikeway - Mur-rells Inlet to Sandy Island Road near Huntington Beach State Park

Carolina Escape Room - Garden City

MARDI GRASBy Madaline Jones

On Tuesday, March 5th Oceanside Village held a Mardi Gras Party. It was a great success with 132 guests attending. Karen and Karl provid-ed the music and Jason the juggler entertained the crowd. Everyone danced and had a fantastic time.

Some interesting facts about Mardi Gras:

- Mardi Gras (or Fat Tuesday) is the Christian feasting period before the start of Lent on Ash Wednes- day.- The traditional colors are purple, gold and green: purple for justice, gold for power and green for faith.- The traditional king cake, has biblical roots. During this time, kings brought gifts to baby Jesus This is where the name “king” cake comes from. The shape of the cake represents a king’s crown. Most cakes are baked with a baby Jesus inside of them. The lucky person who get the baby in their piece is supposed to host the next years’ big celebration.- It is illegal to wear masks in New Orleans except on Mardi Gras.