Letters to the Editor – September 2, 2015
On Sunday night, September 27th, there’s going to be a celestial sky show that hasn’t happened for a while. All of us long-time stargazers are looking forward to it because it involves our nearest neighbor in space.
Bryant Gardner announces bid for Darlington City Council
Bryant P. Gardner, lifetime Darlington resident and local young professional, publicly announces his candidacy for an at-large seat on the Darlington City Council. At the age of 32, Bryant Gardner’s bid for public service taps him as the youngest council hopeful to throw his hat in the ring. After graduating from Wofford College and returning to Darlington, Gardner became closely involved with, and assumed leadership positions with...
Kids and Carrots
Nothing says happy and healthy like an image of children gardening, harvesting, and eating carrots, beets, cabbages, cucumbers, etc. The Summer “Out of School” Program students in Fremont, Nebraska got to do just that when they helped create an After School Garden at Linden Elementary in Fremont.
My boyhood’s August
School had been out for two whole months, beginning on the last day of May. It was now August and a full month and more of vacation time remained. It would be a month of action for many of the village children. We would cram all into it we could. This writer had been busy since that day he had returned from his last day of school, and joyously announced that he had been promoted to the next grade level. He was free now to explore the...
Letters to the Editor – August 26, 2015
Ageless Aviation Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation is coming to Branhams Airport in Darlington on September 2, 3 and 4. It is a non-profit organization established and dedicated to honor seniors, particularly United States military veterans by providing “Dream Flights” in a vintage 1940 Boeing Stearman open cockpit biplane at no cost. It is the same aircraft used to train military aviators in World War II. There were 10,626 built...
Memories from the Porch
Long before there were shopping malls, televisions, computers, and all the other gadgets to occupy the mind, there were front porches.