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Middle school students looking for something fun to do this summer will have an opportunity June 1 and 2 as the Applied Technology Education Campus (ATEC) hosts its annual summer camp. The camp will give students in grades 6 through 8 the opportunity to spend time exploring a variety of ATEC programs and create projects to take home with them at the end of the two-day event.
March 16, 2015
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Education
ELGIN – Funeral service for Iris McCants Porter, 69, will be held on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home with burial to follow in Porter Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
March 16, 2015
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Obituaries
Mr. James Nolen, 78, of 10 Ole Still Lane, Elgin, SC, passed on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Rembert, SC, with burial in Georgiana, AL. Nelson-Haile Funeral Home is in charge.
March 16, 2015
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Obituaries
LUGOFF – A service to celebrate the life of Charlie C. Floyd, 61, will be held on Monday at 12:00 noon at Powers Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, Relay for Life of Kershaw County, 647 Lachicotte Road, Lugoff, SC 29078.
March 16, 2015
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Obituaries
CAMDEN – Funeral service for Thelma J. Mahoney Carter, 92, will be held on Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at Powers Funeral Home with burial to follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The Rev. Bruce Hancock and the Rev. Everett Recconu will officiate. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 10:00-11:00 a.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
March 16, 2015
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Obituaries
John Stringer Rainey, Camden attorney and philanthropist, died Saturday, March 14, 2015 at age 73. He was a practicing attorney who also served as Chairman of the Board of Greenville-based Easlan Capital, Inc., a real estate development firm.
March 16, 2015
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Obituaries
Lugoff Garden Club's speaker for today's meeting will be John Mowbray. The meeting will be held at Mr. & Mrs. John Mowbray's home on Quail Lane. John has grown a vegetable garden for the past 41 years and his family eats fresh vegetables all summer sharing with friends, family, and neighbors. The remainder of the vegetables from their garden are frozen or canned to enjoy the rest of the year.
March 16, 2015
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People & Places
Senior Erin Blizzard fanned 16 South Florence batters as the Lugoff-Elgin softball team opened its regular season with a 7-3 win over the Bruins last Tuesday.
March 16, 2015
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Lugoff-Elgin High/Middle
Two nights after Camden scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Wilson Hall, 8-7, the Barons returned the favor by handing visiting CHS a 4-2 loss on Thursday night in Sumter.
March 16, 2015
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Camden High/Middle
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March 16, 2015
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Seasonal Sports
March 16, 2015
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Ariail
Our recent front page story on homelessness in Kershaw County highlighted a part of our community we sometimes don't want to think about, much less see. We suspect it's because of homeless stereotypes: those who live on the streets or in their cars with no job or prospect of one whether due to poor life choices or ill luck.
March 16, 2015
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Editorials
Sometimes, I look across our yard and sigh somewhat woefully, "Too much of that stubborn red Georgia clay shines through." I think, "Oh, one day…."
March 16, 2015
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By Ronda Rich
www.rondarich.com
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Columns
Economic development is undoubtedly the front burner topic in our state and in Kershaw County. For good reason. Economic development is the key to stable employment and to developing and nurturing a tax base that will support community needs for education, public safety, recreation, roads and infrastructure, and human services.
March 16, 2015
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By Frank Morgan, KCSD Superintendent
C-I contributing columnist
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Columns
The grumbles resonated from the kitchen. The sound wasn't particularly loud or piercing at least in the beginning. I guess you could describe it as a low, irregular whine of sorts. I walked in and there he was -- my 11-year old son slumped over his math sheet looking as if the world would end if he did not finish the problems before him. Of course, he was absolute in the fact his mom could not help him with this "math Armageddon." He insisted he would fight this battle alone. I thought to myself, "Does anyone like math? He must ...
March 16, 2015
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By Paula Joseph
C-I contributing columnist
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Columns
