Archive By Section - Miscellaneous
The Wateree River Pirates have likely taken their final voyage. Only weeks after constructing a 50-foot-long, pirate-themed boat for use along the Wateree River, Matt McCaskill and Colt Shirley were forced to take apart the ship they essentially built from scratch.
September 09, 2011
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Michael
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Miscellaneous
A 9/11 memorial ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Lugoff-Elgin High School stadium, hosted by the Lugoff Fire Department.
September 09, 2011
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A class in low-impact aerobics will be offered twice weekly beginning Sept. 19.
September 09, 2011
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Miscellaneous
The numbers are in. They show that workers in Europe have more vacation days than Americans. In Italy, the average worker is allowed 42 days of vacation every year. In France it's 37 days. In the United Kingdom, it's 28 days. The U.S. is near the bottom of the list. People here average 13 days of vacation a year.
September 07, 2011
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The deadline is Sept. 23 to register for the 12th annual Kershaw County Senior Golf Tournament, to be held Sept. 30 at White Pines Golf Club in Camden.
September 02, 2011
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If you make a donation to a charity this year, you may be able to take a deduction for it on your 2011 tax return. Here are the top nine things the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants every taxpayer to know before deducting charitable donations.
September 02, 2011
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Miscellaneous
In the wake of Hurricane Irene, thousands of people have turned to the American Red Cross for help. Many communities from North Carolina to New England are suffering from significant flooding, wind damage and widespread power outages.
September 02, 2011
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The new website for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has a fresh look and feel and uses a new web content management system.
September 02, 2011
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Miscellaneous
Where did it come from?
August 31, 2011
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Students in the final year of ATEC's LPN program will be honored at the meeting of the Kiwanis Club Sept. 6, when a number of scholarship recipients will be recognized.
August 26, 2011
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For anyone who hates to exercise, Zumba will feel more like a Salsa party than a workout. Zumba has a fast, energetic workout that is fun and addictive. You get lost in the music and dance and don't realize you're getting such a great workout! This is a great remedy for anyone looking for a fat-burning pick-me-up with a positive energy blast that will leave you feeling happy and energized.
August 26, 2011
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Miscellaneous
Gene Faulkenberry, director of emergency management for Kershaw County, monitors the movements of Hurricane Irene on his department's maps and instruments at the Kershaw County Government Center. The equipment Faulkenberry uses can designate specific roads in the county where storms might be located. "If the fire department is out moving trees or is trying to assist people and I can see more storms coming, I can get on the radios here and tell them what I'm seeing," Faulkenberry said. "Every time I get an update, I can send alerts out to places like hospitals and schools so they ...
August 26, 2011
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Kershaw County is one of 37 counties in South Carolina designated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by drought and excessive heat that began April 1 and continue.
August 24, 2011
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Small rumblings were felt Tuesday afternoon in parts of Kershaw County after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake occurred near Louisa, Va.
August 24, 2011
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Michael
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Miscellaneous
"Experienced jeans" are back again. Today's young people will call my school days "the dark ages." But way back then, our mothers worked nights to patch our school clothes. And we tried to hide the patches. That is probably where the idea of BIG book bags came from. We wanted something BIG to hide the patches. Patches meant that our parents did not have money for nice clothes.
August 24, 2011
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