Sun-News from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina • 5

The Sun News Myrtle Beach SC TVesoay April M) 2007 Jj FROM PAGE 1A 5A burg County but Crutchfield said Waste Management currently is not trucking garbage from there Neighbors of the proposed transfer station site behind Waccamaw Lanes bowling alley worry about truck traffic and odors you look at the area where they want to put that I believe it is compatible with the existing stores and homes around the said Pete Murdoch a resident on River Oaks Drive New homes are being built right beside the property and a rock roll theme park which will generate a lot of new traffic is slated to open across US 501 Murdoch said County Council has been wrestling with regulations on the transfer stations for months Hundreds of pieces of privately owned land can now be used as transfer stations and Horry County Council Chairwoman Liz Gilland said she worries about the effect the stations could have on surrounding neighborhoods A current proposal supported by Gilland would put the transfer stations in the same category as asphalt and concrete plants which are required to have a special rezoning plan and be approved three times by County Council The Infrastructure and Regulation Committee must now draft regulations that will go back to County Council for a vote in coming weeks What Is a transfer station? A garbage transfer station is not a landfill It is a site where compactor garbage trucks the vehicles that pick up your household trash dump their loads That trash is typically held for a day and then packed into transport trailers and hauled to landfills by semi-bucks Myrtle Beach has operated a bansfer station on 10th Avenue North west of US 17 Bypass for 29 years It is one of only a couple in Horry County but as growth booms more of the stations could be on the way within a day At the busiest times of the year from July to September trucks haul 850 to 400 tons of garbage from homes hotels and restaurants to the Myrtle Beach station said Jimmy Parker city solid waste superintendent That equals about 10 garbage trucks per day pulling up on the raised platform Occasionally some garbage is kept overnight though most is shipped out the same day Parker said In between truck-loads a worker sprays off the asphalt and platform with a hose Waste Management is proposing a transfer station that could handle up to 600 tons each day according to Ken Crutchfield Most of that garbage would come from Horry County though the company plans to haul waste from the edges of Marion and Georgetown coun-ties Crutchfield said Its proposal also lists Williams GARBAGE From Page 1A to the transfer station during a recent tour as an example at how unobtrusive and odor-free its planned facility on Waccamaw Boulevard would be if allowed to open Neighbors many of whom are still incredulous and say they want a new garbage facility next to their homes can attend a county workshop today that could determine the fote of the Waste Management site and other future transfer stations An Horry County Council committee will propose what role the county will take in regulating garbage transfer which can be on numerous parcels across the county with no say from local government The state Department of Environmental Control approves transfer stations Albert Exton who owns a condo on River Oaks Drive was one of only a handful of residents who took Waste offer to tour the Myrtle Beach transfer station last month been kind of surprised that there realty an odor unless right up on Exton said Transfer stations allow garbage-compacting trucks to dump their waste into a giant hopper where it's crushed and packed into semi-trucks The transport trucks take the garbage to the Horry County landfill on SC 90 or to landfills outside the county usually Hard Rock Park's tour dates The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour Bus wW go on a six-city tour in the next 10 days promoting the park It started Monday in New York City Cleveland today Pittsburgh Wednesday Memphis Saturday NashvUe Sunday Atlanta Tuesday The park will have zones catering to different genres Rock A RoB Heaven Explores the feelings and emotions "behind the including the influences and the legends Rrltish Invasion Celebrates rock rd Engksh-style The look and feel of London creates a backdrop to explore rock's most influential artists and musical genres lest In the 70's An indoor mall featuring the 70s genres of punk disco and glam Rom in the USA Salutes the birthplace and pot" of rock Cool Country I The music of the South approach for a new park said David Mandt spokesman for the International Association of Amusement Parka and Attractions a trade group of which Hard Rock Park is a member The most recent new park in the US aside from expansions of paries in California and Florida is Legoland which opened in Carlsbad Calif in 1999 Hard Rock Park has got a very broad demographic Mandt said and Dad are going to love it with the rock roll music They have roller coasters for teens and attractions for young kids That appeal is very Park officials declined to give specifics on the rides including the height lengths arid speeds spying that information would be released later Tidbits about more of the planned 40 rides and attractions will be unveiled during the next 10 days On Friday officials will give details on a roller coaster branded with a band a marriage of rock and rides in the same fashion as Rock Roller Coaster at MGM Studios Officials name the band High-priced fun Though thrilled with the rock roll roller coasters some people were in