Hartsville okays restaurant incentives

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JANUARY 20, 2016
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W W W. N E W S A N D P R E S S . N E T
Hartsville okays
restaurant
incentives
By Samantha Lyles
Staff Writer
[email protected]
Hartsville City Council
convened
their
regular
monthly meeting January 12
and, despite a few disagreements, voted to approve
incentives for a new restaurant planning to locate downtown.
In approving first reading
of Ordinance 4232, council
advanced the authorization
of several incentives – including rebates of building permits, hospitality taxes, business license fees and tap fees
totaling an estimated $32,577
over five years – to
LighterSide, Inc. owners and
developers Catrina and John
Penny.
The city's incentive ordinance states that any business
investing a minimum of $1
million to open a business in
designated
Hartsville's
“incentive zone” qualifies for
these rebates and benefits. A
business can reach that $1
million threshold through a
combination of actual real
estate investment and job
credits that allow $50,000 for
each new job that business
brings to town.
INCENTIVES ON 3A
Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day observances
in Darlington
County
Above: Citizens of Lamar braved
frosty morning weather to complete the town’s traditional march
in honor of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day from Bethany
Baptist through downtown
before circling back to the church
for prayer, songs, and inspirational messages.
Center:
St. James United Methodist
Church of Darlington played
host to the 30th Annual
Darlington County Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., Memorial
Celebration, held at noon on
January 18 at the St. James sanctuary at 312 Pearl Street.
Inspirational messages were
brought by several pastors of area
churches, public servants, and
local government officials including Mayor Gloria Hines
(the first African American mayor
of Darlington), Terence
Arrington (Darlington County’s
first African American administrator), and Darlington County
Council member Wilhelmina P.
Johnson, who has organized these
MLK observances for three
decades.
Guests enjoyed several musical
performances, including a fantastic set from the Darlington High
School Gospel Choir and a roofraising solo from Antoinette
Sutton.
PHOTOS BY SAMANTHA LYLES
PLEASE SEE MORE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MLK, JR. DAY OBSERVANCES ON PAGE 3B, AND ON
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Pictured left to right: Darlington County Sheriff Wayne Byrd
swears in Society Hill Council Members Deborah Harrell and
Michelle Steen to another term of office. Both women were unopposed in their bid for reelection in November of 2015.
PHOTO BY JANA E. PYE
Society Hill:
New Years, no arrears!
By Jana E. Pye
Editor
[email protected]
Above: Each year in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the youth group from St. Matthew’s
Episcopal Church of Darlington takes on a building or repair project to honor Dr. King’s enduring legacy
of community service. This year for their “Day of Service,” the kids teamed with adult volunteers from
Ervin Engineering and constructed a wheelchair access ramp for an elderly disabled woman on Myrtlewood
Drive. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
House fire claims life young Darlington man
The
Sunday
morning,
January 10th house fire in
Darlington claimed the life of
Dozier Cannon, a young man
that was familiar to many people
in the community.
The fire occurred around 5:30
a.m. on First Street in Darlington.
Please see adjoining story
regarding the need for smoke detectors, and the City of Darlington’s
efforts to assist with this vital need,
on page 3 A.
Dozier Cannon was featured
in a story in the News & Press
published on August 27, 2014;
the story is reprinted below.
Cannon announces
graduation from FDTC
By Charlotte Berger
Story originally printed August 27,
2014
Encouraging others to pursue their dream for higher
education is something that
Dozier Cannon of Darlington
does with pride.
Cannon graduated with
honors
from
Florence
Darlington Technical College
in May with three Associates
Degrees in Applied Science in
Business
Management,
Accounting, and Marketing. A
2003 graduate of Darlington
High School, Cannon first set
out for just one degree.
“I give all my achievements
to God and family,” said
Cannon. “It was a lot of hard
work and dedication to
achieve my goals. I really didn’t think I was going to get
one degree, much less three
with honors and four certificates.”
In addition to his degrees,
Cannon was named to the
President’s List and Dean’s
List several times for his outstanding grades.
Cannon owns his own company,
Dozier
Lawncare
Mayor Tommy Bradshaw
welcomed community members to the first Society Hill
Town Council meeting for
2016 with good news: not
only is the tiny town finally
out of arrears with paying
mandatory assessments to the
State of South Carolina, they
actually have money in the
bank - $40,000.
“We need to open a bottle
of champagne,” quipped
Mayor Tommy Bradshaw.
“Well, maybe sparkling
grape juice.” added Denise
Douglas, who was re-elected
as Mayor Pro-tem for the next
term 2016 – 2017.
Financial Report:
The long beleaguered
town is finally out of the garnishment rule it had been
under for years, and has
caught up with monthly
assessments owed to the State
of South Carolina. A refund
check for the percentage of
funds garnished was released
to Society Hill in the amount
of $32,535.19 from the SC
Office of State Treasurer.
“So, we seem to be doing
good for the year,” said
Bradshaw. “I hope it won’t be
too much longer until we get
at least the preliminary financial audit for the town.”
SOCIETY HILL ON 3A
White-Bradley joins
Lamar Council
By Samantha Lyles
Staff Writer
[email protected]
Dozier Cannon with a few of his framed degrees and certificates
earned at FDTC. PHOTO BY CHARLOTTE BERGER, AUGUST 27, 2014
Service. “My studies in business management at Tech
really paid off for me. I want
to encourage others to pursue
their dreams, reach for the
stars and go to college.”
Lamar Town Council welcomed newly elected member
Angele White-Bradley, who
was sworn in at council's
January 11 regular meeting.
Bradley takes over several
departmental supervision
duties including business
licenses, codes, and the
town's oxidation pond.
“Really what I'm here for is
to bring some life to the town.
Lamar is an old town with a
lot of young people here, and
we want to keep it alive... to
keep the young people here,”
said White-Bradley. “We definitely want to build up some
activities, like having a recreation building for basketball
or church events that doesn't
require us to use our school
buildings.”
Lamar citizens can get in
touch with their new council
representative by calling 843250-3095 or emailing her at
[email protected].
Angele White-Bradley
PHOTO BY SAMANTHA LYLES
Also at this meeting,
PDRTA executive director
Chuck MacNeil spoke about
the new Lamar Circulator bus
scheduled to begin service on
January 18. Sponsored by
Genesis Health Care, the bus
will operate every Monday,
except holidays, and passengers can ride to and from Pee
Dee Health Care and pharmacy for free with their Genesis
Health Care ID cards.
LAMAR ON 3A
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JANUARY 20, 2016 | PAGE 2A
THE NEWS AND PRESS, DARLINGTON, S.C.
OP-ED
Dealing with
my clutter
By Bill Shepard
What to keep and what to throw away is my dilemma. It is not
an easy problem for me. I suppose that I am too sentimental!
Lines from one of Kenny Rogers old songs just played in my
mind, “When to hold ‘em, when to fold ‘em, when to walk
away…” I am tempted to just walk away and leave my clutter for
others to deal with, but that would not be the right thing to do.
Everyone that lives as long as I have lived collects a lot of clutter. I have been accused of wanting to keep everything until
“death do us part” and I plead guilty to the charge. I suppose I
have lived by that old saying that I have often heard, “If you keep
it long enough, you will find a use for it.” For that reason, instead
of throwing something away, I just put it on the shelf. Some of
that thinking reverts back to my childhood years. An empty coffee
can with a lid would be used to keep my marbles in; an empty
wooden box made a good cab for the wagon I would make. I
would sit in the cab and guide my wagon down the steep railroad
embankment near the house where I grew up as a boy. An empty
tin snuff can made a good penny bank to save my pennies in. I
was never guilty of filling one!
I could blame some of my actions on watching my Dad, year
after year building pig-pens! Dad built a new pig-pen or did
repairs on the old one every year. I would help by pulling the old
nails from the rotted boards with a hammer. I would straighten
the bent ones and place them in a can. Dad would saw the boards
(slabs) to the length he wanted and the building would begin.
Dad was the only person I ever knew who could use the same nail
over and over again!
I suppose I could find a lot of reasons why I have so much clutter, but that is not my problem; how to deal with it is! Oh, if I had
just listened to my good wife when she would say, “throw it
away!”
I have made a start! I am sitting at my desk and going through
the drawers where I have put stuff away for years. That word,
“stuff” fits my clutter well; it can mean so many things! I have pretty cards and letters from each of my children, some dating back to
their college days when they were away. There are Father’s Day
cards, birthday cards, and cards and notes just to say they love me.
I read them over and over, and just sat quietly, remembering the
years gone by. Throw them away? It would be hard!
Then there is a drawer filled with drawings, printed notes, colored pictures from a coloring book, and words printed that say, “I
Love You, Pa Pa!” There are cards and printed letters from each of
my five grandchildren, and great grandchildren. All are grown
now and probably collecting clutter from their own children.
In another drawer there are pictures, so many pictures! One
can spend a day looking at pictures and reminiscing over them.
How can I part with all these memories before me?
There are other letters and cards from folk who purchased and
read my book, Mill Village Boy. They wrote to tell me how much
my book reminded them of their own years of living on a mill village and working in a cotton mill. Many of those letters – so
encouraging! – I have tucked away, but would they mean anything to any other? Throw them all away? It may be easier said
than done!
I just read again a short handwritten note from the late Mr.
Morrell Thomas, owner and publisher of this newspaper. I was living in Florida at the time and he was encouraging me to continue
my writings to the paper. He invited me to visit his office on my
next visit to my hometown. I did so, and Mr. Thomas encouraged
me to write a book about my years growing up on the mill village.
He even offered to print it for me! That might have bee when my
book, “Mill Village Boy” was born! There were other visits following that one, all were encouraging! That note that was so meaningful to this writer would mean nothing to any other, but throw it
away? How?
More memories, more clutter, here is a letter from the late
Horace Rudisill of the Darlington County Historical Commission.
He was asking for help identifying a picture he had received from a
person from out of state. The picture was of a large house located
on the mill village and near the old mill. Mr. Rudisill and I talked
at times about the old mill village. We shared other memories that
seemed of interest to him. Throw the letter in the trash heap? Tell
me how?
This is the second day sitting at my desk and reading through
my clutter. What to keep and what to throw away gets no easier.
The clutter in the basement and in the barn is still before me;
progress is slow. I will keep at the task.
Mr. Shepard is a native of Darlington, S.C., and a current resident of Piedmont, S.C. and author of “Mill Town Boy” and
“Bruised”. He has been sharing his tales of growing up in
Darlington for decades, and we are delighted to share them each
week.
His mailing address for cards and letters is: Bill Shepard 324
Sunny Lane, Piedmont, S.C., 29673
OP-ED
By Chelsea Bullock
Miss South Carolina
Sweet Potato Festival 2015
“Why pageants? Do you
not find it demeaning to
prance around a stage in a
swimsuit? Do you watch
Toddlers and Tiaras, or
Honey Boo Boo? Gosh, did
you use an entire can of hairspray to get that hair fixed
that way?” Granted, I do love
my hairspray, but pageants
are much more than some of
the comments I receive from
those unfamiliar to everything The Miss South
Carolina Organization has to
offer. The Miss South
Carolina Organization has
provided young women an
opportunity to be active in a
public forum that allows us
to express our passions and
driving forces through personal platforms. We fulfill
this by volunteering countless hours and raising awareness and money to fund
movements that make a positive difference. It allows the
contestants to display their
physical fitness, an important health factor that is so
often put on the back burner,
as evidenced by the alarming
rates of obesity.
Furthermore, it allows a
stage to display the many
different talents that make
the women of this organization well rounded individuals. My favorite part however, is the evening gown and
onstage question portion of
the competition, a segment
that allows us to exhibit the
elegance and poise that
every woman should possess
and the ability to speak fearlessly in public about very
relevant and pressing topics.
Another part of this
organization that I love is the
Palmetto Princess and Prince
program. Under this aspect
of the organization, each
Miss and Teen contestant is
encouraged to mentor at
least one younger girl or boy.
This mentorship includes
incorporating the Prince(s)
or Princess(es) into the community service, appearances,
Why pageants?
and scholarship features of
holding a title. It provides
positive role models in the
child’s life and also networks
the child and family with
others across the state of
South Carolina. In fact, I
was once a Palmetto Princess
myself. I learned not only
how to be a lady of character, but how to be a human
that cares about other
humans. Beyond what my
parents had already instilled
in me, I learned the importance of having priorities
and also living a life of selflessness. In a world where
society idolizes immoral and
often irrational people, I
adore a program that puts
young women pursuing
scholastic achievement and
living lives of leadership at
the forefront. The crowns
one may so often see us
wearing are more than simply sparkle and shine; those
four points of that crown
represent scholarship, service, style, and success, and I
am so very proud to wear it.
Two of the largest components of the community service in one’s reign are supporting the Miss America
national platform, Children’s
Miracle Network and also a
personal platform of one’s
choosing. Being a nursing
major and spending much
time in the hospital, I get to
see firsthand just how much
the Children’s Miracle
Network is vital to these
patients and their families.
