Recyclers of the Month – March 2015
Roommates Jamie Ackerman and Rachel Randall and are the City of Hartsville’s Recyclers of the Month for March 2015. As relatively recent college graduates now living on their own in a city with recycling services, they said they felt a responsibility to recycle. “It was never a question of whether or not we were going to recycle,” Ackerman said. “It was accessible. We picked it up the second we got here.” “I don’t think recycling is...
Church News – March 25, 2015
Please send your church news to: editor@newsandpress.net Spiritual Recital The Woman’s Pee Dee District Department of the Pee Dee Baptist Association will have their 13th Annual Spiritual Recital on Saturday, March 28 at 6:00 p.m. The recital is being held at Manning Baptist Church, 308 E. Calhoun Street, Dillon. Reverend Rodney McCorkle is the pastor. The attire is dressy/semi-formal and donation is $10.00. Fifth Sunday...
Rotary Club of Darlington Auction
Join the Rotary Club of Darlington for their annual Scholarship and Community Project Fundraiser Auction on Thursday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Darlington Country Club. The auctioneer will be Troy Stengel, #2842, and will include a live auction, silent auction, door prizes and raffle. Proceeds from this event will allow the Rotary Club of Darlington to support both community and global projects, such as: • Two scholarships will be...
Officials urge vigilance, precaution for avian flu virus
South Carolina officials are asking the public to keep an eye out for a strain of avian flu that has been identified in seven states and is potentially deadly to poultry. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) so far has been identified in backyard and commercial poultry flocks, wild ducks and geese from Oregon to Arkansas. While not considered a threat to public health or the food supply, the disease could be devastating to poultry...
Solicitor’s Office seeks volunteers
The Fourth Circuit Solicitor’s Office is seeking volunteers for the Juvenile Arbitration Program. The Fourth Circuit Solicitor, William B. Rogers Jr. strongly supports the Arbitration Program that was implemented in the Fourth Circuit in 1999 and would like to see the successful program continue to grow. Arbitration is an innovative, cost-effective program for dealing with first time non-violent juvenile offenders that permits the...
Art in Business Youth Art Show 2015
Student artists and their teachers were recognized for their amazing artwork at the annual “Art in Business Youth Art Show” on Sunday, March 15, at Hartsville Middle School. The Art in Business Program, held by the Darlington County School District, recognized 22 student winners and showcased hundreds of pieces of student artwork. Twenty-two of the district’s schools each selected one student’s art to represent the school in the...