Jammin' at Joe's
STORY AND PHOTOS BY SCOTT POWELL / LEDGER STAFF WRITER
      Daddy Joe's Beach House & BBQ owner Shag Stepp believes warm weather's best flavor is a blend of barbecue, live music and good friends. Stepp is stirring up his idea of a good time into acoustic music jams each Thursday night that he aptly calls the "Patio Sessions.
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ANNIE'S MAILBOX
Worried mom must stay out of son's marital problems
Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
      Dear Annie: My daughter-in-law is a danger to herself and others. "Dotty" has been repeatedly arrested for drunk and/or disorderly behavior. She physically hurts her 6-year-old son, and verbally abuses and physically beats on her husband. He and others have called the police on her, and she has s...
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Julia's Dance Company presents Showcase 2008
      Julia's Dance Company will present Showcase 2008 at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium on Saturday, May 10, at 6 p.m. Showcase 2008 will feature dance students, age three to adults, in tap, jazz, ballet, and clogging. Highlights include performances by the Southern Jewels tap and clogging teams, and...
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WHAT'S UP
      Special events Moses Wood Camp Sons of Confederate Veterans will hold its annual Confederate Memorial Service at 10 a.m. Saturday in downtown Gaffney. After the service, those gathered will go to Oakland Cemetery, where the roll call of Confederate ancestors will be made. Following the cer...
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Shady Grove Church plans special Mother's Day service
      Shady Grove Baptist Church, 712 Green River Road, will observe its annual Mother's Day program Sunday, May 11, during the 11 a.m. worship service. Speaker will be Sister Cartisha Turner Bonner of the Kingdom Vision Worship Center in Starr, S.C. She is a "Mother of Joy and Faith" and wife of Elder...
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