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🌱 HC GOP Denies Lazarus Appeal + Juvenile Shot In Socastee Accident
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Hello, everybody. Kathy Mandell here with your fresh copy of the Myrtle Beach Daily, filled with all the things you need to know about what's happening locally. Today is Friday, July 8, 2022. Let's see what's newsworthy on the Grand Strand.
Friday's weather: (another heat advisory may be in effect)
Scattered t-storms in the a.m., cloudy afternoon, more storms in the p.m. High: 87 Low: 77.
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Here are the top five stories in Myrtle Beach today:
- Horry County GOP executive committee voted to deny Mark Lazarus' appeal of the Republican runoff results for the Horry County Council Chairman election after a special hearing on Thursday evening. The hearing, which is required by state statutes, was held at Journey Church in Murrells Inlet. The case was thrown out citing Lazarus' apparent failure to meet the appeal deadline set forth by the state. Lazarus lost to Johnny Gardner by a narrow margin in the June 28 runoff election. (WMBF)
- On Wednesday evening, Horry County police responded to an accidental shooting in Socastee on Spring Creek Drive. A juvenile was shot and was taken to the hospital. There is limited information available. (WBTW) (wpde.com)
- North Myrtle Beach delayed its plastic shopping bag ban until October 1 and passed the first reading of an ordinance concerning unoccupied or unattended beach wares. The plastic bag ban was approved in 2019 and delayed due to the pandemic, and now is on hold again due to supply chain shortages and excess costs for local businesses. As for the beach wares ordinance, the Council amended some wording to indicate that any items left on the beach will be removed and disposed of instead of being taken to a storage yard where people could previously retrieve the items for a fee of $40. Items left unattended on NMB beaches during the hours of 7 p.m. and 8 a.m. will be affected. (WBTW) (wpde.com)
- Area animal shelters are participating in the statewide PickMe SC adoption events being held now through July 17. Our friends over at Grand Strand Humane Society are determined to solve the shelter's overcrowding problem by continuing to host free adoption events. Currently, GSHS is completely full with feline and canine surrenders who need loving homes. (wpde.com) The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach is also participating. (The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach via Facebook) The Humane Society in Florence is in urgent need of finding homes for the animals in its care. (wpde.com)
- It's back to the pre-pandemic system for some area families who need free school lunches for their kids. The pandemic-era federal aid program that covered free school meals for all public school students is ending. Parents will need to apply for free school lunches again. Several Horry County schools are eligible for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program that allows students in qualifying schools to get free breakfast and lunch without applying. A list of the area schools that fall under the CEP provision is in the article here: (wpde.com)
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Myrtle Beach pic of the day:
This one looks like a painting or a postcard! We sure live in a beautiful place. Many thanks to reader Craig Lovejoy who sent in this beauty recently. The photo was taken at sunrise at Myrtle Beach State Park.
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Today in Myrtle Beach:
- Big Shots Myrtle Beach NCAA Certified Games @ MB Sports Center (All day)
- Sea Turtles 101 @ Surfside Beach Library (10 a.m.)
- 3rd Annual Sunflowers & Farm Fun @ Southern Palmetto Farms, Aynor (5:30 p.m.)
- The Fossil Rockers @ Island Bar, Surfside Beach (7 p.m.)
- Comedian Brian Regan @ Alabama Theatre (7 p.m.)
- Tuesday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Band @ House Of Blues (7 p.m.)
From my notebook:
- Southern Palmetto Farms in Aynor is hosting its third annual sunflower festival this weekend. The festival that began in 2020, a perfect outdoor social-distancing event during COVID, was such a huge success that the farm decided to make it a tradition! The festival starts today and goes through July 10. This is an early-evening event. (wpde.com)
- Live music is the name of the game on the Grand Strand. From north to south, find your favorite artists, or check out someone new, using Myrtle Live's calendar. (MyrtleLive.com)
- Myrtle Beach Area Chamber Of Commerce welcomes its newest investors for June, 2022. (Press Release Desk)
- People are discovering the gem that is Atlantic Beach. The only Black-owned beach in the U.S. is seeing a huge increase in people buying homes in the tiny town sandwiched between Crescent Beach and Windy Hill. Mayor Jake Evans was instrumental in getting rid of decaying buildings and cleaning up the area. Forty new homes have been built in the four-block long town in the last seven years. Twenty-two of those were built last year, and ten are currently under construction. (WMBF)
- Eight boaters were rescued by Horry County Fire Rescue after their 27-foot boat hit the Little River jetties on Tuesday. The people were trapped on the rocks of the jetty. There were no serious injuries. The group was rescued by a swimmer from the rescue squad. The boat was removed from the area using a tow boat. (WBTW)
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You're all caught up for Friday, folks! I'll see you back in your inbox Saturday morning with your weekend Myrtle Beach update.
— 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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