Edgefield County Youth Empowerment & CPR

Edgefield County Youth Empowerment & CPR

Students In Training for CPR CPR training is essential. It can save your lives! These words echoed in the classroom at the After School “Matters” Program, says Marcella Edwards, CEO of Edgefield County Youth Empowerment Center. EDWARDS SAID THAT EMT BJ Thomas of Edgefield County Emergency Medical Service drilled the students on the importance of knowing how to […]

Up and Down

Up and Down

Blaney Pridgen All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. Remember the seesaw?  Up and down on a long plank the children sit and move pushing the exorable ground […]

A Marvel

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. By Linda Nidiffer My elder grandson is a marvel.  No, no I mean it.  I know all grandparents feel that all their […]

Barbara Settle- Edgefield, SC

Barbara McNabb Settle, 82 of Calhoun St.Johnston, wife of the late John A. Settle Jr entered into rest on June 9, 2022. Barbara was born in Upland, California as the daughter of the late Lenard and Myra McNabb. She was a retired sales manager and accountant for Hallmark stores and served as a Yeoman in the […]

Stella Padgett- Johnston, SC

Stella Bledsoe Padgett 74, wife of Joe Padgett of Johnston entered into rest on June 14, 2022.   Stella was born in Saluda, SC as the daughter of the late L.M. and Myrtle Powell Bledsoe. She was a retired furniture sales representative and a member of Dry Creek Baptist Church. Stella is survived by: her husband, one son Ernest (Katie) Padgett, two grandchildren […]

County Looking For Citizens Interested in Forming Local African American Heritage Commission

County Looking For Citizens Interested in Forming Local African American Heritage Commission

COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD  Administration OfficeRoger LeDuc, County Administrator124 Courthouse SquareEdgefield, SC 29824(803) 637-4000FAX: (803) 637-4056www.edgefieldcounty.sc.gov     County Council MembersDean Campbell, ChairAlbert Tabert, Vice ChairScott CooperTiffani IrelandJacqueline Kennion For Immediate Release Media Contact: Edgefield County Council Chairman Dean Campbell, 803-480-2329 Edgefield County is looking for citizens interested in forming a local chapter of the African American […]

An Entire Family of Patriots

An Entire Family of Patriots

Descendant’s Memorial Front side By Dr. Marian Bland Before returning to South Carolina, if anyone had asked me where most Revolutionary War battles were fought, I would have replied “New England.” For the first three years of the American Revolutionary War, which began in April 1775, most of the major battles took place in the […]

WE’RE IN IT TO WIN IT, EDGEFIELD COUNTY

South Carolina Department of Education Hosts Vaccination Events on June 26 & 29, 2022 WHAT: According to SCDHEC’s Statewide Immunization Online Network (SIMON), 48% of eligible Edgefield County residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, in comparison to 76% nationally.  In an effort to support local school districts, encourage vaccinations and provide […]

Thoughts on Returning Home

By Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. My brother Ralph and I just returned home following a two-and-a-half-week trip primarily to Italy, but also including […]

Pancreas Revisited

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. By Linda Nidiffer Tom and I were fools. He was the fool in the land of Denial and I was the fool […]

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