Community Corner
Family Wants Answers+State Parks Rake In Dough+Sweetheart Helps
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Hey, people of the Grand Strand! It's me again, Kathy Mandell, your host of the Myrtle Beach Daily with your Saturday update for September 18, 2021.
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Let's check out Saturday's weather:
Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 86 Low: 74.
Here are the top stories today in Myrtle Beach:
- The family of Tristan Vereen, the 33-year-old father of four who was shot by a South Carolina trooper on September 11th, says Vereen was unarmed and they want answers and accountability. Vereen was stopped for a broken windshield, and allegedly bit the officer and then used the officer's taser on the officer before the officer shot him. Solicitor Jimmy Richardson separately held a news conference where he explained that he watched a neighbor's surveillance video of the shooting with Vereen's family. Richardson says the SLED investigation is going to be a lengthy process. (wpde.com)
- We locals know it's beautiful, but apparently others have been let in on our secret after huge revenues were generated from visitors at Myrtle Beach State Park during pandemic restrictions. The seaside attraction, and its nearby neighbor, Huntington Beach State Park, saw more visitors than ever since the start of COVID-19, setting records along with the rest of South Carolina's State Parks — to the tune of $45 million in revenue for the fiscal year. SC Parks Recreation and Tourism leaders call it very successful, and said they had to close some parks early on a number of days due to reaching full capacity. (WBTW)
- In the continuing Carolina Forest growth story, the area's Community Church is planning expansion projects of its own. CF Community Church has 25 acres in the neighborhood, and Pastor Tyler Edwards indicated that trees are being cleared on the property to make way for six projects including church renovations, a gym, a dormitory, and an addiction center. (WMBF)
- A lawsuit pertaining to a condo fire that occurred in Carolina Forest in 2018, leaving over a dozen people displaced, has ended in a settlement being reached. Affected residents, some of whom had to jump from their condo balconies, sustaining injuries, filed a suit against the Windsor Green Owners Association, stating that a bird's nest inside a light fixture sparked the fire that began in a shared hallway. An earlier fire, in 2013, had resulted in 26 buildings in the complex being destroyed, and safety measures being questioned. The settlement totals $10 million. (MyHorryNews.com)
- A woman diagnosed with a rare cervical cancer for the second time is getting some fundraising help from her high school sweetheart after her family's GoFundMe page and the woman's insurance weren't generating enough money to cover her medical costs. Mateo Montalvo, who met Haley Smith in high school, has been doing car detailing for the past few months, and giving all the money to Smith and her family for medical costs that include an aggressive chemotherapy treatment. (WMBF)
Today in Myrtle Beach:
- SC Sea Grant Consortium Beach/River Sweep @ Town of Surfside Beach (9:00 AM)
- Wacoal Fit for the Cure @ Briarcliffe (9:00 AM)
- Home Improvement and Outdoor Living Show @ Myrtle Beach Convention Center (All day)
- Choose Your Pumpkin screen art workshop @ Painting With A Twist (2:00 PM)
- Outside Alive Mum Festival @ Outside Alive Farms, Highway 707, Myrtle Beach (2:00 PM)
- Lana Guy @ The Deck at Litchfield (6:00 PM)
Myrtle Beach Patch Notebook
- The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach: Today's featured Pet Of The Day is Hutch! His adoption fee is being sponsored today by Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Elliott Coastal Living. (Facebook)
- Myrtle Beach Area Chamber Of Commerce: Small Business Administration announces economic injury disaster loan updates for small businesses. (Press Release Desk)
- Horry County Schools is still short 90 bus drivers and about 4% of routes are late because of the driver shortage, says HCS Executive Director of Transportation, Ben Prince. (WBTW)
- Specifying rising costs, the city of Myrtle Beach is removing early retirees from the city's health insurance plan, provoking backlash. (Myhorrynews)
- A Myrtle Beach Elementary School student is being homeschooled by his father after the dad decided in-person learning is too risky due to increasing COVID-19 and quarantine numbers. (wpde.com)
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You're all caught up for Saturday. I'll see you around on Sunday for another weekend Grand Strand report!
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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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