Since adopting this platform
in 2007, the Miss America
Organization, through its
local and state contestants,
has raised over $9.5 million
dollars to support these families. One very important
fact to note is that every dollar that is raised for CMN in
the state of South Carolina is
retained in state, and supports Children’s Miracle
Network hospitals right here
at home. If you have yet to
walk the halls of one of SC’s
Children’s Hospitals, please
do yourself a favor and make
that trip. The least we can
do as able bodies is to try to
relieve some of the financial
burden from those that
spend weeks, months, birthdays, and holidays in hospital beds. After working in
the hospital as a student
nurse, I am that much more
willing to go the extra mile
and am so proud of being a
devout supporter of this platform.
My personal platform is a
topic I hold near and dear to
my heart. It is entitled, “Go
Green,” and my goal is to
bring awareness to mental
health and work to destroy
the stigma surrounding it.
As Miss S.C. Sweet Potato
Festival, I have done several
speaking engagements, some
at local high schools, one
even as large as the state
convention for SC Pilot Club.
At each speech I begin by
asking the question, “What
does it mean to be healthy?”
The typical responses
include eating your fruits
and vegetables, exercising,
and getting enough sleep.
The common factor is that
mental health is never
included in the responses. It
is such an absurd idea to me
to separate the brain from
the body in talking about
health. Mental health affects
all of us; we are all affected
by the daily stressors of life,
which can so easily cause
some of the more common
mental illnesses such as
depression, anxiety, and
panic disorders. Last summer I had the opportunity to
work a nursing internship
with the SC Department of
Mental Health. I saw just
how absolutely life altering
suffering from a mental illness can be, and just how
imperative it is to be able to
seek and find professional
help. Just as someone with
diabetes would turn to their
primary physician and
insulin pen in time of crisis,
someone suffering a mental
illness should be able to do
the same without feeling
outside judgment or fear
being labeled “crazy” or
“psycho.” This year of reign
for me will consist of trying
to make as many people as
possible understand the
importance of being mentally healthy, and also dismantling the nasty stigma that
accompanies such topics.
So again, you may ask,
“Why pageants?” I say there
is no other outlet that
enables my voice of mental
health awareness and support for CMN to reach the
ears that is has thus far, and
the ones yet to come. I say
there is no other place to
build relationships with such
a multitude of talented,
innovative, and intelligent
young women across this
great state. I say I want to be
a part of the organization
that is the largest provider of
scholarships to young
women in the world. I am
forever grateful to the Miss
South Carolina Organization
for building in me a heart of
service and leadership.
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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20, 2016 | PAGE 3A
Darlington
raising alert for
smoke alarms
By Samantha Lyles
Staff Writer
[email protected]
Violinist TeQuan Coe (center) receives a proclamation from Hartsville City Council recognizing his opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall.
PHOTO BY SAMANTHA LYLES
Incentives
Continued from 1A
In good faith estimates, the
Pennys told council that they
would invest $721,000 in real
estate and upfit to transform
the old Quality Hardware
building into an eatery.
Additionally, they plan to hire
27 people – 12 full time and 15
part time – to staff the restaurant. These two estimates bring
their total investment to $1.35
million, putting them well over
the qualifying threshold.
Still, Mayor Pro Tem Johnny
Andrews moved to table
Society Hill
Continued from 1A
“If you see the good news on
our spreadsheet, it’s showing
that the only monthly assessment due is for the month of
December. We are all caught
up.”
Department/Committe
e Reports:
The Depot project has been
held up due to the contractor
working on the grounds having
additional demands on him for
repair to roads and bridges with
the heavy rains in the fall and
winter, and needed repairs on
equipment.
Police Chief Matt Hill
addressed council, and told
them that he had contacted the
S.C.
Department
of
Transportation (D.O.T.) about
Church Street eroding due to
heavy rains.
The road needed to be
closed, and the only signs available were wooden orange signs
used for Catfish Festival parking; the signs were damaged
overnight by vehicles driving
through them.
“More than likely they had
damage to their car, but they
never reported it. They left.”
said Hill.
He requested that the town
purchase two “Road Closed”
signs equipped with blinking
lights and approximately 10
orange traffic cones to use
when roads must be closed, and
for use during the Catfish
Festival.
Council voted unanimously
to purchase the requested signs
and cones.
Mayor Bradshaw mentioned
approval of their incentives
application, citing a need for
clarity in the job credits portion
of the ordinance (whether part
time jobs should count the
same as full time positions).
Andrews asked that the incentives ordinance be sent to the
finance committee for review.
Council member Bernice
Wilson took exception to the
proposed delay, noting that the
Pennys had complied with the
ordinance as written and they
should not be penalized or
delayed while the city deliberates on legal language.
Mayor Mel Pennington cited
the tendency of existing busi-
nesses to express displeasure to
city officials over these incentives benefits, which only apply
to newcomers and not to older
businesses that might seek to
invest in a remodel or expand
their workforce.
Ultimately, council voted 7
to 1 to approve first reading on
the LighterSide incentives,
with Pennington casting the
lone “no” vote.
Council also approved a
$260,000 lease to purchase a
commercial garbage truck to
replace the city's current truck,
which is frequently out of service due to mechanical issues.
A $54,000 contract to build
a single stall restroom at Pride
Park and Burry Park was
approved, with the winning bid
submitted
by
Dempsey
Construction of Hartsville.
Council and mayor also took
a moment to congratulate
Hartsville violinist TeQuan
Coe, whose talents have
secured him an opportunity to
perform with the Honors
Symphony Orchestra at legendary New York concert
venue Carnegie Hall. Coe holds
the violin first chair with the
Hartsville High Orchestra, and
he is currently raising funds for
his trip, which is planned for
the first week of February.
that he had noticed brown “RV
Camp Site” signs on US 52 in
Darlington near Lake Darpo,
and requested Hill to look into
getting those for the River
Landing site.
Swearing in of Council
Members Deborah Harrell
and Michelle Steen:
Darlington County Sheriff
Wayne Byrd, a native of Society
Hill, was present to swear in
council members Deborah
Harrell and Michelle Steen to
another term on town council.
Both women were unopposed for their reelection bid,
so no elections were held in
November of 2015.
Election of Mayor Pro
Tempore for next term of
two years 2016 and 2017:
Council member Michelle
Steen
nominated
Denise
Douglas for another term of
Mayor Pro Tem. There was no
second to the nomination, and
no other council member was
nominated.
Douglas won unanimously
without opposition.
New business:
Brenda Nettles, Town Clerk,
was invited by Mayor Bradshaw
to discuss the need for two new
computers and Quick Books
software to replace the 2004
version the town now uses.
“Computer prices have been
checked, and they run around
$1500 – to under $2000 two
computers and one updated
version of QuickBooks.”
Council voted unanimously
to approve the request.
Requests/Comments
Reports:
Mayor Bradshaw announced
that council member Deborah
Harrell was appointed to serve
on the Greater Darlington
Chamber of Commerce.
Harrell addressed council
and the attendees of the town
hall meeting with a request for
more people to attend the meetings; she had recently been
asked by a citizen “what does
the town council do for Society
Hill” – and she feels that others
may feel the same way.
Council member Carolyn
Oliver shared the winners of the
recent Christmas Decoration
contest:
“Best Use of Lights” winner
was Nolan Keith.
“Southern Elegance” winner
was Chuck and Vickie Miller.
“Best Overall” winner was
Allen and Judy Byrd.
“Most Original” winner was
Richard, Rhonda and Kadi
Gainey.
“Honorable Mention” winner was Juanita Johnson.
The competition will be held
again in December, and has
been renamed the “Light It Up”
contest. “We hope that it will
encourage more people to participate, and encourage more
visitors to drive to Society Hill
to enjoy the beautiful Christmas
lights that community members
share each year,” said Oliver.
“Most are not on Main Street, so
we encourage people to drive
around and take it all in!”
Denise Douglas requested
that S.C. Rep. Patricia Henegan
be contacted again about assisting with P.A.R.D. grants for the
town.
Citizen’s Comments:
Charlene
McDonnough,
Branch Manager of Society Hill
Library, addressed council and
attendees to share information
about the upcoming fundraiser,
“Murder Mystery Theater and
Spaghetti Dinner” on Saturday
February 27 at 6:00 p.m.
The event is sponsored by
the Friends of the Society Hill
Library, and will feature both
baked and regular spaghetti for
take out and dine in. There are
28 parts available for the play,
and guests of the event are
encouraged to purchase their
tickets ahead of time to receive
their script. Tickets are available at the library, of from
members of the Friends group.
For more information, contact
the library at: 843-378-0026
Executive Session:
Town council met in executive session, and returned to
vote on changing the town’s
attorney from Sen. Gerald
Malloy to Darlington attorney
John Milling. The vote was
unanimous.
The next regular meeting
will be held on Tuesday,
February 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Town
Hall, 280 South Main Street,
Society Hill.
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Lamar
Continued from 1A
One-way fares are $1 within
one city and $3 for all other
trips. MacNeil said the Lamar
bus will pick up passengers
who call to schedule trip
requests until regular bus stops
are established. With careful
scheduling, riders can go back
and forth between Lamar,
Timmonsville, and Darlington
throughout the day. No
Florence stops are currently
scheduled.
The Lamar circulator will
begin the morning at 8 a.m.,
moving on to Timmonsville and
Darlington before returning to
Lamar around 10:30 a.m. This
cycle will repeat four times during the day with a final arrival
back in Lamar around 5:10
each afternoon.
MacNeil said the initial
route schedule is open for input
and can be changed to suit the
community's needs.
“We need to find out if this
isn't the service people need so
we can connect the dots. We
don't want to send empty buses
around,” he said. “We're here to
provide transportation when
people need it, and where the
need to go to.”
For more information about
the Lamar circulator or any
other PDRTA buses, visit their
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The recent fire-related
death of Darlington resident Dozier Cannon casts a
spotlight on an enduring
home safety issue: the
importance of installing
and maintaining smoke
alarms throughout the
home. When fire broke out
at Cannon's First Street
home early on the morning
of January 10, smoke
quickly filled the residence
and Cannon was unable to
get out safely.
Darlington
Fire
Chief
Pat
Department
Cavanaugh says a post-fire
inspection found no smoke
alarms in the residence,
and he can't help wondering if tragedy could have
been averted with a few
simple precautions.
“At the time of the fire
we did not see any (smoke
alarms) in the house... they
might have been in there
earlier, but we don't know,”
Cavanaugh says. “An alarm
could
have
alerted
(Cannon) minutes before.
You just never know.”
To help raise awareness
of this important safety
issue, the Red Cross and
the DFD are teaming up for
a smoke alarm blitz
January 19 and 23 in the
Darlington communities
around 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
Streets and Avenues A
through E. Residents will
have the chance to get a
smoke alarm with a tenyear
lithium
battery
installed free of charge.
Cavanaugh says the DFD is
planning a citywide smoke
alarm blitz later this year.
Smoke alarms are an
integral part of a home fire
safety plan. Smoke can
spread very quickly and can
incapacitate people in a
matter of minutes, so keep
your smoke alarms in good
condition to provide the
earliest possible warning.
Those extra moments could
mean
the
difference
between life and death.
The
National
Fire
Protection
Association
offers the following checklist to ensure your home is
adequately protected:
• Install smoke alarms
inside and outside each
bedroom and sleeping
area. Install alarms on
every level of the home.
Install alarms in the basement.
Large homes may need
extra smoke alarms.
• It is best to use inter-
connected smoke alarms.
When one smoke alarm
sounds they all sound.
• Test all smoke alarms
at least once a month. Press
the test button to be sure
the alarm is working.
• There are two kinds of
alarms. Ionization smoke
alarms are quicker to warn
about
f laming
fires.
Photoelectric alarms are
quicker to warn about
smoldering fires. It is best
to use of both types of
alarms in the home.
• A smoke alarm should
be on the ceiling or high on
a wall. Keep smoke alarms
away from the kitchen to
reduce false alarms. They
should be at least 10 feet (3
meters) from the stove.
• People who are hardof-hearing or deaf can use
special
alarms.
These
alarms have strobe lights
and bed shakers.
• Replace all smoke
alarms when they are 10
years old.
• Smoke alarms are an
important part of a home
fire escape plan.
Plan your escape
Your ability to get out of
your house during a fire
depends on advance warning from smoke alarms and
advance planning.
• Get everyone in your
household together and
make a home escape plan.
Walk through your home
and look for two ways out
of every room.
• Make sure escape
routes are clear of debris
and doors and windows
open easily. Windows with
security bars or grills
should have an emergency
release device.
• Plan an outside meeting place where everyone
will meet once they have
escaped. A good meeting
place is something permanent, like a tree, light pole,
or mailbox a safe distance
in front of the home.
• If there are infants,
older adults, family members with mobility limitations or children who do
not wake to the sound of
the smoke alarm, make
sure that someone is
assigned to assist them in
the event of an emergency.
• If the smoke alarm
sounds, get outside and
stay outside. Respond
quickly – get up and go,
remember to know two
ways out of every room, get
yourself outside quickly,
and go to your outside
meeting place with your
family.
QUOTE
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the
new creation has come: The old has
gone, the new is here!
2 Corinthians 5:17
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Emma White
Funeral services for Emma
Jean
Mack
White
of
Darlington were held on 3:00
p.m. Saturday, January 16,
2015
at
Mount
Zion
Missionary
B a p t i s t
in
Church
Dovesville.
Interment
followed in
the church
cemetery
directed by
J o r d a n
Funeral Home, Inc.
