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NU MASTER CHAPTER OF BETA SIGMA CHI
Members met on Oct. 18, 2011, for a salad supper at the home of Dot Edwards. The Order of the Rose and Laureate ceremony were given to Mary Ann Clark.
Several chapter members received ribbons for exhibits …
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1/22/12 01:00 AM
DEAR ABBY - What do you think about people who attempt to converse with you from another room? My boyfriend does it fairly often. He may be on the computer while I'm reading or watching TV, and he'll yell out a question or tell me something. Most of …
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1/21/12 01:00 AM
DEAR ABBY - I caught my 16-year-old daughter, "Krista," smoking marijuana. I punished her for it, but never told my wife because I was afraid she'd force me to make a decision that I don't want to make.
I have been married to my second wife for …
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1/20/12 01:00 AM
The passing of the holidays has left some of us a little blue, but Thursday's Sumter WineFest offers just the thing to restore good cheer. And even if you're not feeling letdown, WineFest is a great place to meet your friends, learn about wines and …
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1/18/12 01:00 AM
DEAR ABBY - My 18-year-old-daughter, "Olympia," is a beautiful, intelligent young woman who graduated from high school last spring, was accepted to two universities and started her first job. When she lost it recently, she was devastated. Instead of …
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1/18/12 01:00 AM
The Sumter County Museum is known for its way with oysters, those luscious bivalves that can also produce one of the world's most valuable jewelry items, the pearl. However, the chances of one of these oysters actually producing an exquisite jewel …
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BY IVY MOORE
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1/18/12 01:00 AM
1/17/12 07:00 PM
DEAR ABBY - I'm 23, the only child of a controlling, paranoid, hermit-like and hyper-religious mother and a peace-loving, passive father. I graduated from college last year. Shortly after, my boyfriend and I accepted dream jobs in the same town …
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1/17/12 01:00 AM
It's the recession Sharon Sisson has to
thank for her 3-year-old business, Treadle Pushers. Still, she'd
love to see the recession go away so her quilting business can
continue to thrive.
"I lost my job in 2009 because of the economy," …
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BY IVY MOORE
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1/15/12 01:00 AM
AP Entertainment WriterNEW YORK - Netflix's streaming-video audience of more than 20 million subscribers has led many to label it a kind of digital TV network, and one that may grow into an HBO rival - if it's not already.But unlike television …
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BY JAKE COYLE |
1/15/12 01:00 AM
PHOTO PROVIDED Members of a class at Treadle Pushers work on their quilts.
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1/14/12 07:00 PM
ITEM FILE PHOTOABOVE RIGHT: Sharon Sisson, second from right and owner of Treadle Pushers quilt store, offers a summer camp for young people who want to learn to make their own quilts.
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1/14/12 07:00 PM
IVY MOORE/THE ITEM Treadle Pushers, a quilting business that offers supplies, classes and fellowship with other quilters, is open six days a week at its location on West Liberty Street.
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1/14/12 07:00 PM
IVY MOORE/THE ITEMThis quilt is among those participants in Sharon Sisson's quilting classes can make. Several people belong to the "block a month" club, in which they make a quilt top in one year.
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1/14/12 07:00 PM
IVY MOORE/THE ITEMSharon Sisson, second from left, said she has furnished part of her quilting store, Treadle Pushers, with comfortable seating and a coffee pot so her customers can relax, talk and work on projects together. Carolyn Anderson, left, …
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1/14/12 07:00 PM
DEAR ABBY - My boyfriend, "Cole," and I have been together since college - several years now. We have a loving relationship, but the problem is distance. My job sometimes requires me to take short-term (two- to five-month) contracts in other cities …
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1/14/12 01:00 AM
DEAR ABBY - I have been accepted to a school that's the alma mater of several of my relatives. My mother, several aunts and other family members all belonged to one sorority at this college. They are urging me to pledge there and uphold the family …
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1/13/12 01:00 AM
The January membership meeting of the Sumter County Genealogical Society will be held on Monday beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Swan Lake Presbyterian Church, 912 Haynsworth St. Speaker for the meeting will be William Anderson Vaughan Jr., the great, …
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1/13/12 01:00 AM
DEAR ABBY - I am a very feminine 23-year-old woman who lives at home with my father. I am completely uninterested in getting married or having children now or in the future. I don't believe it's the end of the world to be a woman and not want …
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1/12/12 01:00 AM
As of last Friday, the Christmas season is officially over. If you're feeling sort of let down, however, there's a gala, fun event coming up Thursday, Jan. 19.
Sumter WineFest is sure to lift your spirits - in more ways than one. Where else can …
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1/11/12 01:00 AM
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