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🌱 Teen Saves Dad + Costume Shortages? Boo! + Checkpoints Coming
Here's a five-minute guide to everything worth knowing today in town.
Rise and shine, Grand Strand! Let's get you all caught up to start this Wednesday, October 20 off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in Myrtle Beach.
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A quick look at today's weather:
Partly sunny and nice. High: 78 Low: 58.
Here are the top stories today in Myrtle Beach:
- 17-year-old St. James High School student, Patrick Gallagher, gave his dad life-saving CPR, and is being seen as a hero. Gallagher and his father were playing video games recently when his dad (also named Patrick) had a sudden heart attack. The younger Patrick called 911 and performed CPR on his father until paramedics arrived. The elder Gallagher spent about a week in ICU after the incident. Doctors say the teen's quick action saved his dad's life. (WBTW)
- Horry County Coroner's office says a person whose death was being investigated near Socastee earlier this week died from causes other than homicide or suicide. The 24-year-old woman, whose identity has not been released, was a homeless person from Myrtle Beach. (MyHorryNews.com)
- Myrtle Beach leaders asked for, and received, input from residents on their new watershed master plan for the city. Project managers want to be certain to keep up with flooding issues and water quality, especially with so many new developments being constructed. (WMBF)
- Scary times: Myrtle Beach Halloween store sees shortage in costume supplies from big manufacturers. Shanna Coley owns Imaginations Costumes and Dance, and says customers are coming in looking for Halloween costumes and realizing the items are unavailable. The shortages are due to the shipping problems affecting the country on a larger scale. Also, manufacturers did not participate in trade shows due to ongoing COVID concerns. (WBTW)
- The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office has announced that they will be conducting checkpoints throughout the South Strand and Grand Strand to cut down on deadly crashes this coming holiday season. The department will work as a team with South Carolina Highway Patrol to cover various roadways on the South Strand. (WMBF)
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Today in Myrtle Beach:
- South Carolina EdTech Conference @ Myrtle Beach Convention Center (Oct 20 - 22)
- Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce class What Does Autism-Friendly Mean? In person, or virtually on Facebook. (8:30 AM)
- Chapin Memorial Library's Family Storytime @ Big Air Trampoline Park (9:30 AM)
- Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach: woof down some yummy food at a participating restaurant listed here, and a portion of your meal's cost will be donated to HSNMB! (All day)
- A "Wheelie" Spooky Fall Festival Fundraiser @ Grand Strand Brewing Co. (4:00 PM)
- Paul Grimshaw Band @ Dead Dog Saloon (7:00 PM)
Myrtle Beach Patch Notebook
- This past weekend's Horry County Animal Care Center adoption event at Conway Ford was a huge success! Thank you everyone who adopted a new furry family member from the event. Over 100 animals found new homes, and got a free bag of pet food from Chewy and HSUS, besides! Yay, team! (WPDE)
- Speaking of adoptable pets, here are more dogs, cats and other creatures looking for their forever homes in the Myrtle Beach area! (Patch)
- Thousands (including me) visited Loris last Saturday for the 42nd annual Loris Bog Off. The weather was absolutely perfect. Food, local vendors, refreshments, live music, and vintage autos! Yes, please! (MyHorryNews.com)
- North Myrtle Beach, SC: Fall at the beach is a magical feeling. (Instagram)
- House of Blues Myrtle Beach: Corey Smith coming to House of Blues Myrtle Beach on New Year's Eve 12/31/21! Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 am. (Facebook)
- Myrtle Beach area doctors, including Dr. Gerald Harmon who is also president of the American Medical Association, says folks should get a flu shot. They also talked about getting both the flu shot and a COVID-19 shot, and stated that having both shots is OK. (WBTW)
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Alrighty, you're all good for Wednesday. I'll be back in your inbox Thursday morning with your next Myrtle Beach 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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