Emma Jean Mack White
was born on April 22, 1964,
the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Coolie Mack, Jr. and
departed this earthly life on
Sunday, January 10, 2016.
She was educated in the
Darlington County Public
School System and was a
member of the Mayo High
School Class of 1982.
Emma was affectionately
called “Nip” and was a member of Mt. Zion Missionary
Baptist Church in Dovesville,
S.C. She was employed at the
Holiday Inn Express in
Florence, S.C. until 2006.
Survivors are: her children,
ChurCh
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The Lord Cares: please
remember to help
With the temperatures
dropping, please continue to
assist The Lord Cares in caring
for those in need in the
Darlington area. T.L.C.’s food
bank is located at 201 Grove
Street in Darlington. They are
open Monday, Wednesday,
and Thursday from 10 a.m.
until 12 noon. Donations of
non-perishable food items
(especially canned meats) are
needed, as are toiletries, bathroom tissue, and paper towels.
A little bird told us that they
need a new roof, too…so perhaps you can help? Monetary
donations are always needed,
and are tax deductible…so be
sure to make an additional
one before December 31,
2015!
Radical
Student
Ministry Annual BBQ
Fundraiser
The
Darlington
First
Baptist
Church
Radical
Student Ministry Annual BBQ
Fundraiser
(Catered
by
Shuler's BBQ) will be held on
Thursday, January 21, 2016 in
the First Baptist Church
Fellowship Hall.
$8.00 per plate (Includes
Shuler's BBQ, Chicken Bog,
green beans & more)
Al`Malik White, Ra`Sheedah
White, and Johnae Wilder;
grandchildren:
Malachi,
Makayla, Semij, and Carter;
siblings: Bertie Jackson,
Cynthia Williams, Anthony
(Cynthia) Mack, Carolyn
(Jesse) Graham, Cooley Mack,
Ralph (Sakinah) Mack, and
Janet (Robert) Brown ; aunts,
Dorothy Toney, Mary Sawyer,
Julia Quillen, and Almerta
Waddell; uncles, Alphonso
Sawyer, Edward Mack, Alva
(Betty) Mack; adopted sons;
Frederick McKay, and David
Wilson; best friends Selena
Kennedy
and
Lakeisha
Samuel; adopted mother,
Betty (Willie) Pearson; special
nephew, Jamar Brown; a host
of nieces, nephews, cousins,
other relatives and friends.
The family is receiving
friends at the residence of her
sister, Cynthia Williams, 218
Society Hill Road, Darlington.
Debra Jean
Harrington
Debra Jean Harrington,
wife of Raleigh Harrington,
age 59, passed away Monday,
January 11, 2016. Funeral
services were held at 2:00
p.m. Friday, January 15th in
Lunch: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Dinner: 4 p.m.- 7 p.m.
Tickets available at FBC
Office.
Meeting for Christian
Entertainment
All those interested – business and non-business: please
come to a meeting to help
start Pee Dee Christian
Productions (PDCP) to help
bring
quality
Christian
Entertainment into the area.
Meeting will be held on
Thursday, January 21st at
7:00 p.m. at the St. Anthony’s
Family Center Classroom A,
Hoffmeyer Road, Florence.
For more information, contact
Larry Hancock at: 843-2309478.
Fifth Sunday Freewill
Singing Convention
The Fifth Sunday Freewill
Singing Convention will be
held at Lawson Grove Baptist
Church, Sunday January 31,
2016 with Sunday School
starting at 9:30 a.m. Asking
all choirs to be on time for
Sunday School and Worship
Service. Lawson Grove Baptist
Church is located on 3585
Lawson
Grove
Rd.,
Darlington.
Macedonia’s
150th
Anniversary
Macedonia
Missionary
Baptist Church, Darlington,
will be celebrating its 150th
Anniversary on February 13 &
14, 2016
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the chapel at Belk Funeral
Home, followed by graveside
service
at
Philadelphia
Southern Methodist Church
Cemetery.
Born March 24, 1956,
Debra was the daughter of
Sarah J. “Frankie” Harrell,
and the late Jule Dargan
Oliver. She worked at WinnDixie, loved her puppy Teddy,
and loved her family. Debra
was a member of Indian
Branch United Methodist
Church.
Surviving in addition to her
husband, Raleigh Harrington,
and her mother, Sarah J.
“Frankie” Harrell, are her chilGeorge
(Tammy)
dren:
Northcutt of Hartsville, and
Mark Odom of Michigan; her
Bridgette
grandchildren:
Miller,
Todd
Northcutt,
Preston Odom, and Sydney
Odom; her great-grandchildren, Natalia Miller, and
Colby Miller; her step-grandchild, Aaron Sikes; her stepdaughter, Helen Stribling; and
her brother, Ricky (Janice)
Harrell of Darlington.
The family received friends
Thursday evening, January
14th at Belk Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to
the American Cancer Society.
Banquet will take place
Saturday, February 13 at 5
p.m. at Darlington High
School Cafeteria. Rev. Dr.
James Blassingame of Mount
Zion Missionary Baptist
Church, Sumter, will be the
guest
speaker.
Rev.
Blassingame was elected as
the new president of the
Baptist Educational and
Missionary Convention of
South Carolina during its
136th annual session held on
May 9 in Spartanburg.
The Anniversary Sermon
will be on Sunday morning,
Feb. 14 at 10 a.m. at
Macedonia and our very own
Rev. Dr. Cecil L. Bromell will
be the speaker.
Banquet tickets are $15
adults (ages 12 and over), $10
children ages 6 – 11, and children ages 5 and under are
free.
If yu have information on
any previous pastors and/or if
you are a descendent of any
previous pastor, please contact
Patsy Sawyer at 843-319-1837,
email:
psawyerinspire1@
gmail.com
or
mail
to
Macedonia Life-Skills Center,
P.O. Box 179, Darlington, SC
29540.
Organ Recital with Don
Grice
at
St.
Bartholomew’s Episcopal
Church
The
Hartsville-Coker
Concert Associations fourth
concert will be an organ
recital with Don Grice on
Monday February 22 at
Donations can be sent
through www.cancer.org.
A guestbook is available
online at www.belkfuneralhome.com.
James Lewis
Turner, Sr.
James Lewis Turner, Sr.,
husband of Anne Turner, formally of Annapolis, Maryland,
age 74, passed away Sunday,
January 10, 2016. The family
received friends at the home
of Anne Turner, 902 Piano Rd.
Florence, SC.
James was born April 26,
1941; James was the son of
the late Frances Emma
Simmons Turner, and the late
Samuel Smith Turner. He
worked as a salesman for
Circus Fireworks.
Surviving in addition to his
wife, Anne Tuner of Florence,
are his children, Richard
(Teresa) Turner of Florence,
Matthew Tuner of Virginia,
James Turner, Jr. of Florence,
and
Tracy
Turner
of
Maryland; five grandchildren;
and his dog Smokie.
Memorials may be made in
lieu of flower donations to the
home at 902 Piano Rd.
Florence, SC 29501.
7:30pm at St. Bartholomew’s
Episcopal
Church
in
Hartsville, 103 Campus Drive.
Don Grice has performed
in Canada the United States
and Great Britain and
has been heard in regional
and national broadcasts of
CBC Radio. Dr. Grice has
served churches in Georgia
Arizona and North Carolina
prior to moving to South
Carolina and is currently
organist at Central United
Methodist Church in Florence
SC. This recital is presented in
collaboration
with
St.
Bartholomew’s
Episcopal
Church organ restoration
campaign. Admission is $25
for adults.
Macedonia seeks information
on
Dr.
Brockenton
Deacon Patsy Y. Sawyer is
in search of relatives of Dr.
Isaac P. Brockenton, former
pastor
of
Macedonia
Missionary Baptist Church. Dr.
Brockenton
served
at
Macedonia from 1866 – 1908.
“Our family serving yours since 1922”
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Gene R. Stokes
Gene R. Stokes, 77, died
Saturday, January 16, 2016 in
a local hospital. Funeral services were held at Central
Baptist Church in Darlington
at 2:00 on Tuesday, January
19, 2016, followed by burial in
Grove Hill Cemetery, with military honors, directed by Belk
Funeral Home.
Born in Darlington County
on November 11, 1938, he was
the son of the late George B.
and Myrtle Rhodes Stokes.
Mr. Stokes served in the
Unites States Marine Corps
from 1956-1959. He played
football for and graduated
from Elon College in 1964,
and received his Master’s
Degree from Francis Marion
University. He led Blacksburg
High School to an Upper-State
Baseball Championship. Gene
was a teacher and a coach at
St. Johns High School,
Darlington High School (until
his retirement in 1997), and
coached the James F. Byrnes
team to a State Football
Championship. He was also
the coach of the North vs.
South game in 1980. Gene
Mrs. Sawyer is currently
researching the history of the
church, and any information
on this pastor will be most
appreciated. You may contact
her at the church: 843-3936361, or via email at:
[email protected]
Bible Study
Bible study at Mt.Zion
Tabernacle Believers Church
426 W. Broad St. Darlington,
on Tuesday nights at 6:00 p.m.
Bible study led by Rev.Larry
Scipio.
Contact
Deacon
Z.Frierson at 843-992-3158 or
church 843-992-8125. Come
join us.
St.
Catherine's
Episcopal Church
3123 W. Palmetto St.,
Florence Worship Time: 11
a.m. (4th Sunday 8:30 a.m.)
Sunday
School:
9:45
a.m.Phone: 843-601-3672
Facebook: StCatherinesEC
Vicar: The Rev. Jeffrey R.
Richardson
Black
Creek
Baptist
was a lifetime member of
Central Baptist Church where
he served as a deacon, and
was honored to be a Deacon
Emeritus.
Surviving are his wife of 52
years, Adelaide Goodman
Stokes; a son, Nick Stokes of
Darlington;
a
daughter,
Cheryl (Bobby) Guzman of
Timmonsville; a granddaughter, Ansley Morrison; and
step-grandchildren, Adrianna
Guzman
and
Brianna
Guzman.
He was preceded in death
by siblings: George B. “Buddy”
Stokes,
Frank
Malcolm
“Mack” Stokes, and Helen
Smoak.
The family received friends
Monday at Belk Funeral Home
and other times at the home,
101
Barfield
Road,
Darlington.
Memorials may be made to
Central Baptist Church, 512
Spring Street, Darlington, SC
29532.
Former members of the St.
John’s, Darlington High, and
Byrnes football teams were
asked to serve as Honorary
Pallbearers.
Church
Black Creek Baptist Church,
located 139 Mont Clare Road,
Dovesville, announces their
hours: Sunday:
10 a.m.
Sunday
School,
11a.m.
Worship Services and 6 p.m.
Evening Worship. Wednesday:
6:30 Adult Bible Study; Youth
Bible
Study,
Children
(Children In Action) 7:30
Adult Choir Practice
Mt. Zion Tabernacle
Ministries
Mt.
Zion
Tabernacle
Ministries 426 W. Broad St. in
Darlington announces their
hours.
1st/3rd Sunday Pastoral
Sunday: Sunday School at
9:30 a.m. Church Services
11:00 Elder M. Frierson
2nd/4th Sunday: Sunday
School at 9:30 by Deacon Z.
Frierson Service at 11:00 a.m.
Min. Gerald Green. The community is invited to attend.
Come expecting to hear the
anointed
Word.
Contact
Deacon.Z.Frierson 843-2293158
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Mom,
It is so hard to believe that
five years have passed since
you left us. There is not a
day goes by that we don’t
reminisce the legacy you left
with us. Your memories
will continue to live with
us forever. We miss you
so much!
Love,
Your Daughters: Barbara
(Harvey), JoAnn (Laverne);
Grandchildren: Brince,
Bradley, Keegan
Darlington First Baptist Church
Radical Student Ministry
Annual BBQ Fundraiser!
Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016
$8.00/plate - In FBC Fellowship Hall
Lunch: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Dinner: 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Includes Shuler’s BBQ, Chicken Bog, Green Beans & More!
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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20, 2016 | PAGE 5A
Historical Commission receives generous gift to start new year
By Jana E. Pye
Editor
[email protected]
The Darlington County
Historical Commission receives
frequent emails and postal mail
each week asking for assistance
with geneology, but they
received one envelope after the
holidays with a generous gift $4,000 from Anita and Steve
Nail from Greenville, MS.
“Their note specified that
the gift was given in memory of
Anita’s
Darlington
and
Chesterfield ancestors, and
specifically asked that we use it
to buy something tangible, not
just added to the ‘pot’,“ said
DCHC director Brian Gandy
told the commission board of
directors at their January 2016
meeting. The money will go
100% for document conservation, and will be used to stabilize deteriorating documents.
Later in the meeting, the
commission board discussed
their historical marker program. They have planned on
dedicating two sites a year, and
have planned out as far as the
year 2050. The next two markers will be the Lumber community, and the Darlington
Manufacturing Company location.
Several sites have been slat-
Members of the Darlington County Historical Commission celebrate the generous gift from Anita and
Steve Nail from Greenville, MS donated recently.
Pictured left to right: Suzanne Calcutt, Loris Flowers, Jane DuBose, Gail Gandy, Brian Gandy, Sarah
Smith, Bill Segars, and Robert Harriot.
