Reagan and Obama, differently similar

President Ronald Reagan didn't care much about his legacy, he used to joke, since he wouldn't be around to read it. If he were, he'd have lot to read -- and chuckle about.

Enemy mine

I hope this never happens to you. There's this old, rickety, wooden-planked swing bridge, see, and it's going across a huge flooded river -- I see it at the bottom of this steep, endless hill. Looks like two or three big alligators on the right and a barge full of laughing clowns right behind them. I see it coming up at me now -- I'm racing toward it at break neck speed, ...

Honoring our friend, the soldier

My husband and I, along with several Camden friends, recently attempted to throw a send-off party for another close friend also from Camden. In fact, we are all the best of friends, embracing spouse and children as well. As we discussed our options, I was compelled to do a little research as to the appropriate manner in which to carry out such a task; the arduous charge of how to recognize a friend leaving ...

Give what you have, find what you need

(Note: The following is a message from the Habitat for Humanity staff and volunteers)

Camden diaper drive to benefit Sistercare

A diaper drive is being held at local businesses in the Camden area to benefit Sistercare, a partner agency with United Way that provides services for battered women and children. Boxes are set up at Newman's Furniture, Atlas Gym, Carolina Cafe and the Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce. The drive will end at the close of business on Feb. 12. Diapers and pull-ups of all sizes will be accepted. Diapers that are not secured in ...

Nomination forms available for Margot Rochester Landscape Award

It is time for all commercial businesses, public institutions, organizations, public buildings and grounds, churches and schools within the City limits of Camden, to start sprucing up the for the third annual Margot Rochester Landscaping Award, presented by City of Camden Parks and Streets Commission.

Rosana Dow

Funeral service for Rosana Dow, 79, will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Pastor Freddie Thomas will officiate.

Jerry Geiger

A memorial service for Jerry Wayne "Julio" Geiger, 59, of Jefferson, will be held Saturday, February 5, at 2:00 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home. Burial will be private. Rev. Terry Corder will officiate. Memorials may be made to the State Office of Victim Assistance, Edgar Brown Building, Room 401, 1205 Pendleton Street, Columbia, S.C. 29201.

Carrie Edwards Kirkland

Funeral Services Mrs. Carrie Eunice Edwards Kirkland will be held Saturday at 1:00 p.m. in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Camden with burial in the Bingham Church Cemetery, Westville, South Carolina. Wake services will be held this evening beginning at 7 p.m. in the Leevy's Funeral Home, Taylor Street Chapel.

George L. Shortridge

Memorial services to celebrate the life of George Lyman Shortridge, 71, of Camden, will be held Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Kornegay Funeral Home Camden Chapel. Rev. Mark Bredholt will officiate.

Stella Louise Washington

Mrs. Stella Louise Washington, 60, of 103 Broad Street, Sumter, SC, passed on Monday, January 31, 2011.

Memory can turn history into myths

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Pets of the Week - Feb. 4, 2011

Among the animals available for adoption at the Walter M. Crowe Animal Shelter are a 4-month-old domestic shorthaired kitten and a 10-week-old female Labrador puppy The adoption donation includes spaying or neutering. The shelter, located at the south end of Fair Street and managed by the Kershaw County Humane Society, is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The ...

Lancaster man charged in two murders

Bond was waived Thursday for a Lancaster County man charged with murdering his estranged wife and a Kershaw County man.

Rec Notes - Feb. 4, 2011

Sign-up underway for baseball, softball

Music City finish mimics 2012 Colonial Cup

NASHVILLE -- On a spectacular afternoon of racing at the 72nd annual Iroquois Steeplechase, Jacqueline Ohrstrom's Demonstrative edged past Divine Fortune at the finish line to win Saturday's $150,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois (Gr. 1) by a head.

CHS 4 x 100-relay team third in AAA state meet

Led by a third place finish from its 4 x 100-meter relay team, the Camden High boys' track team finished in 12th place at last weekend's South Carolina High School League State Championships held at Lower Richland High School in Hopkins.

The IRS

There are jokes aplenty about the Internal Revenue Service, but the latest revelations about that agency's conduct in targeting conservative groups is no laughing matter. In reality, it's not about conservative groups or liberal groups or apolitical groups. It's about the abhorrent idea that the IRS would single out any kind of organization or individual to harass -- and indeed it is harassment. <p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align: left; text-indent: ...

Deacon Marion Jenkins

Deacon Marion Jenkins, 68, of 5545 Pisgah Road, Rembert, died Sunday. Friends may call at the residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date by Brown's Funeral Home, Camden, who is serving the family.

Josephine G. Warner

Mrs. Josephine G. Warner, age 90, of Lugoff, SC, (formerly of Clarksburg,WV) passed away Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Myrtle Beach Manor in Myrtle Beach, SC, following an extended illness. She was born in Philippi, WV, August 14, 1922, a daughter of the late Herbert Edward Golden and Grayce Booth Golden.

Alfred H. Rohrig

Teresa Lynn Hough

Jak Smyrl collection purchased by USC library

The University of South Carolina (USC) Libraries is now home to a collection of more than 5,000 images, plus correspondence, sketchbooks, and even early elementary-school artwork Camden's Oscar Jackson "Jak" Smyrl, The State newspaper's first staff artist, who passed away in 2007.