Monday, Nov. 09, 2009

Police | Crash kills one in Georgetown County

Police

Crash kills one in Georgetown County

One person died as a result of a one-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in Georgetown County, S.C. Highway Patrol officials said.

The incident happened about 12:30 p.m. Sunday on Wedgefield Plantation, which is 3 1/2 miles north of Georgetown, when the driver of a Toyota Camry traveling east on Wedgefield Road ran off the roadway and struck a tree, said highway patrol Lance Cpl. Sonny Collins with the S.C. Highway Patrol.

Georgetown County's emergency manager Sam Hodge identified the person as Brenda Johnson, 63, of Georgetown.

Johnson, who was the only person in the car, was not wearing a seatbelt, Collins said.

The crash remains under investigation, Collins said.

Local

GRAND STRAND

Opera Workshop offers Pavarotti

The monthly meeting and next performance of the Grand Strand Opera Workshop will be Giuseepe Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" or "The Masked Ball."

The tenor Luciano Pavarotti stars, as do Leo Nucci, Aprile Millo, Florence Quiver and Harolyn Blackwell. The DVD performance was staged at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. It runs 2 hours and 20 minutes, and begins at 6 p.m. today at the Myrtle Beach Fire & Rescue Station No. 6, 970 38th Ave. N. Refreshments will be served at intermission. Nonmembers pay $5 admission, and everyone is invited to attend.

For more information, call Bob Goroski at 293-6523.

MYRTLE BEACH

City offices closed for Veterans Day

City offices and facilities will be closed Wednesday in observance of Veterans Day.

Solid waste and recycling will be collected on their regular Monday-through-Thursday schedule, though, including on Wednesday.

MYRTLE BEACH

Walk raises Alzheimer's awareness

The Grand Stand Alzheimer's Association's Memory Walk will be held Saturday at Broadway at the Beach Heroes Harbor. Registration begins at 9 a.m., and the walk will start at 10 a.m.

CONWAY

New half-marathon launches

The Conway Chamber of Commerce and Atlantic Sports Marketing will host the Inaugural BI-LO Rivertown Half Marathon and Conway Medical Center Wellness & Fitness Center 8K Walk/Run beginning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. The event is the first half-marathon in Conway and, outside of the Myrtle Beach Half Marathon, there is no other in Horry County, Conway chamber officials said.

A total of 200 runners are signed up for the event.

The estimated economic impact of Conway's half-marathon is $100,000, said Bridgette Johnson, executive vice president of the Conway Chamber of Commerce.

Both races begin and finish at the city's Riverfront Tennis Center on Elm Street.

Maps of the entire half-marathon and 8K are available online.

Half-marathon entry fee is $65 per runner until Wednesday. Same-day registration is $70.

Entry fees for the 8K are $30 until Friday, or $35 for same-day registration.

For more information or to register, visit www.AtlanticSportsMarketing.com.

MYRTLE BEACH

Help green the city

The greening of Myrtle Beach continues from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, with tree plantings and a variety of activities at the Claire Chapin Epps Family YMCA on the new 62nd Avenue North Extension.

The event is free and open to all, but children must be supervised.

At 9 a.m., Tim Womick, a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, will speak, and everyone's invited to help plant trees along the trail leading to the East Coast Greenway.

Other activities include building bird houses and feeders, and planting daffodils and wildflowers. Face painting will be available, too. Light refreshments will be provided.

Wear your work clothes.

For more information, call 918-1050.

SURFSIDE BEACH

Residents invited to serve

The Town of Surfside Beach is looking for volunteers to serve on its Board of Zoning Appeals and Election Commission. The Board of Zoning Appeals has two openings. It hears appeals from people seeking zoning variances. The Election Commission oversees municipal elections.

If you are a resident of Surfside Beach and are interested in serving on either of these committees, contact town clerk Sharon Pinnell at 913-6333 or spinnell@surfsidebeach.org.