9-year-old has taken first steps on the road to singing stardom
Dynah Dison cut first album when she was 8
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com
      The church may have been different, but as he went from town to town preaching the gospel during revivals in the 1950s, there was always a song that would follow the late Rev.
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ANNIE'S MAILBOX
Man's identity completely wrapped up in his job
Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
      Dear Annie: Right now I am having an anxiety attack and a headache. All because my elderly boss started the week by screaming and belittling everyone in sight. The man can't hear, can't see and barely gets around, but he insists on running the business with an iron fist.
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Clopton - Hill
      Tiffany Anne Clopton of Gaffney and Sean Thomas Hill of Spartanburg will be married on August 1 at 2 p.m. at New Harvest Church of God. Miss Clopton is the daughter of Daniel and Melody Clopton of Gaffney and granddaughter of Jimmy McDaniel of Gaffney, Judy Shoemaker of Bend, Ore., Naomi and Glen Mitchell of Osage City, Kansas, and the late JD Clopton.
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Shytle - Sarratt
      Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wayne McCraw announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Paige Shytle, to Isaac Jones Sarratt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melton Quention Sarratt. Miss Shytle is the granddaughter of Patricia Reynolds Adams of Gaffney and the late Roy Reynolds and of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McCraw of Blacksburg.
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Gaffney, Blacksburg libraries host Guitar Hero tournaments for teens
      Teens, do you like playing video games? The Cherokee County Public Library and the Blacksburg Library will be hosting Guitar Hero tournaments this summer. The Blacksburg Library's tourney will be Monday, July 27, from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Cherokee County Public Library in Gaffney's tourney will be Monday, July 27, from 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
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When vision dims, some tools can help maintain independence
      ROCHESTER, Minn. - Many devices can help people with low vision - a permanent partial loss of eyesight that makes everyday tasks difficult.
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WHAT'S UP
      Reunion The Small Fry Gang will hold its annual gathering on Monday, July 27, at 6:30 p.m. at the Aegean restaurant to award a $4,000 college scholarship and have a reunion fellowship. Several former scholarship winners are expected to attend. Committee reports and a memorial time will be part of the brief program.
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BIRTHS
      Alexis Grace Waters Shana and Brandon Waters of Gaffney announce the birth of their daughter, Alexis Grace, on July 17, 2009, in Upstate Carolina Medical Center weighing 7 lbs. 13 ozs. Maternal grandparents are Jeff and Starr Brown of Gastonia, N.C. Paternal grandparents are Pamela Ramsey, Roger Ramsey, both of Gaffney, and Rodney and Tammy Waters of Kings Mountain, N.C.
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