ANNIES MAILBOX
Mom and her boyfriend need a place of their own
Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
     Dear Annie: Last spring, my mother and her boyfriend, "Art," moved in with my husband and me. We've been married a year and would like to start a family, but our two roommates are chain smokers, and I fear that would be bad for our child.
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Miss Bolin, Mr. Hoffler married May 6
     Miranda Dawn Bolin and Eric Wayne Hoffler exchanged marriage vows on Saturday, May 6, 2006, at Magnolia Gardens in Spartanburg. Gay Brockington conducted by the 4 p.m. double ring ceremony that was followed by a reception.
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Bon voyage party held for newlyweds
     Mr. and Mrs. Dana Morgan of Gaffney entertained at a bon voyage cookout at their home on Saturday, May 6, to celebrate the recent marriage of their daughter, Chelsea Marie Williams, to William H. Mott V, E-4, U.S. Navy, of Belmont Calif.
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Ballenger in hot pursuit of lifelong dream
Will exhibit work at pottery show Saturday
By ERICA LONG Ledger Intern erica@gaffneyledger.com
     Gaffney native Michael Ballenger had no training in developing his skill of flameworking, a craft he has been practicing for eight years.
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ENGAGEMENT
     Blankin - Martin Courtney Blankin of Blacksburg and W. Thomas Martin of Smyrna will be married on August 12 at Nazareth Baptist Church in Blacksburg.
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     FIVE GENERATIONS OF ALLENS - Representing five generations of the Allen family are mother Hazel; son, J.B.; granddaughter, Victoria; greatgranddaughter, Scottesha; and great-great-granddaughter, Martesha.
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WHAT'S UP
     Fund raisers The Blacksburg Rotary Club will have a barbecue Saturday, May 20, beginning at 11 a.m and continuing until sold out. Food will be sold at two locations - Blacksburg Primary School, 1010 E. Cherokee St., and the Gaffney Senior Center, 499 W. Rutledge Ave., Gaffney. Plates are $6 and in
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BIRTHDAYS
     ALEXIS ANN WILSON will be celebrating her 8th birthday
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BIRTHS
     Jacob Brennen Gilfillan Amanda and Jason Gilfillan of Blacksburg announce the birth of their son, Jacob Brennen, on May 5, 2006, in Upstate Carolina Medical Center weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs.
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MARRIAGES
     The following marriage licenses have been filed in the probate court of Cherokee County:
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