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NOVEMBER 2012

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CALENDAR 6

PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS 33

PAST TENSE 38

ON THE COVER A group called LARKS pilots radio controlled planes at their aireld just off I-20 near

Batesburg-Leesville on Tuesday afternoons. Story, Page 28. Photo by Gerry Melendez

20Here are 26.2 thingsthat set Mike Dhunjishahof Lake Carolina apart

from the running crowd. Left, a mappinpointing the marathons he has run sofar.

24Steve Bienkoski searches allover South Carolina in his questto save old wooden structures -- or thewood itself -- from the bulldozer. Oneneglected house now is bound for newlife on the banks of Lake Murray.7.

{ SKETCH }

14Joyce and Pete Boneyshouseboat on Marina Bayshows their love of the water -- and theirlove for the Gamecocks. All-board.

{ HOME }

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12Bill Paulis buildsbirdhouses now,but during WorldWar II, he helped

defeat enemies.Hes one of manyveterans of theColumbia Army

Air Base reunitingin Columbia thismonth.

34Gene Sorrel and his wife, MaryRuth, have transformed thebackyard of their 19-year-old Louisiana-style residence on Lake Murray into ayear-round oasis, complete with a never-ending view of the water from their pool.

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Through Nov. 3: Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde, Chapin Community Theatre,

Harbison Theatre, (803) 345-6181

Through Nov. 10: Next Fall, TrustusTheatre, (803) 254-9732

Through Dec. 29: Hansel & Gretel,Columbia Marionette Theatre, 252-7366

Nov. 1-18: Murdered by the Mob, FineArts Center of Forest Acres, (803) 200-2012

Nov. 2, 3: USC Dance Company, KogerCenter, (803) 251-6333

Nov. 2, 3: Don Giovanni by W. A.Mozart (sung in Italian), Drayton Hall,(803) 777-4280

Nov. 2-18: Disneys The Little Mermaid Jr.,Village Square Theatre, (803) 359-1436

Nov. 3: Palmetto Pans Steel Drums,University of South Carolina School ofMusic, (803) 777-4280

Nov. 5: USC University Band, KogerCenter, (803) 251-6333

Nov. 7: Percussion Players, Universityof South Carolina School of Music, (803)777-4280

Nov. 8: Anna D. & Friends, Fine ArtsCenter of Forest Acres, (803) 728-1678

Nov. 8: Away in the Basement AChurch Basement Ladies Christmas,Newberry Opera House, (803) 276-6264

Nov. 9: Made in the U.S.A., Masterworks

3, South Carolina Philharmonic, KogerCenter, (803) 251-6333

Nov. 9: Pretty Lights, TownshipAuditorium, (803) 576-2350

Nov. 9: The Hit Men, Newberry OperaHouse, (803) 276-6264

Nov. 9-17: Compleat Female Stage

Beauty, Longstreet Theatre, (803) 777-4288

Nov. 9-24: Whos Afraid of VirginiaWoolf? Workshop Theatre, (803) 799-4876

Nov. 11: USC Gospel Choir, SouthCarolina School of Music, (803) 777-4280

Nov. 11: Lake Murray SymphonyOrchestra, Harbison Theatre, (803) 400-3540

Nov. 13: USC Symphony Orchestra,

Koger Center, (803) 251-6333

Nov. 13: Maybach Music Group, Colonial

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Life Arena, (803) 576-9200

Nov. 14: Carolina Alive, University ofSouth Carolina School of Music, (803)777-4280

Nov. 15: Carl Hurley with JeanneRobinson, Township Auditorium, (803)576-2350

Nov. 15-18: The Rose Tattoo, LabTheatre, (803) 777-4288

Nov. 16: Comedian James Gregory,Harbison Theatre, (800) 514-3849

Nov. 16, 17: Into the Woods, NewberryOpera House, (803) 276-6264

Nov. 17: Going, Going Gone MusicalProgram and Silent Auction, SouthCarolina Archives and History Center,(803) 252-7038

Nov. 18: Palmetto Concert Band, KogerCenter, (803) 251-6333

Nov. 19: USC Symphonic Winds andUniversity Band Concert, Koger Center,(803) 251-6333

Nov. 19-Dec. 31: The Brave TinSoldier, Columbia Marionette Theatre,(803) 252-7366

Nov. 20, 21, 23, 25: The NutcrackerBallet, Carolina Ballet, Township

Auditorium, (803) 576-2350

Nov. 23 Dec. 8: The Winter Wonderettes,Town Theatre, (803) 799-2510

Nov. 24-Dec. 2:Two Rooms, Fine ArtsCenter of Forest Acres, (803) 200-2012

Nov. 23-Dec. 2: The Christmas Doll,Columbia Childrens Theatre, (803) 691-4548

Nov. 25: Broadway in Columbia,Mannheim Steamroller, Koger Center,(803) 251-6333

Nov. 27: The Carolina Concert Band,Koger Center, (803) 251-6333

Nov. 27: Mens Chorus Concert,University of South Carolina School ofMusic, (803) 777-4280

Nov. 27: The Story Tour, Colonial LifeArena, (803) 576-9200

Nov. 27, 28: Fiddler onthe Roof, Newberry OperaHouse, (803) 276-6264

Nov. 28: An Eveningof ChamberMusic,University ofSouth CarolinaSchool ofMusic, (803) 777-

4280

Nov. 30: So You ThinkYou Can Dance Tour2012, Township

Auditorium,(803) 576-2350

Nov.