PHOTO BY JANA E. PYE
ed for historical markers paid
for by private owners or
groups.
A future publication collaboration between the Darlington
County Recreation Department
and Historical Commission will
be a paperback book entitled
“Top 50 Things to Do in
Darlington County” that will
feature 25 historical locations
that are easily accessible to visitors. That project will begin in
the next few weeks with a
greatly enhance the search for
genealogy enthusiasts that are
unable to visit in person. A
“Genealogical Starter Kit” for
new genealogists is yet another
project that the Commission is
looking forward to sharing.
Recent donations to the
Commission included photographs and negatives from the
News and Press; two portraits
of Mr. & Mrs. A.F. Edwards
from 1800’s; 14 aerial photographs of manufacturing facili-
writer from Greenville.
A PayPal account has been
set up for the Commission for
payment for documents, “and
for contributions, hint-hint!”
said director Brian Gandy.
A new brochure is in the
works, that will help illustrate
what the Commission has for
records, services they provide,
and suggestions for what they
would like for donations.
Expansion
for
the
Commission’s website will
Roosevelt Wallace with the
Purple Heart he was awarded for
his wounds related to his combat
service in the Vietnam War.
ties in Darlington County;
three
books:
“Barnwell
Blarney” b Eugene Ziegler,
Harper’s Weekly on Civil War,
and 1880 John Dargan Howle
and Martha Vann Family Bible;
Jill K. Lyles genealogical files;
and 1940 wedding dress,
Suzanne DeMaurice Peterson.
Over 95 visitors stopped by
the Commission in December;
for the year 2015, 1,150 walk-in
patrons were logged, including
one vistor from Hawaii and one
from Switzerland. North
Carolina topped the list of
states with the most frequent
visits. For the coming year, staff
will begin tracking telephone
and email requests to provide a
more accurate representation
of daily workloads and patron
volume.
A special visitor to the
Commission
during
the
January meeting was two time
Purple
Heart
recipient
Roosevelt Wallace. Wallace
brought his medal to the
Commission by request. He
received the honor twice while
serving in the Viet Nam War;
the medal is bestowed for the
first injury; subsequent injuries
are awarded an oak leaf cluster,
which is attached to the ribbon.
Wallace is a member of the
Military Order of Purple Hearts
for the Pee Dee area, and
assists veterans with receiving
benefits and honors that they
often are not aware of.
His group is currently assisting with honoring a 94-yearold veteran from Timmonsville
that never received his medal
for his service in WW II.
For more information on the
Purple Heart organization,
contact Wallace at: 843-8583943.
Meth lab unwrapped on Candy Lane
Sheriff J Wayne Byrd,
Darlington County Sheriff's
Office, released a statement
Friday regarding a meth lab discovery in Darlington:
On January 14, 2015, the
Darlington County Sheriff’s
Office Drug Enforcement Unit
conducted a traffic stop in the
2000 block of Bonnie Drive.
During the results of the traffic
stop all the makings of a
methamphetamine lab were
found inside the vehicle.
Information was gained through
the course of the traffic stop that
additional methamphetamine
was located at their residence on
Candy Lane.
Consent to search of the residence on Candy Lane was
obtained from the homeowner.
As Agents approached the residence they observed a male subject flee toward the rear of the
residence. Three Agents entered
the residence in attempt to
apprehend the male subject
inside and prevent the subject
from disposing of evidence. The
subject was located inside the
bathroom of the residence, trying to dispose of ingredients of a
methamphetamine lab. After a
brief struggle with the subject,
he was subdued and evacuated
from the residence as Agents and
subject were being exposed to
hazardous gases. During this
incident three Darlington County
Drug Enforcement Agents were
exposed to hazardous gases and
had to receive medical treatment
at a local hospital. The Agents
were treated and released.
This is an ongoing investigation and additional charges will
be forthcoming.
To date, the following people
were arrested and charged:
Heather Elaine Mauk, 30, of
Candy Lane, Darlington, was
charged with Conspiracy to
M a n u f a c t u r e
Methamphetamine, Possession
of Methamphetamine and
Disposal of Methamphetamine
Waste.
Joseph Andrew Lockamy, 37,
of Wire Road, Darlington, was
Ricky Locklair, Jr.
Meth lab discovered by DCSO on Candy Lane, Darlington after a
traffic stop. Law enforcement agents and suspect were exposed to hazardous gases at the location, requiring medical treatment at a local
hospital.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DARLINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Michael C.
Owens
Heather Elaine
Mauk
Joseph Andrew
Lockamy
charged with Conspiracy to
Manufacture Methamphetamine
and
Possession
of
Methamphetamine.
Johnny Ray Boan, II, 22, of
Sally Hill Road, Timmonsville,
was
charged
with
M a n u f a c t u r i n g
Methamphetamine, Possession
of Methamphetamine and
Disposal of Methamphetamine
Waste.
Michael Christopher Owens,
31 of Little Creek Road,
Hartsville man arrested for
stabbing hospital security guard
A security guard at Carolina
Pines Regional Medical Center
is recovering
from injuries
incurred after
being stabbed
by a Hartsville
man
last
M o n d a y,
January 11.
D a v i d
Loren Garrity,
21, of 1433 David Loren
Bay Road in Garrity
Hartsville has
been charged with attempted
murder and possession of a
weapon during a violent crime.
Garrity was booked at 12:50
p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 13,
after evaluation at a mental
health facility.
According to a press release
Ricky Locklair, Jr. wins New Year’s BASH
at Dillon Motor Speedway
from the City of Hartsville, a
Darlington County Sheriff’s
Office deputy delivered the
suspect, who had been placed
under emergency protective
custody, to the hospital for an
evaluation at approximately 4
p.m. and remained present
while this process was being
completed. The deputy left
after it was indicated the
patient would need additional
care.
At 6:41 p.m., Hartsville
Police responded to a reported assault at the hospital in
which the suspect stabbed a
hospital security guard several times. Hartsville Police officers took custody of the suspect, who was being controlled by hospital staff members.
Johnny Ray
Boan, II
Effingham, was charged with
Conspiracy
to
Manufacture
Methamphetamine
and
Possession
of
Methamphetamine.
Darlington’s Ricky Locklair
Jr. out ran 47 drivers to win the
Mid Atlantic Street Stock’s
(MASS) 6th annual New Year’s
BASH at Dillon Motor
Speedway on Sunday, January
10, 2016.
The race was originally
scheduled to be completed on
Saturday, but Mother Nature
had other plans. After 14 laps
into the Street Stock feature,
the rains
came,
and
the event
was
reschedule
for 1 p.m. on
Sunday.
Locklair Jr. who won the
prestigious event for the first
time was also last year’s Street
Stock track champion at Dillon
Motor Speedway. On Sunday,
he held off the 2015 MASS
champion, Sonny Schoffen for
the victory. Jeff Melton
Finished third, followed by
Cooper Faassen. Two-time
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PAGE 6A | WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20, 2016
Darlington uses fourth quarter run to beat Hartsville
By Drake Horton
Contributing Writer
It was the Darlington
Falcons second straight game
without Frankie Johnson and
for the second straight time
nothing really changed as the
Falcons used a strong fourth
quarter to defeat the Hartsville
Red Foxes 59-44 on Friday.
It was not as easy as the
score indicated, however, as
Hartsville gave Falcons everything and then some even if it
was
self-inflicted
with
Darlington’s 18 turnovers and
17-29 on free throws.
“We just didn’t make free
throws down the stretch,”
Darlington boys head coach
Ken Howle said on his team’s
struggles against Hartsville.
“That was really a struggle for
us in the first half.”
Up by seven at the end of the
first quarter, Darlington let
Hartsville back into game and
the Red Foxes took a one-point,
20-19 lead into the locker room
at the half.
“At halftime we talked about
dealing with adversity- and we
can feel sorry for ourselves all
we want to, but we just have to
make
free
throws
and
rebound,” Howle said, explain-
ing what he talked to his team
about during halftime.
The lead did not last long as
both teams battled in the third
quarter, basically matching
basket for basket until
Darlington went on a 10-2 run
and finished the quarter with a
35-31 lead.
“I’m just real proud of the
way the guys responded,”
Howle said on how he liked
how his bounced back from a
poor first half. “At halftime it
was a beaten team it looked
like because I felt like we had so
many opportunities in the first
half to push out the lead and
we felt like if we got up on them
Hartsville would try to start
doing too much, pressing a little bit.”
The Falcons showed off their
experience and more importantly their talent in the fourth
and final period finishing the
game on a 15-3 run, ruining
any chance of Hartsville pulling
the upset.
Darlington did not get the
production from some of its
players that it did in the previous game, but while others
were quiet, Jalian Smith, the 65 sophomore, showed what he
is capable of doing, scoring 14
points while snagging 10
rebounds.
“I was just doing what I’ve
been doing in practice and did
it in the game,” Smith said on
his performance. “It was
matchup and practice; I’ve
played them before, and I did
the same thing before.”
Marquis Green led the
Falcons once again in scoring
with 15 points, but it was a very
quiet 15 as Green failed to hit
any from outside the arch.
Tyriq Smith added 13 points for
the Falcons, but Howle was
impressed with Smith and
sophomore Montrell Timmons.
“Everybody stepped up,
Montrell did a really good job,
he’s up from the JV,” Howle
said on how the team performed. “Jalian was huge for
us, if we can get that effort
from him every game that
would be good.”
As Frankie’s hand continues
to heal Darlington is continuing
to find ways to win and that is
helping build the confidence in
a team that already has plenty
of confidence and looks poised
for a run at the state championship.
Darlington is 16-2 overall,
and 3-0 in the region.
Sa’Von Williams goes around the Hartsville defender to get to the basket.
Lady Falcons almost scores first region victory,
come up short in overtime
By Drake Horton
Contributing Writer
There just was not quite
enough gas in the tank.
In what may have been one
the best games of the season for
the Darlington Lady Falcons, it
just did not have the finish that
every Falcon fan wanted as the
Manning Lady Monarchs came
out victorious, winning 66-63 in
overtime.
“They hustled, I felt like they
put it out there,” Darlington girls
head coach Frances Fields said
on her team’s effort. “Now the
lesson is learning how to keep
control, keep fighting.”
Down 43-31 in the third quarter, the Lady Falcons went on a
13-0 run that ran into the fourth
quarter, giving Darlington a 4443 lead at the 4:51 mark in the
fourth quarter.
It was not just the Lady
Falcons offense doing work
though; Darlington’s defense
was just as impressive during
that second half run, holding
Manning scoreless in the fourth
quarter until the 4:21 mark. By
then, though, it had become a
game and Darlington had every
intention of getting its first
region win of the year against
the Lady Monarchs.
Deja Turner pushes ball up court against Manning Lady Monarchs.
After going back and forth
with each other for the final four
minutes of the game, Manning
held a two-point lead with just
six seconds left in the game, but
the Lady Falcons were not to be
deterred. Instead, senior Deja
Turner took control getting
fouled and hitting both of her
free throws with just 5.2 seconds
left to tie the game at 53, sending the game to overtime.
“I knew that we had been
working hard and I had to bring
my team up,” Turner said, going
back to what was going through
her head during that pressure
pack situation. “Being the starting point guard, that’s my job, so
I had to make sure I did that.”
Overtime started off as a back
and forth contest as both teams
traded baskets, but with
Darlington up 60-57, the Lady
Monarchs went on a 9-0 run and
it was just too much for the Lady
Falcons to overcome.
Helping Darlington get back
in the game and be able to compete was NyAsia Taylor, who led
the Lady Falcons in scoring with
21 and LaDaysha Bonaparte,
who was second in scoring with
17.
“I think me and my teammates pushed through even
though the score was getting
more and more, all of us worked
together to do our best,” Taylor
said on the effort not only from
her, but from the rest of the
team. “I think we did a good job
tonight actually.”
Still despite the loss, the
game showed the continued
growth of the Lady Falcons basketball under Fields as head
coach. When she took over the
job one of the major goals she
wanted to do was change the
culture and instill the desire to
keep competing no matter the
score or situation.
“They wanted to win,”
Fields said on what is leading
her to believe that the culture is
changing. “I think that is what
has been the missing point so
far is to actually want to win
and you actually seen that
tonight, they didn’t give up.”
This game was a prime
example of that teaching being
put into effect.
Lady Falcons’ comeback comes up short, Hartsville holds on
By Drake Horton
Contributing Writer
It was almost the perfect ending; a comeback for the ages
against one of its most bitter
rivals on their home court.
Unfortunately, most of the time
perfect endings are for
Hollywood, and this game was
played in Hartsville.
Down by as much 16 points
including scoring just three
points in the second quarter it
looked like the Hartsville Lady
Red Foxes were about to run the
Darlington Lady Falcons right
out of Hartsville and right back
to Darlington.
That turned out to not quite
be the story. Instead, Darlington
head coach Frances Fields and
her Lady Falcons flipped a switch
starting in the third quarter,
outscoring the Lady Red Foxes
20-9 including a 12-3 run to end
the quarter.
Once the fourth quarter started, momentum had already been
swung in Darlington’s favor and
it looked like what was once
looking to be a promising night
for the Lady Red Foxes was going
to turn into a night of upsets.
“They fought hard,” Fields
said after the game. “I thought
they did well, honestly, they
pushed it when they needed to.
