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August is Farmers Market Month in South Carolina. This month is a good time to appreciate the folks who make the markets possible. And if you're not acquainted with farmers markets, now is good time to visit one (or two) to purchase fresh fruits, vegetables and other items and fellowship with your neighbors and local producers. On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews SC Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers and Blake Lanford of the Clemson Extension Service and the Waccamaw Market Cooperative about farmers markets in SC and Horry County, respectively.

Learn more about local farmers markets at http://www.waccamawmarkets.org.

Insight airs on Monday and Wednesday at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

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How times have you seen a driver texting while driving? You probably wondered if they were paying attention to what was around them. It literally takes less than a second of being distracted by your phone for a terrible accident to happen. Please watch this video and share with others so that everyone can see how devastating a moment of distraction can be. You think it won't happen to you, that you are aware of what's around you, that you'll just send this quick text, no one is around, but... watch this to see what is happening way too often.

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The recent economic downturn caused many homeowners to lose their homes and left many others struggling to keep up with their mortgages. The government has provided some assistance to help citizens keep their homes as homeownership is considered the bedrock of a stable society and family economic well-being. In 2010, the U.S. Department of the Treasury in partnership with the SC State Housing Finance and Development Authority and the SC Housing Corp., made more than $295 million available to help eligible SC homeowners recover from and avoid serious first mortgage delinquency and foreclosure. The funds, which do not have to be repaid by eligible homeowners, were awarded under the Treasury Department's Hardest Hit Fund program and are being distributed through a program called SC Help. Unfortunately, and surprisingly, much of the $295 million has gone untapped in SC. On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Charlena B. Johnson of Higher Heights Family Services, LLC, of Georgetown, a SC Help-approved processing agency. Johnson explains the program and how homeowners can apply for assistance.

For more information about SC Help, visit:

http://www.scmortgagehelp.com/

Insight airs on Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

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July is National Family Reunion Month and National Black Family Month. During July and other summer months, many families around the nation have family reunions. Some families have occasional reunions, some annual reunions. Also, some families have small informal gatherings while others have large elaborate gatherings with hundreds of people in attendance. Dr. Ione Vargus has seen some of them all. She is the founder and administrator of the Family Reunion Institute at Temple University in Philadelphia. Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Dr. Vargus on the current edition of Insight.

http://www.temple.edu/fri/familyreunion/

Insight airs Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

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Say the words "Atlantic Beach, SC" and most people familiar with the place most likely will think of the major challenges that the town and some of its leaders have faced in recent years.  But from the 1940s through the 1970s, Atlantic Beach was a recreation and relaxation mecca for African Americans in the Southeast United States. It was the height of the Jim Crow era, and African Americans were barred from white beaches and other public recreational facilities. That meant that Atlantic Beach or "The Black Beach" as it was often called, was the only beach African Americans could visit and enjoy. Millions of African Americans visited the beach each year.

The current edition of Insight is documentary feature that includes interviews with people who visited the beach during its heyday, those who have lived on Atlantic all their lives, and town leaders who discuss the past, present and future of the town.

http://townofatlanticbeachsc.com/Home_Page.html

Insight airs Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

 

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