30: EricChurch,ColonialLife Arena, (803)

576-9200

Nov. 30, Dec.

1: Sounds ofChristmas, Lexington County ChoralSociety Christmas Concert, Saxe-GothaPresbyterian Church, lexcochoralsoc.org

Nov. 30-Dec. 2: The Nutcracker,Columbia Classical Ballet, Koger Center,(803) 251-2222

{museums & art}

Through Jan. 1, 2013: Modern andContemporary Art from the Collection,Columbia Museum of Art, (803) 799-2810

Through Jan. 6, 2013:The Life andTimes of Congressman Robert Smalls,State Museum, (803) 898-4921

Through Jan. 6, 2013: Mark Rothko:The Decisive Decade 1940-1950,Columbia Museum of Art, (803) 799-2810

Through March 1: The Civil War inSouth Carolina: Naval Warfare on theCoast and Failed Attempts to TakeCharleston, Columbia Museum of Art,(803) 799-2810

Through June 2, 2013: Civil War in 3D,SC Confederate Relic Room and MilitaryMuseum, (803) 737-8095

Through April 2015:The Civil Warin South Carolina, 1861-1865, State

CALENDAR FROM PAGE 7

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Museum, (803) 898-4921

Through Nov. 6:All The In Between ArtExhibit, Vista Studio/Gallery 80808, (803)319-2223

Through Nov. 15: From Here toTimbuktu, State Museum, (803) 898-4921

Through Dec. 14: Get Cocky!,

McKissick Museum, (803) 777-7251

Through Dec. 16: McKissick Mysteries,McKissick Museum, (803) 777-7251

Through Dec. 18:The UltimateVacation: Watching Other People Work,McKissick Museum, (803) 777-7251

Nov. 2:Arts & Draughts, Columbia Museumof Art, (803) 799-2810

Nov. 2: First Friday Wine and CheeseReception, Village Artists, (803) 419-0235

Nov. 3: Farmville, EdVenture, (803) 779-3100

Nov. 3: Meet Renowned Civil War ArtistMort Kuntsler, State Museum, (803) 799-2810

Nov. 4, 11, 18, 25: Gallery Tour:Highlights of the Museums Collection,Columbia Museum of Art, (803) 799-2810

Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27:Toddler Tuesday,EdVenture, (803) 779-3100

Nov. 7: Wee Wednesdays: StampingSensations!, Columbia Museum of Art,(803) 799-2810

Nov. 9: One Room Schoolhouse,: Figure,Line Color, Columbia Museum of Art,(803) 799-2810

Nov. 10: Holiday Artisans Fair and Sale,Columbia Museum of Art, (803) 799-2810

Nov. 11: Passport to Art: AutumnImpressions, Columbia Museum of Art,(803) 799-2810

Nov. 13: Family Night, EdVenture, (803)779-3100

Nov. 14: Community Leader Reader,EdVenture, (803) 779-3100

Nov. 14: Tom Russell: Mesabi, Columbia

CALENDAR CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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Museum of Art, (803) 799-2810

Nov. 19-Feb. 24: Snowville, EdVenture,(803) 779-3100

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Nov. 3-4: USTA/ITF South CarolinaJunior Championships-Qualifying,Lexington County Tennis Complex (803)957-7676

Nov. 5-10: USTA/ITF South CarolinaJunior Championships-Main Draw,Lexington County Tennis Complex (803)957-7676

Nov. 10: University of South CarolinaFootball vs. Arkansas, Williams-BriceStadium, (803) 777-4274

Nov. 16-18: USTA Tri-State Tournamentof Champions, Cayce Tennis & FitnessCenter, (803) 227-3030 and LexingtonCounty Tennis Complex (803) 957-7676

Nov. 17: University of South Carolina

Football vs. Wofford, Williams-BriceStadium, (803) 777-4274

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Through Nov. 18: Clinton Sease FarmCorn Maze: Race for the White House,(803) 730-2863

Nov. 1: Meet Me @ The Plaza On Main,Hampton & Main Streets, (803) 779-9400, ext. 2040

Nov. 1-4: Chapins Holiday Open House,(803) 932-0699

Nov. 1, 8, 15, 29: Garden VolunteerDays, Historic Columbia Foundation,

(803) 252-1770Nov. 2-4: Craftsmens Christmas Classic

Art & Craft Festival, South Carolina StateFairgrounds, (803) 799-3387

Nov. 3: Columbia Cornbread Festival,Main Street, (803) 386-2624

Nov. 3: Columbias 18th Annual BluesFestival, Greene St., (803) 708-4500

Nov. 3: Chili Cook-Off, Five Points, (803)748-7373

Nov. 3: Governors Cup Road Race,

Capitol Building, governorscupsc.orgNov. 3: Poochapalooza K-9 5K & Dog WalkFestival, Lake Carolina, (803) 736-5253

Nov. 3: Repticon Columbia SC Reptile &Exotic Animal Show, Jamil Temple, (803)268-4273

Nov. 6: Woodrow Wilson Family HomeHard Hat Tour, Historic ColumbiaFoundation, (803) 252-1770

Nov. 6, 13, 20: Sandhill Farmers Market,(803) 699-3190

Nov. 9: City Strolls with Historic ColumbiaFoundation, Robert Mills House andGardens, (803) 252-1770, ext. 24

Nov. 9: 50th Birthday Bash, Robert MillsHouse and Gardens, (803) 252-1770

Nov. 10: Passing the Torch AwardsGala, Columbia Metropolitan Convention

CALENDAR FROM PAGE 9

Dig it.Take a tour of the restored garden at the Robert Mills House and Gardens Nov. 15


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Bill Paulis of Chapin knows how he will greet fellow members of the formative

345th Bomber Group when 100 or more arrive from all over the countryVeterans Day weekend for their annual reunion.