It’s like I was saying last game, it’s
a point of finishing and that’s
what we have to get to next.”
Darlington and Hartsville battled back and forth in the final
period; with less than two minutes to go in the game the
unthinkable happened- and the
Lady Falcons tied the game at 46,
the first time since the first quar-
ter.
That tie was short lived
though as Hartsville responded,
draining a three-pointer from the
right wing with 1:27 left in the
game. That shot sparked a 9-0
run in less than 30 seconds, ending any chance of a Darlington
upset and sealing a 57-49
Hartsville victory on Friday
night.
“When Brittany Sutton hit
that three-pointer I called a timeout I knew that I had to call a
timeout to get my team together,” Hartsville girls head coach
Tammy Gibson said, speaking of
that final run in the fourth. “I
knew I had to get my girls
focused because I wanted more
defensive pressure.”
Once again, as it was versus
Manning in the previous game,
Darlington fell behind only to
show major grit and heart by
coming back and putting itself in
position to win the game. And
just like the game against
Manning, the team was not able
to finish the deal.
“They wanted to win, they
fought, now we have to learn
how to finish,” Fields said on her
team. “I believe they are learning
how to fight and now they’re
learning how to want to win.
That was one of the obstacles
that we had to overcome over the
break and throughout this whole
year.”
Instead of snatching up the
first region win of the year, the
Lady Falcons must now lick their
wounds and rebound, knowing
that in three region games this
season they could be 3-0 instead
of 0-3.
It might look discouraging
now, but the Lady Falcons are
improving in each and every
game under Fields and a potential playoff berth is not out of the
question based on the effort seen
in the last few games.
Deja Turner was Darlington’s
leading scorer with 14 points,
while both Hope Richardson and
LaDaysha Bonaparte finished
with 10 points. Richardson had
12 rebounds to go along with her
points while Bonaparte had
seven to go along with her
points.
Darlington is 3-8 overall, 0-3
in the region.˚
PHOTO BY DRAKE HORTON
Minus Frankie,
Darlington still cruises
past Manning
By Drake Horton
Contributing Writer
In its first home game of
the New Year, there was a big
first for the Darlington
Falcons. For the first time in
five years the Falcons took the
court
without
Frankie
Johnson and while there were
some differences, there was
still that glaring similarity;
Darlington won.
was
different,”
“It
Darlington boys head coach
Ken Howle said, describing
what it was like to play a game
without Frankie and how his
team responded. “I’m proud of
our guys though.”
Darlington squared off
against
the
Manning
Monarchs
on
Tuesday,
January 12 in front of home
crowd who had not seen their
Falcons play at home since
December 15 when the
Falcons took on the Lamar
Silver Foxes and delivered
with an impressive 69-53 victory.
With Frankie sidelined with
a broken hand, Darlington
spread the wealth amongst its
entire roster showing the rest
of the state that this is not just
a one man show, but a complete team that is more than
capable of not only competing
for the 3A state championship,
but winning it.
Marquis Green, who for
the last three years has
burned so many teams with
his quickness and sharpshooting talents, led the
Falcons in scoring with 17
points
while
Donavan
Johnson, who might be one
of the best stretch forwards in
the state, showed off his ability to play in the paint all
while shooting the threepointer like we know he can.
“All of us had to step up
since we were down a player,” Donavan, who was second in scoring with 12 points,
said. “Coach said everybody
had to contribute, just get a
little piece of what he does,
so I had to step in and take
that role.”
The bigger surprise for
Darlington against Manning
was how the Falcons controlled the paint down in the
low post.
It is not that Darlington is
weak down low; it is just that
for the last two years that has
not been the Falcons game.
Starting last year, the
Falcons began living and
dying by the three and rode
that philosophy all the way to
the lower-state championship
and with everybody returning Darlington has been right
back at it this season.
But with Frankie out and
obviously something that was
noticed on film by the coaches, Darlington attacked down
low and was successful on
multiple occasions as Isaac
Simmons finished the night
third in scoring with 11
points while Sa’von Williams
led the team in rebounds
with 14.
“Sa’von was a beast on the
boards,” Howle said, giving
his junior forward props on
his dominance on the glass
against the Monarchs
Darlington’s lead grew at
the end of each quarter as the
Falcons were up by eight
points after the first, 10 after
the second, 11 after the third
and 16 at the end of the
game.
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PETS Of THE WEEk
operas of Mozart and
Benjamin Britten. His specialization is the vocal music of
Benjamin Britten. He last performed in Hartsville as part of
the Benjamin Britten Festival
in 2013 and will be accompanied by pianist Catherine
Garner. Admission is $25 for
adults and free for students
under 18 or with a Coker ID.
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Poor Freya had it all- a home, a family, and all the
attention she could ask for, but after unexpected
events she was tearfully brought to the shelter. She
doesn't understand why she's here. She had always
been a good girl- always listened, didn’t potty in the
house, and got along with everyone. She is such a
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Darlington Rec.
Dept. Trip: Tanger
Outlets
Join the Darlington Area
Recreation Department as they
attend at trip to Tanger Outlets
in Myrtle Beach on Friday,
January 29. Leave at 9 a.m.,
return at 5 p.m. Cost: $7.00
Contact Rec. Dept. for more
information and to register:
843-398-4030.
The Darlington County Humane Society is located 0.5 miles
from Darlington Raceway off Highway 151 in Darlington.
Have you lost or found a pet?
If you have lost or found a pet, go online to www.darlingtonhumane.org and click on the
link Lost/ Found Pets. You will be directed to the www.thelostpets.com Web site where
you can register your missing pet.
You will be able to provide a detailed description of your missing pet, as well as attach a photo.
Upon registering your lost pet, an e-mail alert will be sent to the Darlington Shelter’s e-mail
address. This will allow the Shelter staff to recognize your lost pet should it arrive at the facility.
Area Happenings
Weekly Events
Story Time at the
Library
Darlington: Thursdays at 10
a.m. Info: 398-4940 ext. 305.
Hartsville: Tuesdays at 10
a.m. Info: 332-5115 ext. 7.
Society Hill: Thursdays at
11:00 a.m. Info: 378-0026
Lamar: Thursdays at 11:30
a.m. Info: 326-5524
Library Youth
Programs:
Darlington Tuesdays at 4:00
p.m.
Lamar Family Movie Day:
Tuesdays 4:00 p.m.; Youth
Program: Thursday at 4:00
p.m.
Crochet & Knit Club
at the Library
Lamar: each Monday at
4:30 p.m. 326-5524
Society Hill: each Friday
from 2-4 pm 378-0026
Darlington: 2nd Friday of
the month 10 a.m. - noon 3984940
Hartsville: “The Stitchers”
group meets the 1st & 3rd
Mondays and 2nd & 4th
Thursdays at 5 pm.
Pee Dee SCORE
Pee Dee SCORE (Service
Corps of Retired Executives)
offers Free confidential counseling to America's small business, serving Darlington,
Florence and surrounding
areas. Existing and start-up
businesses can schedule an
appointment by calling the
Hartsville Chamber of
Commerce at 843-332-6401.
Alcoholics
Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous will
hold an open meeting of big
book and traditions studies
weekly at 8 p.m. Monday
nights at Trinity UMC on Pearl
Street. Use Orange Street
entrance. Info: 843-395-6897.
AA meets at at the
Hartsville AA Hut, 310 S.
McFarland Street: 12 noon and
6 p.m. Monday/Wednesday;
12 noon and 8 p.m. Tuesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday;
and 8pm Sunday.
Al-Anon Meetings
Al-Anon is a fellowship of
adult relatives and friends of
alcoholics for mutual support.
Visitors are welcome.
Childcare is not available. AlAnon meetings:
Thursday evenings at 6 p.m.
at St. Luke UMC Parlor, 302
Dunlap Dr., Hartsville. Info:
843-992-2981.
Thursdays at 8p.m at the
Hartsville AA Hut, 310 S.
McFarland Street.
8:00 a.m. in the Executive
meeting room 271 of the SiMT
building at FlorenceDarlington Technical College.
Darlington
Professional Women
Darlington Professional
Women (DPW) will meet on
January 21, and the 3rd
Wednesday of each month at
noon at the Darlington
Country Club. DPW is an association for local businesswomen to share lunch, enjoy a
presentation, and network.
Relay For Life
Volunteer Meeting
The American Cancer
Society Relay For Life will officially kick off its 2016 season.
Relay For Life is the American
Cancer Society's signature
fundraising event that brings
communities together in the
Fight Against cancer. Relay For
Life of Darlington County at
Carolina Pines Regional
Medical Center, Hartsville
(Education Room) on January
21, 2016 – 6 p.m. Contact
Chinel Boateng, Community
Manager, Relay For Life 843245-8538 or visit: www.relayforlife.org.
The Hartsville
ShopHop
The Hartsville ShopHop
presented by B.A. Ferguson
Guitars will be held Saturday,
January 23 from 5 p.m. to 8
p.m. Enjoy great music including singer songwriters,
acoustic pop punk bands, and
pop rock from all around the
country and our local areas.
Admission is FREE. Three venues: Burry Bookstore Stage,
Crema Coffee Bar Stage, and
Frets & Necks Stage.
Performers: Keegan Johnson,
Tyler Cook, Jake Westerbeck,
The Oh Whales, Southview,
and Youth Model.
Darlington Soil &
Water Conservation
District Board
The Darlington Soil &
Water Conservation District
Board will meet January 25 at
7:00 p.m., the fourth Monday
of the month in the Clemson
Extension Kitchen at 300
Russell Street, Room 207,
Darlington. Open to the public.
Dancing with the
Stars of Darlington
County
Info: 843-393-0483.
DCDSNB Board of
Directors
Darlington County
Disabilities and Special Needs
Board of Directors will meet
January 26, the last Tuesday of
each month (except Dec.) at
the Scott Center in Hartsville
at 5:30 p.m. The public is
always welcome. The
Darlington County Disabilities
and Special Needs Board is
located at: 201 N. Damascus
Church Rd. Hartsville. For
more info: 843-332-7252
www.dcdsnb.org
Writing Workshops
at the Library
Library System will offer five
introductory writing workshops to be taught by C. Hope
Clark, a freelance writer,
author of the “Carolina Slade”
and “Edisto Island” mystery
series, and editor of a weekly
newsletter service that reaches
40,000+ writers. The five
workshops will be held at the
Darlington Branch on the
fourth Tuesday of every month
at 6:30 p.m. beginning
January 26th.
#1. “The Habits of a
Successful Writer.” January
26th. In this workshop, you
will discover the pleasure of
writing, learn to plan a daily
schedule to fulfill your personal writing goals, see how writing can be done in small
chunks of time as individual
tasks, and recognize how reading is a necessary tool to being
a writer.
For more information, call
or visit the Library’s branches
or visit our website at
www.darlington-lib.org.
The 2nd Dancing with the
Stars of Darlington County
fundraising event for Pee Dee
Coalition Pee Dee Coalition
Against Domestic and Sexual
Assault will be held on
Thursday, January 28 at 7:30
p.m. at the Center Theater in
Hartsville, 212 N 5th Street.
The 13 dance team pairs are
comprised of a local celebrity
paired with a professional
dancer tol compete for the
winner of the event, and the
People’s Choice Award winner
from votes purchased by fans
before and during the event.
Vote for your favorite couple at
the DWTS website www.darlingtoncountydancingwiththestars.com.
Tickets are $45 at Burry
Bookstore and Carolina Bank
in Hartsville. NO tickets will be
sold at the door!
The event is a major
fundraising effort to raise
money for Pee Dee Coalition to
assist victims of domestic
abuse and sexual assault.
Darlington County
Council Meeting
Council meets on Monday,
February 1, and the first
Monday of each month at 6:00
p.m., at the Courthouse
Annex/EMS Building, 1625
Harry Byrd Highway (Highway
151), Darlington, SC. The
Council encourages citizen
participation and provides an
opportunity for citizens to
present their concerns at the
beginning of each regular
meeting. Those wishing to
make a presentation should
contact the Clerk to Council at
843-398-4100 or [email protected].
FEB. 3 - 9
Chamber Annual
Awards Banquet &
Celebration
JAN. 27 - FEB. 2
Tenor Recital with
Ron Brendel at
Watson Theater
The Hartsville-Coker
Concert Associations third
concert will be a tenor recital
with Ron Brendel on Thursday
January 28 at 7:30pm at the
Watson Theater in Coker
Colleges Elizabeth Boatwright
Coker Performing Arts Center,
300 East College Ave.,
Hartsville. As an opera singer
Brendel shines brightest in the
The Greater Darlington
Chamber of Commerce presents The Annual Awards
Banquet & Celebration at the
Darlington Country Club on
Thursday, February 4. The
evening will begin with a
social at 6:30 p.m.; dinner at 7
p.m., and awards program
begins at 7:30 p.m. The
Chamber is currently accepting
applications for the following
awards: Life Time
Achievement - Citizen of the
Year - Community Pride -
Family Game Night
at Burry Bookstore
On Feb. 4th Burry
Bookstore will be hosting a
game night of spectacular proportions. Fun for everyone
including kids. Many games to
play, including 4 large TVs
with Mario Kart, Super Smash
Brothers, Wii Sports, and
Dance Dance Revolution, oversized Jenga and more! Pizza
will be available for purchase
as well as refreshments.
