Tryouts Set for Monday, August 3 Strom Thurmond High School announced today that it will add swimming to its sports agenda which will start at the beginning of this school year. The formation of a swim team at Strom Thurmond is in response to the growing interest from the students to have such a team. […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Ms. Betty J. Mitchell Davis, of Linderwood Court, entered into rest July 25, 2015. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Friday, July 31, 2015 at Beulah Grove Baptist Church with Dr. Sam Davis officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Olive Memorial Gardens. Ms. Davis, a native of Edgefield County, was a […]
Farmer’s Market: Edgefield Farmers Market is open on the square on Saturdays from 9 to 1. For more info call Carolyn at 803-507-00278. Johnston Farmer’s & Artist’s Market : Thursdays from 4 – 6 p.m. on Calhoun Street, with fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, artwork, locally made crafts, and plants. For more information contact […]
The National Wild Turkey Federation will bring its annual Turkey Shoot sporting clays tournament to the Palmetto Shooting Complex at the NWTF and expects to draw record crowds August 13-16, 2015. The event is one of the first opportunities for the general public to visit the region’s newest destination for all things shooting sports. “The […]
The Strom Thurmond Class of 1970 held their class reunion Saturday, July 25, at Pine Ridge Club. Thirty-one members out of a class of 90 graduates attended. Front Row (L to R) Sharon Wall, Gladys Miller Spires, Cheryl Miller Long, Linda Bryan Ballentine, Sylvia Quarles Billue, Duane Nicholson, Brenda Ellis Doolittle, Annie Gibson Stokes Row […]
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and The National Wild Turkey Federation are offering a great opportunity for aspiring young hunters of South Carolina to attend a free wing shooting clinic Aug. 12 from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. in Edgefield County. Participants with wing shooting skill levels from beginner to advanced learn how […]
Local rising 8th and 9th grade students received instruction this past week in the classroom and on the shotgun range as part of the First Annual Strom Thurmond CTC Sporting Clays Summer Shooting Clinic. The Strom Thurmond CTC Sporting Clays Team along with its coaching staff hosted the three day shotgun shooting sports clinic Wednesday […]
Opnion – By Robert Scott – As was the case last summer, I’m writing this week from a meeting of the American Association of University Professors, this time hosted by Denver University and funded by the professors themselves. And as was the case last year, one of the biggest issues under discussion is the “sticker […]
Missing Man With Dementia Found David Pearson, an 88-year-old man with dementia who went missing from his home on Whaley Pond Road (near the Edgefield County/Aiken County line) around three o’clock in the afternoon, Saturday, July 25, was found alive Sunday morning around ten o’clock. According to a relative of the man who spoke Monday […]
July 28, 2015 – Recent visitors to Edgefield were the Hirai family from Kanaya, Shizuoka, Japan. The story of their coming to Edgefield is worth telling! Rob Hirai and his wife Eriko arrived in Edgefield with their two sons last week following a time in Florida. Rob was there for training and recertification courses; he is […]