Strom Thurmond Career and Technology Center’s (STCTC) Cosmetology teacher, Jackie Kennion was selected South Carolina’s Cosmetology Teacher of the Year. “Getting an award for teacher of the year really shocked me. Mere words cannot express how it made me feel to receive such an honor,” said Kennion. Kennion was recognized by the Association of Cosmetology Teachers in […]
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources, in partnership with the South Carolina State Chapter of Ducks Unlimited and the South Carolina Department of Corrections, will continue the construction and distribution of wood duck boxes this winter. Applications are available online and will be accepted until Nov. 1, 2014. Approximately 1,000 boxes will be available for distribution. Ducks […]
The 14th annual Blessing of the Animals, hosted by the Episcopal Church of the Ridge, will be Sunday afternoon, October 12th at 3 p.m. at Our Savior Episcopal Church, Trenton, S.C. The blessing gives us a chance to celebrate the feast of St. Francis of Assisi and to express our gratitude both to the animals […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral services for Mr. George Jones were held Saturday, October 4, 2014, at 3 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with Rev. Jerome Coleman officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. He is survived by his children:James Weaver, Amanda Felton,Jeremiah Felton, Betty Jamison, Gail West, Michael Jones, Christopher Jones, Felicia West, Kevin […]
PLUM BRANCH, S.C. – Mr. James Patterson, 87, husband of Rebertha Gilchrist Patterson, of Washington School Road, entered into rest October 1, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services were held 12 p.m. Saturday, October 4, at Mt. Zion AME Church, McCormick, SC with the Rev. Clifford Jackson officiating. Interment was in Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral Services for Mr. Randolph “Uncle Doc” Stidem were held Saturday at 12 noon at Pine Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerome Coleman , Pastor. He is survived by a wife, Thelma Stidem, Aiken , S.C.; daughter, Willie Lena Walker, Aiken, S.C.; sons, Willie Walker, Aiken, S.C., Stanley (Brenda) Walker, New […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Beulah Kneece Crocker, 63, of Bausket St. died Sunday October 5, 2014 in Augusta, Ga. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday Oct. 7, 2014 at 11 A.M. at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with burial in Eastview Cemetery. Mrs. Crocker was born in Aiken, S.C. and was a Homemaker. Survivors include her husband […]
Abbeville 33, Strom Thurmond 14 Andrew Jackson Academy 76, Francis Hugh Wardlaw Academy 26 Brookland-Cayce 21, Aiken 13 Fox Creek 28, Ridge Spring-Monetta 14 Ninety Six 28, Saluda 14 North Augusta 37, Ridge View 13 Dixie 10, McCormick 6
October 3, 2014 Comprehensive Plan on Tap for County Council It probably doesn’t sound like a very sexy topic, but the Comprehensive Plan is about to be discussed by County Council at Tuesday night’s meeting. The County Council is scheduled to hold first reading at its November meeting. The Comprehensive Plan is a state-mandated, County-related […]
Will Potentially Bring 10-12,000 Annually to Edgefield – By Tiffani Ireland – “If you build it, they will come” was the theme expressed as The Advertiser sat down with the CEO of the National Wild Turkey Federation, George Thornton, and NWTF Facilities Manager, Ken Durham, Wednesday, Sept. 17, to discuss what the NWTF is planning […]