Town of Lamar holds Back 2 School Bash
Lamar will be having their first Back 2 School Bash. This will be held at the Lamar Recreational Field next to Spaulding Elementary School. There will be activities for the kids, food and drinks, music, and will also be helping our kids prepare for the upcoming school year by giving out school supplies! The event will be from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Aug 5th. Lamar Recreational Football League will also be out there helping register the kids...
Francis Marion to host numerous events to celebrate Great American Eclipse
The nation’s eyes will be tuned to the sun on Aug. 21. Then, eventually on to the moon as it creates an incredibly rare solar eclipse. “The Great American Eclipse,” as it’s come to be known, will be the focus of Francis Marion as well. The university will feature a number of free events center on the eclipse. Beginning on Saturday, Aug. 19, the Dooley Planetarium will host a Solar Workshop for families with...
Basic dog training class to be offered
Learn positive methods to teach your dog sit, down, loose leash walking, coming when called, wait, stay, back, leave it, polite greetings and more. The class will be led by Margi Baldwin Moore, APDT Professional Member #77711, at the Harmon Baldwin Recreation Center, 300 Sanders Street in Darlington. Orientation night, without the dogs, will be Aug. 8 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Working classes with dogs and handlers start on Aug. 15. The...
South Carolina 4-H honors students, volunteers at 4-H State Congress
Several South Carolina high school students have earned scholarships and trips to Atlanta and Washington, D.C.
Holbrook-Odom Engagement
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Farries Holbrook of Darlington wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Caitlin Renee Holbrook to Dalton Glen Odom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Terrell Odom of Florence. A fall wedding is being planned.
Friends are the greatest blessings in life
I was thinking the other day about how wonderful it is to have friends and how rare it is to have good ones