Im giving some of my hand-built birdhouses for door prizes, said theLake Murray resident, who nished his training as a B-25 radio operator at

(the former) Columbia Army Air Base (CAAB) where the 345th Bomber Group wasactivated in 1942.

This year marks the groups 70th anniversary. Reunion organizers said decidingthe rst full Air Force combat group sent to the Pacic would return to Columbiafor this signicant anniversary was only natural. The four comprising squadrons, alsoknown as the Air Apaches, intercepted and escorted the two Japanese Betty bombers

Working construction.Bill Paulis of Chapin is a WWII veteran attending a reunion of the 345th Bomber Group in November at Columbia MetropolitanAirport. He makes birdhouses and plans to give birdhouses to fellow veterans.

History in fightBomber group reunites in Columbia

Story by Rachel Haynie,

Special to Lake Murrayand Northeast magazines

Photograph by C. Aluka Berry


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that transported peace emissaries whoinitiated the Japanese surrender.

This year also marks the 70thanniversary of the opening of CAAB(now the site of Columbia Metropolitan

Airport) and the 70th anniversary of theDoolittle Raid.

Volunteers for that pivotal missionbegan at CAAB. Paulis, a Washingtonstate native, didnt know Columbiaexisted until he was ordered to report

here in 1944 for further training.By then, the 79 airmen who followed

Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle off the deck ofthe USS Hornet had been gone for morethan two years, rst to secluded Eglin

AFB, Florida, then to California andultimately to the deck of the USS Hornet,the Navy carrier from which their 16B-25s launched on April 18, 1942.

During Paulis service time at CAAB,prior to his shipping out for the SouthPacic, some of the Raiders, includingCol. Dean Davenport, had returned and

were vigorously training the next wave

of airmen. Unlike Davenport and otherRaiders who never expected to be back atCAAB, Paulis was determined to return.

It was because of a girl.He had given his girlfriend Ann Lee an

engagement ring he had bought downtown

at Friedmans Jewelers for $150. We hadbeen set up on a blind date July 15, 1944,and before I was ordered to the SouthPacic late in 1944, Id asked her to waitfor me. While I was gone, we wrote to eachother every day, but toward the end of the

war, she sent the ring back, he said.After the war ended, he was discharged

back to Washington state, but Paulisalready had been guring out how to getback to South Carolina to sit on that

porch swing again, wait for Anns parentsto fall asleep, then talk his sweetheartback into marrying him.

The couple married in 1946, madetheir home in Columbia for many years,ultimately making their Lake Murray

home their primary residence. On theirproperty is the workshop where Paulishas been crafting bluebird houses of localred cedar since 1989. I have lost count,but I know Ive made and given awaythousands, he said.

I give them to people I encounter whohave good attitudes, Paulis said. I may notknow anybody coming for the reunion I

was the only one on my crew to come home but I am positive service to our country is

proof enough that veterans coming for the70th reunion have good attitudes. They willall be eligible for a birdhouse.

Rachel Haynie is a Midlands-based freelancewriter.

345th Bomber Group reunion

The public is invited to the reunions educational sessions beginning at 9 a.m.Friday, Nov. 9, at the Doubletree Hotel, Bush River Road, and Saturday, Nov. 10, atthe Richland County Public Main Branch Library Auditorium on Assembly Street.

A historical marker will be dedicated at 10 a.m. Nov. 11 next to the airport.

Details: www.345thbombgroup.org.

For S.C. military news and events, see thestate.com/military

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All-aboard!Lake Murray houseboat is a year-roundweekend vacation destination for couple

Story by Kay Gordon, Special to Lake Murray and Northeast magazine Photographs by Tim Dominick


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Joyce and Pete Boney enjoyhome away from homeevery week on the

waters of Lake Murrayand 30 miles away inland in acountry setting in Blythewood.

On Thursday afternoons, the coupleleaves their 14-by-70 foot landlubberhome in Blythewood to drive to their16-by-84 foot houseboat at MarinaBay on Lake Murray near White Rock.

They return to Blythewood on Sundayafternoons. They love the water andliving on it, Joyce said.

Its an every week vacation for thecouple. The Boneys are avid USCGamecock fans. Their houseboat,named The Cocks Roost, is furnishedthroughout in a USC Gamecock decor.

They also have a pontoon, namedCockToon, and a jet ski, dubbed LilCock.

This is a great getaway, Pete said ofthe Lake Murray houseboat. Pete, 72, isretired from Allied Signal Co., but stilldrives a tri-axle truck four days a week.

Joyce, 69, is retired from WestinghouseElectric Co. They have three adultdaughters and one grandson, whorecently graduated from USC, of course.

