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There are people in this world that make it a point to always put others before themselves, people who strive to show love and kindness, even as they endure their own struggles. One of those people is Debbie McLeod. To call her an extraordinary …
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10/6/13 02:00 AM
I would like to nominate Sharon Thames-Simms (owner of Radio Shack) as an Extraordinary Woman.
In addition to Radio Shack, Sharon recently opened an ice cream shop in Manning. Sharon is married to Ricardo Simms, and they have three children and …
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10/6/13 02:00 AM
My name is Shirley Morris and I have enclosed the form for Johnnie Gilley, who is my pastor's wife from the Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Manning. She is a breast cancer survivor. I would like to tell you a few other things about her.
Our …
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10/6/13 02:00 AM
Mike Tucker, far right, will again have his portable forge set up at Memorial Park to demonstrate the art of blacksmithing. Art in the Park is set for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.
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10/5/13 08:00 PM
Jackie Jurecek of the Cypress Gourd Patch talks with visitors at a previous Art in the Park. Members of the group, along with dozens of other artists working in a wide variety of media, will be set up in Memorial Park on Oct. 12.
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10/5/13 08:00 PM
COLUMBIA - The University of South Carolina's Fall Literary Festival will feature writers Susan Cheever, M.T. Anderson and Cassandra King in October. While on campus, the writers will read from their work, talk with audience members and be available …
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10/2/13 02:00 AM
Fresh from the well received program and exhibition "Living Canvas: Art and the Body," the Sumter County Cultural Commission revives - with some additions and alterations - Fall for the Arts. Pun intended.
Executive Director Carmela Bryan and the …
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BY IVY MOORE
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9/29/13 02:00 AM
When's the last time you enjoyed a leisurely stroll around tree-lined streets, a hint of cooler nights to come on the breeze, and running into friends and neighbors, enjoying a glass of wine, good food and conversation?
For many of us it was last …
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BY IVY MOORE
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9/29/13 02:00 AM
Beth Ryan, Barbara Rearden and Juanita Thompson, also known as Silver Sounds, entertained people at Sumter Green Fall Feast. They'll also perform at Patriot Hall during Fall for the Arts.
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9/28/13 08:00 PM
If you're looking for a good book, the Sumter County Library has one waiting for you, and not just at its branches, but in locations around the county. The library is sponsoring The Big Read during the month of October and has placed copies of John …
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BY IVY MOORE
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9/25/13 02:00 AM
Activity at the Sumter County fairgrounds has increased so much over the past few weeks, you can easily imagine the scent of sausage dogs, pizza and even cotton candy on the warm breeze as you drive by. Somewhere not too far from here, you figure, a …
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BY IVY MOORE
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9/22/13 02:00 AM
COLUMBIA - Honor Flight South Carolina will hold a USO-style tribute show to honor World War II and Korean War veterans at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3 at Columbia's Township Auditorium.
This musical event will feature the Glenn Miller Orchestra playing …
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9/22/13 02:00 AM
SUMTER DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB
The bridge winners for August were:
Aug. 7: 1st - Stan Kohli and Marvin Chin
2nd - Jimmie Ann Anderson and Sue Pitts
Aug. 14: 1st - Stan Kohli and Marvin Chin
2nd - Jimmie Ann Anderson and Donna …
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9/22/13 02:00 AM
Sumter native Clarence Singleton will sign copies of his book, "The Heart of a Hero: My Journey from Vietnam to the World Trade Center Bombing to 9/11," from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, in center court at Sumter Mall.
Singleton is a …
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9/22/13 02:00 AM
Fresh from summer hiatus, the Shepherd's Center of Sumter staff has compiled a schedule of classes for its fall Adventures in Learning program. Registration is already under way for the Sept. 26-Nov. 14 session, which offers classes in myriad …
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BY IVY MOORE
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9/18/13 02:00 AM
German-born pianist Andreas Klein will present a lecture recital at noon Monday, Sept. 23, at the University of South Carolina Sumter. The recital will be held in the Nettles Auditorium and is free and open to the public.
Andreas Klein has …
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9/18/13 02:00 AM
COLUMBIA - When Pat Conroy confessed his desire to be a writer at the age of 15, his high school English teacher took him to meet Archibald Rutledge, then South Carolina's poet laureate and one of the state's most famous and often-read …
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9/15/13 02:00 AM
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