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KCSD to keep schools closed Wednesday
Kershaw County School District (KCSD) schools and offices will be closed yet again Wednesday due to the effects of freezing temperatures. KCSD Communications Director Mary Anne Byrd sent the following statement to the media mid-afternoon Tuesday:
Snow pushes back athletic contests
Due to Monday's snow and hazardous road conditions, Tuesday's scheduled Region 6-AAA basketball games between Hartsville and Camden, to be played at Camden's Dog Pound, was pushed back a day.
County offices to stay closed Tuesday
All Kershaw County government offices, including the county's landfill and recycling centers, will be closed Tuesday, according the Kershaw County Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
City of Camden offices closed Tuesday
City of Camden government offices will remain closed Tuesday. "Based on the most recent weather forecast, I am going to close City Hall, the Archives and other administrative offices for Tuesday," Bronson said in an e-mail Monday afternoon. "'Road conditions should improve well enough for tomorrow's council meeting to proceed as planned. In the event the weather or the road conditions warrant cancelling the meeting, we can still do so tomorrow late afternoon." ...
Kershaw County schools, offices closed Tuedsay
Kershaw County School District (KCSD) schools and offices will be closed again Tuesday, according to KCSD Communications Director Mary Anne Byrd.
KCSD board meeting rescheduled
The Kershaw County School District posted the following message on Facebook around 10 a.m. Monday:
This week in Kershaw County sports
Monday: Camden Military Academy. Orangeburg Prep at Cardinal Newman (WR -5 p.m.); Camden Military Academy at the Governor's School (BB – 7 p.m.)
Miss Taylor, Mr. Alexander plan June wedding
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Taylor of Lugoff announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Anna Leigh Taylor of Goose Creek to Mr. Cory Graham Alexander of Columbia. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Alexander of Clover and the late Bette Meyerricks Alexander.
Camden quilter selected semifinalist in 2011 American Quitler’s Society Quilt Show, Contest
Camden area quilter Pearl Winifred Nester has been selected as a semifinalist for the 2011 American Quilter's Society (AQS) Quilt Show and Contest, March 16-19 at the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster, Pa.
How to unload a free-loader
Dear Annie: My wife and I are in our mid-60s. For most of our lives, we have done pretty well, but lately we’ve had financial difficulties because our incomes have been significantly decreased while our debt has not. My health is failing, and I don’t know how much longer I can continue to work.
Camping out
"You want to do what?" I said. Although I asked the question, I fully understood what the boy had just asked. He is my son, after all, and since he has not yet reached high school, we still speak the same language although the dialect is becoming more and more, let's say, strained. His question was short and to the point and he knew I understood, but asked again anyway with perfect clarity: ...
Noted and passed
• Sometimes we just have to wonder, "What were they thinking?" That's the case with Capt. Owen Honors, the highly regarded Navy officer who was recently relieve of his command after inappropriate videos turned up on the Internet. As commander of the USS Enterprise, Honors was popular among the sailors serving under him, and it's difficult to determine what could have motivated him to make videos that were considered lewd. The Navy had no ...
Slip Away has one last fence to clear to close out 2010 campaign
Three Grade I winners, including Slip Away, winner of last November's $100,000 Carolina First Colonial Cup in Camden, were selected as finalists for the 2010 Eclipse Awards.
Edwilla Ham
Funeral services celebrating the life of Edwilla Hough Brown Ham will be held at 3:00 PM Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at Wateree Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Reverend Bobby James will officiate. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 2:00 PM at the church fellowship hall. The family suggests memorials may be made in Mrs. Ham's memory to Wateree Baptist Church, 2024 Haile Street, Camden, SC 29020.
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DAR annual scholarship recognition
The Hobkirk Hill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) held its annual scholarship recognition meeting May 9 at Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site's Kershaw-Cornwallis House.
Happy 50th Anniversary!
Carlton and Pat Bair of Camden will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary May 26. The couple was married at First Baptist Church in Camden May 26, 1963.
Parent shows concern for daughter dealing with teacher bullies at work
Dear Annie: My daughter has a master's degree in education and spent three years as a nanny when she was an undergraduate.
Food for the Soul ‘Pass(es) the Plate’
Food for the Soul soup kitchen and emergency shelter will "Pass the Plate" this summer in churches, civic clubs, businesses, and community organizations to support the ministry's outreach to Kershaw County's hungry and homeless.
Amy Rebecca Bolin & James Jennings Tinsley united in marriage
Amy Rebecca Bolin and James Jennings Tinsley, both of Columbia, were united in marriage at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Columbia. The Reverend Doctor Bradley D. Smith officiated the ceremony.
Carless Mitchell
Funeral services for Carless Eugene Mitchell, 64, will be held Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at Powers Funeral Home with burial to follow in Fort Jackson National Cemetery. The Family will receive friends Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Yesteryear - May 22, 2013
Camden Cotillion Club still going strong after 31 years
Edward Pratt
Graveside services to celebrate the life of Edward M. Pratt, 80, of Kershaw County, SC will be held at 11:30 AM on Thursday, May 23, 2013 in Lugoff First Baptist Church Cemetery, Lugoff, SC. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Mr. Pratt's memory to Collins Children's Home, P.O. Box 745, Seneca, SC 29679.
Charles Wills DuBose
Charles Wills DuBose (Red DuBose), 77 years old, of Camden, SC, husband of Diana Easter DuBose, died peacefully at his home, Cantey Lane Farm, on May 19, 2013. Born in Charlotte, NC on December 20, 1935, Charles was a son of Charles Perkins DuBose, Jr and Edith Wills DuBose.
Lucy J. Swain
Mrs. Lucy J. Swain, 77, of 1109 Windsor Drive, Camden, SC, passed on Sunday, May 19, 2013.Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by Haile's Funeral Home.
Decoy Daddy finishes strong to capture National Hunt Cup
Seemingly beaten in deep stretch, Irv Naylor's Decoy Daddy made a thrilling late move that carried him to a head victory over Gustavian in the $50,000 National Hunt Cup (Gr. 3), the featured hurdle race of Saturday's 83rd annual Radnor Hunt Races in Malvern, Pa.
Carnell Adamson
Funeral service for Mr. Carnell Adamson, Sr. 88, of 1204 Gordon Street in Camden will be held Thursday, May 23, 2013, 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church with burial in Scott Hill Baptist Church cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday, May 22, 2013, from 6-7 p.m. at Collins Chapel. Collins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Smith named State Transport Police 2012 Employee of the Year
The South Carolina State Transport Police (STP) held a ceremony on Friday, May 3 to recognize its top employees for 2012. LaShaune Smith, resident of Camden, was named State Transport Police 2012 Employee of the Year. Ms. Smith has been with STP for nine years. She serves as the CMV Statistician and Administrative Assistant to Captain J.D. Price.
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