Theyve lived off and on at MarinaBay, formerly Lake Murray Marina, formore than 20 years. They have ownedtheir current houseboat for seven oreight years; before that, a 40-foot longhouseboat, and before that, a 24-foot

houseboat.Joyce said she loves the peace andquiet they experience on the front porchor top deck of their houseboat. Pete

just loves everything about being on thewater. They say living on the houseboatis just like living in a land-baseddwelling, except theres no grass to mow.

They wash and wax the exterior of thehouseboat, but Pete said thats better thandealing with a lawn mower.

And, as far as the interior chores, bothpitch in. They grocery shop weekly andtote the goods in carts provided at the

end of the dock to haul the goods backto the houseboat. They live in a slip onone of the several docks at the marina andhave become friends with their neighbors.

They visit from boat to boat, or on thedock. Sometimes, Pete plays music onthe dock. Hes the resident DJ, playingmostly shag and beach music. They take

Home to roost.The living room area of Joyce and Pete Boneys houseboat called The CocksRoost for their passion for the University of South Carolinas Gamecocks

HOUSEBOAT CONTINUED ON PAGE 18


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the houseboat out on the water only oncea year. More commonly when they do

venture out, they go in the pontoon.Their houseboat is furnished with

all the necessary amenities, such asrefrigerator/freezer, with ice maker,dishwasher, washer and dryer, a heatpump, built-in bar and even a sunken hottub in Joyces bathroom.

Hers is one of two bathrooms; thereare four bedrooms, all of which havequeen-size beds, except for theirs, whichhas a king-size bed. A spiral staircase onthe rear deck leads to the upper deck, thelength of the lower level, where tablesand chairs can accommodate dozens ofpeople for gatherings. They say they havethe best of both worlds.

A bad day at the lake is better than aday anywhere else, Pete said. And, Joyceadded, Were on vacation all the time.

Kay Gordon is a Midlands-based freelance

writer.

HOUSEBOAT FROM PAGE 16

Greetings, land lovers...One of Joyce Boneys favorite decorations is a mermaid that a friendgave to her decked out of course in a garnet dress.

Outdoor, indoor.The boat has a porch on the front entrance to the living area.


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Marathoner Mike Dhunjishahplans to knock off two morestates in October to reachhis goal of running a 26.2-mile event in every state.

Here are 26.2 things that set theRichland County resident apart from

the running crowd.

1.Hes 67 and didnt run his rstmarathon until age 50. Dhunjishahonce bragged to his young children thathe would do a marathon when he hit50. The kids probably forgot the boast.Dhunjishah didnt. He completed theMarine Corps Marathon in Washington,D.C. in 1995 in slightly more than fourhours to back up his talk.

2.He had no plans to do anothermarathon, but he found meaningin running after the death of his motherand his wife, Lindas, battle with breastcancer in the late 1990s. In 1997, he andLinda celebrated a positive cancer resultby participating in a three-day fundraisingrunning event in California, where theythen lived.

3.He ran his second marathon inAustin, Texas, in 1998 while visiting

his daughter who lives there. Suddenly,he was hooked.

4.He has multiple sclerosis. If you askhow that impacts him, hell simplysay it makes running for long periodsmore difcult, especially on hot days.

5.He ran the Antarctic Marathon in2001. The race requires a majorpersonal fundraising effort, which wasone of the draws for Dhunjishah. Heraised $14,000 for a pediatric carecharity. I felt I should do something tosay thank you that I can be out hererunning, he says.

6.That led him to a quest to runmarathons on every continent.He knocked off Australia in 2005,Europe in 2006, Africa in 2008 and

Asia in 2009. Just for kicks, he ran theAthens Marathon in 2010, the 2,500thanniversary of the rst such run duringthe Battle of Marathon.

7.He noticed people with 50-StateClub T-shirts a few years ago andthought Why not? After doing just afew marathons per year, he picked up

MARATHON CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

THE

5026.2 things about Mike Dhunjishahs plan

to run a race in each of the 50 statesStory by Joey Holleman Photographs by C. Aluka Berry

MarathonMan


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Wall of fame.Mike Dhunjishah has earned many medals from running marathons all over the world. Although he didnt run his rst marathon until age

50, Dhunjishah hopes to reach his 50-state goal by mid-October.


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the pace with 10 in 2010 and 10 in 2011.

8.Mike has lost about 20 pounds this year, a drop heattributes to eating healthier. He didnt want to enter the50-State Club as a fat guy.

9.

Hes not fast. I dont run; I complete, he says. Hes a

six-hour marathoner. Some race organizers allow himto start ahead of the crowd so he can nish before they startdismantling the nish line gear.

10.Linda, now 69, started running half-marathons whileMike does marathons. Hes so slow, I gure whyshould I just stand there and wait for him, she says. Shes slow,too, but she nishes long before he does.

11.Mike hates marathons, at least briey during each race.On about mile 22-23 of every marathon, I say, This isstupid. ... My favorite marathon is the one I just nished, andmy least favorite is the one thats next.

12.So why does he do it? We get to travel, meet people,

spend time together, he says. Its fun. If youre nothaving fun, why do it?

13.He really has fun. Long ago, Mike started a tradition ofdrinking beer during races. Most runners pick up wateror a sports drink around mile 20. Mike instead enjoys a cold beer,often planted near the course by Linda or friends. Usually, itsa can or bottle. But at the new Columbia Marathon last year, afriend handed him a large cup of beer at a stop along TrenholmRoad. I had to walk a mile so I didnt spill any, he says.

