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Strategic partnerships -- what are they?
KershawHealth's Strategic Plan, approved by the board of trustees earlier this year, makes it clear that various alliances are essential to the organization's future success in caring for our community. We must recognize that there are 13 not-for-profit and investor-owned hospitals within a 50-mile radius of Kershaw County and that, more specifically, KershawHealth competes with large healthcare systems in the Columbia metropolitan area. An openness to new ideas and new ways of partnering in a rapidly-evolving healthcare environment is the only strategy for success.
Lament for the hitchhiker
What's your first thought when you're driving down the road and you spot a hitchhiker?
Words to the wise
WASHINGTON -- Words have a way of seeping into our vocabulary and, through overuse or distortion, soon begin to lose their meaning.
Living the American dream
I often offer up in my weekly column my thoughts and opinions on a variety of topics related to entertainment and pop culture. Those are things I'm personally interested in and know quite a bit about, at least in my own mind.
Who will win the ridesharing war?
WASHINGTON -- Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Except less regulated.
Spontaneous move
Last summer, I made one of the most spontaneous decisions ever in my life. I decided to go to Chicago: a massive city in land size and population that I never visited before. Spontaneity isn't exactly my middle name, so I was pretty nervous before I even paid for the essentials of my trip.
A honey of a year
This year was one of the best for my honeybees. At the beginning of spring, I never would have predicted such productivity. We had several surprises, but I'll discuss one in particular. Each spring, a beehive tends to "swarm." Most of us have heard of a bee swarm, but you may be amazed by the biology behind this bewildering bee business.
National Newspaper Week
Comedian Rodney Dangerfield's famous line was he "got no respect."
Support your newspaper by spreading the news
No, I'm not asking for handouts. I'm merely taking advantage of this week being National Newspaper Week to remind you that whether you're reading this column in print, on your desktop or laptop computer, tablet or smartphone, the Chronicle-Independent is -- as I often state on our Facebook page -- your local hometown community newspaper.
What does a cemetery tell us?
For several thousand years historians and others have known a cemetery indicates a local town or community's awareness of its connection to past generations. This historical awareness imparts a sense of continuity from the past to the present and an expected continuation into the future. They know a cemetery tells one much about the history, traditions, burial practices, culture, etc. of a local area.
A salute to all our homemakers
You know how attics are. They're filled with junk, Christmas stuff and memories that you can't toss away. The other day as I was digging through boxes, bound and determined, to find a dress pattern from 15 years ago, I found a scrapbook from my high school FHA years.
Economic development
When a radio interviewer recently asked a city council candidate about their plans to advance economic development in Camden and Kershaw County, the candidate answered that economic development is rarely a one-man show, but rather a team effort involving the city, the county and private investment.
Whose war on women?
WASHINGTON -- It has long been accepted by the conventionally wise that the Republican Party is waging a "war on women."
My trip to Mayberry
If you read my column very often, you surely know what a fan I am of "The Andy Griffith Show." My 33-year-old son, Bill, who lives in Sanford, N.C., also knows it well. After all, he grew up with it, even though it went off the air 12 years before he was born. Thank God for the video cassette recorder, then the digital video disc player and the TV Land cable channel.
The bad rep of for-profit colleges
For-profit colleges can't get no respect, at least not from employers. Which suggests that maybe they should be getting less generous taxpayer subsidies, too.
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A possible end to gerrymandering?
Two special elections grabbed headlines this week. There was the U.S. House District 5 special election here in South Carolina, the outcome of which ...
Can words be lethal?
WASHINGTON -- Words matter, journalists are fond of saying.
Water power
The Camden Archives and Museum will mount an exhibit about Camden's cotton mill era in late January 2018. Most museum exhibits take months to ...
The best schools in the U.S. and S.C.
Did you ever wonder what a truly great school looks like?
The dream v. the reality
If you missed Ag&Art weekend in Kershaw County, you missed out on a truly unique, fun and interesting event.
Our new life in the dugout
WASHINGTON -- Kelley Paul had gone to bed Tuesday night as usual, with her cellphone set on "Do Not Disturb," except for family and close friends ...
Headless and history
Hobkirk Hill is named for a village and civil parish in Scotland.
Seniors look back
One of the groups I meet with regularly is Student Cabinet, which is made up of student council officers from every grade from each of ...
Behind the scenes
As you can probably imagine, it's impossible to, literally, include everything about a particular event, person or issue in a single article or even ...
The unnecessary obituary
One of the dearest and oldest friends I have, had a close brush with death recently. He didn't just stand on the banks of ...
First responders are superheroes
When the call comes, they have the training, equipment and courage to respond. Be it during dinner or Sunday school, these superheroes work long hours ...
The role of business in legislative affairs
Recently, I've been thinking about the role of businesses in legislative affairs. My perception has been that larger businesses are the ones who get ...
Scratching my head, again
I swear, one of these days I'm going to either scratch my head completely bald -- I'm already more than halfway there -- or just ...
Rodney teaches
After Sunday dinner, while the others cleaned, talked or dealt with children, I sat down in a recliner matching the one that Rodney was in ...
My Brain on NASCAR - June 13, 2017
One of the most exciting things to happen in NASCAR in a very long time didn't happen during a race. Rather, it happened when ...
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