Issue 39, July 31, 1997
Snoopy's Magic On Ice, an ice skating attraction at Fantasy Harbour, will have its last performance August 17. A one-time special show will take place on August 8 as a farewell to local audiences. Fantasy Harbour officials are hopeful another ice skating show can be attracted to the facility for next summer. Call 800-681-5209 or 803-236-8500 for tickets.
The Ned Mills' Piano Follies returns to the Eddie Miles Theater in North Myrtle Beach on the night of August 3 at 7 p.m. Big band music will be featured, along with some gospel, country, and popular music. The pianist will be accompanied by an orchestra. Tickets are $20, with discounts for seniors and children. Call 803-280-6999.
The Afterdeck, a noted nightclub in Restaurant Row on US 17, is reopening after a year's absence from the scene. Outdoor concerts by local bands will be highlighted; the club has an outdoor area facing the Intracoastal Waterway. Call 803-449-1550.
Also reopening after a year's absence is the nature center at Hobcaw Barony, a natural plantation area in Georgetown County. Visits to the facility, which features a couple of alligators, aquariums and terrariums, are free. Hours are 10 to 5 weekdays and 10 to 2 Saturdays. Call 803-546-4623.
Open-cockpit air tours from the Myrtle Beach airport, in a 40's-era biplane, are offered by Classic Air Ventures. For $25 to $65, you get a 10 to 30 minute view from the sky.
Starting in September, the Ripley's Aquarium at Broadway at the Beach will open a new area with visiting wildlife from other zoos and aquariums. Every few months the displays will be changed.
The beach renourishment project for central Myrtle Beach is on hold until October. Difficulties were encountered with the weather and the equipment being used. When the project resumes, the same type of equipment that was successfully used in North Myrtle Beach will be employed. The new completion date is January 1996.
The three A&P stores along the strand (two of them Farmer Jack's) have been sold to the Food Lion chain. All will close for now; some or all may reopen as Food Lion stores later.
Surfside Beach recently became the first Grand Strand municipality to install beachside parking meters, and they are about as popular as income taxes. Visitors are complaining that they can't just relax at the beach and forget about the time, and they have to obtain quarters. The quarters are also a nuisance to local businesses, who are getting requests for change all day. Some owners say their business has dropped because of the meters. You can feed the meters up to four hours, and they are only enforced from 8 to 6 each day. The rest of the Grand Strand is largely meter-free, a pleasant contrast to many other beach resorts around the country.
Some residents of Little River, the fishing village just north of North Myrtle Beach and just south of the North Carolina line, are trying to incorporate the area into a town. State law requires them to ask to be annexed to any bordering cities, in this case North Myrtle Beach. Since they don't want to become a part of this city, they drafted an unusual request that would not allow North Myrtle Beach to legally annex them, hoping to then proceed with forming their own town. Whether or not any of this is legal remains to be seen. No election has been held to even see if a majority of residents want this.
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