Far out in the Far East.Dhunjishah is seen with his wife, Linda, as hedrinks a beer after running a marathon in Mongolia in 2009.

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14.He draws others into his fun. Ata marathon on a golf course inWest Virginia, he was running at the backof the pack alongside a man hed justmet. He mentioned he planned to stop inthe clubhouse and buy a beer. The otherrunner laughed, thinking Mike was joking.Mike stopped and bought two beers,giving one to his surprised new friend.

15.He doesnt care what placehe nishes. Who are youcompeting with but yourself? he says.

16.But he does sort of care aboutwho beats him. When a boutwith plantar fasciitis slowed him to a nearcrawl at a marathon in Arizona, I got beatby a one-legged fat guy who was takingpictures, he says with mock anger.

17.He never quits. Thats what itsall about. You nish. Its like life.

18.Dont let the slow times andthe beer stops fool you, hesa serious runner. He and Linda get up

before the sun for training runs four daysa week. The routine is four or ve milesin their Lake Carolina neighborhoodthree days a week and a longer run atRiverfront Park on Sundays.

19.He wasnt a slug before that rstmarathon at age 50. He playedand refereed soccer, an ideal training forfuture marathon runners.

20.He was born in 1945 to foreignnationals (his dad was British, hismother Russian) who were being held ina Japanese internment camp in China.

That might not have anything to do withhis running marathons. Or maybe it does.

21.After the war, his family lived inChina until 1957, when rulingcommunists forced foreign businessowners like his family out of the country.

The family settled in San Francisco. Asan adult, Mike was working in Iran in themid-1970s and had to ee that politicalrevolution, too.

22.Hes a civil engineer with AMEC,a career that has allowed him thetime and resources to travel the globe torunning events.

23.Stick-to-itiveness is one of hisstrengths. Hes been marriedto Linda for 46 years. He has workedfor AMEC or its predecessor Law

Engineering for 40 years.

24.Mike struggled academically inhis rst stab at college, but aftera stint in the Army and a tour of Vietnam,he came back to get undergrad andmasters degrees from the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley.

25.He and Linda must have donesomething right as parents. SonMichael is a West Point grad and a lieutenantcolonel in the Army stationed in Peru.Daughter Michelle has a law degree from

Wake Forest and is director and generalcounsel for the Foster Care Review Boardin South Carolina. She was the lure for herparents to move here seven years ago.

26.The walls of one room in Mikeand Lindas home are covered byquilts made of race T-shirts from variousstates. All of the marathon medals aredisplayed in a corner of the garage. Mikeneeds two more T-shirts and medals tocomplete the 50 states.

26.1.

Hartford Marathon inConnecticut on Oct. 13

would be No. 49.

26.2.Des Moines Marathon inIowa on Oct. 21 would beNo. 50.

Out of Africa.Dhunjishah ran a marathon inKenya during 2008. At left, a quilt in Dhunjishahs

home is made from T-shirts that he got while

running different marathons.


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Old home deconstructedto be reconstructed

Story by Joey Holleman Photographs by Kim Kim Foster-Tobin


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he back room of the old house sagsunder a collapsed section of roof. Whitepaint peels off the wooden siding. It

almost appears the branches from two giantmagnolias hold up the front porch.

The two-story structure perched alongside the railroad tracksnear the Newberry County community of Kinards looked like acandidate for the bulldozer. In fact, that nearly was its fate untilSteve Bienkoski got his hooks in it. Now, its bound for new lifeon the banks of Lake Murray.

Bienkoski connected with the owner of the property in thekarmic way his business usually operates somebody admires

the work he has done for others and contacts him to do work forthem. In this case, a new client mentioned he had an old househe was considering demolishing or donating to the local redepartment for practice sessions. Bienkoski drove up from his

West Columbia home to check it out.We pulled in here and you can see the bones of this house,

Bienkoski says. You just know its old.Really old. The distinctive notched 8-by-8 corner beams from

the oor to the roof hint of an 1810 carpentry style, but the restof the construction is indicative of work done between 1830 and1850. Bienkoski suspects an elderly man built the home with anapprentice in the 1830s.

FARMHOUSE CONTINUED ON PAGE 27

Home sweet home.Steve Bienkoski is tearing down an 1830s farmhouse in Newberry County to move it and then rebuild it on a lot near Lake Murray.


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Looking through time.Bubbles in the original panes of glass from the 1830s become visible in sunlight.

Found treasures.Bienkoski is salvaging as much of the old farmhouse as possible. From left, the original door locks; square-headed nails hold oorboards together; each board from the farmhouse is cleaned up, nails removed, grouped, tagged and stored on the truck for shipping.


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Every board is hand-planed, Bienkoski says. They didnt

build houses with a three-year warranty back then. These housesare built to be a home for generations of the family.Mike Bedenbaugh, executive director of the Palmetto Trust

for Historic Preservation, was well aware of the gem of a house.He recognized its age from the outside and asked the owner tolet him check out the interior.

It literally had been left to the dogs, Bedenbaugh says. Beforeher death, the last resident had moved into a trailer nearby andlet pets stay in the old house. Dog feces covered the oor therst time Bedenbaugh entered the house, but the only structuralproblem was in a small back section where the roof had leaked.

