Darlington celebrates Arbor Day
The City of Darlington celebrated Arbor Day last week by planting three new beech trees at the city entrance on Lamar Highway. These stately trees will make a year-round beautiful addition, providing food for wildlife, shining bright green in summer, bronze in fall, and keeping their brown leaves all winter. The city planted these trees at the Lamar Highway entrance to further enhance that area’s park-like appearance as people enter Darlington.
S.C. State Fair Winner
Brier Gandy, 3rd grade student at St. John’s Elementary pictured here with his art teacher, Debi Slone, (left) and principal, Jean Taylor, (right), displaying his Honorable Mention award winning watercolor of the South Carolina state animal, the white tail deer.
Where is this in Darlington County?
Can you guess where in Darlington County this week’s photo was taken?
Kalmia Garden Study Club decorates Council on Aging
Members of Darlington’s Kalmia Garden Study Club were out spreading Christmas cheer last week, decorating one the city’s most august buildings – the McCullough House, now home to the Darlington County Council on Aging at 402 Pearl Street – with classic wreaths and ribbons. Using “found greenery” cut from aromatic evergreens, club members wove branches around light fixtures and over windows and doors, capping some with...
36th Annual Old People’s Christmas food drive
This year marks Darlington High School’s 36th Annual Old People’s Christmas food drive. Although the name may not be “politically correct”, it is a tradition with the community, and started 36 years ago, when a teacher on the DHS campus started a service project to feed elderly people in Darlington during the Christmas season. According to faculty and staff, “We are proud to say the tradition has continued and has even grown over the years.”