Oliphant Earns 2nd MA Degree From Georgetown U.

Oliphant Earns 2nd MA Degree From Georgetown U.

Miss Kathy S. Oliphant graduated on April 26, 2014, from Georgetown University earning an Executive Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA).  She holds a BA degree in history education and an Master of Education in counselor education, from S.C. State University. Ms. Oliphant was awarded a US Army Green to Gold Scholarship to pursue her […]

Copper Wire Stolen at Cell Tower Site

Copper Wire Stolen at Cell Tower Site

Sometime between the afternoon of Tuesday, June 17, and Thursday, June 19, copper wiring from a cell tower site on Highway 25 North was stolen according to a report filed with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office.  Per the report, the ECSO was notified of the theft by a technician with ATG Communications out of Augusta, […]

Tim Worth Awarded in Carving Competitions

Tim Worth Awarded in Carving Competitions

Tim Worth carved his first decoy in 1987 and has exhibited them in Edgefield in years past. In April, he competed in the Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition and won second in species with 2 black ducks in the Lem and Steve Ward Gunning Pairs. This past weekend Core Sound Waterfowl Museum “Rig of […]

Maine on the Square Turns 50

Maine on the Square Turns 50

A few years ago, artist Pamela Moore established a group – Personalities on the Square – and she painted portraits of a few of them. (The painting of Terry Ferrell holding his famous feline is probably best known.) Another personality on the square, already inhabiting a place of business for almost a year, starting in […]

ENT Specialist, Dr. Mac, Practicing at ECH

ENT Specialist, Dr. Mac, Practicing at ECH

Dr. Patrick McMenamin, “Dr. Mac” to his team, is now serving the Edgefield County-Ridge area through the Edgefield County Hospital. He is among the new specialists who come to the hospital periodically to service the diagnoses that are his specialty. He is an otolaryngologist, head and neck surgeon whose specialty sounds complicated. However he explains […]

CHOICES Annual Scholarship Appreciation Banquet

CHOICES-A LifeTime Development, Inc. is hosting its 5th annual scholarship-appreciation banquet for college-bound seniors and other deserving students/citizens. The banquet will be held on Sunday evening, June 29, 2014 at 6p at the Old Macedonia Baptist Church Family Life Center. The facility is located at 200 Macedonia Road, North Augusta, SC 29860. Ticket donations are […]

Thieves Pluck Plums From Trees

Thieves Pluck Plums From Trees

Sometime during the night of Monday, June 16, thieves plucked all the plums from the plum trees at a property on Holmes Pond Road. According to what the victim told law enforcement, as documented in a report with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, the plums were worth an estimated $800 in all. Patrols of the […]

Here and There – 6-19-14

Here and There – 6-19-14

Movie Night: Edgefield County Library will be hosting a Movie Night on Thursday, June 19 at 7:00 p.m.  We will be showing “Despicable Me 2”.  Popcorn and drinks will be provided.  Parents, please accompany your child(ren). Movie Night: Hitchcock Healthcare will sponsor the move “UP” on the square in Edgefield on Friday, June 20 at […]

Not a Fan

Opinion  – By G. Miller Thompson – I recently finished reading the book Not a Fan by Kyle Idleman, a preacher in Kentucky.  The book is a bestseller and I strongly recommend reading it if you have not already.  Idleman discusses the differences in being fans and followers in relationship to our walk with Christ.  […]