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Shaw - Motley
Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Murrell Shaw announce the engagement of their daughter, Martha Caroline Shaw, to Taylor Windham Motley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jay Powell and Ronald Wayne Motley, all of Sumter. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of … more
Someday his prince will come
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) – The parents of an elementary school pupil are fuming over the book their daughter brought home from the school library: a children's story about a prince whose true love turns out to be another prince. Michael Hartsell … more
Couch potatoes
Then God sent the greyhound to live among man and remember. And when the day comes, God will call the greyhound to give testament, and God will pass judgment on man. Persian proverb Buzz and Drew may be the fastest couch potatoes in Sumter. … more
They're carefully taught
Seventy-one-year-old Marian Bjerken (pronounced Bur kane') of Sumter has made a name for herself in the art world over the past 30-plus years as a sculptor and a print maker. Thanks to Robert Gibbs, she has found a new passion in life -- playing … more
Sumter teen wins upstate pageant
Fifteen-year-old Kylie Nicole Kendrick, daughter of Ray and Pam Kendrick of Sumter, has earned a spot in the Miss South Carolina Teen Pageant, a Miss America preliminary, to be held at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium June 29-July 1, with the … more
Roll your socks down
Baby boomers and baby boomer wannabes, get out your poodle skirts, saddle shoes, t-shirts, butch wax and Vaseline hair tonic. For one night next week, the duck tail, the ponytail, the Stroll and even the Twist return to the old Sumter High School … more
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AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: AA Women's Closed Discussion Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. AA Monday-Friday at noon and 5:30; Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. AA Monday, … more
What's inside 'Bush's Brain?' It's Karl Rove
AUSTIN, Texas – "Bush's Brain" has been cracked open and exposed for the world to see. The documentary, based on the book of the same name about presidential adviser Karl Rove, had been kept tightly under wraps before making its world premiere … more
What are the secrets of a 'man magnet'?
There are some women who always have men buzzing around them, no matter what their age. I have a friend who is 74 who continually has interesting successful men asking her out. She has sparkle. She has charm. She is also from the Deep South. She is … more
Dallas Brass sets toes tappin'
Long before the Dallas Brass began their 7:30 p.m. concert last Thursday night, the six members were busily at work doing what they really seem to enjoy: sharing their enthusiasm for music, especially with school age audiences. For more than two … more
love from 208
For the next two columns, I will tell you all some things about the Robert E. "Beau" Graham Square on Main Street and then recall some things about Beau and his mother Martha Wilson Graham. Beau Graham was a city councilman and was mayor from 1964 … more
David cleaning: Restorers say Michelangelo's masterpiece is improved
FLORENCE, Italy – After months of meticulous dabbing away at decades of dust and grime, a contested cleaning of Michelangelo's "David" is more than halfway done, and experts insist the restoration has improved the marble masterpiece's … more
Chamber orchestra at Patriot Hall Sunday
The Sumter Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Logan K. Young, will be in concert Sunday afternoon at 3 at the Sumter Opera House. In addition to the orchestra, members of the St. Paul’s Waccamaw United Methodist Church Chancel Choir of Pawley’s … more
Mystery writer to sign books
South Carolina author Linda Shirley Robinson will be at Waldenbooks on Saturday, March 20, from noon until 3 p.m. to sign copies of her debut Maggie Stewart mystery, "Murder Swings the Tide." Set on the sea islands of the South Carolina … more
Shaken or stirred
For art lovers, the ice storm of January was a mixed blessing. While the storm forced the postponement of the Sumter Gallery of Art's Martini Cigar Night, a fund-raiser sponsored by the gallery's Young at Art committee for younger art patrons, it … more
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The Elizabeth Peyre Richardson Manning Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution A regular meeting of the Elizabeth Peyre Richardson Manning Chapter, NSDAR, was held Feb. 23, 2004, in the dining room of the First … more
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AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: AA Women's Closed Discussion Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. AA Monday-Friday at noon and 5:30; Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., 1 Warren St. AA Monday, … more
He's 'Defying Time'
Michael Duffy's first solo art exhibition, opening Friday in the Patriot Hall Gallery, is a statement of the artist's defiance of time. In fact, the show is titled "Defying Time." "It refers to several different aspects of the artist's … more
USC exhibits offer intriguing observations
Extremely compatible in temperament but contrasting in tone and execution, "Recent Works," a ceramics exhibit by Kenneth Baskin at the University of South Carolina Sumter Upstairs Gallery, and "The Shape of Things," textile interpretations by Susan … more
Pavarotti says goodbye to opera
NEW YORK – This is the finale, Luciano Pavarotti said of Saturday's "Tosca," one last opera on stage after more than four decades of the high Cs that transformed him from an insurance salesman to perhaps the most widely beloved classical singer … more
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