St John’s High School Class of ’57 gathers at Bonnoitt Ranch
By M B Spears Special to the News & Press This is a fact: If your school doesn’t exist anymore, you’re even more likely to cherish getting together with your graduating class. Somehow each gathering gets better than the last. St John’s Class of 1957 held its first reunion at the Darlington Country Club in 1967. It was okay; it was nice. We had a band of some kind. Some husbands hid in the kitchen and drank too much; mine was one...
DCIS students get behind-the-scenes look at Walmart
Students at the Darlington County Intervention School (DCIS) got to chance to go on a behind-the-scenes trip to Walmart recently. Dr. Zenobia Edwards, director of DCIS, said the school took a group of students to the store as an educational experience. “The students got a chance to see how the company works, what the manager looks for in employees and some of the associated benefits of being a Walmart employee,” Edwards said. Kevin...
The Oak Ridge Boys to perform Bojangles’ Southern 500 National Anthem
County music icons The Oak Ridge Boys will participate in Darlington Raceway’s award-winning throwback weekend by performing the National Anthem for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles’ Southern 500 on Sept. 3. The multi-platinum recording artists, who have been performing together for four decades, had many hits in the 1985-89 era the track is celebrating with its throwback platform this season. “We are honored beyond...
Photo exhibit at Darlington Chamber office puts spotlight on Nucor Steel
Darlington photographer Ronda Gandy’s exhibition “Taking it Further than Paper,” currently on display at the Greater Darlington Chamber of Commerce, features an array of images from the Nucor Steel plant affixed to a most appropriate medium: actual Nucor steel.
Remembering Dad
Daddy, Dear Daddy, long gone on to that other world, but beautiful and, sometimes, painful memories linger!