CONWAY -- Today is Whew Day.
It's over, another season of glut, of rushing, of partying, of eating, of visiting, of shopping, of cooking ... and of eating.
Today we can look at the long stretch of routine ahead and think boring's not so bad.
Barbara and Eddie Streeter of Conway Glass, though, won't get to Whew Day for another month.
They'll be busy blowing replicas of the Christmas ornament they created for a White House Christmas tree this year to fill all the orders they've gotten.
Barbara Streeter said they've gotten 50 orders for the full-size 6-inch ornament like the one on the tree in the West Wing and hundreds of orders for a smaller version.
She said it's probably going to be the end of January before all the orders are filled.
"We've delayed our [glass-blowing] classes until February to get caught up on all the orders," she said.
Finding friends
for the Waccamaw
The city of Conway is debuting a program today to encourage businesses to help keep the River City's river a place where people want to be.
Called the River-Friendly Program, the effort establishes a checklist of things businesses can do to help keep the Waccamaw as pristine as possible. Businesses will self-grade themselves on how they meet the checklist for water quality, waste reduction and recycling and energy resource-efficiency.
Included are things such as keeping dumpster lids closed and inspecting them for leaks and spills, marking all drains that empty into stormwater systems, avoiding cover sheets on fax transmissions and using ground cover or mulch around plants to control evaporation.
The city will give window stickers to businesses that can check enough boxes to qualify as a River City Business. In addition, they will be formally recognized and listed as a group on the city's public access television channel.
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