Darlington Council and Mayoral Forum Oct. 22
The candidates running for office for the upcoming election in Darlington will participate in an upcoming event hosted by the News and Press on Thursday, October 22nd at 6:30 p.m. at the Darlington Recreation Department gymnasium (Harmon Baldwin Center) on 300 Sanders Street.
Medicaid mythbuster #2: source and quality of care
By Jon M. Bailey, Guest Writer Center for Rural Affairs A constant complaint about Medicaid is that fewer healthcare providers take patients on public insurance programs, and the resulting quality of care suffers. The facts, however, tell a different story. According to the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey nearly all Medicaid (95%) and private coverage patients (94%) have a regular source of health care. The quality...
When I was a barefoot boy
When I was a barefoot boy, the world was a much different place than it is today! It was a much smaller place! I heard folk say names like Florence, Hartsville, Lamar and Timmonsville; to me, they were foreign countries. caption id=”attachment_675″ align=”alignright” width=”262″] Bill Shepard[/caption] When I was a barefoot boy, we had no TV, telephone, radio or computer. There were no more than a...
Letters to the Editor – October 14, 2015
Angels in Uniform On Sunday, October 5, 2015 at 11:47 a.m. I drove to the gas station to purchase some gas. When I came outside, I discovered that I had a flat tire. I proceeded to call someone to come help fix my tire. It was pouring rain, and I was so upset. Deputy Hayes and Deputy Williams of the Darlington County Sheriff’s Department were outside. Before I could hang up the phone, Deputy Williams and Deputy Hayes were at my car,...
Lifting or Leaning
Make no mistake about it, you were a label! Your society, the people about you, have given you one. Labels are like nicknames, they are not meant to be harmful, nor are they meant to remain for a lifetime, but they often do! It seems that our friends, and often our enemies, have a way of categorizing people, none of us are exempt; we are Good or Bad, Rich or Poor, Liberal or Conservative, Stingy or Generous, Fat or Lean, the list goes...
Letters to the Editor: October 7, 2015
Yes, there are good people, too.