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Rotary seeks young professionals for exchange trip
NEWBERRY COUNTY — District 7750 of Rotary Club is still looking for applicants for the year’s Group Study Exchange. The applicant must be between 25 and 40 years old, employed in his/her chosen field, and not closely related to a Rotarian. The exchange will be approximately four and a half weeks starting May 10 to the Philippines. If you know of someone who might be interested, let a Rotarian know as soon as possible so that the application a...
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Whitmire honors town employees for service
Several employees of the Town of Whitmire were recognized by Mayor Billy Hollingsworth and council members for their dedication and service. Each employee was presented with a certificate of appreciation. Shown are, from the left, Claude Worthy, more than 20 years with street maintenance; Jimmy D. Brock, eight years with Water Treatment Plant; Police Chief Jeremiah Sinclair, 10 years; Officer Micheal Moss, more than five years with the Whitmi...
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Westwood honored with state administrator award
PROSPERITY — Mid-Carolina Middle School Principal Deedee Westwood is the 2013 S.C. Association of School Librarians Administrator of the Year. This award recognizes an administrator on the school, district, or state level, whose vision and leadership has contributed substantially to the school library media program in South Carolina’s schools. She was nominated because of her strong advocacy for school libraries. Westwood has directed ext...
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Whitmire councilman graduates from Municipal Institute
WHITMIRE — Whitmire Town Councilman Dwight Lane graduated from the Municipal Elected Officials Institute of Government on Feb. 13. Graduates received their certificates during the Municipal Association of South Carolina’s Hometown Legislative Action Day in Columbia. Lane has been attending the Municipal Association institute which helps him help the citizens of the town better. He was also recognized at a recent town council meeting for his...
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WCS archery team to compete at state
Whitmire Community School’s archery team competed at the state tournament on March 21 and March 22. The members of the high school archery team as well as Noah McCarley, Sydney Wilbanks, and Kimberly Jenkins from the middle school team are invited to the S.C. State Archery Tournament at the Sportsman’s Classic at the S.C. State Fairgrounds. This is the first year the team has competed in the program. The high school team finished 16th in the ...
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Barber shop relocates to C.R. Koon Highway
NEWBERRY — Tina Hair felt like her world was falling in around her when she was told she had to move her business but now she is Cuttin’ Up. Hair’s husband, Michael Hair, was recovering from a wreck when she was told last fall that the property her barber shop business was on at 428 Wilson Road had been sold for the construction of a new apartment complex. Hair said she was struggling and did not know how she could make the move to a new ...
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AG Wilson drops out of Brown lawsuit filed by ‘Legacy Trust’
COLUMBIA — Attorney General Alan Wilson has dropped out of a multimillion dollar lawsuit against former trustees of the James Brown estate. In a Richland County courtroom on March 18, Mark Gende of the Wingate Law Firm in Columbia told Judge Casey Manning that he no longer represented the attorney general in Richland 4900. “I represent all plaintiffs minus the AG,” he said. The lawsuit was brought by the Wingate firm against former trus...
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Sue Summer signs book
Newberry author Sue Summer signs copies of “Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Heartwarming and Humorous Stories about the Joys of Raising Children of All Ages” on Friday at Books on Main. Her story of The Buffy Tree first appeared in The Observer. She is joined by daughter, Buffy Summer, left, and Libby Lewis, center.
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Poole inducted into Rotary
Charles Poole, center, was inducted Friday afternoon into the Rotary Club of Newberry. Poole is retired from the computer business. He is shown with Rotarian Scott Cain, left, and Bob Brown.
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Two high school students charged in bomb threat
NEWBERRY — Two Newberry High School students were in custody Tuesday night, charged with making the bomb threat that caused Newberry High School to be evacuated Monday morning. Daisha Kibler, 17, of 217 Bowles Road in Silverstreet, and a 16-year-old juvenile were taken into custody Tuesday afternoon. Both will be charged with Conveying A Bomb Threat, officials said late Tuesday. The arrests come at the end of the second day of alert at Ne...
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Presbyterian College Choir performing March 21
CLINTON — The Presbyterian College Choir will present a concert of choral music in Edmunds Hall on the Presbyterian College campus at 7:30 p.m. March 21. The PC Choir will perform an eclectic program that includes unaccompanied works for mixed chorus taken from Renaissance, Romantic and Modern sources, arrangements of hymns and spiritual songs, and includes material recently performed by members of the choir during performances in England a...
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School media specialists learn about ‘Impact’
The South Carolina Association of School Librarians hosted their annual conference at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center March 6 through March 8 in Columbia. The conference theme was IMPACT at Your Library, focusing on the use of data to show how school library media centers impact student achievement. The keynote speaker was Dr. Keith Curry Lance, nationally recognized authority on library data. Six Newberry County media specialists...
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Holmes receives VFW teacher award
NEWBERRY — Newberry Elementary kindergarten teacher Jacqueline A. Holmes was selected to represent the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5934 and its Ladies Auxiliary. Holmes was honored at the District 4 award banquet program Jan. 19 in Fountain Inn. The honor was highlighted in time for Black History Month in February. Carl Lyles is the Post Commander, Oliver Palmore is the Senior Vice Commander and program coordinator and the quarter...
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Reward offered for NHS bomb threat information
NEWBERRY — Newberry High School received a bomb threat to its main office at 10:54 a.m. Monday. The threat was very short and generic, but was taken seriously to insure the safety of the students and faculty of the school. There was an immediate response from all aspects of public safety. The Newberry Police Department, Newberry County Sheriff’s Office, Newberry Fire Department all responded to the scene. Newberry County School District Sup...
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Local doctor’s office recognized for smoking cessation effort
PROSPERITY — Lovelace Family Medicine’s efforts to help patients quit smoking has been nationally awarded by the American Academy of Family Physicians. The family practice completed the Office Champions Tobacco Cessation National Dissemination Project which wrapped up this past January after a year long effort, said Renee Martin with Lovelace Family Medicine. Martin explained that the practice had to send out requests, write letters and h...
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