Duke Energy continues support of FMU, Pee Dee educators
FLORENCE – Duke Energy is continuing its support of education throughout the region with a $50,000 grant to Francis Marion University to promote the teaching profession. The funds from the Duke Energy Foundation will be directed to 20 FMU upperclassmen enrolled in FMU’s School of Education and who are expected to teach in schools in the Pee Dee. Training teachers to work in the Pee Dee region and other underserved areas is a...
Backyard Stargazer for July 2017
By Francis Parnell Summer is officially underway; let’s see “what’s up” for July. At dusk on the 1st, the waxing gibbous Moon forms a broad triangle with bright yellow Jupiter and blue-white “SPICA”, the brightest star in Virgo, in the southwest. At 4 p.m. on July the 3rd, Earth reaches “Aphelion”, its farthest distance from the Sun this year at 94,505,901 million miles. “Dog...
Hartsville Chamber seeks nominations for Woman of Achievement award
The Greater Hartsville Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for the 2017 Woman of Achievement award to be presented during its first Women’s Leadership Symposium on September 8. In its 21st year, the Woman of Achievement Award is bestowed upon women who have made contributions to their profession and the community of Hartsville. “Recipients of the Hartsville Chamber’s Woman of Achievement award are women I respect and admire....
The Best Schools in the U.S. … and S.C.
Did you ever wonder what a truly great school looks like?