It’s time to submit your photos for the ArborOne photo contest
The annual ArborOne Farm Credit photo contest is in full swing! Pee Dee area residents are encouraged to take pictures of our rural landscape, farms, forests, agribusiness operations, and more for the contest. Winning pictures will be featured in the 2016 ArborOne calendar, which is widely distributed to ArborOne customers and friends. Thirteen winning photographs will be chosen from submitted entries; the grand prize photo will grace...
New 4-H interest meetings to be held
The Florence County 4-H Office is sponsoring two new 4-H interest meetings for Pee Dee area students, parents and/or potential volunteers who are interested in becoming part of a 4-H Shooting Sports Club or the new Central Pee Dee 4-H Livestock Club.
Keeping the Faith – Tea and Apple Pies
When our friend first moved to our home town it was a culture shock. Raised on the slick windy streets of Chicago, he had mastered the ways of the urban jungle, but this experience had done little to prepare him for the Deep South. He had never eaten grits; did not know what chicken and dumplings were; had not the foggiest idea about pork rinds; had never attended Cotillion classes as a child, or been to a church home-coming with...
Church News – August 26, 2015
Please send your church news to: editor@newsandpress.net BBQ fundraiser for DCHS Rescue A BBQ fundraiser will be held on Thursday, August 27, 2015 for the Darlington County Humane Society Rescue Effort. Plates are $8 donation for Schoolhouse BBQ of Scranton pork BBQ, rice with your choice of liver hash or red gravy, coleslaw, sweet potato soufflé and bread. Dine in or take out. Darlington: First Church of God, 620 N. Main St. ALL DAY...
Church of the Week: St. Philip’s Bradford Springs
The initial draw to this area was the availability of the many cool, fresh water springs found here. One of the strongest springs was found on a 1,358-acre tract of land owned by Nathaniel Bradford, hence the name Bradford Springs.