Demon mat men crush Dutch Fork

What some teams would give to have the "problems" which the Lugoff-Elgin wrestling team encountered on Wednesday night.

Rec Notes - Jan. 21, 2011

KCRD offers Tai Chi class Tai Chi is a physical exercise and martial art that has been practiced in China for thousands of years. The free-flowing relaxation exercise consists of a special arrangement of movements known as the form. The form is many separate movements strung together to produce one continuous sequence lasting ...

To fight future Glock shock

We tend to respond in one of two ways to the news that a deranged gunman has fatally shot a group of people with an extraordinarily lethal weapon. Some people are simply horrified. Others wonder where they can buy one, too.

Life-saving practice

State foresters to speak at local forest landowners meeting

Foresters Tonya H. Smith, Kenny Robertson and Justin Smith with the S.C. Forestry Commission will be speakers for the Monday meeting of the Kershaw County Forest Landowners Association.

It's target time at LFD's 'cornhole' tournament fundraiser

The game of cornhole. It may be one of those things as American as apple pie once you know what it is.

Kathleen Berry Hall

Kathleen Berry Hall, 90, of Camden, passed away on January 13, 2011, in her home, surrounded by family. Born Kathleen Virginia Berry on November 30, 1920 in Lucknow, SC, she was the oldest child of James Claude Berry and Lila Berry Carriker. She married Melton Hall on June 27, 1941 and lived in Camden, SC for more than sixty years until they moved to Monroe, NC in 2003. Kathleen and Melton were blessed with ...

Janie Bracey

Funeral service for Janie Bracey, 82, of Flat Rock Road in Camden, will be held Thursday, January 20, 2011, 1:00 PM at Macedonia Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.

Marilyn Furniss

Funeral services with Elks rights, to celebrate the life of Marilyn Dority Furniss, 57, of Lugoff, will be held Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 3:00 PM in Elgin Congregational Holiness Church. Interment will be held on Monday, January 24, 2011 at 2:00 PM in Fort Jackson National Cemetery. Rev. Wesley Luke and Rev. Donnie Barrett will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday, January 21, 2011 between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM at ...

John R. Speaks

Funeral services celebrating the life of John Robert Speaks, 70, of Camden, were held at 3:00 PM Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at First Baptist Church of Camden. Burial followed in Quaker Cemetery. Reverend Bruce Hancock officiated. The family received friends from 5:30 – 7:30 PM Monday, January 17, 2011 at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel. Memorials may be made in Mr. Speaks' memory to First Baptist Church of Camden Building Fund, 1201 Broad Street, ...

Slip Away gives his owners redemption with Eclipse Award

Ken and Sarah Ramsey joined select company Monday night when Slip Away was awarded the Eclipse Award for steeplechasing for the 2010 campaign.

35 years of service

The Kershaw County Board of Disabilities and Special Needs (KCBD) held a banquet in December to honor the service of Ruby Thompson. Thompson has served the board for 35 years and is currently the lead service coordinator.

Proper etiquette for congratulating new mom

Dear Annie: My son and his beautiful wife, "Marie," just had their second child. The entire pregnancy was turbulent, and Marie needed a C-section. My granddaughter was born healthy and wonderful, but I have been in complete shock since.

Claire Bryant and Friends return to Camden

The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County (FAC) is pleased to announce the return of "Claire Bryant & Friends" a chamber music concert tomorrow in the Wood Auditorium. Sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, The Upton Foundation, Tom and Virginia Ann Mullikin, Van Horn Agency, Inc./Kennedy Insurance Agency and the Colony Inn, the concert is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. following a 6 p.m. cocktail reception. The concert will feature music inspired by ...

Robert Ariail -- Jan. 19, 2011

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.