Silver Crescent goes to Georgetown County's Tara Hall leader

GEORGETOWN -- Blinking back tears, Jim Dumm accepted a framed certificate and letter written by Gov. Mark Sanford with a hesitation born of surprise.

"I don't know what to say," he said to the boys, board members and staff of Tara Hall gathered Tuesday in the home's dining room.

Dumm was given the S.C. Silver Crescent Award, the state's highest honor for people making contributions to their local communities.

Dumm has been the executive director for Tara Hall, a home for boys ages 6 to 12, for more than 30 years. He also serves as the chairman of the Georgetown County School Board and works with the S.C. Association of Children's Homes, the Waccamaw Center for Mental Health, the S.C. Foster Care Review Board and more.

But Dumm said he never thought aboutgetting an award for what he does.

"You do it for the love of the work," he said. "You never expect something like this."

And his wife, Barbara Dumm, said that humility is part of what makes him a great father figure for the boys of Tara Hall.

"He's not the asking type," she said. "The work, it comes from his heart."

She said she met Jim Dumm when she came to Tara Hall to do volunteer work. She overheard him tell someone that he likely would not marry, marrying Tara Hall instead.

"I knew when I married him that I would have to share him," she said.

"I never regretted it."

Ed Seegar, a member of the Tara Hall board, applied on Jim Dumm's behalf for the award about two months ago.

Seegar said he applied because of the level of dedication Dumm shows to the home.

"He's here every day at 5 a.m.," Seegar said. "He spends a tremendous amount of time with these boys."

Seegar, the rest of the board, and Patsy Morris, the assistant director, kept the award a secret from Dumm until he walked into the cafeteria Tuesday.

When Dumm walked into the room he looked around puzzled at the board members and TV cameras and asked, "Did we win the lottery?"

Throughout the presentation given by S.C. Sen. Yancey McGill, D-Kingstree, on behalf of Sanford, Dumm seemed bemused, and even more so when he received the award itself.

"I don't know what to do with it," he said, laughing. "I'm just overwhelmed."

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Pedestrians to make safer for pedestrians walking on occupied Ocean boulevard have been successful with hoteliers - perhaps too much success.

Pedestrian - applications which include small landscape Islands give hikers a place to stop between lanes - sank so quickly Myrtle Beach has run out of money to build more.

The latter three that will be added for some time - in the 15th and 18th seventh avenues South - have completed Hotel jeudi.Les who requested smart match to $3,000 for each of them;Each fresh island on average about $11,000, although some perform a little more, with the city to pay the rest.

Myrtle Beach parks workers add finishing with three new tables crosswalk Thursday on boulevard Ocean .the three have been added to the southern end of the ocean boulevard and hotels contribute to pick up the cost of $11,000 for each .the crossing Islands have been a success with the city and hotels, for their guests have a safe breakpoint boulevard Ocean they cross occupied.

"We have to hold off the coast, up to what discover us our financial situation", said City Manager Tom Leath.

Pedestrians began just before the busy at the South end of Myrtle Beach on the sea, at the request of the hoteliers who are concerned about the safety of pedestrians, boulevard summer trying to DART in the whole of what has been to four lanes of traffic, no breakpoint between.

In addition to adding many pedestrians, city restriped the South end of main drag city, taking four lanes to two with a shift in the Centre channel. Once hoteliers have seen how well that worked - many said cars slowed and pedestrians are safer - city received several requests for concordance.

Pedestrians 10 installed this year cost $132,000 with city featuring $96,640 and scaling the most pedestrian reste.La hoteliers have been installed at the southern end, but two went in at 52nd Avenue North.

"It is worked very well," City spokesman Mark Kruea said. "" ""It took a little how used to, but I think that everyone loves it.?

Kruea stated that he could predict when money could be found for pedestrians more.This exercise has been difficult for the city, which cuts funding to outside agencies, began charging $3 at the Myrtle Beach Park and kept jobs vacant City opened to balance its budget of 136.8 million.

Mayor John Rhodes suggested hoteliers seeking a concordance table pay the amount in advance, with a refund for the part of the city - about $8,000 - cost when more money is carved.

"They can wait or help," he said.

Nancy Hall, whose family owns and operates the Hotel Waikiki village 43-room near 15 Avenue South, excitation teams finalize on a table of concordance of his hotel this week.

The Waikiki chipped in $1,500, and Resort Hotel which has just over enclosed pedestrian city across Ocean boulevard, contributed the other $1,500 to achieve site.

Guests enjoyed additions, said the Director General of Landmark Richard Arsenault.Malgré concordance, some customers prefer crossing at street level, he said.

"They feel better to cross the street with the new pedestrian]", he said. "It was dangerous [before changes] purposesyou would see people dashing across the road and always wondered, ' Oh my gosh.""

Hall raved about pedestrians, including land landscaping that includes palmetto tree and that helps people in wheelchair design glides across the island.

"This refresh it a little, indeed, quite a lot," she says. "It's nice to see this amélioration.Rend it pretty Street together.?

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