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Local high school student wins county history video contest for Ocean Forest Hotel film
Summary
Karen Geary won the Horry County Historic Preservation Commission's annual high-school video contest for a three-minute film about the Ocean Forest Hotel in Myrtle Beach, praised for archival research and oral histories and shown during the commission's May 19 awards program.
Board member Ryan McCray announced the winner of the commission's annual high-school video contest and introduced the winning entry by Karen Geary, which focused on the Ocean Forest Hotel in Myrtle Beach. McCray noted the contest's eligibility and judging criteria and praised Geary's use of oral history and photographs.
"Her video discussed the Ocean Forest Hotel, a spectacular hotel located in Myrtle Beach, which was unfortunately demolished in 1974," McCray said. The commission presented Geary with a certificate onstage and thanked her for contributing to public awareness of local history; attendees viewed excerpts of the film during the meeting.
