Backyard Stargazer for December 2017
By Francis Parnell It’s December and Christmas will soon be here; it’s also “SUPER MOON” time. The Full Moon on the 3rd is the largest and closest at 222,133 miles this year! Watch it rise behind distant trees and buildings and you might experience the “Moon Illusion.” At dawn on the 13th, a very thin crescent Moon is about 5-degrees above reddish-orange Mars in the east-southeast. The annual...
DAISY Award Winner: Karen Butler
Karen Butler, RN, BSN, WOC of the Infection Control department at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center was named the Nurse of the Quarter and the DAISY Award for Nursing Excellence of the 4th Quarter.
FMU McNair Scholar gives back through tutoring program
Summer is typically a time most college students spend relaxing. Kennedy Glasgow (’20), a sophomore at Francis Marion University and Nursing major, isn’t a typical college student.
Darlington County Disabilities and Special Needs Board announces 2017 Angel Tree
If you would like to sponsor an Angel, please take an Angel Card from the tree. Please do not wrap the gift. You may place it in a gift bag if you would like. Return your gift to one of the Angel Tree locations listed below by Friday, December 8th. Place the Angel Tree Card with your gift so the proper person receives the gift. You may also submit an Angel Tree monetary donation to the Scott Center at the address below. For additional...
Lighting up Downtown Hartsville
Hundreds gathered in Centennial Park, located at the corner of West Carolina Avenue and 5th Street, for the annual Hartsville Christmas Tree lighting ceremony.