real awe of a ticket price pushing $50 All guests regardless of age will pay $46 to get in By comparison an adult ticket for the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World is $67 Entry to Carowinds near Charlotte costs $3995 per person Legolafid in California charges $57 for an adult admission certainly hope the park will be able to get that said Brad Dean president of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce this market it may be considered high But that ticket price is not out of the realm of Will people plop down that much? "Maybe once" said Patricia Sourlis an owner of The Boathouse restaurant near the planned park want to at leak go and check it out But The nice though a bit less than Disney shocked Ryan Weatherwax Disney at least you get to Bee the he said Stephanie Ward of Myrtle Beach was glad to see her favorite type of music country get a dedicated area She doesn't mind paying $46 to see it kind of pricey but I think it will be worth it because it is so MagkRl Mystery Bui tours Now that ride details have been released officials are hitting the road in their first and most high-profile piece of memorabilia the Beatles Magical' Mystery Tour Bus to promote the park The bus will stop at Hard Rock Cafes in six cities then return to Myrtle Beach on April 18 for the opening of a preview center Rock group Sister Hazel will perform at each stop The preview center dubbed is on the park site in Fantasy Harbour off US 501 and will give people a glimpse at what the park will look like The park plans to operate every month of the year except January and February and expects to have more than 30000 guests per day during the summer are very focused on promoting Myrtle Beach" Goodwin arid reason is to drum up excitement in the critical This promotional tour is a crucial step for a park that can only work if it attracts new visitors to Myrtle Beach not just tap some of the 14 million who already come Dean said numbers clearly show that for the Hard Rock Park to work it cannot be based on attracting those who are already he said "It has to bring more visitors to the -Speigel the theme park consultant who is president of International Theme Park Services in Cincinnati estimates the Hard Rock Park must have 2 million visitors a year to survive better be a really really good he said Contact DAWN MYANT at 626-0296 or br ya rrtthesu nnewscom PARK From Page 1A graffiti-covered wall from the well-known CBGB rock club in New York City which closed last year and a white studded cape owned and worn on stage by Elvis Presley The tour is as much about generating a buzz around the new park as it is picking up the Hard Rock relics The park on track to be only the second mqjor new theme park to open in the US since 1999 will ontybe successful ifit lures new visitors to Myrtle Beach area making promotion a critical step officials say attractions better be said Dennis Speigel a theme park consultant who has spent 42 years advising developing and operating parks including Carowinds in Charlotte NC are really going to have to generate a lot of people to make that a success It going to be a grand slam by any stretch They are going to have to draw a lot of The Hard Rock Park is scheduled to open in spring 2008 Tickets will sell for $46 been dreaming up Hard Rock Park for the last few years and we wait to start showing people what they can expect to Steven Goodwin the CEO said The entrance will be toward the planned Fantasy Harbour bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway A large Hard Rock-style guitar with spotlights shooting into the sky will protrude from the former Waccamaw Potteiy site Park-goers will stroll through six zones including the entrance each featuring exhibits and rides based on a genre The zones focus on country music the 70s disco-punk-glam era the British invasion American music and the feelings behind the music A 10 000-seat amphitheater will have a live daily show and special concerts featuring headliners and tribute bands The concerts will become a big part of the lineup in the spring and foil with shows at least every weekend Concert-goers must buy a ticket to the park to see a show with no separate tickets fin the amphitheater really will mix up the concert lineup" Goodwin said see huge potential outside the summer Rides ind attractions Two roller coasters one jamming '80s hits another blaring Southern rock will be among the park's major rides There also will be a Jamaican-themed water play area style cafe and stores The lineup should attract several generations a smart Myrtle Beach Police officer Keith Deverell right and Myrtla Baach Crime Scana Investigator John lannone look for evidence Monday at one of the crime scenes of a shooting near Coastal Grand Myrtle Beach mall department store in the shooting SHOOTING From Page 1A visiting with friends said he heard the shots fired heard about sue or seven shots It sound that close enr that loud but I knew it a car back-firing not in succession like said Ben Strome of Socastee Strome said he walked to the front of the store but see a commotion As he walked bade to the rear of the store he said he saw a white Ford Mustang speed through the parking lot then across the street to the mall parking lot Strome said he later learned people in front of the store ran inside when the shots were fired Behind Best Buy and across the street police scoured a second crime scene Altman said it was the victim who was driving the white Ford Mustang into the parking lot in front of the LOG TRUCK DRIVER 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