Dogs Locked In Car +Cornament For Kids+ Fry Flies Trump Solution

Good day, neighbors! Kathy Mandell here with today's copy of the Myrtle Beach Daily. Today is Saturday, August 28, 2021, and here are the top stories. The owner of two dogs locked in a hot car got a ticket for doing so, Tidelands Health is moving its Murrells Inlet vaccination site, registration is open for the first ever "Cornament" to help local kids for the holidays, MB hospitals are seeing more children with COVID-19, and MB Rep. Russell Fry wants President Biden to cross the aisle and get help from an unlikely source.

First, today's weather: Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 87 Low: 73.

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Here are the top stories today in Myrtle Beach:

1. A 66-year-old woman was issued a citation by Myrtle Beach Police after leaving her two dogs inside a hot car with the windows closed at Best Buy on Oak Forest Lane. The car was found not running, with the windows all the way up. One dog was tethered to the back seat, and the other was on the floor in the front of the vehicle. Police recorded the inside temperature of the car at 107 degrees. (WBTW)
2. Tidelands Health's Murrells Inlet vaccination site is relocating to Compass Professional Center on Highway 707 near Salem Road to accommodate increased demand for the COVID-19 shots. The company's three vaccination sites all operate with no appointment necessary. It has added about 100 temporary workers to help administer the shots. (wpde.com)
3. Registration is open for the first-ever "Cornament" cornhole tournament to benefit Substitutes For Santa. The event provides Christmas holiday gifts to 120 local kids, and is sponsored by Grand Strand Young Professionals and Aylor Law Offices. The event will happen on October 23rd at Local On The Water. (Press Release Desk)
4. Myrtle Beach area hospitals are reporting an increase in outpatient COVID-19 cases in children according to Dr. Lucretia Carter of Tidelands Health. She says the kids have not required hospitalization, but lots more children have been infected since school has been back in session. Carter recommends mask wearing to slow down transmission of the virus. (WBTW)
5. Representative Russell Fry is suggesting that President Biden appoint former President Donald J. Trump as a special envoy to oversee the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Fry says the move would be "in a spirit of true bipartisanship" and asked the President to put aside political differences and give bipartisan cooperation a try. (CountOn2.com)

Today in Myrtle Beach

• Kind Keeper Animal Rescue Adoption Day @ Bagel Port Cafe (10:00 AM)
• Coastal Carolina Football Pep Rally @ 4718 Northgate Blvd, MB (10:00 AM)
• Help4Kids BBQ Fundraiser @ Holy Lamb Lutheran Church (11:00 AM)
• T&A Charity Golf Tournament @ River Oaks Golf Club (12:00 PM)
• McDowell Shortcut @ Grand Strand Brewing Co. (5:00 PM)
• Miracle Max and the Pet Monsters @ Wahoo's (7:30 PM)
• Trial By Fire Journey Tribute Band @ Whiskey Beach Bar & Grill (9:00 PM)

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Myrtle Beach Patch Notebook

• Surfside Beach Police are searching for a missing woman and need the community's help Megan Burch is 26 years old and was last seen near South Seaside Drive on Wednesday wearing a red tank top and black shorts. (WMBF)
• Myrtle Beach Area Chamber Of Commerce: Free Webinar Library (Press Release Desk)
• Horry County ranks high in vaccination rates, but small communities are still lagging behind. (WMBF)
• North Myrtle Beach, SC: What's better than blue skies and shorelines? (P.S. it's a trick question ). (Instagram)
• Myrtle Beach Pelicans: THANK YOU Petsmart for sending our bat dog Slider a box of toys and treats, he loves them! - - - NationalDogDay. (Instagram)
• The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach: Today's featured Pet Of The Day is Miklo! His adoption fee is being sponsored today by Anthony Green Real Estate/Realty ONE Group Dockside. (Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Saturday. I'll see you back in your inbox Sunday morning with another update!

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— Kathy Mandell

About me: The best decision I ever made was relocating to the Myrtle Beach area from New England a few years ago, with my three dogs and three cats. I enjoy dogs, cats, road trips, photography, writing, vegetarian food, live music, bicycling and above all my daily walks on the beaches in and around the Grand Strand.

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