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Anne C. Strayhorn
Funeral Services for Mrs. Anne C. Strayhorn, 84, of Winyah Drive, North Augusta, SC, who entered into rest January 22, 2011, will be conducted Wednesday at 12 Noon from the Posey Funeral Chapel. Dr. John M. Newell, III, The Reverend Douglas L. Holmes and Rev. Jule Young Officiating.Interment will follow in the Quaker Cemetery, Camden, SC at 3:30PM.
Help out with the HUD Homeless Count
United Way is organizing the official HUD count taking place Thursday in Kershaw County. This information is critical to bringing money for homeless housing and services to communities like Camden, Elgin, Bethune, Westville, Cassatt, and Lugoff.
Real Estate - Jan. 26, 2011
Real estate transactions The following real estate transfers were recently recorded in the Kershaw County Assessor's office: Transfers are listed in the following manner: seller, buyer, price paid or terms of transaction, number of acres or lots, number of buildings and District: Robin M. Watts to Paulette B. Watts, $1 for five acres in ...
Sallie Wright Martin
Sallie Wright Martin, 92, of Lucknow Road, Bethune, SC, died Monday, January 24, 2011.
Scrapbook - Jan. 26, 2011
Sop for supper A man on TV talked about where we got the word "soup." He said it came from the word "sop." Think of "sopping wet." A sop was made by soaking food in a liquid before eating it. People poured liquid from the vegetables or meat onto a piece of bread. This was called a sop. It was an easy ...
Taylor Reedy Jr.
Taylor Reedy Jr., of Lugoff, died Monday. Plans to be announced by Cooke Funeral Home.
Parenting: to push or not to push
WASHINGTON -- I come from a family where the "joke," if you came home with a 97 on a math test, was to ask what happened to the other three points. The punch line, if you scored 100, was to ask whether there was any extra credit.
Make prom special for those less fortunate
Every year, the Camden Junior Welfare League (CJWL) collects gently used prom dresses and accessories for their annual Belle of the Ball, an event designed to provide dresses, shoes and accessories to girls who couldn't afford them otherwise.
Howden North America donates $3,800 to Mt. Moriah Soup Kitchen
Howden, North America Inc., a world supplier of fans, rotary heat exchangers, compressors and gas handling equipment for the power generation petrochemical, steelmaking, mining and cement production industries, donated $3,847 to Mt. Moriah Soup Kitchen.
FAC brings ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ to stage Thursday
Harper Lee's classic novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" comes to life on the stage of the Wood Auditorium at the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County (FAC) Thursday at 8 p.m. "To Kill A Mockingbird" runs through Sunday. Shows are at 8 p.m. nightly; with the Sunday matinee set for 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students, seniors and military. This production is sponsored by Powers Funeral Home.
The outrage industry
NEW YORK -- As a longtime champion of greater civility in public discourse and one who has led the charge for dialed-back rhetoric, may I respectfully take most of it back?
Social Security
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is one of the few lawmakers in Washington who's willing to forge compromises, and that sometimes lands him in hot water with hard-right conservatives in the Palmetto State. Now, with Graham realistically saying that in order to stem the horrific budget deficits the country is running that we must look at the possibility of changing the Social Security retirement age, he's also catching heat from the left.
Spartans bounce back to stomp Providence
Playing for the first time in 12 days, the Camden Military Academy basketball team lost a 73-68 overtime heartbreaker against Heathwood Hall in a game played in Columbia on Wednesday night.
Montessori School of Camden to host Winter Gala
The Montessori School of Camden will hold its annual Winter Gala and fundraising event at the Robert Mills Court House from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29. The event is sponsored by Sentinel Health Partners, South Carolina ENT, Louise and David Cutler, Farber Family Associates, Heritage Community Bank, McDonalds of Camden, Protective Technologies, Inc., and the Conder/Heaton Families.
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Springdale 5K at Sunset set for Aug. 17
Registration is open for runners and walkers for the 5th Annual Springdale at Sunset 5K Run & 1-lap walk to be held on Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Springdale Race Course in Camden.
IRS reform
People in this country -- no doubt many right here in Kershaw County -- are angry with the Internal Revenue Service and its heavy-handed methods. Of course, the IRS has never been popular, and probably wouldn't be if the agency did everything by the book. But its recent targeting of conservative groups has spotlighted the venom with which overzealous bureaucrats can operate. Adding to it are recent revelations about ...
Youth summer sports camps season cover all bases in the county
With the school year coming to a close, it is time for summer sports camps in Kershaw County.
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