Positive Examples

Dear Editor: Recently, as I was having lunch at Pine Ridge, I looked across the room to see six ladies enjoying the fellowship of a day out together.  As I thought about them, I realized that collectively they represent over 500 years of life here in Edgefield County.  Whether as a teacher, town leader or provider of summer […]

Health Related Home Care to Now Serve Edgefield

Health Related Home Care to Now Serve Edgefield

Health Related Home Care is excited to be able to provide home health services to residents of Edgefield. Michelle Garner, RN the Community Nurse Liaison, spent most of 2011 in Edgefield County.  She went business-to-business getting letters of support, speaking with the mayor, going to town and county council. She even setup a table at […]

Megan Sherman Crowned at the 2013 Miss Statesman Pageant

Megan Sherman Crowned at the 2013 Miss Statesman Pageant

Megan Sherman, a 17 year-old-junior at Strom Thurmond High School was chosen Miss Statesman 2013 at the Miss Statesman pageant held January 12, 2013, at Strom Thurmond High School. After the announcement, Megan was crowned Miss Statesman by Mrs. Jett, Strom Thurmond HS Principal and LeAnn Gibson, 2012 Mrs. Statesman.   “I’m so shocked.  This is […]

Merle Timmerman Briggs

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Mrs. Merle Timmerman Briggs, 97, wife of the late Hugh Hamilton Briggs, entered into rest January 19, 2013 at University Hospital. She was affectionately known as “Boo Boo” to friends and family. Mrs. Briggs was born in Edgefield County November 7, 1915 to the late Pierce and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Timmerman. Mrs. […]

Willie Lee

EDGEFIELD, S. C. – Mr. Willie H. Lee, of Macedonia Street, entered into rest January 16, 2013. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. Calvin Robinson officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Lee, a native of Edgefield County was a member […]

Kathleen (Kitty) Rawls Timmerman Knowles

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Kathleen (Kitty) Rawls Timmerman Knowles, 89, of Penn St., wife of the late Robert G. Timmerman, Sr. and Lt. Col. Carl Knowles, passed away Sunday January 20, 2013 at the Edgefield County Hospital. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday January 22, 2013 at 11 A.M. at Edgefield United Methodist Church with […]

Ruby Sadella Callison

LAURENS, S.C. – Ruby Sadella Callison, of Laurens, SC, formerly of Lexington, SC, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013, at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community.  Ms. Callison was born on November 10, 1914, in Lexington, SC, the eldest child of Tolliver Cleveland Callison, Sr. and Margaret (Maggie) Reel Callison. After graduating from Lexington High School […]

South Carolina Ranks 42nd for Cat Ownership

South Carolina Ranks 42nd for Cat Ownership

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) recently released its U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook, which revealed that South Carolina ranks 42nd for cat ownership with 27.8 percent of households owning a cat. In 2006, which was the last time the AVMA put together the sourcebook, South Carolina again made the bottom 10 list of cat […]

Restructuring Planned for Department of Health & Environmental Control

Restructuring Planned for Department of Health & Environmental Control

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) recently announced the forthcoming restructuring of their agency.  According to Jim Beasley, Media Relations contact for DHEC, who spoke via email Friday afternoon, Jan. 18, with The Advertiser, the restructuring “will only impact layers of management and will have no visible impact on services.”  Mr. […]

Invasion of the Ladybugs!

Invasion of the Ladybugs!

By Tiffani Ireland – Many of you may be experiencing the same problem my family and I am currently enduring; unwanted house guests.  No, I do not mean those relatives that came for the holidays and just do not know when to leave.  I am, however, talking about equally vexing pests – lady bugs!  Or should […]

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