The condition of the house might have scared some potentialbuyers, but Bienkoski kept coming back to its bones. Hebought the structure with the requirement that he remove it

from the site.Bienkoskis company, Born Again Creations (That covers

what I am spiritually and what I do professionally, he says),often salvages wood from old building to use in other projects.But this wasnt a wood salvage case; this was a more complicated

whole-house rescue.Bienkoski and his two-man crew numbered and carefully

removed wall paneling, the uted baseboards, doors and mantlesand the amazingly intact windows. All were shrink-wrappedin bundles and stacked in a 53-foot container. Next came the

bones, the heart-pine support beams, joists and ooring, manyheld in place by wooden pins.

Bienkoski didnt nd money or historic documents behind thewall panels like he does in some old houses, but he did nd a liveCivil War artillery shell in the backyard using a metal detector.

Unlike many homes that survived from that period intothe late 1900s, this one had no major renovations. Built for aphysician who was the patriarch of the Gary family, it was rathergrand for the backcountry plantation homes of the time.

The two bedroom-over-two living rooms layout covers about1,760 square feet with a large dining area and porches front and

back downstairs. A room later converted into a kitchen mighthave been a storage area or downstairs bedroom originally,Bedenbaugh says.

A small slave cabin also stood on the property until a fewyears ago, Bedenbaugh says.

Bienkoski expects the deconstruction will take about a month.The reconstruction could take a little longer. He plans to addtwo bathrooms and two walk-in closets in the back of the secondoor and a second-oor of the porch.

Preservation purists dont like those sorts of major structuralchanges to old homes, but Bienkoski prefers to look at it asadding function while preserving the workmanship of thebuilding.

The original granite foundation stones wont be used in the

same manner at the new home site, but they might end upsomewhere on the property. Bienkoski also does custom stone

work.The future of the building isnt set in stone. Columbia

environmental consultant Yancey McLeod hopes to build ahome on Lake Murray, and he has talked with Bienkoski aboutusing the Kinards structure.

You cant get wood like that anymore, McLeod says. Thetimber industry doesnt give trees 100 years to grow anymore.

If the McLeod deal doesnt come to fruition, Bienkoski couldnd a piece of property on the lake and rebuild the home thereon his own dime. Hes condent there are enough people whoappreciate history and old wood that someone will buy thenished product.

Thats whats great about my job, Bienkoski says. Anybodycan build modern style, but when you work on this type ofstructure, youre taking a walk back in time.

Blast from the past.Bienkoski looks at an explosive that hediscovered in the yard from the 1800s that was never detonated.

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Story by Joey Holleman Photographs by Gerry Melendez

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wo bright yellow Piper Cubs with 106-inch wingspansputter proudly in wide ovals beneath a backdrop ofpuffy clouds over a farm eld in rural LexingtonCounty.

The replica of a WWIIghter jet performs

acrobatic rolls nearby,resembling a pesky littleguy following behind twin bigbrothers.

Moments later, those threeradio-controlled planes touch downon the well-tended grass runwayand make way in the skies for akerosene-powered jet, which zoomspast the pilot stand with a roar that

would seem more at home 20 milesaway at Columbia Metropolitan

Airport. Its hardly a toy plane,capable of hitting 135 mph and requiring a special license to

operate.Thats the scene most Tuesday afternoons and Saturdays at

the LARKS eld, home to the largest radio-controlled planeclub in the Midlands. Take three left turns off exit 39 on I-20,and you enter a world of scaled-down planes and the scaled-uplittle boys who y them.

Its as if a bunch of 10-year-old buddies got together in theirbackyard only these are adults playing with toys with pricetags ranging from a couple hundred to several thousand dollars.Playing is the key for this group.

This is one of the fewhobbies that it doesnt have to be

competitive in the least, said SteveLivingston, the LARKS safetyofcer and general go-to guy.Other hobbies Ive tried golf,tennis, racquetball somebodyalways wanted to keep score, and

you either won or you lost. Outhere, were just ying for fun.

While there are competitiveevents for radio-controlledairplanes, most local events called y-ins are designed moreto show off new or improved

models. Or simply to get together with others who share the

passion.The size of the local R/C plane subculture might surprise

some. There are dozens of clubs in South Carolina, includingseveral in the Midlands. LARKS and Gaston-based Congaree

Taking fightRadio-controlled plane clubs take to the skieswith their hobby

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All systems go.Paul Bass, a LARKS pilot, goes through a pre-ight check on a Stearman biplane, one of 20 radio-controlled airplanes he owns. Inset,an electric foam T28 Warbird Plane was one of many on display during an evening of ying at LARKS aireld just off I-20 near Batesburg-Leesville.


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Flyers cover rural western LexingtonCounty; Lake Murray Regional R/CFlyers in Prosperity is north of the lake;and Jackson Flyers Association at Fort

Jackson and Kershaw County Flyersin Camden offer alternatives on thenortheast side of Columbia. Theres aless formal group that uses the openspace at Clemsons Sandhill Research and

Education Center.For annual fees of about $100, the

clubs offer American Academy of ModelAeronautics-backed liability insuranceand access to elds they own or lease.

They also provide camaraderie, guys (itis a male-dominated activity) who like totalk about the planes as much as they liketo build and y them.

Retiree Lewis Lapine, a member of theLake Murray group, is like most yers.He got a taste of model planes as a child,left behind the hobby as work and familytook precedence for years, then got bit

by the bug again as he had more time anddisposable income.

I enjoy putting them together, getting

them trimmed out and ying, Lapinesaid.