Raffle tickets will be available and tickets will be drawn
at 8 p.m. There is a $10 or
more suggested donation.
Proceeds go to help the wonderful families at First Steps of
Darlington County. Burry
Bookstore is located at 130 W.
Carolina Ave. in Hartsville. For
more information call: 843332-2511/.
Bluegrass Concert
Come listen to great bluegrass music on Saturday,
February 6, at 4:00 p.m.! The
Southeastern Bluegrass
Association of South Carolina
will hold monthly concerts on
the first Saturday of every
month at The Darlington
Music Hall, 1931 Harry Byrd
Highway, Darlington. Doors
open at 4 p.m. for jamming,
socializing, and open mic.
Info: www.sebga.org.
Lamar Town Council
Lamar Town Council will
meet Monday, February 8th, at
5 p.m. the second Monday of
the month at town hall.
School Board
School District Board of
Education will meet February
8th at 6 p.m. the second
Monday of the month in the
board/community conference
room at the Darlington County
School District Administrative
Annex I in Darlington.
Hartsville City
Council Meeting
City Council holds their regular council meeting on
February 9th on the second
Tuesday of each month at 6
p.m. in Council Chambers,
found on the first floor of City
Hall, 100 E. Carolina Ave.
Notification of special meetings is provided at least 24
hours in advance, and agendas
are posted in the alcove outside of Council Chambers.
Work sessions are held the
first Tuesday of each month at
6 p.m. in Council Chambers.
No action is taken at work sessions.
Darlington City
Council Meeting
The Darlington City Council
will hold their monthly meeting on February 9, and the
first Tuesday of each month at
7:00 p.m. in the City of
Darlington Council Chambers
at City Hall, located at 400
Pearl Street.
(Note date change: Normal
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9 due to the MASC Legislative
Action Day and council member training.)
Society Hill Town
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The Society Hill Town
Council will hold their monthly meeting on February 9th
and the second Tuesday of
each month. All monthly meetings will be held at 6:30 p.m.
at Town Hall of Society Hill
280 South Main Street.
Darlington Branch
NAACP
The Darlington Branch
NAACP meets February 9th
and on the second Tuesday
every month, 7:00 p.m. at 109
Pearl Street. New members are
always welcomed. For more
information contact President
Anthony Hall at 843-229-1274
or email to
[email protected].
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Daddy & Daughter
Dance
The Darlington Area
Recreation Department will be
hosting it's Annual
Daddy/Daughter Dance on
February 11 from 6 – 8 p.m.
The cost for this event is $25
per couple $10 for each additional date. Dinner will be
served and a free picture will
be taken. For more information contact Crystal Gibson at:
843-398-4030.
American Legion
Post 13
American Legion Post 13 of
Darlington meets February 11,
the second Thursday of each
month at the Post on Harry
Byrd Highway next to the
South Carolina National Guard
Armory. A meal is served at
6:00 p.m. with a monthly
meeting that follows. The
nation's largest Veterans
organization invites its members, eligible Veterans, and
active National Guard/Reserve
personnel to attend.
Darlington Rec.
Dept. Trip: Love
Letters
Join the Darlington Area
Recreation Department as they
attend at trip to watch Love
Letters at the Theater of the
Republic in Conway on Friday,
February 12. Time TBA. Price
is $25.00. Contact Rec. Dept.
for more information and to
register: 843-398-4030.
Hartsville Farmer’s
Market
The Hartsville Farmer’s
Market is February 13, second
Saturday of each month, 9
a.m.-1 p.m. on East Carolina
Avenue. The market is a juried
show featuring locally sourced
produce as well as unique,
handmade and homemade
quality products made by local
artists, chefs and farmers. For
more information about
becoming a vendor, visit
www.mainstreethartsville.org
or call Suzy Moyd at 843-3833015.
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JANUARY 20, 2016 | PAGE 1B
Henry Curry with some of the ingredients and tools he uses to craft unique homebrewed beers.
Homebrewing
taps into
creativity
By Samantha Lyles
Staff Writer
[email protected]
f you've checked out the
beer cooler at your
neighborhood grocery
store, convenience store, or
ABC market lately, you've
probably noticed the growing
array of craft beers – often
independent brewers or small
offshoot brands specializing in
flavors ranging from peach to
root beer to holiday spice
blends. But the trend toward
peculiar potables isn't confined
to the professional brewing circuit; men and women all
across America are discovering
that making beer in one's own
kitchen is a fairly easy and fun
activity, with plenty of room
for experimentation.
“Beer is actually a simple
recipe; you have malt to get
the sugar, hops bring a bitterness to counterbalance that
sweetness, then yeast con-
I
verts the sugars to alcohol,
and there's water. So beer is
really only four ingredients,
but it's how you play around
with all those ratios that give
a beer its unique flavor,” says
Henry Curry, a Hartsville
homebrewer who now brings
his culinary skills to bear on
beer.
Mixing traditional southern dishes with flair from his
Philippine heritage, Curry
says he's always enjoyed
cooking, and his inventive
nature has allowed him to
branch out from food to
homebrewing with some
interesting results. But first,
like most newbies, he had to
learn the basics of manipulating those four key beer ingredients.
Malt is toasted barley that
is allowed to germinate until
sugar is released in the seed.
Roasting kills the germination process and halts the
sweetening process. Malt is
Homebrewed craft beers can vary in color and flavor from dark, chocolaty stouts to crisp pale ales.
available in powder, liquid,
and grain form and the
strength can be adjusted by
how much you add or – in the
case of grains – how long you
allow them to steep. As with
tea, a longer steep in hot
water (about 180 degrees
Fahrenheit) will yield a
stronger malt flavor.
“Depending on how dark
you toast the malt, that dictates the color and flavor of
the beer. The darker the malt,
the darker the beer will be.
Most dark malts will either
have a chocolate or coffee flavor,” says Curry.
The malt-steeped water is
then mixed with hops and
cooked for about an hour.
Those bittering hops add a
character all their own, with
flavor profiles and aromas ranging from citrus to floral
to black pepper - specific to
each hop varietal. Beer
drinkers fond of deep, layered
bitterness often enjoy brews
that go heavy on the hops,
like an IPA (India Pale Ale).
American beers are generally either lagers or ales, with
lagers brewed over several
weeks at steady cold temps
and ales made at room temperature, fermenting gently
with the addition of brewer's
yeast. Most homebrewed
beers are ales, because the
brewing process is considerably simpler and requires less
equipment.
“For ales, you just boil the
ingredients into a mix called
wort, and let the wort sit in a
carboy (a glass jug holding
from one to six gallons) at
room temperature and ferment. A three-gallon batch
usually takes from three to
seven days to ferment,” says
Curry.
Ambient temperature plays
a part in the speed of fermentation; warmer temps rush
the process along, while cool
weather drags it out a few
more days. As the yeast works
its magic, the wort mixture
bubbles and burps out carbon
dioxide through an airlock
tube in the bottleneck, which
also serves to prevent bacterial intrusion.
“If you have a beer with a
high bitter or sour flavor,
either it's bad or you may have
some bacteria. And beer and
bacteria don't mix,” says Curry.
Sanitizing agents and good
cleaning practices are a must
for homebrewers since live
cultures are involved in the
fermentation process. Lax
cleanliness can lead to yucky
beer and unhappy returns for
all those who consume it.
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Grow your own beer garden
Dedicated homebrewers and owners of
small craft breweries can be obsessive about
ingredient quality, even to the point of growing their own hops, grains, fruits, and herbs to
be used in brewing – call it a “farm to bottle”
movement.
Hops grow really well in the sunny southeast. In fact, some of the earliest American
colonists in the Virginia region grew their
own hops and malt for ale. Hop plants, or
Humulus lupulus, are hardy climbing vines
that can grow up to one foot per day, with
large plants sometimes topping twenty-five
feet. They grow well on trellises or poles, and
can easily cover the side of a house if given a
simple support grid.
The best sites for hop growing provide
upwards of fifteen hours of sunlight during
the summer growing season, offer welldrained soil and good air circulation. Hops
are hungry plants, requiring lots of nitrogen,
phosphorous, and potassium to stay healthy.
Hops
Sorghum
Amaranth
Harvesting season is mid-August through
September, depending on location, and freshly picked hop cones must be thoroughly dried
and packaged in airtight containers to preserve their best flavor.
Hop plants are perennial and live from 10
to 25 years, with crowns dying back each fall.
Commercially available hops are all female,
and are usually established by planting cut-
tings or rhizomes. Hop cones have oil glands
that contain alpha and beta acids, and essential oils that were once used as a mild sedative
Grains are a pretty ambitious project for a
homebrewer's garden, but small patches of
sorghum or amaranth can provide the necessary malt while adding visual appeal with
their colorful seed heads. About 800 square
feet of grain can yield a bushel, which is
enough to brew at least 25 gallons of beer.
Herb gardens require minimal investment
and space, and can provide brewers with
fresh flavors to spice up their brews. Fruit
trees and berry bushes are also popular garden additions that broaden a brewer's potential output, with crisp citrus beers and sweet
berry flavors gaining popularity among beer
drinkers.
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Clemson expands popular
Home and Garden Information Center
By Scott Miller
Public Service Activities
Engagement Boyd – Hollifield
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Boyd, Jr. of Hartsville, South Carolina
are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss
Kerrie Aislinn Boyd, to Mr. Zachary Travis Hollifield, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Travis V. Hollyfield, of Charleston, South Carolina.
Kerrie is a graduate of Clemson University with a B.S. Degree
in Food Science and Human Nutrition, with a concentration in
Dietetics, and is completing a Dietetic Internship in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Zachary is a graduate of Clemson University with a B.S.
Degree in Civil Engineering and is employed by S. J. Hamill
Construction Company in Charleston, South Carolina.
A July wedding is planned.
The Home and Garden
Information Center, a service
of
Clemson
University
Cooperative Extension, has
extended its hours and added
staff to answer more of South
Carolinians’ questions about
landscaping, gardening, plant
health, household pests, food
safety and nutrition.
HGIC staff can now take
phone calls from 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Monday through Friday,
more than doubling the number of hours experts can take
calls daily. The center’s website
also includes valuable fact
sheets on insects, diseases,
water quality, food safety, gardening and other topics, as well
as timely information about
food recalls, weather conditions, hurricane safety preparedness tips and other topics.
The addition of two staff
members will help the center
update and add more fact
sheets to the website, said
Millie Davenport, HGIC director and Extension horticulture
agent.
The toll-free HGIC phone
line at 888-656-9988 receives
more than 13,000 calls annually. South Carolina residents
also can email [email protected] with questions.
“That’s why we are expanding, to meet that demand. We
were just not able to touch all
of those people with limited
phone hours,” she said.
HGIC has hired LayLa
Burgess and Barbara Smith.
Burgess is a forestry expert
with a bachelor’s degree in
plant sciences from the College
of Charleston and master’s
degrees in botany and forest
resources from Clemson. She
formerly managed Clemson
University’s Hemlock Woolly
Adelgid/Predatory
Beetle
Rearing Laboratory. It is funded through the Initiative on
Biological Control against
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, a
project of Forest Health
Protection-USDA
Forest
Service.
Extending the popular
HGIC is part of Clemson
Extension’s newly adopted
five-year strategic plan to
improve service to South
Carolina communities.
Visit the website at:
www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/
Local Girl Scout aids in Sea Turtle Conservation in Costa Rica
Kierra McCall, a 13–yearold Girl Scout from Darlington
and member of the Girl Scouts
of Eastern South Carolina
completed Outward Bound
Costa Rica’s Sea Turtle Retreat
Destination. On this 10-day
course, she volunteered in
Costa Rica in conservation
efforts to protect endangered
sea turtles and pushed her
limits with unique adventure
activities in the outdoors.
“It is a very unique experience,” said Kierra. “I feel I will
be more open to new and
unique experiences.”
On the shores of Playa
Ostional, a beach on Costa
Rica’s Pacific Coast in the
Guanacaste Region, Kierra
and her fellow Girl Scouts participated in a multi-day service project focused on protecting the sea turtle population.
Ostional is one of the
world’s most important nest-
Kierra McCall
ing sites for Olive Ridley Sea
Turtles. During their time in
the area the group got the rare
opportunity to witness an
arribada, the mass nesting of
hundreds of sea turtles as they
lay their eggs.
Kierra and her group also
gave back to the local community by painting a community
center. The group learned
about Costa Rican culture first
hand while practicing their
Spanish and playing soccer
with children and families in
the region.
After returning to Outward
Bound’s rainforest base in
Costa Rica, the group stepped
out of their comfort zone on a
rainforest hike and toured
nearby volcano Irazu and historic sites in Cartago. To finish
up their adventure, the group
ziplined
through
jungle
canopies and visited the
vibrant artisan market of San
Jose.
“Outward Bound Costa
Rica’s programs, like the one
Kierra participated in, create
environments that allow for
personal and leadership
development through challenges, group effort and
cross-cultural understanding,” said Jim Rowe, Executive
Director of Outward Bound
Costa Rica.
