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After a two-year hiatus, one of Downtown Sumter's Christmas events is back - by popular demand.
"Old Fashioned Christmas is the one event people are always asking us to start up again," said Leigh McElveen, Growth and Development Specialist with …
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BY IVY MOORE
ivym@theitem.com |
12/12/12 01:00 AM
During my first semester in college, a few years back, I had a class every Saturday at 8 a.m. It was a real ordeal getting there on time, and fortunately, I think, we don't have things scheduled that way now. But it was my botany lab, which I …
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BY JOHN NELSON
USC Herbarium Curator |
12/9/12 01:00 AM
A great companion for the current Sumter County Gallery of Art shows, Gallery 135's "Jingo," woodblocks by Chris Johnson, explores created myths and their cultural and political overtones. Brought to Sumter through the efforts of Curator Frank …
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A REVIEW BY JANE G. COLLINS
Special to The Item |
12/9/12 01:00 AM
SUMTER DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB
The November bridge winners were:
Nov. 7 - 1st - Bill Smith and Jimmie Ann Anderson
2nd - Kenneth Hamilton and Richard Hinkle
Nov.14 - 1st - Larry Baum and LilaCobb
2nd - Jimmie Ann Anderson and Sue …
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12/9/12 01:00 AM
COLUMBIA - Johnny Carson was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone else in American history. Over the course of 30 years, 4,531 episodes and 23,000 guests, he became a fixture of national life. Two-time Emmy -winning filmmaker Peter …
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12/9/12 01:00 AM
The fall semester of continuing education classes at the University of South Carolina Sumter is coming to an end, but program director Susan Brabham has another exciting slate of courses for the spring semester.
Some are designed to help those in …
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BY IVY MOORE
ivym@theitem.com |
12/9/12 01:00 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — Thanks to the election, socialism and capitalism are forever wed as Merriam-Webster's most looked-up words of 2012.
Traffic for the unlikely pair on the company's website about doubled this year from the year before as the …
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12/6/12 01:03 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is launching a subscription service for children's games, videos and books aimed at getting more kids to use its Kindle Fire tablet devices.
Amazon.com Inc. announced Wednesday that the Kindle FreeTime Unlimited service …
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12/6/12 01:02 AM
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — While Carmen Tarleton lay in a hospital bed, burned, beaten and disfigured by her estranged husband with injuries that doctors called "the most horrific injury a human being could suffer," she had vivid dreams.
In one of …
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12/3/12 01:00 AM
This one loves a dry, hardscrabble roadside, below a stop sign or a traffic marker, or maybe the open edge of a gravelly parking lot. You get the idea. Or, you might see it in what we call an "overgrazed" pasture: Horses and cows tend to avoid it, …
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BY JOHN NELSON
Curator, USC Herbarium |
12/2/12 01:00 AM
The Council of Garden Clubs of Sumter presents its 63rd Holiday House Tour from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday. During this time five local homeowners open their doors and some, their gardens, to the public in celebration of the Christmas …
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12/2/12 01:00 AM
Relaxing in her easy chair with a late-night snack - a few chips, maybe some chocolate cookies with double-stuffed cream filling and a nice serving or two of vanilla ice cream- has been Mamie Smith's typical evening activity for many years. "I …
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By Catherine Blumberg
SCAL Assistant Director |
12/2/12 01:00 AM
12/1/12 07:00 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — The good, the bad, the kitschy. A "seasonal sweater" is one way to start a conversation at a holiday function.
It's a look that can mean all sorts of things: sequins, bows, Fair Isle patterns, bunny rabbits and bird motifs, or …
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11/29/12 12:00 PM
Sumter Volunteers has announced its Sumter Keepsake ornament for 2012. The nonprofit organization has for many years presented an ornament each fall that celebrates the history, development and culture of Sumter.
This year, said Director Jo Anne …
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11/28/12 01:00 AM
There's nothing like Christmas music to get us into the spirit of the season, and the annual December concert by the Sumter Community Concert Band is one of the most anticipated music programs each year. James H. "Jimmy" Milling will take the podium …
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BY IVY MOORE
ivym@theitem.com |
11/28/12 01:00 AM
It's an oddball sort of bush.
It's a native species - nothing odd about that - and it was originally restricted entirely to the coast, from North Carolina all the way to Mississippi. Now, though, it is common well inland within these states and …
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BY JOHN NELSON
Curator, USC Herbarium |
11/25/12 01:00 AM
Millions of Americans with disabilities have gained innumerable rights and opportunities since Congress passed landmark legislation on their behalf in 1990. And yet advocates say barriers and bias still abound when it comes to one basic human right: …
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DAVID CRARY
AP National Writer |
11/25/12 01:00 AM
For 42 years, many of Sumter's churches have joined to observe the beginning of the sacred Christmas season with the annual Festival of Choirs. This year, the 43rd, Grace Baptist Church will be the site of the concert sponsored by the Woman's …
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BY IVY MOORE
ivym@theitem.com |
11/25/12 01:00 AM
Azalea Ball
The Azalea Ball will present three debutantes on Jan. 5, 2013, at the Cypress Center in Manning.
Haley Lynne Grahan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tad Chad Graham. will be presented by her father and escorted by John William Graham and …
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11/25/12 01:00 AM
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