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CULTURE: Local arts, museums, more
GEORGETOWN COUNTY MUSEUM, 632 Prince St., showcases 300 years of S.C. history, including a handwritten letter from Gen. Francis Marion to Gen. Nathanael Greene, second in command to George Washington during the Revolutionary War; maps from the early 1700s; a scale model of a schooner that the City of Georgetown, launched in 1902; American Indian artifacts; slave documents; and information on the culture of local plantations. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
KAMINSKI HOUSE MUSEUM, 1003 Front St., Georgetown, located inside an 18th century home on the Sampit River in historic Georgetown, offers guided tours on the hour. The Kaminski House, built in 1769 by the Trapier family, has been home to several prominent Georgetown figures. Julia Kaminski gave the two-story house to the City of Georgetown in 1972. Tours are on the hour 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-4 p.m.
THE RICE MUSEUM, Front and Screven streets, Georgetown, is also home to the Maritime Museum Gallery, featuring the Brown's Ferry Vessel Exhibit. "Rice Planting Remembrances," an annual exhibition of new work by museum artist-in-residence Bruce Chandler, will be on display in the Prevost Gallery through Saturday. Hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
HORRY-GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE, The Richardson Gallery, Building 1100, off of U.S. 501, Conway, is exhibiting art from 14 members of local art groups Artists of The Loft at The Howard Gallery or The Back Porch Painters every Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m. through the beginning of May. 349-5269.
03/15/2007
The Sun News
Art, nature at Brookgreen
Brookgreen Gardens, located between Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island, is home to various historical artifacts, a natural sanctuary and a collection of activities.
The gardens is home to the Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington sculpture garden, featuring more than 550 works of American sculpture.
The Lowcountry History and Wildlife Preserve houses waterfowl, river otters, alligators, foxes and deer in their native habitats.
The Lowcountry Trail is a boardwalk through restored rice fields and archaeological sites of an overseer's home, a smokehouse and a slave's cabin. Also featured are Babette Bloch's sculptures of the the plantation's historical figures.
"Gullah/Geechee Rhythms" takes place Wednesdays at 1 p.m. through May 13 and features singing and storytelling. Author and historian Ron Daise identifies 10 memorable ways to recall the importance and significance of Gullah/Geechee heritage. The program is in the Lowcountry Center Learning Lab and is free with garden admission.
Registration for weeklong Camp Brookgreen begins Thursday. Tadpoles, for second- and third-graders, will take place June 11-15, 18-22 and 25-29; bullfrogs, for fourth- and fifth-graders, will take place July 9-13, 16-20 and 23-27. Camp hours are 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Call for costs.
03/15/2007
The Sun News
Georgetown eyes overlay zones
GEORGETOWN - The city's planning commission began looking into overlay zones for Georgetown on Tuesday.
The Planning Commission expects to seek more public input before final approval, said City Planning Director Sabrina Morris.
One member of the public commented Tuesday. The commission did not vote on the proposed changes.
"We want to give it another month so everyone in that district will know what we are proposing," Morris said.
City resident Michael McKnight asked commissioners whether existing businesses would be affected by the proposed changes.
Morris said if the usage of a building was changed, then the building would have to comply with the new overlay zone requirements.
The purpose of the overlay zones is to encourage uniform development in city limits, Morris said.
"I think it will require a lot of public input," said Planning Commission Chairwoman Debby Summey. "It is very comprehensive. There is a lot to consider here. It covers so much, we will have to have a lot of discussion and public input."
Structures in the overlay zone would have an exterior covering of wood, brick, stucco, tabby or wood shingles, she said. The paint colors in the overlay zone would be chosen from a palette selected by city planners.
Other cities, such as Charleston, Columbia and Beaufort, already have overlay zones. Myrtle Beach has a number of appearance corridors.
Another public hearing will be held next month to gain more input on the overlay zones. Information about the proposed changes is also available at Georgetown City Hall.
City planners also considered regulations to control the height and density of planned developments in Georgetown.
While other zoning districts in Georgetown have a height restriction of at least 35 feet, Morris said regulations and height requirements are not specified in planned developments.
City Councilman Jack Scoville, who appeared at Tuesday's meeting, said the requirements for height and density are needed for planned developments. "Right now, the sky is the limit for planned developments," he said.
The planned developments should consist of at least three acres, Morris said. The developments could also be required to have 20 percent open space, Morris said.
"We need to have a height limit as well as density [requirements]," Summey said. "To leave it out would be a huge mistake."
In other business, commission members gave preliminary plat approval for a seven-lot development in the Maryville community. Developers are seeking to build Maryville Commons in an area near South Island Road. The developers said they are waiting for approval from the Office of Coastal Resource Management to cross wetland in at least one area of the proposed project.
02/06/2007
The Sun News
Divers spy ship relic in Winyah
Divers from the Maritime Research Division of the S.C. Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology dove in about 13 feet of water and discovered a vessel that is about 90 feet long, with a wooden hull and a possible copper coating.
The wreck could be the Sir Robert Peel, a blockade runner that was used by Confederate soldiers to get supplies to Georgetown during the Civil War, said state underwater archaeologist Christopher Amer.
The divers discovered the wreck while searching for the remains of a Spanish Galleon, named Chorruca, thought to be lost in an expedition to Georgetown in the early 16th century.
"It's not the 16th-century vessel, but it is exciting," Amer said. "By looking at the magnetic signature of the vessel, we knew it was large."
The shipwreck research team combed the water for the past week, struggling against bad weather and equipment problems.
Their search focused on the hunt for the Spanish galleon, but researchers were aware that other shipwrecks are nearby. No boats, however, were known to go down in the area where the wreck was found, two and a half miles south of the jetties in Winyah Bay, Amer said.
According to Amer, the research team will record the coordinates of the shipwreck and return during another expedition.
09/15/2006
The Sun News
School board buys, swaps land
The Georgetown County School Board agreed on Tuesday to purchase about four acres of land on Willbrook Boulevard, said Georgetown County School District spokesman Ray White.
That land will provide better access to the Retreat Park property on the Waccamaw Neck, where the school district hopes to build a new intermediate school, board chairman Joe Crosby said.
The School Board also approved a land swap between the school district and county council, which allows the Five Rivers Community Development Corporation to use space in a former school on Choppee Road, Crosby said.
The school is now used for community outreach services, and the development corporation would like to house an educational program for small businesses there, Crosby said.
The action taken Tuesday was not part of a referendum of understanding approved this month by the school board and county council, Crosby said, which included an agreement to swap land for construction of the new intermediate school.
08/21/2006
Myrtle Beach Online
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