Calling all readers

Opening night for the annual Friends of the Kershaw County Library (FOKCL) book sale is March 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. for members only of Friends of the Kershaw County Library. For those who are not yet members for 2011, membership may be obtained at the door. The site is the old Piggly Wiggly building on U.S. 1 North, across from the new Piggly Wiggly store in Camden.

L-E ABLE Club hosts auction

Lugoff-Elgin High School football players (from left) Josh Ruiz, Stephan Burnham and Ladricus Turner pose with some of the items available at the second annual ABLE Club Auction, "Surfs Up at Demon Bay." More than $36,000 in products and services have been donated for the event to be held in the L-EHS gym Friday. A limited number of tickets are on sale in the school's Wellness Center; tickets are $25 each and include catering by Outback Steakhouse.

Strike up the Camden Community Concert Band

The Camden Community Concert Band will present its Winter Concert Sunday at the Performing Arts Center at Camden High School. Start time is 3 p.m. Admission is free. Featured soloist Mike Clyburn will play the Jackie Napper Flugelhorn to "Let It Be Me." On left, Flutists Helen Walker, Barbara Rearden and Jane LaRoche practice for the performance.

Winners of Miss Camden Pageant announced

The Miss Camden Pageant was held Saturday at Camden High School. The winners were (from left) Blythe Neal, Miss Camden Teen 2011; Sallie Pierce, Miss Camden 2011; and Carley Powers, first runner-up to Miss Camden. Neal is an 8th-grader at Camden Middle School. Pierce is a sophomore at the University of South Carolina. Both young ladies will be competing in the Miss South Carolina Pageant in Columbia June 28 through July 2.

FAC seeks submissions for Bassett Gallery’s 2011-2012 season

The Bassett Gallery at the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County (FAC) is now accepting artist materials for consideration as part of a group exhibition or possible solo show in the Bassett Gallery to be scheduled from September 2011 through May 2012.

Spring Step Show to be held March 12

Family Life Outreach presents its annual Spring Step Show featuring the Lil Diamonds and Rho Chi Kobras of Camden, Sigma Beta, Hartsville High, Lancaster High, St. Andrews, E.L. Wright and also a praise dance competition. This will be the final curtain call for the Rho Chi Kobras' Shakeem and Shynell in Camden.

Real Estate - March 2, 2011

Real estate transactions

Scrapbook - March 2, 2011

Every man on the dock had caught fish. One man caught more fish than the limit. The game warden checked around. He asked each man. "Are these your fish?" Of course everybody said it wasn't theirs. Finally the warden turned to a little boy who had been fishing. "Son," he asked, "have you caught any fish?" "No, sir," replied the boy. "I haven't even had a bite all day." "Here!" ...

What is your greatest extravagance?

Lewis Jerome (Pete) Heagler

Lewis Jerome (Pete) Heagler, of Lucknow, died Feb. 24. Services will be held at 2 p.m. March 3, 2011, at Catoe Chapel Church of God in Christ in Bethune, with burial in the church cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home is in charge.

Dixie D. Weir

Graveside service for Dixie Dean Weir, 93, of Camden, resident of Pinedale Assisted Living, formerly of Springhill, Kan., will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in Springhill Cemetery, Springhill, Kan. Rev. Laurie Johnston will officiate.

Surf will be up Friday at L-E for fund-raising auction

The ABLE Club of South Carolina and Outback Steakhouse of Columbia will join forces to present, "Surf's Up at Demon Bay", the second annual auction benefiting Lugoff-Elgin High School athletic programs, on Friday, March 4 at 6 p.m.

Rhame City Arena to host S.C. Taekwondo championships

Some of the top Taekwondo athletes from the county and the region will take to the floor of Camden's Rhame City Arena for Saturday's 2011 South Carolina State Taekwondo Championships.

NC rolls in tourney opener; CMA takes pair

After having been shut out by Great Falls in first round play of the May Plant Credit Union Baseball Bash in Boonetown, Camden Military Academy bounced back to win its next two games in the six-team round-robin event.

This week in KC sports

Schedule for Feb. 28 - March 6 Monday: MPCU Baseball Bash at North Central (5:30 p.m. – Camden Military Academy vs. Cardinal Newman; 7:30 p.m. – Crestwood vs. North Central); Lugoff-Elgin at Dutch Fork in Lake Murray Baseball Classic (6 p.m.) Tuesday: Camden Military Academy at Ben Lippen (TEN – 4 p.m.); Camden vs. South Florence/Darlington winner in Pee Dee Baseball Invitational at Hartsville (5 ...

CMA Member and Guest Showcase

Pictured is the Chamber Choir of Kershaw County (CCKC). They will be one of the performing groups at the Camden Music Association's (CMA) Member and Guest Showcase May 19 at 3 p.m. at the Fine Arts Center in Camden. Members of the CCKC: Sherry Algood, Sierra Benson, Jean Broom, Anne Compton, Megan Commings, Isa Commings, Grace Dunham, Judith Hawkesworth, Linda Higgins, Barbara James, Mary Ellen Jordan, Diane Lee, June McCaskill, Khadija Murphy, Steven Parrot, ...

Dating success not equal in open-marriage

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been happily married for 15 years and recently decided to try an open-marriage lifestyle. We are doing this with full honesty and respect for each other. The main problem is that the dating success is not equal. I found it easier to get a date. Whereas, my husband is having a tremendous degree of difficulty. He has online dating profiles, but no luck.

Elgin

Funeral service for Theresa M. Wood, 93, of 1537 Dixon Road in Elgin will be held Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Mt. Sinai AME Church with burial in the cemetery. She died Thursday, May 9, 2013. Collins Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Jane G. Brady

Jane G. Brady, 91, of Camden, S.C. died Sunday, May 12, 2013. Plans are incomplete and will be announced by Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel.

CHS to honor student-athletes at banquet

The Camden High School Athletic Banquet will be held on Tuesday, May 21, in the school gymnasium.