Windows Service - Event Log

I am building an windows service that is to be deployed on a windows
server 2003 and I want to have activity written to the event log, I
want its own log called ('CustomLog')

Below is what I have so far...its builds fine but when I go to start
the service i get the following error.

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Services
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The CWindowService service on Local Computer started and then stopped.
Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for
example, the Performance Logs and Alerts service.
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OK
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What am I doing wrong? Right after this code I have this line....and it
never had an issue.
EventLog.WriteEntry("Refresh started successfully.");

//1. Create the source, if it does not already exist.
if (!EventLog.SourceExists("CustomLog"))
{
EventLog.CreateEventSource("CustomLog", "MyNewLog");
}


//2. Create an EventLog instance and assign its source.
EventLog myLog = new EventLog();
myLog.Source = "CustomLog";


//3. Write an informational entry to the event log.
myLog.WriteEntry("Writing to event log.");

.

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