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Judy Sharpe
A graveside service to celebrate the life of Judy Lane Rabon Sharpe, 70, of Lugoff will be held Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Springvale Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Todd Horton and Rev. Wayne Flowers will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service in the church fellowship hall. Memorials may be made in Mrs. Sharpe's memory to Springvale Baptist Church Building Fund, 1496 Springvale Road, Lugoff, SC 29078 or Home Health of Kershaw County, 2001 W. DeKalb Street, Camden, SC 29020.
A starting point
Rep. Paul Ryan has issued a plan for returning this country to fiscal sanity, and it includes cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. The Wisconsin lawmaker's proposal would slash about $5 trillion in spending over the next decade, making it by far the most intensive plan presented to date to try to deal with the country's unsustainable spending practices. But predictably, potential presidential candidates have had little to say, recognizing the political volatility of cutting entitlement programs that people have come to rely on. Some have praised Ryan for coming forward with a package and acknowledge that it could ...
Celebrate children, those who ensure their well-being
Young children in Kershaw County deserve the best that we can give them.
Councilman looking out for citizens' best interests
After reading the letter to the editor in the April 1 Chronicle-Independent praising Councilman Willard Polk for his immediate response to the request made by Paddy Bell, chairman of the Camden Garden Club, concerning the Joseph Kershaw gravesite project, I wasn't surprised.
A 'reverse beauty pageant' for tyrants
"What if they gave a war and nobody came? So goes an old Vietnam War era bumper sticker. I've got an update in mind: What if they gave a war and nobody paid attention?
Keeping it green
Margot Rochester was a very special person. She was teacher, mentor, author, speaker, Master Gardener and friend to all who knew her. She wrote many gardening columns for various newspapers, including Kershaw County's Chronicle-Independent, and authored two books, "Earthly Delights" and "Down to Earth: Practical Thoughts for Passionate Gardeners." She was also a very special friend to me. We would often visit public and private gardens together. Every flower she saw was her "favorite," and she just had to have it in her garden. Because she lived close to me, I visit her garden often. Walking through her garden ...
On what did you spend -- or how do you plan to spend -- your tax refund?
It's the women, stupid
NEW YORK -- Whether the topic is Libya's rebels or Afghanistan's "reconciliation" with the Taliban, the pivotal question is, or should be: What about the women?
Ansley, Bulldogs stop Marlboro County, 7-3
Given his team's recent rash of injuries, Camden High baseball coach Denny Beckley could not complain about his team being in third place in the Region 6-AAA race with three conference games left on their schedule.
Remember when... April 6, 2011
"Remember when..." is a weekly historical feature showcasing life in Kershaw County, taken from the archives of the Chronicle-Independent. County directors attended the district meeting of the Kershaw County Farm Bureau at Blaney in April 1958. They included (seated, from left) D.K. Stokes, Camden; C.B. Mitchell, Bethune, director of the S.C. Farm Bureau; D.E. Baxley, Kershaw; Mrs. J.R. Bell, Lugoff; (standing) J.D. Crawford, Camden; Howard Truesdale, Westville; R.D. Pate, Kershaw; H.J. Horton, Bethune; L.H. McCallum, Lugoff; and A.B. Nelson, Blaney.
'It was felt that the Rubicon was passed'
Captain Stephen D. Lee, CSA wrote on April 13, 1861 that, "We then proceeded at once to Fort Johnson (James Island), which we reached at 4 a. m. (April 12), and to Captain George S. James, commanding at that post, gave the order to open fire at the time indicated. His first shell was fired at 4:30 a. m….."
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Species statistics are good news for South Carolina’s standings
By Austin Jenkins
Carolina Cup-date on ticket sales
Even though the Carolina Cup is more than a month away, reserved parking spaces are selling at a brisk pace.
Royals AAU teams list tryout dates
The Royals AAU youth basketball teams will host tryouts in both Camden and Bishopville for its boys and girls' teams.
Carolina Cup tickets now on sale
Invitations for the Carolina Cup steeplechase races were sent out to those on the organization's mailing list last Friday. And tickets and parking spaces for the event are now on sale.
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