Since 2006, Outward
Bound Costa Rica has been
partnered with Girl Scouts of
the USA to offer unique and
exciting
Girl
Scouts
Destinations trips in Costa
Rica and Panama. These trips
provide young girls the opportunity to see the world, meet
fellow Girl Scouts from across
the nation and challenge
themselves through adventure in unfamiliar settings.
Across
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14. Fit
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16. A public place
where refreshments are grown
(2 wds)
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19. "The Joy Luck
Club" author
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Strauss waltz
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29. "Malcolm X"
director
30. "Lohengrin,"
e.g.
33. Bologna home
36. Spinal cord
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48. Surprised,
scared
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slobbers
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55. African antelope
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ancient Chinese
empire
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speak
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wound
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one
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34. ___-tac-toe
35. Literally, "for
this"
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or gallery
3. Attitude
46. One-dimen4. Bar order
sional
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47. Former stu6. Bankrolls
dents
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49. Vagabond
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50. Pigeon-___
9. Dead, as an
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engine
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mount
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surfing, rappelling, and scuba
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local families. For more information, visit www.outwardboundcostarica.org.
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The $100 gift cards were presented by Rock at the News and Press
office on Friday afternoon, January 8.
The DDRA plans to expand the #ShopDarlington challenge again
next year, where shoppers in Darlington submit five receipts from
local businesses with an entry card for the Christmas seasonThanksgiving to December 24. All of the entries were gathered and
three cards were pulled. This is the second year for the challenge.
Jeannette Yow receives her $100 gas card from Lisa Chalian-Rock,
executive director of the Darlington Downtown Revitalization
Association (DDRA).
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Left to right: Ronnie Smith, DDRA executive director Lisa ChalianRock, and Joey Blackwell.
In a funny twist of fate, these two gentlemen were both pulled from
the hat as winners …and they are father and son-in-law!
“My wife Marcie runs the B & B Antique Store, and Ronnie is her
father,” said Joey.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observances 2016
Above: Members of the St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church youth group participated in the MLK, Jr. Day of Service building a ramp for a disabled
woman in Darlington on Monday, January 18.
PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate
cannot drive out hate; only love
can do that."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Above: The DHS Gospel Choir and JROTC at the 30th Annual Darlington County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Celebration at St.
James United Methodist Church in Darlington on Monday, January 18.
MLK Jr. Walk for Unity in Downtown Hartsville
Community members joined together in solidarity on Sunday, January 17 to walk the four corners of Hartsville together - about a mile - as a fulfillment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream. The event was organized
by the OneHartsville group, which was formed to “cultivate authentic and diverse relationships within the Hartsville community”.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
All persons having claims
against the following estates
MUST file their claims on
#371ES with
the
Form
Probate Court of Darlington
County, the address of which is
Room 208 Courthouse, One
Public Square, Darlington, SC
29532,
within
eight(8)
months after the date of the
first publication of this Notice
to Creditors or within one (1)
year from date of death,
whichever is earlier (SCPC 623-801, et seq.), or such persons
shall be forever barred as to
their claims. All claims are
required to be presented in
written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES)
indicating the name and the
address of the claimant, the
basis of the claim, the amount
claimed, the date when the
claim will become due, the
nature of any uncertainty as to
the claim and a description of
any security as to the claim.
Estate: Eugene Bryant, Sr AKA
Eugene Bryant
Date of Death: 12/3/2015
Number:
Case
2015ES1600498
Personal
Representative:
Eugene Bryant, Jr
Address: 2167 Indian Branch
Road, Darlington, SC 29532
(25p3 leave in thru 1-20-16)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: Wade Leon Davis, Sr
Case
Number:
2015ES1600499
Personal Representative: Dora
Edell Davis
Address: 143 Gardner Drive,
Hartsville, SC 29550
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
#371ES with
the
Form
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: Mary W Blackmon
Case No: 2015ES1600488
Representative:
Personal
Debra Jean Catoe Crowley
1824
Patrick
Address:
Highway, Hartsville, SC 29550
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: Luther Gerry Howard, Jr
Case No: 2015ES1600497
Personal Representative: Joye
Newsome Howard
Address: 2329 W Old Camden
Road, Hartsville, SC 29550
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: Fredrick Gray
Case
Number:
2015ES1600364
Representative:
Personal
Kimberlyn Sheree West
Address: 104 Pepper Drive,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
#371ES with
the
Form
within
eight(8)
29532,
Timothy
Tyrone
Estate:
Edwards, Sr
Number:
Case
2014ES1600417
Personal
Representative:
Timothy Tyrone Edwards, Jr
Address: 1325 Flinns Road,
Co-Personal Representative:
Taketia Rosheen Edwards
Address: 2128 Flinns Road,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
#371ES with
the
Form
within
eight(8)
29532,
Estate: Elizabeth S Ervin
Case No: 2015ES1600493
Representative:
Personal
William C Ervin
Address: 200 Cashua Ferry
Road, Darlington, SC 29532
Attorney: Gena Phillips Ervin
Address: PO Box 2527,
Florence, SC 29503-2527
(25c3 leave in thru 1-20-16)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
#371ES with
the
Form
within
eight(8)
29532,
Estate:
Evelyn
Marshall
Blackman
Case No: 2016ES1600008
Personal Representative: Hal
Joe Blackman
Address: 1001 Nellie Street,
Florence, SC 29505
Attorney: Albert L James, III
Address: PO Box 507,
(26c3 leave in thru 1-27-16
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: Hartwell S. Jackson
Case No: 2016ES1600001
Personal Representative: Betty
Jackson
Address: 607 South Main
Street, Darlington, SC 29532
Attorney: John M Milling,
Esquire
Address: PO Drawer 519,
LEGAL NOTICES
(26p3 leave in thru 1-27-16
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: Elizabeth Ann Bryant
Number:
Case
2015ES1600227
Personal
Representative:
James M Bryant
Address: 174 Wilson Street,
Society Hill, SC 29593
Attorney: John M Ervin, III
Address: 50 Public Square,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
#371ES with
the
Form
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: Doris Jean C Fields
AKA Doris C Fields, Doris Jean
Copeland Fields
Case No: 2015ES1600500
Personal Representative: Jean
Fields Funderburk
Address: 1722 Stratford Circle,
Florence, SC 29505
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
#371ES with
the
Form
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: Lawrence James Purvis
Number:
Case
2016ES1600004
Representative:
Personal
Nancy P Purvis
Address: 106 Virginia Drive,
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
Notice is hereby given that
South of Pearl, LLC DBA South
of Pearl, intends to apply to the
South Carolina Department of
Revenue for a license/permit
that will allow the sale and on
premises consumption of Beer,
Wine and Liquor at 117
Edwards Avenue, Darlington,
SC 29532. To object to the
issuance
of
this
permit/license, written protest
must be postmarked no later
than January 29, 2016.
For a protest to be valid, it
must be in writing, and should
include the following information:
(1) The name, address and
telephone number of the person filing the protest;
(2) The specific reasons why
the application should be
denied;
(3) That the person protesting
is willing to attend a hearing
(if one is requested by the
applicant);
(4) That the person protesting
resides in the same county
where the proposed place of
business is located or within
five miles of the business; and,
(5) The name of the applicant
and the address of the premises to be licensed.
Protests must be mailed to:
S.C. Department of Revenue,
ABL SECTION, P.O. Box 125,
Columbia, South Carolina
29214-0907; or faxed to (803)
896-0110.
SUMMONS
(Claim and Delivery)
(Non-Jury)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF DARLINGTON
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS
Case No. 2015-CP-16-00624
Vanderbilt Mortgage and
Finance, Inc.
Plaintiff,
v.
Orema C. Kelly
Defendant(s).
TO THE DEFENDANT(S)
ABOVE-NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY required to
Answer the Complaint in this
action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, to serve
a copy of your answer to said
Complaint on the persons
whose names are subscribed
below at Post Office Box 4216,
Columbia, South Carolina
29240, within thirty (30) days
after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service
hereof, and if you fail to
answer the Complaint within
the time aforesaid, judgment
by default will be rendered
against you for the relief
demanded in the Complaint.
CRAWFORD & VON KELLER,
LLC
By:____________________
B. LINDSAY CRAWFORD, III
THEODORE VON KELLER
SARA C. HUTCHINS
Post Office Box 4216
Columbia, SC 29240
(803) 790-2626
Finance, Inc.
January 7, 2016
NOTICE OF FILING
COMPLAINT
PLEAS
C/A No.2015-CP-16-00624
Vanderbilt Mortgage
Finance
Plaintiff,
vs.
Orema C. Kelly
Defendants
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the original Complaint in
the above entitled action,
together with the Summons,
was filed in the Office of the
Clerk of Court for Darlington
County on August 13, 2015 at
4:04 p.m.
B. Lindsay Crawford, III
Theodore von Keller
Sara C. Hutchins
Crawford & von Keller, LLC
P.O. Box 4216, Columbia, SC
29240
803-790-2626
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Columbia, SC
January 7, 2016
SPECIAL REFEREE
NOTICE OF SALE
2012-CP-16-00641
BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of:
The Bank of New York Mellon
f/k/a The Bank of New York,
as successor-in-interest to
Chase
Bank,
JPMorgan
National Association f/k/a
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as
Trustee for Bear Stearns Asset
Backed Securities Trust 20031, Asset Backed Certificates,
Series 2003-1 vs. Jacqueline J.
Burns; Clyde Burns a/k/a
Clyde Burns, Jr., et. al., I, the
undersigned Robert E. Lee,
Special Referee for Darlington
County, will sell on February 1,
2016 at 11:00 a.m. at the
County Courthouse, One
29540, to the highest bidder:
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land lying and being
situate in the Antioch District,
lying northwest of Dovesville,
Darlington County, State of
South Carolina, and being
more particularly designated
as a portion of Tract 4E, as
shown on a plat of Jacqueline
J. Burns prepared by Prosser
Surveying Company, Inc.,
dated April 7, 1992, copy of
Said plat being recorded in the
Office of the Clerk of Court for
Darlington County in Plat
Book 141 at Page 39. Said plat
being incorporated herein and
made a part of this conveyance
by reference. Said portion of
Tract 4E is bounded and measures as follows:
North: By the remainder of Lot
4E for a distance of eighty and
50/100 (80.50) feet, more or
less;
East: By property now or formerly of George Benjamin for
a distance of three hundred
twenty and 90/100 (320.90)
feet, more or less:
South: By other property of
Corine P. Fountain for a distance of eighty and 50/100
(80.50) feet, more or less;
West: By Lot 4B as shown on
said plat for a distance of three
hundred twenty and 90/100
(320.90) feet, more or less.
This being the same property
conveyed to Jacqueline J.
Burns by Deed from Corline P.
Fountain recorded April 15,
1992 in Deed Book 19 at Page
73. Thereafter, Jacqueline J.
Burns conveyed the property
to Jacqueline J. Burns and
Clyde Burns by deed recorded
November 2, 1998 in Deed
Book 219 at Page 1.
LESS AND EXCEPT:
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land with any improvements thereon, and being situate in the Antioch District,
lying northwest of Dovesville,
Darlington County, State of
South Carolina and being
more particularly described as
Lot A containing 0.29 acres, as
shown on a plat prepared for
Johnathan Moses prepared by
Lind, Hicks & Associates
Surveyors, Inc., dated April 4,
2005, a copy of said plat
recorded in the Office of the
County in Plat Book 199 at
Page 57. Reference being had
to said plat for a more complete and accurate description.
This being the same property
conveyed to Johnathan Moses
by deed from Jacqueline J.
Burns and Clyde Burns recorded April 18, 2005 in Deed Book
1038 at Page 1706.
TMS No. 138-00-01-034
and
138-00-01(Land)
034.001 (Mobile Home)
Property address: 1325 Major
Drive, Hartsville, SC 295500000
TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the
Plaintiff, will deposit with the
Special Referee, at conclusion
of the bidding, five percent
(5%) of said bid is due and
payable immediately upon
closing of the bidding, in cash
or equivalent, as evidence of
good faith, same to be applied
to purchase price in case of
compliance, but to be forfeited
and applied first to costs and
then to Plaintiff's debt in the
case of non-compliance. In the
event of a third party bidder
and that any third party bidder
fails to deliver the required
deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with
the Office of the Special
Referee, said deposit being
due and payable immediately
upon closing of the bidding on
the day of sale, the Special
Referee will re-sell the subject
property at the most convenient time thereafter (including
the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.
Should the last and highest
bidder fail or refuse to comply
with the balance due of the bid
within 30 days, then the
Special Referee may re-sell the
property on the same terms
and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of
the said highest bidder).
Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the
bidding will remain open for a
period of thirty (30) days after
the sale date. The Plaintiff
may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale,
in which case the bidding will
not remain open after the date
of sale, but compliance with
the bid may be made immediately.
Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Special
Referee's Deed. The successful
bidder will be required to pay
interest on the balance of the
bid from the date of sale to
date of compliance with the
bid at the rate of 8.900% per
annum.
The Plaintiff may waive any of
its rights, including its right to
a deficiency judgment, prior to
sale.
The sale shall be subject to
taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions
of record.
This sale is subject to all title
matters of record and any
interested party should consider performing an independent
title examination of the subject
property as no warranty is
given.
