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Acoustic duo Jeni and Billy will present library’s October ‘Music Sandwiched-In’ concert
Show will feature selections from new CD, 'Jewell Ridge Coal'
      The Cherokee County Public Library will showcase Jeni and Billy on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 12:15-1 p.m. for this month’s Music Sandwiched-In concert. Miners and moonshine, coal dust and methadone, a Tazwell Beauty Queen and the ladies of the Friendly Chapel Church – those are the images that haunt "Jewell Ridge Coal,” the duo’s new CD from Jeni and Billy.
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Chapman Center brings in Street Beat
Drum and dance company will hip hop, break dance and vibrate the walls of David Reid Theatre on Oct. 19
      SPARTANBURG – Saint John Street will never be the same when Street Beat plays at Chapman Cultural Center on Monday, Oct. 19. It will hip hop, break dance and vibrate the walls of the David Reid Theatre as this Los Angeles-based group of urban percussionists and dancers bang out their high-energy show. Warning: It will be loud!
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Old Beaver Dam School holds many special memories for couple celebrating 50th wedding anniversary
      Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wood of Gaffney celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 27, 2009. Mr. and Mrs. Wood were married in 1959 at Beaver Dam Baptist Church. They have a son and daughter-in-law, Ron A. and Trisha Wood of Concord, N.C., and a granddaughter, Claire.
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Miss Davis, Mr. Crooks wed July 10 in Jamaica
      Kristen Ann Davis of Gaffney and Jacob Sterling Crooks of Seneca were married Friday, July 10, 2009, at 3 p.m. in a seaside ceremony in Grande Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The Rev. Joel Downer performed the double ring ceremony.
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Craft events highlight Fall in Pigeon Forge
      PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. – Scores of talented artists and craftsmen seem to take a cue from Mother Nature when the leaves start changing colors in the Great Smoky Mountains and appear in Pigeon Forge for two major autumn festivals.
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Bethel Baptist Church youths lead services on Youth Day
      The youths of Bethel Baptist Church observed Youth Day on Sunday, Aug. 23.
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BIRTHS
      Connor Luke Childers Nelson and Jennifer Childers of Gaffney announce the birth of their son, Connor Luke, on Sept. 28, 2009, in Mary Black Hospital weighing 8 lbs. 10 ozs. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Garry Wylie of Gaffney and Carolyn Childers of Cherokee Falls. Great-grandmother is Clara Wyatt of Gaffney.
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