In addition to ying the planes at the

eld, his group holds monthly meetings,where the discussion often revolvesaround what airplane are you hiding

from your wife this week, Lapine joked.Lake Murrays 12-member club has a

two-acre aireld in the middle of a 600-

acre farm. LARKS has 85 members and

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PLANES CONTINUED ON PAGE 32

Fly boys.A group of LARKS pilots, including from left, Jerry Lucas, Rick Cain and Bill Harden watch a ight of one of their radio-controlled planes.

All smiles.Steve Livingston, left, jokes with Bill Harden.


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a six-acre aireld amidst 32 acres of farmelds the club leases.

Once up in the air, the planes arentlimited to the clubs airspace. You cany as far as you can see the aircraft,Livingston said. But pilots have to becareful not to let planes get so far away

they have trouble telling which directionthe plane is heading. That can lead tocrashes and lost aircraft.

Pilots guide the planes using a radiocontroller a slightly larger, morecomplicated version of a video-gamecontroller. In fact, kids who play videogames often pick up the nuances of turningthe plane right, left, up and down quickerthan older folks. Club members take thetime to teach newcomers the basics ofpiloting the planes, using a device thatallows veteran pilots to take over when anovice is losing control of the plane.

Some of the planes can y straightout of the box, but many come in piecesthat must be assembled. The structureranges from solid foam to plastic to

wooden frames covered by fabric skins.Propulsion for the planes (much like R/Ccars and boats) can be electric, gasoline,methanol-based glow fuel or a keroseneblend for the turbine-powered jets.

The controllers are programmed to let

pilots know when planes are running lowon power. Most ights are about ve to10 minutes, which sounds short until youspend 10 minutes staring into the sky andconcentrating on raising and lowering

aps to keep a plane aloft and steeredcorrectly.

A beginner can get a basic plane andnecessary gear for about $250. Additionalplanes start at less than $100 and rise toseveral thousand dollars.

Livingston, who lives in Irmo, ewR/C planes for about a year as a child, buthe couldnt afford to go whole-hog intothe hobby then. He was sucked back in

when his own son asked for a plane andnot a toy plane for his 15th birthday.

We started ying every weekendtogether, Livingston said. It brought meback to something I loved many years ago.

The hobby has become an obsessionfor him. He pulls a trailer full of planesand gear to the LARKS eld each week.He has invested thousands of dollars inthe hobby, but he says he spends less onying than many golfers spend on gearand greens fees.

And he never drives home from theLARKS eld with a losers frown.

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Another good day.Paul Bass LED-lighted T28 radio-controlled airplane goes on its nal ight of the evening as the sun sets.

TAKE FLIGHTRadio-controlled plane organizations in the Lake Murray/Northeast area.

LARKS, 1800 Ben Franklin Road, Batesburg-Leesville,www.larksrc.com

Lake Murray Regional R/C Flyers, corner of Fire Tower Road and ClaraBarton Road, Prosperity, [email protected]

Congaree Flyers, 697 Cassidy Road, Gaston, www.congareeyer.com

Jackson Flyers, Wildcat Road, Fort Jackson, www.jfa-rc.com

Kershaw County Flyers, Park Road, near Goodale State Park, www.kc-yers.com

WATCH THE PLANES FLYIn a video by photojournalist Gerry Melendez, enthusiasts share their love forradio-controlled planes. thestate.com/lakemurray


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ARTSThe Crooked Creek Art League meets at 7 p.m. Monday,Nov. 19, at Crooked Creek Park, Old Lexington Highway inChapin.

The Seven Oaks Art League meets at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at SevenOaks Park, at 200 Leisure Lane, Columbia.

The Palmetto Painters, an S.C. Chapter of the Society ofDecorative Painters, will have a special membership eventSaturday, Nov. 10 , at 10 a.m. at Green Hill Baptist Church,1734 Augusta Road, West Columbia. There will be doorprizes and a free acrylic program; lunch will be provided.Details: Pam at (803) 781-2340 or at [email protected], or www.PalmettoPainters.com.

Disneys The Little Mermaid Jr. will be performed bytheVillage Square Theatre Nov. 2-18. The theatreis at 105 Caughman Road in Lexington. Details: www.

villagesquaretheatre.com

Chapin Community Theatre is staging Dr. Jekylland Mr. Hyde through Nov. 3 at Harbison Theater at

Midlands Technical College, 7300 College St., Irmo. Details:ww.wchapintheatre.com

The Lake Murray Symphony Orchestrawelcomes the DickGoodwin Quintet for a show of on Nov. 11 at Harbison

Theatre at Midlands Tech, 7300 College St. Admission is free.Details: (803) 400-3540.

COMMUNITYA Hope and Remembrance Service at Saxe GothaPresbyterian Church is set for Sunday, Nov. 4. The service,from 3-4 p.m. honors those who have lost a loved one. Details:

(803) 359-7770. The church will also have a special seminar,Surviving the Holidays, on Sunday, Dec. 2, from 3-5 p.m. Toregister, call (803) 359-3380. The church is at 5503 SunsetBlvd., Lexington.

UPCOMINGThe Lexington County Museum Christmas Open Houseis Dec. 9. The event, at the museum at 231 Fox St., is from 2-5p.m. Refreshments will be served. Free to the public.

