Pop Music Icons HANSON to perform Bojangles’ Southern 500 National Anthem
The iconic pop rock group HANSON will participate in the award-winning Official Throwback Weekend of NASCAR by performing the national anthem for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday, Sept. 2. Founded in 1992 at ages 11, nine and six, brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac spent their first five years building a fan base as an independent band in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Since then, the band has...
A little bit of mad science, a whole lot of fun
Dozens of kids enjoyed a unique learning experience last week at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church of Hartsville convened their Summer Science Lab. Under the instruction and supervision of volunteer teachers, children aged 4 and up got to conduct hands-on experiments with food chemistry – think strawberry-scented slime and fountains of Mentos and Coca-Cola – electricity, and sound. Photos by Samantha Lyles
Church News – July 18, 2018
Please send your church news and photos to: editor@newsandpress.net Annual Session The Woman’s Department of the Pee Dee Missionary Baptist Association will have it’s Annual Session July 17-21 at Sawmill Baptist Church, 1167 Williamette Road, Bennettsville, with the Reverend James J. Anderson, pastor. The Fellowship Banquet will be held on July 18 at The SHEREC facility of New Ebenezer Baptist Church, Florence at 6 p.m....
Living on Purpose – The challenge to keep families together
I am sure that many of you can remember when life was not so demanding and filled with anxiety or at least it seemed that way.
Little League Pinning Ceremonies held in Darlington
Friends and family gathered last Thursday, July 12 on the Darlington Public Square to show their appreciation for the stellar baseball and softball played this year by Darlington Little League teams. About 500 kids played on local Little League squads this season, and some of them won state titles and will have the chance to show their skills on ESPN’s expanded coverage of Little League regional playoffs later this year. State...
Down South: A Song For Miss Johnnie
By Tom Poland —“I hear the train a’coming, rolling round the bend” —“Look a-yonder comin’, comin’ down that railroad track, it’s the Orange Blossom Special, bringing my baby back” … Two songs the man in black sang. Two trains, similar names, and a story. Oh sing that train song, Ronnie, … sing it through the year. Blow that horn, blow it for her to hear. Strum your guitar, strum it hard, cause Miss Johnnie someday soon is...