Dixie Cup employee photo
Reader Frank Helms brought us an old picture of employees from Dixie Cup, including his mother Doris Helms. Frank said that the picture is from some time in the 1960’s. We had several readers call us about the picture. A few of them said they had an aunt, mother or another relative in the photo. Two were even in it themselves! Thank you to everyone who called to share with us. One reader said that she believed this to be a one-time...
DCSD podcast celebrates 50 episodes
A year and a half ago two employees, Carla Jefferson and Rhett Hughes, started the DCSDTransforms podcast, which recently celebrated its 50th episode. Jefferson and Hughes say that the podcast has been a fun way to help other district employees discover new tools.
Students to get hands-on learning at Kalmia Gardens with help from Duke Energy
A $5,000 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation will enable 1,000 Pee Dee area schoolchildren to have a firsthand experience with environmental education at Kalmia Gardens of Coker College. The goal of the program is to give K-12 grade level students in the Pee Dee region a hands-on experience that will lead to an understanding of watersheds, water quality and the factors that affect them. “Often we find schools aren’t able to take...
Florence boy makes donation to Darlington Humane Society
“I told KadenMichael that the animals were lucky to have a friend with so many friends,” Jackie Kirven said. “It is such a great life lesson that you can share your birthday loot and give it to the animals.”
Darlington Pilot Club “warms hearts” at Oakhaven
Darlington Pilot Club chose to serve up cookies and cocoa for the caregiver family members of Oakhaven residents to bring a bit of sweetness to their day, and each caregiver received a thank-you card and a colorful, soft balsa fabric scarf for a gentle dose of warmth.
Backyard Stargazer: March 2017
By Francis Parnell It’s March and Spring will soon be here, so let’s see what’s in the sky this month. On the 1st look for a much dimmer Red Mars, 5-degrees to the right of the waxing crescent Moon. You can’t miss brilliant Venus about 15-degrees to the lower right of the pair! The waxing gibbous Moon is 2-degrees below “Regulus”, the brightest star in Leo, the Lion, at sunset on the 10th. On the...