Clemson experts suggest planting gardens to escape COVID-19 stress
Clemson University CLEMSON – Planting home gardens can help provide distractions from the coronavirus (COVID-19) threat, which has disrupted everyday lives and increased economic and mental stress for most of the country. To help people ensure fresh, nutritious food for their families, ease the psychological turmoil of these difficult times and help kids stuck at home engage with the outdoors, Clemson Cooperative Extension Service...
Covered in Cotton gift boxes to serve as fundraiser for health-care workers
Maker of upscale baby blankets, throws and hand towels, Darlington-based Covered in Cotton is launching a new gift set to bring comfort to those we can’t be with due to COVID-19. The company has partnered with other local small businesses to create the Home Grown at Home Boxed Collection. The premiere box is called the Snack & Snuggle Box. The Snack & Snuggle Boxes feature one 50 x 70 Covered in Cotton throw in the design of...
Signs of the Times
Much of the story of Darlington’s coronavirus struggle has been told in signs – signs inside and outside local businesses (at least those that have been allowed to remain open). Here are two examples, both seen on Pearl Street. At Piggly Wiggly (left), the management reaches out to the community. At Darlington Auto Sales (below), a sign cries out for a precious commodity that’s still not easy to find. PHOTOS BY BOBBY...
County deems courthouse ‘appointment only’ during pandemic
By Samantha Lyles slyles@newsandpress.net Even as South Carolina’s non-essential businesses shut down this past week to slow the spread of the coronavirus, local government entities are finding ways to hold public meetings and continue doing the people’s business. In that spirit, members of Darlington County Council donned protective gear and met in person April 6, with several feet of space between them. A live broadcast...
Living on Purpose: I once was blind but now I see
By Bill Holland One of the most profound mysteries of life is how the natural realm and the spiritual realm operate so differently. It’s common for our logical reasoning to be contrary from the way God thinks because, No. 1, we cannot always trust our emotions and No. 2, the natural mind cannot comprehend divine truth. We are reminded in John 4:24 that “God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in...
CORONAVIRUS BRIEFS:
McMASTER: STAY HOME IF POSSIBLE: Hours after the News & Press went to press last Monday, Gov. Henry McMaster dropped the other shoe – he issued an executive order requiring that all S.C. residents either be “at home or at work” if possible. The order went into effect April 7. What does this mean for you? It means the governor wants you to either be at home or at work at this point in the coronavirus crisis, unless you need to go...
