Porkchop Productions will present 'Little Red Riding Hood' at Gaffney, Blacksburg libraries
July 13 performances part of library's Summer Reading Program
      Porkchop Productions will present Little Red Riding Hood on Monday, July 13, at 10:30 a.m. at the Blacksburg Library and at 2:30 p.m. at the Cherokee County Public Library in Gaffney. Children of all ages will enjoy Porkchop Productions' fanciful adaptation of this classic fairy tale. All of the favorite characters (and a few new ones) are brought to life.
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ANNIE'S MAILBOX
She's old enough to date whomever she chooses
Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
      Dear Annie: I am a 28-year-old gay man. I have two jobs, keep my own house and pay my own bills. I recently started seeing someone who makes me feel wonderful, and for once in my life, I am happy. The problem is my mother. She has never met "Bill," but already doesn't like him because of our age difference. He's 47, but is the most caring person I have ever known.
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Moses Wood UDC travels to Abbeville on annual Spring tour
      Moses Wood Chapter No. 469 United Daughters of the Confederacy visited Abbeville for its annual Spring tour. Each year, the group selects an historic site to visit.
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Friday last day to sign up for New Talent Night
      Anyone interested in competing in the South Carolina Peach Festival's New Talent Night has until 5 p.m. on Friday, July 10, to sign-up. Sponsored by the Blacksburg Rotary Club, the show will be Tuesday, July 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Fullerton Auditorium at Limestone College.
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USC archaeologists locate Confederate cannons, naval yard
Artifacts, artillery shells retrieved from Pee Dee River
      Archaeologists from the University of South Carolina and East Carolina University have located two large cannon from a sunken Confederate gunboat in the Pee Dee River and have identified where the Mars Bluff Naval Yard once stood on the east side of the river in Marion County.
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     DONATION - Susan Harris of the Cherokee Children's Home accepts a donation from Edie Sprouse, representing employees of First Piedmont Federal who recently collected supplies for the home. Some of the items donated are paper products that the home plans to put to good use by taking the children on picnics. "We are very appreciative of First Piedmont and the employees. During such tough economic times it is wonderful to be able to cut our expenses and this very generous donation will assist us in this," Harris said.
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Rose Hill Plantation hosts day-long 'Plantation Children' program July 22
      UNION - Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site invites children ages eight to 14 to come play in the19th century. "Plantation Children" is an educational and recreational program that will be presented Wednesday, July 22, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Pre-registration is recommended and registration at the park on the day of the event will be available.
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WHAT'S UP
      Church news Mount Tabor Baptist Church Women's Ministry invites the public to a Rainbow Fellowship Luncheon on Saturday, July 11, from noon until 2 p.m. at the church. The theme for the event is "Healthy, Blessed and Beautiful Women of God." Special presenters are Deaconess Annette Littlejohn, Minister Jennifer Hemphill and the Rev. Anitonette Gardner.
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BIRTHS
      Sha'Briya Nichollet Valentine LaSheba Littlejohn and Thomas Valentine of Gaffney announce the birth of their daughter, Sha'Briya Nichollet Valentine, on June 1, 2009, in Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Grandparents are Barnard and Alice Smith, Terry and Ethel Dawkins, the late Janie Mae Reid, the late James E. Littlejohn, Virginia Dawkins and Cluff Dawkins.
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