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Nonprofit organizations serve a distinct purpose in communities around the country - being there to help and support those in need, many times at a crucial point in their lives. But with the country's economy in turmoil, the steady flow of monetary donations and gifts that are the lifelines of these groups have dried up. More ... UNION - Christmas in the years before the War Between the States and the common perception of Charles Dickens' Victorian Christmas are vastly different. Antebellum Christmas was actually a low-key affair - a day spent with family, a betterthan usual meal, small gifts exchanged and a church observance. More ... Girl Scout Troop 2613 of Berry Memorial Baptist Church put together six shoe boxes for Samaritan Purse's Operation Christmas Child on Nov. 23. "The girls really had a great time choosing just the right gifts for the boxes and packing them," said troop leader Dora Bowman. More ... Dear Annie: Good friends of ours visit frequently, often staying in our home three or four days. We welcome their visits, but recently the wife has begun wearing low-cut blouses revealing lots of cleavage. I am very uncomfortable with this, especially because she likes to lean over, revealing even more. More ... Mr. and Mrs. John Steven Beheler of Gaffney announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Marie, to Brian William Nodine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tim L. Broome of Ware Shoals and Mr. and Mrs. C. Hugh Nodine of Chesnee. Miss Beheler graduated from Gaffney Senior High School and is employed as a title clerk with the Vic Bailey Automotive Group. More ... COLUMBIA - World AIDS Day events will be observed throughout South Carolina on Dec. 1. "Free or low-cost rapid tests for HIV will be offered at numerous locations in Department of Health and Environmental Control's county public health departments and community based agencies on and around this special day," said Dr. Andre Rawls, director of DHEC's STD/HIV Division. More ... Gavin Malik Smith Jennifer Wilson and Freddie Smith announce the birth of their son, Gavin Malik Smith, on Sept. 23, 2008, in Upstate Carolina Medical Center weighing 6 lbs. 2 ozs. Maternal grandparents are Susan and Terry Wilson of Gaffney. More ... Holiday hours The Cherokee County Public Library and the Blacksburg Public Library will be closed Thursday, Nov. 27, through Saturday, Nov. 30, and will reopen Monday, Dec. 1. The Cherokee County History and Arts Museum will be open by appointment only Nov. 26-29 and Dec. 24-27, and will be closed Dec. 31 and Jan.1. More ... LifeStyles RSS feed |
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