ANNIE'S MAILBOX
Angry wife has one foot out the door
Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
      Dear Annie: I have been married for 12 years and have three wonderful kids. I recently discovered that my husband has been a sperm donor for more than nine months. I confronted him after I saw the check for $6,000, and after two days of pushing for information, he finally admitted it. He says he kept it a secret because I would not have approved.
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Limestone professor retiring after 50-year teaching career
Sister Mary Mauldin ready to embark on new chapter in her life
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
      Sister Mary Mauldin has always walked quietly in her spiritual faith in a teaching career spanning 50 years. Mauldin is a longtime member of Sisters of Mercy community. She lives with 30 women in a convent near Belmont, N.C., and has spent her time away from work teaching adult religious education to Catholic church members.
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12 young women make debuts at Magnolia Club ball
      SPARTANBURG - The Magnolia Debutante Club of Spartanburg presented 12 young women at its annual ball on Saturday, April 12, at the Spartanburg Marriott at Renaissance Park. Among the debutantes are two with Gaffney ties - Anna Grace Bradford and Molina Moss Torres.
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ENGAGEMENT
      Phillips - Bridgewater Clarissa Phillips and Anthony Bridgewater of Charlotte, N.C., will be married on May 17 at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in Gaffney. Ms. Phillips is the daughter of Hilda Houston and Robert Byers of Gaffney and the late Calvin Littlejohn.
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BIRTH
      Tracey Eden Jefferies LaQuanna and Haskell Jefferies IV of Gaffney announce the birth of their daughter, Tracey Eden, on March 5, 2008, in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center weighing 6 lbs. 7 ozs. Maternal grandparents are Lewis Reid and Mike and Debra Phillips of Gaffney. Paternal grandparents are David and Edna Messer of Gaffney and Haskell Foster III of Jonesville.
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ANNIVERSARY
      Browns celebrate 70th anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Norman Brown celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Mrs. Brown is the former Wilma Juanita Baker.
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'Week of the Young Child' being observed April 13-19
      Crayons 2 Computers Child Care Center and the Cherokee County Childcare Directors Association ask Gaffney to come together for children during the Week of the Young Child, April 13-19. As part of the national Week of the Young Child celebrated across the country, South Carolina is honoring young children and all those who make a difference in their lives.
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WHAT'S UP
      Church news Dover Baptist Church on Hwy. 226 N, Shelby, is having revival services through April 23 at 7 p.m. Jim Brackett is the guest speaker. Ashley Smith is leading music with special pre-service music each night 15 minutes prior to the service.
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