![]() At the door, you may notice a couple of books for sale with an author whose name may be recently familiar to you, Dino Thompson. This dapper duo makes everyone feel at home. But an even greater draw is the owners, both named Dino. One of the most popular restaurants in Myrtle Beach is Flamingo Grill because it has something delicious for everyone, steak, seafood and pasta. But don’t worry, he had two friends with him. My other favorite Jack story is how he got to Myrtle Beach to start with. They put him in charge of raising the money to save the building. The property owner was called and he granted Jack a 24-hour reprieve in which Jack convinced the City Council at that night’s meeting to buy the property. He happened to be driving by, realized what was about to happen, jumped the curb and drove in front of the heavy equipment in the nick of time. Not only did he chair the “All Aboard” committee that raised the money to restore it, he actually put himself in front of the bulldozers that were just about to raze it. #Dino flamingo grill seriesWhile the other seven speakers are booked at the Chapin Memorial Library, Jack kicks off the series by speaking at the Myrtle Beach Train Depot and with good reason: It wouldn’t be standing if it weren’t for him. He photographed my wedding and even did my in-laws’ wedding forty years before. I have literally known Jack Thompson all of my life and I have the baby pictures taken in his studio to prove it. I’d like to tell you a few things about each member of this fab five from my perspective that may give you a little more insight into why these folks are so special. Two others have become some of my favorite people over the last few years as I have worked with them to share my hometown’s past. Of the seven featured speakers, three I’ve known for so long that I don’t ever recall not knowing them. Their press release regarding the series invited everyone to “Join us to hear about Myrtle Beach’s past from a local historian's perspective.” However, my favorite way to learn about Myrtle Beach’s past is listening to the stories of those whom I like to call the History Keepers.įor the fall of 2022 into the spring of 2023, a special, speaker-led educational series was initiated called Through the Lens of Time: Myrtle Beach History by the City of Myrtle Beach’s Seniors Advisory Committee and co-hosted by Chapin Memorial Library. ![]() These books, documentaries and historical markers are my primary sources of information. While I don’t have every local history book ever published in my possession, I have a lot. Appears Microsoft and Apple are nowhere to be found when they're really needed.I can’t get enough of Myrtle Beach history. The Unemployment system is overloaded or crashing in some states. We will continue paying some of our employees, others we will help with rents or mortgages as long as we can. ![]() So as a small business we're closed and completly on our own. That change would have insured survival for us and our wonderful 45 staff members. The government could have acted quickly and backed all insurance companies to begin paying "Business Interruption" which would help the business, their employees, their purveyors, utility companies, etc. almost all business insurance policies exempt pandemics and acts of war. Even now their mouths ooze blame and no solutions or empathy.Įven though we're well insured for fire, wind, hail, etc. Our tribal obsessed Congress, whose salaries and pensions are guaranteed, has no real idea of the permanent devastation to small businesses, children losing school lunch, oncoming depression of families losing homes. Obviously the CDC, hospitals and the world was caught off guard. This outbreak has been treated so different from Sars and H1N1 where 60,000,000 were infected.the cure may be as devastating to our economy and the health of families and children, as the virus itself. ![]()
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