Former Strom Thurmond High School golf sensation, Anne Marie Covar, shot a blistering 3 under par 33 on the front nine at Kiawah Island last week and held on through the back nine to qualify for the 2013 U. S. Women’s Championship. Anne Marie birdied number 7 and demolished number 9, a par 5 517-yard […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Mr. Ray Pickens Turner, 81, of Columbia, died Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Born in Edgefield, South Carolina, November 22, 1931, he was a son of the late Anna Faulkner and Sidney Turner. Ray was co-owner of Southern Builders and Realty, and spent 40 years of his professional life as a home builder […]
Dear Editor: Words can’t express the thanks and kindness and appreciation for all the hard work the Salkehatchie youth and adults did on my home. The children were so mannerly and worked so hard. We all were just like family. And a big thank-you goes out to Michelle, Vickie, George, Gene, Tot and for those […]
Spillway Gates at Dam to Be Opened July 11 – By Tiffani Ireland – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to open the flood gates at the three dams located on the Upper Savannah River – dams at Lake Hartwell, Lake Russell, and Lake Thurmond – July 10 and 11. According to a release […]
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. – Summer celebrations continue at the State Farmers Market in West Columbia with Peach Day at the Market July 13 at 11 a.m. in the North Shed. Each guest will receive a free peach while supplies last! The South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) and the South Carolina Peach Council are hosting […]
Former Edgefield County Council Chairman Willie Bright was recently honored for years of service on the Upper Savannah Council of Governments Board of Directors. Bright served as Board Chairman in Fiscal Years 2002-05.
David Sawyer of Saluda County was elected Chairman of the Upper Savannah Council of Governments Board of Directors during USCOG’s most recent board meeting June 24. It will be Sawyer’s second term as USCOG chairman; he was also Chairman in the 1980s. Sawyer will serve as Chairman during Fiscal Years 2014-2015. USCOG serves the counties of […]
At the 2013 Annual Conference of the South Carolina United Methodist Church held recently in Florence, Trenton United Methodist Church received the Bishop’s Five Star Award for Excellence. Pictured here is Bishop Jonathan Holston presenting the award to Rev. Cheryl Toothe, pastor, and Pam Cook, Lay Delegate. The Bishop’s Five Star Award provides an incentive for […]
Dear Editor: We have a “gem” of a store in Edgefield in the Aiken SPCA Thrift Shop on Main Street. It is managed so beautifully and efficiently by Loree Simmons and her band of faithful volunteers…and they can always use more help! Do walk through and see what fun “bargains” you can discover and more […]
– By Bela Herlong – Come to the Saluda Theater on Saturday afternoon, July 13, at two p.m. to hear Charlie Cantu, a fourth-generation Texan, give a program on the of importance of the Alamo and its defenders in Texas history. The event is free to the public, and everyone is invited to come. Charlie […]