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Debbie Shealy of Pomaria Garmany Elementary School, middle, Newberry County's Teacher of the Year, received books for her classroom recently from Bojangles' as part of the chain's ongoing partnership with South Carolina Future Minds. She is shown with Tony Birch, marketing coordinator for Bojangles’ South Carolina and Trip DuBard, executive director of South Carolina Future Minds.
Shealy receives books for Teacher of the Year honor
COLUMBIA — Debbie Shealy of Pomaria Garmany Elementary School, Newberry County’s Teacher of the Year, received books for her classroom recently from Bojangles’ as part of the chain’s ongoing partnership with South Carolina Future Minds. Bojangles’ on Garners Ferry Road in Columbia presented hundreds of books to 12 local district Teachers of the Year, including Shealy. The donation event is one of 14 planned for this year. South Carolina Fut...
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Math night at Whitmire
Whitmire Community School celebrated Family Math Night on March 14 - Pi Day - from 6-7:30 p.m. Families participated in hands-on activities and were given practical strategies and resources to strengthen the home-school partnership in the area of mathematics. Families worked in small group sessions organized by grade levels 3 - 12. In the smaller sessions, teachers guided parents and students through various activities. Each family was given ...
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Children fall in love with books
Newberry County First Steps donated some large sized books for 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds at Newberry Elementary School and the 12 child care centers across the county. The event was a part of the Week of the Young Child which focuses attention on the needs of those younger than preschool age. On Tuesday, a few 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds met the Zaxby’s mascot and were read to by child care directors and Newberry County children’s librarian...
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Newberry College president sets tour schedule
NEWBERRY — Newberry College President Dr. Maurice W. Scherrens announced his plans for a 2013 Spring and Summer tour to several cities throughout South Carolina and surrounding states at his inauguration April 12. The first two tours were held March 14 and March 21. The remaining tours begin May 7 and will continue through June 25. Other dates will be added into next fall, but have not been set. Scott Joyner, vice president of institution...
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6 arrested in meth lab bust
NEWBERRY —Six people were arrested Friday in Newberry for manufacturing methamphetamine and exposing a child to methamphetamine. Amber Christine Teseniar, 23, Heather Brooke Anderson, 23, Jeffery Boyd Teseniar, 51, Meghan Lee Teseniar, 19, Nicholas Logan Teseniar, 26, all of 252 Adam Teseniar Road in Newberry, and Kelly Mac Teseniar, 42, of 226 Adam Teseniar Road in Newberry were arrested after a series of citizen complaints were confirmed ...
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Hospice Care of SC cuts ribbon on new office
Hospice Care of South Carolina celebrated its move to a new location on Evans Street with a ribbon cutting hosted by the Chamber of Commerce on April 18. City councilman Thomas Boyd, second from left, and Mayor Foster Senn, far right, welcomed everyone to the event. Nurses and the chaplain were also on hand along with Community Relations Liaison Brandi Riddle to welcome everyone.
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Newberry College student tapped for undergraduate research in France
NEWBERRY — For some, traveling abroad has always been a dream, but for Newberry College student Kaleigh Margita, that dream will soon be her reality. A junior at Newberry College, Margita spent last summer involved in a 10-week program at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., with the National Nano-Technology Infrastructure Network (NNIN). While in the program, Margita worked on a project entitled “Monitoring and Imaging Hypoxic Cells an...
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Mayor gets update on Boundary Street Bridge project
NEWBERRY — Mayor Foster Senn received updates regarding the Boundary Street Bridge replacement project Tuesday. Robert J. St. Onge Jr., secretary of transportation for S.C. Department of Transportation, responded to Senn in a letter that stated their response to the city’s concerns. The SCDOT will be taking time, as suggested by the city, to consider and evaluate other possible options to the city’s proposal of relocating the Boundary Str...
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County employees recognized for service
Three Newberry County employees were recognized at Wednesday’s County Council meeting for their service to the county. From left to right are Georgia Attaway, 15 years; Trena Crisp, 10 years; and Detrick Bishop, 15 years. Attaway works in the assessor’s office, Crisp works in the magistrate’s office and Bishop works in the sheriff’s office.
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Richland judge delays hearings in James Brown FOIA cases
NEWBERRY — Richland County Judge Casey Manning has refused to hear two 2011 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) cases related to the James Brown estate until the Supreme Court decides on four recently-filed petitions for a rehearing of its ruling in an Aiken County appeal. The petitions ask the court to rehear its Feb. 27 ruling that overturned a settlement deal by former Attorney General Henry McMaster as “overreaching.” The 2009 deal was ap...
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Jail Log
The following people were booked into the Newberry County Detention Center. They are all innocent until proven guilty. S.C. Highway Patrol Panton Avila, 25, driving under suspension, license not suspended for DUI. Newberry County Sheriff’s Office Christopher Jennings Hughes, 19, minor with purchase or possession of alcohol, open container of beer or wine in motor vehicle, use of another’s or altered license or ID card. Chris...
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Litter Awareness Month kicks off in Columbia
COLUMBIA – Law enforcement officers from across the state gathered Tuesday to kick off the 2013 Zero Tolerance for Litter Campaign. Zero Tolerance for Litter is a month-long law enforcement initiative that unites law enforcement in a dual-purpose mission: to educate citizens on the effects of litter in our communities and to enforce state and local litter laws. James Nelson, director of Spartanburg County Environmental Enforcement and pre...
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Barbecue captures downtown Newberry
NEWBERRY — Downtown Newberry welcomed barbecue enthusiasts Saturday for the annual Pork in the Park festival. With more barbecue and more people, City of Newberry Events Coordinator Bryan Bedenbaugh said “it was bigger and better in 2013.” The weather was also ripe with sunshine and just enough breeze to welcome people to the barbecue festival. Twelve competitors came from around the state to demonstrate how they make barbecue but Berry...
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Boys Farm of Newberry celebrates 53rd anniversary
Boys Farm of Newberry celebrated its 53rd anniversary homecoming celebration Sunday. The afternoon began with a hot dog and hamburger lunch at 12:30 p.m., followed by presentations and fun activities for children such as bounce houses, inflatables, games, and more. The Boys Farm motto is “Building boys, rather than mending men.” Elyssa Parnell Staff Writer
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Lutherans serve community across county Saturday
NEWBERRY COUNTY — All across the county on Saturday, Lutheran church members woke up the dawn and went out to serve the community. Operation Inasmuch is the name of the project for the Heartland Conference of the South Carolina Synod and this year 28 Lutheran congregations participated within the conference which includes all of Newberry County. “Twenty eight Lutheran congregations within the Heartland Conference joined together for a day...
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