Carolina Family Planning Centers celebrate 6th Annual Banquet
People from across the Pee Dee and state gathered on Tuesday, September 29 to celebrate life, talk about the exciting, memorable, life changing moments, upcoming opportunities, and to recognize those who help support the pro-life ministry of Carolina Family Planning Centers at the Carolina Family Planning Centers’ 6th Annual Banquet. Chairman Mr. Steece Hayes welcomed attendees to the banquet, and music was provided by Mr. Paul McRae....
Scaring is caring at St. David’s Asylum Haunted House
Over 70 volunteers have pitched in to create Darlington County’s must-scream event of the 2015 Halloween season: the St. David’s Asylum Haunted House in Society Hill, open every Thursday through Sunday from Oct. 2 until Nov. 1. Part of proceeds benefit Darlington County Fire District Santa’s Helpers Fund.
Hometown boy makes good … coffee
The distinctive aroma of brewing coffee is like a siren song to many people, rousing them from bed and inspiring them to meet the day ahead, but the scent of green coffee beans roasting presents olfactory stimulation of a different magnitude. The coffee smell is foremost, but the air also contains traces of the bean’s origins – a sweetness like burnt sugar or cooked bananas, and a rich hit of dark, volcanic earth.
New Sweet Potato Festival queens ready for the big time
When the crowns were placed upon the heads of the new Miss S.C. Sweet Potato Festival Chelsea Bullock and Miss S.C. Sweet Potato Festival Teen Kinsley Odom the work instantly begin in preparation for the Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen pageants, and the chance of a lifetime in representing the S.C. Sweet Potato Festival throughout the year.
Church of the Week: First Baptist Church Darlington
“Regardless of who the architect was, we’ll all agree that the rectangular Georgian Revival building is stunning. Its symmetry, a typical sign of Georgian Architecture, can be seen on all sides. “
Nucor presents $10,000 to Harvest Hope in Florence
Nucor, the major sponsor of Harvest Hope’s annual fundraiser dinner, Helping Our People Eat (HOPE) Now, presented a $10,000 check to Harvest Hope during the event on September 15, 2015.