Community Corner
🌱 Holiday Patrols + Murrells Man Found Safe + New RV Park
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Morning, neighbors! It's me again, Kathy Mandell, your host of the Myrtle Beach Daily. Today is Wednesday, November 24, 2021 — Thanksgiving Eve!
Here is a look at the upcoming weather for the next few days:
- Wednesday: Plenty of sunshine, but cool. High: 53 Low: 33.
- Thursday: Partly sunny. High: 62 Low: 48.
- Friday: A couple of morning showers. High: 60 Low: 34.
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Here are the top stories today in Myrtle Beach:
- South Carolina Highway Patrol is starting checkpoints and patrols on the state's roadways for the holidays. State troopers will be busy, starting this week and through the holiday season. Even with COVID-19 in play, last year there were 14 traffic deaths in South Carolina on Thanksgiving weekend, and 1,300 accidents. The patrols will include license checking, drunk driving, and safety checkpoints. (WMBF)
- A man reported missing from his Murrells Inlet home has been found, and is safe. Horry County Police said the man has serious medical conditions that prompted significant concern when he went missing on Monday. He was located Monday night, and safely returned home. (wpde.com)
- The annual toy drive started by Darius Hemingway three years ago is continuing in his memory. Hemingway was killed in a Myrtle Beach shooting in October of 2020. The Racepath community was his home, and his cousin vowed to keep his toy drive going in Darius' memory and honor. The event will be happening in Racepath Park on December 18th. Toy donations can also be dropped off at various locations throughout the Grand Strand (list in article). (WBTW)
- Several Horry County families celebrated National Adoption Day with their new family members on Monday. There are 51 kids scheduled to be adopted across South Carolina, and seven of those were confirmed in Horry County Court. National Adoption Day brings awareness to the number of children in the youth age group needing to get out of foster care and into an adoptive family before they "age out" of the foster system. (WBTW)
- A new RV park campground off Highway 544 is being proposed to the Horry County Planning Commission. If approved, the 161-space campground would be next to Bojangles at the intersection of 544 and Pace Circle. The park is unique because Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge is right behind it, giving RVers a different option from the usual beachside or resort camping areas currently offered on the Grand Strand. The developers will speak at a public hearing on Thursday, December 2nd at HC Government and Justice Center. (WMBF)
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Coming up in Myrtle Beach:
Wednesday, November 24
- Black Wednesday Sale @ Habitat for Humanity ReStore 165 Co-op Road (9:00 AM)
- Red Cross blood drive @ Ocean Lakes Recreation Center (9:00 AM)
- Horry County Planning Commission Workshop (3:00 PM)
- JV Flanagan @ LuLu's NMB (5:00 PM)
- Bailey Road Band @ Hot Fish Club (7:00 PM)
- Bumstead's Thanksgiving Eve @ Bumstead's (7:00 PM)
Thursday, November 25
- Surfside Turkey Trot @ Surfside Pier (8:00 AM)
- 15th Annual Myrtle Beach Turkey Trot 5K @ Market Common (8:00 AM)
- 3rd Annual North Myrtle Beach Turkey Trot 5K @ Barefoot Landing (8:30 AM)
- David Fair @ Wicked Tuna Myrtle Beach (4:00 PM)
- Jonathan Ansley @ 88 Keys Piano Bar (8:00 PM)
Friday, November 26
- Red Cross blood drive @ Ripley's Aquarium (10:00 AM)
- Winter Wonderland set to open Friday in downtown Myrtle Beach (4:00 PM)
- Paul Grimshaw @ Filet's Restaurant (5:00 PM)
- Jody Hunter @ Main Street Taphouse NMB (5:30 PM)
- Nights of a Thousand Candles begins Friday (6:00 PM) (Brookgreen.org)
- 85/Overdrive @ Suck Bang Blow (8:00 PM)
Myrtle Beach Patch Notebook
- Congratulations to Condo-World's chief marketing officer, Alex Husner! She will be the new chairperson of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors starting in January. Eight other new board members were also appointed to the MBACC. (MyrtleBeachAreaChamber.com)
- Make a cat or dog happy for the howl-idays! Your new family member is just waiting to have a spot at the festivities. Area shelters are full. Adopters, monetary donations, and fosters are desperately needed. Here's a list of pets currently available from Grand Strand area shelters. (Patch)
- Living in Murrells Inlet near the MarshWalk, as I did for several years, came with some fond memories, including getting to know the iconic goats of Goat Island. This week, the goats were brought to their nearby farm home for the season, as they are every year at this time. They'll return to Goat Island in the spring! (wpde.com)
- Myrtle Beach International Airport: Air Service Update: Beginning January 5, 2022 Delta Air Lines will operate 2x daily flights to New York - LaGuardia. 🗽 Book now at www.delta.com (Facebook)
- Photographer Donald Hovis of Tides Eye Photography was interviewed by WRNN's Dave Priest and Joe Cats this week about his upcoming Photos With Santa campaign. You have to book a reservation online. The photo shoot is happening on two weekends: November 27 & 28, and December 4 & 5, near Springmaid Pier, on the beach, with Santa. (TidesEyePhotography.com)
- Myrtle Beach Pelicans: Secure your seats for the 2022 season between now and November 30th and be entered to win an exclusive collectable! Prizes include: team signed bats, signed posters and baseballs, and more! Use the promo code 21BLACKFRIDAY at checkout. (Facebook)
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That's it for Wednesday, November 24, 2021 — Thanksgiving Eve! Stay safe out there, and I'll see you back in your inbox on Thanksgiving morning with a new update.
This is the busiest travel day of the year in the United States. Whether you're taking a road trip, a flight, a ride down Highway 17, or over the river and through the woods for a meal, buck up, pack your patience, be extra careful and courteous.
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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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