Food across South Carolina + USC’s plan to save Pritchards island

Chase Karacostas
·4 min read

Happy Friday! It’s Chase Karacostas.

Hurricane Ian has reached South Carolina after wreaking havoc across Florida. At this point, it’s best to hunker down and wait until it passes. For those needing the latest information on the storm, please follow The Island Packet for Hilton Head, The Herald for Rock Hill, The State for the Midlands and The Sun News for Myrtle Beach. Stay safe out there.

In the meantime, I’ve gathered up some news to help distract from the anxieties of the storm, like this one about a Myrtle Beach man who helps people find their lost rings in the sand by The Sun News’ Caroline Williamson.

Here’s what else I found interesting this week.

1. Food across South Carolina

The popular Myrtle Beach restaurant and art gallery Collector’s Cafe was damaged by a fire in 2020 and had to be gutted. Recently, owner Thomas Davis began its reopening with an art gallery in a unit next door.
The popular Myrtle Beach restaurant and art gallery Collector’s Cafe was damaged by a fire in 2020 and had to be gutted. Recently, owner Thomas Davis began its reopening with an art gallery in a unit next door.

What better way to look past the storm than to make future plans? Here are 10 stories about food and dining from around the Palmetto State from The State’s Chris Trainor, The Herald’s Tracy Kimball, The Island Packet’s Karl Puckett and Evan McKenna, The Sun News’ Caroline Williamson and me.

Happy eating!

2. ‘Untold history.’ USC, National Park Service to showcase SC’s role in civil rights movement

South Carolina will soon be able to better share its rich civil rights history, thanks to a $3.4 million grant from the National Park Service, The State’s Alexa Jurado reports.

“We must invest in opportunities that offer the chance for the true and honest stories straight from survivors and their descendants,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said at an event celebrating the partnership with the University of South Carolina.

3. Environmental preservation in the Lowcountry

A photo taken with a drone shows the tide coming in Friday, April 8, 2022, to Pritchards Island where the abandoned USC-owned laboratory formerly that was used for coastal research and the study of loggerhead turtles is being consumed by erosion. Its pilings were once hidden by beach that extended about 300 yards in front of the structure.
A photo taken with a drone shows the tide coming in Friday, April 8, 2022, to Pritchards Island where the abandoned USC-owned laboratory formerly that was used for coastal research and the study of loggerhead turtles is being consumed by erosion. Its pilings were once hidden by beach that extended about 300 yards in front of the structure.

After over a decade of neglect by the University of South Carolina, Beaufort County’s Pritchards Island could enjoy a renaissance under a plan proposed by the school, The Island Packet’s Sarah Haselhorst reports.

  • The island has gone largely unused by the school since 2009 because of erosion, lack of staffing and dried-up private, state and federal funding.

  • Plans range from establishing a summer undergraduate research program, including educational opportunities spanning multiple majors, to monitoring and characterizing the rich ecology of the island.

The initial cost? $1.25 million for the first year. The school hopes to secure funding from the state legislature, existing state and federal grants, nonprofits and private donors.

On My Mind, Autumn Edition

Downtown Conway’s Halloween theme meant a growing number of plastic jack-o-lanterns strung through treep canopies were whipped out of place by winds from Hurricane Ian, ending up in the back of public works vehicles like this one on Sept. 30, 2022.
Downtown Conway’s Halloween theme meant a growing number of plastic jack-o-lanterns strung through treep canopies were whipped out of place by winds from Hurricane Ian, ending up in the back of public works vehicles like this one on Sept. 30, 2022.

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