🌱 Why state leaders chose Harleyville’s swamp to honor a tiny yellow bird

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In today's newsletter:

• Why state leaders chose Harleyville’s swamp to honor a tiny yellow bird

Also on today's calendar: Trivia Night at Bistro 221.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 52 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunny and very warm, temps: high: 87, low: 54. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 85 and low of 59 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• SC leaders celebrate new state migratory bird (southcarolinapublicradio.org) — State leaders gathered in Harleyville’s Francis Beidler Forest to ceremonially celebrate the Prothonotary Warbler as South Carolina’s official state migratory bird. Gov. Henry McMaster, conservation leaders, and 9-year-old advocate Jack Ragley highlighted how the bright yellow songbird depends on the state’s forested wetlands and why protecting places like Harleyville’s swamp habitat matters far beyond South Carolina.
   

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📸 Around Harleyville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Harleyville

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday May 3

• 🍅🥒🍉ITS ON! Ridgeville Farmers Market!
  154 Church St, Ridgeville
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday May 6

• Trivia Night at Bistro 221
  Bistro 221 , 221 N Parler Ave , St George
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Art Club: Open Studio Drawing
  South Carolina Artisans Center , 318 Wichman St , Walterboro
  10:00 am
• Tennis @ MCHS vs. ALA
  Newberry High School Bowman, SC 29018
  5:00 pm
• Girls Soccer @ NHS vs. Emerald
  Newberry High School Bowman, SC 29018
  5:30 pm
• Varsity Baseball @ Fox Creek
  Newberry High School Bowman, SC 29018
  6:00 pm
• Colleton County vs Hilton Head
  Colleton County High School , 150 Cougar Nation Dr , Walterboro
  6:00 pm
• Softball @ Fox Creek
  Newberry High School Bowman, SC 29018
  7:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• RS FamCamp 2026!!
  Palmetto Shores RV Resort , 5215 Dingle Pond Rd , Summerton
  10:00 am
• CCMS Jr. Cougar 1 Mile Run & Walk
  Colleton County Middle School , 1379 Tuskegee Airmen Dr , Walterboro
  5:00 pm
• JV Baseball @ Whitmire
  Newberry High School Bowman, SC 29018
  5:00 pm
• Colleton County vs May River
  Colleton County High School , 150 Cougar Nation Dr , Walterboro
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Summerville

• Southern gothic for adults and natural world for children (postandcourier.com)
• Former NFL star reveals he was ‘very close' to committing to Clemson football (charlotteobserver.com)
• Man arrested for allegedly aiding escaped inmate; case remains active, deputies say (abcnews4.com)

Ladson

• Leidos to form security screening joint venture with medical imaging manufacturer (manufacturingdive.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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