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Dear Annie: My nephew's parents are dead, and I have always been close to him. His ex-wife and daughter live in a shabby mobile home. The place is squalid. I am not talking about cobwebs on the ceiling. I am talking filth and bugs. I asked if I could help clean up, and she agreed. I filled six large trash bags and still uncovered only a quarter of the kitchen floor. More ... The ninth annual Candlelight Tour of Churches, sponsored by the Women's Missionary Union of the Broad River Baptist Association, is set for Tuesday, Dec. 5. There will be two tours this year. The first tour begins at 6 p.m. at West End Baptist Church, goes to Park Hills Baptist Church and ends at Draytonville Baptist Church. The second tour starts at 6:30 p.m. More ... Mr. and Mrs. Tony Scribner of Charleston, W.Va., announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Leslie, of Columbia to Joseph Wade Bonner, also of Columbia and son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bonner of Gaffney. Miss Scribner is a 2004 graduate of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville with a degree in Biomedical Engineering. She is employed by Compass Inc. in Columbia. More ... The Limestone College and Community The Limestone College Wind Ensemble Chorus, conducted by Dr. Gena Poovey, and the Limestone College Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Doug Presley, will present their fall semester concert, "A Rose in Winter," with accompanist Dr. David Thompson, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Fullerton Auditorium. More ... UNION - Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site will host its annual Christmas open house from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, and Sunday, Dec. 10. Visitors to the antebellum plantation will have a chance to enjoy period holiday decorations, hear lively tales of Southern Christmas celebrations, and smell what's cooking for Christmas dinner. More ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Color is what Oxana Prohorova remembers from the shoebox she opened a decade ago in Belarus. She no longer has any of the toys and trinkets from that gift box sent to her by Operation Christmas Child, but she still remembers the colors that brightened the drab world of her childhood. More ... Community events The Ladies Progressive Club will sponsor its annual Jack and Jill contest today, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. at B.D. Lee Elementary School, 401 Overbrook Drive. Four girls and one boy are vying for the titles of Little Jack and Little Jill. The program will present several young boys and girls in the production of "A Merry Christmas" for entertainment. More ... Limestone College will host its annual Christmas on Campus, a night of holiday festivities that includes a concert, the traditional lighting of the luminaries and the college Christmas tree, and a visit from Santa, on Saturday, Dec. 9. The "Sounds of the Season" concert begins 6:30 p.m. More ... The following marriages have been filed in the probate court of Cherokee County: Jerry Lamar Ellis Jr. and Robin Lyn Jones of Gaffney; Joey Dean Walker and Olivia Christin Laster of Spartanburg; Michael Wayne Gowan and Daina Lynn Dillon of Gaffney; Brian Christopher Jackson and Kathie Marie Suttles of Gaffney; Travis Lamont Stephens and Kamika Katrice Dawkins of Gaffney; Jason Steven Whelchel More ... Hunter James Lee Mace Hailey Greene and Michael Mace of Gaffney announce the birth of their son, Hunter James Lee Mace, on Oct. 16, 2006, in Upstate Carolina Medical Center weighing 6 lbs. 7 ozs. Maternal grandparents are Barbara and Alan Greene and paternal grandparents are Dawn and Dickie Mace, all of Gaffney. More ... TAMAYA "YUM YUM" BENSON will celebrate her 2nd birthday December 3, 2006. She is the daughter of Tempestt Benson and Regis Epps of Gaffney. Grandparents are Jacqueline Benson of Blacksburg, Christopher Hardin of Blacksburg, Tabatha Littlejohn of Gaffney, Robert Epps of Hartford, Conn. More ... LifeStyles RSS feed |
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