The Capital City Lake Murray Country annual HolidayOpen House at the Capital City/Lake Murray Country VisitorsCenter is set for Dec. 8-9. Members of the Coldstream GardenClub, Garden Club of Saluda, Newcomers Club of GreaterColumbia and Quail Valley Garden Club will decorate the

center, located at the historic Lorick Plantation House, 2184North Lake Drive, for the open house. Hours are 10 a.m.-3 p.m.Dec. 8 and noon-3 p.m. Dec. 9.

Wingards Nursery and Garden Centercelebrates the holidayseason Nov. 15 with holiday carolers, cider and the debut ofthe 2012 Lake Murray ornament. Stop by the nursery at 1403North Lake Drive (Hwy. 6), Lexington, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Woodleys Garden Centeris the host for Family Day from11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 23. Have your photo taken with Santa

and enjoy refreshments. Pets are welcome. Woodleys locationsare at 10015 Two Notch Road (803-788-1487) and in Irmo at2840 Dreher Shoals Road (803-407-0601) More details: www.

woodleygardencenter.com

Get tickets now for a special concert featuring nationallyknown singer Connie James with the Sandlapper Singers,set for Feb. 8, 2013. Connie James, a New York City singer andactress, is a Columbia native who also attended the Universityof South Carolina. She has toured with comedian Bob Newhart,and starred in a one-woman show, Fever: A Tribute to PeggyLee, and has acted in several independent lms. Other guestartists include the Dick Goodwin Jazz Ensemble and theSandlapper Singers Orchestra. To purchase tickets, visit www.sandlappersingers.org or call (803) 381-5481

Have an item for People, Places and Things? Email [email protected]. Event notices can be included in our monthly calendar,but must be sent at least six weeks in advance.

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Backyard attractions draw familytogether and outside year-round

Story by Deena C. Bouknight, Special to Lake Murray and Northeast magazines Photographs by Kim Kim Foster-Tobin


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Exterior living is not designed with just

late spring and summer in mind. The

goal is for functionality year-round.Thats what Gene Sorrel and his wife, Mary Ruth, envisioned

when they transformed the backyard of their 19-year-oldLouisiana-style residence in the Timberlake neighborhood onLake Murray. About four springs ago, the Sorrels looked at their

growing family they have ve children and 12 grandchildren and decided to notch-up the recreational value of their lakefrontproperty.

For 19 years, the Sorrels backyard included primarily a deckand grass. They wanted a pool to be the centerpiece. Geneenlisted Clearwater Construction to create a negative-edgedesign that would give the illusion that the pool water poured

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Positive outlook.The centerpiece of the Sorrels outdoor living area features a negative-edge pool that looks out over Lake Murray.


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In the open air.The outdoor room includes a full kitchen that features a marble slab countertop. The project took six months to complete.

into the lake.The other best thing he did was to hire a landscape architect,

Mark Cotterill, says Sorrel. He was able to come up with a

design that looked like it had always owed with the originalconstruction of the house. I said that if we were going to do it,

we were going to do it right.It took about six months and a substantial budget to construct

a backyard that is not only beautiful, says Sorrel, butcompletely useable.

The wooden staircases and deck on the back of the housewere removed. Much of the yard was excavated. Now in placeis a brick courtyard, retaining wall, columns, stairwells and

walkways. The pool is surrounded by travertine and brick.

Underneath the pool is an elaborate water system. What wasmost unique about the pool was the nish they chose for theinside of the pool, says Mike Elsey of Clearwater. Its dynamic unbelievable not like anything we had done. It has aniridescent look because of the smooth glass beads in the nish.

There is also a semi-circle replace, a spacious outdoorliving room underneath the deck with a Cypress ceiling, anda kitchen area with bar that is as fully stocked with appliancesas the interior kitchen. The large Fire Magic grill offers twodifferent grill spaces, as well as a barbecue pit and a workspace.

The grill heats to 1,400 degrees the same as the grills at suchsteakhouses as Ruths Chris.

In addition, the Sorrels renovated their basement area so thatit ows seamlessly from the inside to the outdoor living space.

There is now matching granite on the oor. The basement

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Fire and water.Above, the re pit looks out over the lake. The bottom surface of the pool, below,is covered in Beadcrete, a combination of glass beads and pebbles.

currently has a home theater, so guests can either watch moviesor games on the 120-inch television inside or the 70-inchtelevision in the outdoor living space, which is equipped withseven ceiling fans, two comfortable sofas, and upholsteredchairs.

For the past four years, the Sorrels family, with grandchildrenranging from toddler age to 20s, have considered his homeas the destination area for holiday gatherings and summersgetaways.

My wife and I laugh and say camp starts the rst week ofJune and ends in August, Gene Sorrel said.

Children from out of town stay for at least two weeks in thesummer and congregate there during holidays. Family livingin Columbia use the backyard regularly. Sorrel, in his 70s, andhis wife dont often swim in the pool themselves, but say that it

is well used by others. Benets are mostly visual, especially theillusion of the water spilling into the lake because of the poolsinnity edge.

What they do relish is the opportunity to host everythingfrom intimate dinner parties to large events. Gene Sorrel says

much of their gatherings surround food. For the holidays, atradition is to fry chicken. Family members cluster outsidearound the replace, the television and the kitchen while thechicken is frying.

Were outdoor people, he says, and I can honestly sayweve used our backyard since we made these changes. Its theideal setting, in different ways, all year-round.

Deena C. Bouknight is a Midlands-based freelance writer.


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