The sale will not be held unless
either Plaintiff’s attorney or
Plaintiff’s bidding agent is
present at the sale and either
Plaintiff’s
attorney
or
Plaintiff’s bidding agent enters
the authorized bid of Plaintiff
for this captioned matter. In
the alternative, Plaintiff’s
counsel, if permitted by the
Court, may advise this Court
directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event
a sale is inadvertently held
without Plaintiff’s Counsel or
Counsel’s bidding agent entering the authorized bid of
Plaintiff for this specifically
captioned matter, the sale
shall be null and void and the
property shall be re-advertised
for sale on the next available
sale date.
Neither the Plaintiff nor its
counsel make representations
as to the integrity of the title or
the fair market value of the
property offered for sale. Prior
to bidding you may wish to
review the current state law or
seek the advice of any attorney
licensed in South Carolina.
Robert E. Lee
Special Referee for Darlington
County
Scott and Corley, P.A.
Attorney for Plaintiff
SUMMONS & NOTICE
PLEAS
C/A # 2015-CP-16-640
Medford Nursing Center, LLC,
Plaintiff,
v.
Kelly E. Wadford,
Defendant.
TO: THE DEFENDANT
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to
answer the Complaint in this
action, which is hereby served
upon you, and to serve a copy
of your Answer to the said
Complaint on the subscribers
at their address of 319 S. Irby
Street, Post Office Box 5478,
Florence, South Carolina,
29502-5478, within thirty
(30) days after the service
thereof; and if you fail to
answer the Complaint within
the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff
in this action will apply to the
Court for judgment by default
for the relief demanded in the
Complaint.
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE
NOTICE that the Summons
and Complaint, of which the
foregoing is a copy of the
Summons, were filed with the
County, South Carolina on
August 20, 2015.
TURNER PADGET GRAHAM
& LANEY P.A.
Jeffrey L. Payne, Esquire
Charles E. Ipock, Esquire
E-mail:
[email protected]
E-mail:[email protected]
P.O. Box 5478
Florence, South Carolina
29502
Telephone: (843) 662-9008
Fax: (843) 667-0828
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
Notice of Application
Walmart Stores East, LP – DBA
Walmart #7188 Fuel Station
intends to apply to the South
Carolina Department of
Revenue for a license/permit
that will allow the sale for off
premises consumption of
(beer, wine) at (1415 S. Main
St. Darlington, SC 29532). To
object to the issuance of this
permit/license written protest
than February 5, 2016.
For a protest to be valid it must
be in writing and should
(1) The name, address, and
(2) the specific reasons why
denied:
(3) that the person protesting
is willing to attend a hearing if
one is requested by the applicant
business is
is located or within five miles
of the business, and,
(5) the name of the applicant
Protest must be mailed to the
S.C. Department of Revenue
ATTN: ABL Section. P.O. Box
125 Columbia, SC 29214: or
faxed To: 803-896-0110
Notice of Application
Walmart Stores East, LP – DBA
Walmart #7188 intends to
apply to the South Carolina
Department of Revenue for a
license/permit that will allow
the sale for off premises consumption of (beer, wine) at
(251
Andover
Place.
Darlington, SC 29532). To
object to the issuance of this
permit/license written protest
than February 5, 2016.
For a protest to be valid it must
be in writing and should
(1) The name, address, and
(2) the specific reasons why
denied:
is willing to attend a hearing if
one is requested by the applicant
business is
is located or within five miles
of the business, and,
(5) the name of the applicant
Protest must be mailed to the
S.C. Department of Revenue
ATTN: ABL Section. P.O. Box
125 Columbia, SC 29214: or
faxed To: 803-896-0110
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
within
eight(8)
29532,
Estate: Margaret H Rhodes
AKA Sarah Margaret Rhodes
Case
Number:
2016ES1600018
Personal
Representative:
Margaret R Cheshire
Address: 811 Lawhon Drive,
Co-Personal Representative:
William Curtis Rhodes
Address: 200 N Damascus
Church Road, Hartsville, SC
29550
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: Carrie M Samuel
Case
Number:
2016ES1600015
Representative:
Personal
Richard A Samuel
Address: 2243 Inverness
Drive, Florence, SC 29505
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
#371ES with
the
Form
29532,
within
eight(8)
Estate: Lola Virginia Byrd
Ewing AKA Virginia B Ewing
AKA Virginia Byrd Ewing
Case
Number:
2016ES1600012
Personal
Representative:
Clarence R Ewing
Address: 1108 Hillcrest Road,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
Form
#371ES with
the
within
eight(8)
29532,
Carroll
James
Estate:
Hoffman, Jr
Case
Number:
2016ES1600019
Personal Representative: Jerry
Howle Hoffman
Address: 2017 Philadelphia
Street, Darlington, SC 29532
SUMMONS
IN THE PROBATE COURT
PROBATE NO.: 2015-ES16496
IN THE MATTER OF:
THE ESTATE OF ALAN
WADDY REESE, JR.
Hans W. Fiuczynski and
Andrea L. Fiuczynski as CoPersonal Representatives of
the Estate of Ruth L.
Fiuczynski
Petitioner,
Vs.
David M. Fiuczynski, Marc E.
Fiuczynski, The Estate of Alan
Waddy Reese, Jr., and John
Doe and Richard Roe as representatives of all persons
unknown claiming any right,
right, title or interest in the
matter described in the
Petition herein, including but
not limited to any unknown
heirs or unknown devisees of
Alan Waddy Reese, Jr. or any
unknown persons designated
as John Doe and any unknown
infants or persons under disability or persons in the military service designated in a
class as Richard Roe,
Respondents.
SUMMONS
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to
answer the Petition in this
action a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to
serve a copy of your Answer to
said Petition on the subscriber
at 504 South Coit Street, Post
Office Box 2527, Florence,
South Carolina 29503-2527,
within thirty (30) days from
the service hereof, exclusive of
the date of such service; and if
you fail to answer to the
Petition within the time aforesaid, the Petitioner in this
action will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the
Petition.
Gena Phillips Ervin
Attorney for Petitioner
NOTICE OF FILING
John Doe and Richard Roe as
Representatives of all persons
unknown and all persons or
entities unknown claiming any
right, title, or interest in the
matter described in the
Petition previously filed in this
matter.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that
the Petition in the above entitled action, together with a
Summons, of which the foregoing is a copy were filed in
the Office of the Probate Court
for Darlington County on
December 23, 2015.
Gena Phillips Ervin
Attorney for
Petitioner
ORDER
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED,
that the said Emily S. Jordan,
Esquire be and he is hereby
designated and appointed as
Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for
said
unnamed
minor
Respondents and for those
other Respondents under legal
disability, if any, herein collectively designated as John Doe
and Richard Roe and that she
is hereby authorized to appear
and defend such an action on
behalf of said Respondents,
unless
said
minor
or
other
Respondents,
Respondents under legal disability, if any, or either of them
shall, within thirty (30) days
after service of a copy of this
Order upon them exclusive of
the date of service, as herein
provided, procure to be
appointed a Guardian Ad
Litem Nisi for said minor
Respondents
or
other
Respondents under legal disability if any, for the purposes
of this action.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED,
that service in this matter be
made on the Respondents by
publishing copies of the
Summons, Notice of Filing
Petition, and this Order of
Publication and Appointment
of Guardian Ad Litem Nisi, in
the News and Press, a newspaper published in Darlington
County, South Carolina, once
a week for three (3) consecutive weeks.
Gena Phillips Ervin
Attorney for Petitioner
DARLINGTON COUNTY
COUNCIL
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
MARCH 7, 2016
6 P.M.
COURTHOUSE ANNEX/EMS
BUILDING
1625 HARRY BYRD HIGHWAY {HWY 151}
DARLINGTON, SC
843-398-4100
www.darcosc.com
there will be a Public Hearing
held before the Darlington
County Council on the date
and time above stated to
receive comments on the following proposed ordinances:
Ordinance No. 16-01, An
Ordinance To Amend And Up
Date Darlington County Code
Of Ordinances, Chapter 46
(Purchasing) And Establish
The Effective Date Of This
Ordinance
Ordinance No. 16-02, An
Ordinance To Create A
Separate Fund For Reporting
Capital Improvement Activity
Created By The Capital
Improvement Plan (CIP)
Anyone wishing to present an
opinion on these ordinances
may do so at this time.
Assistance will be provided to
accommodate the special
needs of handicapped persons
attending the meeting upon
request. Special assistance
requests should be made to J.
JaNet Bishop, Clerk to Council,
at 843-398-4100, ext. 1302,
seventy-two hours prior to the
scheduled public hearing.
Request for Proposal
Darlington County is requesting quotes for Stone (Various),
please check the county website for more information,
www.darcosc.com/departments/purchasing/index.php
DARLINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
324 Bacote Street, Darlington, SC 29532
The Housing Authority will be accepting
applications for four and five bed rooms
only applications will be taken every
Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 am
and from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. beginning
the 2nd week of January 2016.
Please provide dates of birth/SS numbers
on every member on application.
These applications are for public
housing only!
classifieds
NOON FRIDAY AD DEADLINE
Call 393-3811,fax 393-6811or e-mail
[email protected].
103-2 Third Street - 1 bedroom
fully
furnished
apartment,
power/water/DirectTV provided,
stove/refrigerator/washer/dryer/
microwave provided, move-in
ready,
$175.00/week,
$350.00/deposit, call 843-3938084.
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4 bedroom, 2 bath house, heating
and air, stove and refrigerator,
nice area to live in, nice front &
back yard, Call (843)393-7445.
No unknown phone calls please.
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APARTMENTS
FOR RENT
APARTMENTS - Available, 2BRs.
Call Timmons and White. 3935411.
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“Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them,”
according to author Margaret
Mitchell of “Gone with the
Wind” fame. Those visiting the
Darlington County Library
System in search of tax forms I
venture will agree with her.
Not only can it be inconvenient,
it can be downright difficult.
Today’s tax code comes in at a
hefty 7 million words. When
the income tax was instituted
in 1913 it contained only
11,400 words. By comparison,
more literate and moving literary works, such as the
Gettysburg address has only
269 words, the Declaration of
Independence is 1,337 words in
length, and the Bible has only
773,000 words. With such
complexity, it is no wonder
then that Herman Wouk,
author of “The Caine Mutiny,”
“The Winds of War,” and “War
and Remembrance,” noted,
“income tax returns are the
most imaginative fiction being
written today.”
The Federal tax law begins
with the Internal Revenue
Code (IRC. Title 26, U.S.
Code). This is followed by the
Federal tax regulations, the
official interpretation of the
IRC. Both are available at the
Library
online
at:
(www.ir s.gov/TaxP r o f e s s i o n a l s / Ta x - C o d e , Re g u l a t i o n s - a n d - O f f i c i a l Guidance). In an effort at full
disclosure, keep in mind the
IRS cautions that when using
this online resource it is not up
to date. The version available
online “is only current through
the 1st Session of the 112th
Congress convened in 2011.”
If this is not warning enough,
you are warned: “the IRC is
complex and its sections must
be read in the context of the
entire Code and the court
decisions that interpret it.”
Maybe this is why Albert
Einstein once said, “This is too
difficult for a mathematician.
It takes a philosopher. The
hardest thing in the world to
understand is the income tax.”
Every January, the Library
prepares to help those who
will call or visit us looking for
tax forms or guidance in how
to comply with the law. Some
of you may remember a time
when the Post Office was the
go to place for tax forms.
Public libraries took over the
service when the Post Office
dropped it. I can remember a
time when dozens of boxes of
both Federal and state tax
forms and instructions arrived
by tractor-trailer truck in late
December. Racks and tables
were set up to display the
forms and instructions after
the New Year’s holiday for our
customers’
convenience.
Those days are gone as tax
agencies shifted to providing
everything online which you
need to file your taxes electronically
through
the
Internet.
The IRS is no longer printing and mailing forms and
instructions like they once did.
South Carolina is no longer
shipping printed forms and
instructions. The Library will
receive some 1040, 1040A and
1040EZ Federal forms, but no
state forms. Where can you go
for both South Carolina and
Federal
tax
forms
in
Darlington County? The
Library is still the place to go!
The Library is the only
source for paper copies of tax
forms and instructions for
many. We will work with
those who visit the Library to
get the forms and instructions
they need for little or no cost.
So how will the Library help
those needing tax forms and
instructions?
First, the Library has placed
a “Tax Forms” screen button
on its Internet homepage at
www.darlington-lib.org
to
make it easy for you to go to
the Federal website at
www.irs.gov, South Carolina’s
website at www.SCtax.org,
and the websites of other
states for forms and instructions. You can use the Library’s
public computers to access
these sites for forms and
instructions and to print any
you need.
Those needing Federal
forms 1040, 1040A and
1040EZ will find them soon at
the Library. Be sure to call
before visiting to confirm we
have the forms you need on
hand. If you cannot wait, call
the IRS at 1-800-829-3676 to
have them sent to you.
If you need assistance in
completing a tax return, as
apparently 60% of us do, the
Library’s staff cannot advise
you, but we have arranged for
professional help. A member
of SCThrive’s staff will be at
the Library to provide one-onone assistance with your taxes.
This expert will electronically
file your return for you at the
end of the session. This service is free and secure. Anyone
making $65,000 or less (or
$95,000 or less if you are filing
jointly) may use this service.
You will need the following
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information with you to complete the forms:
• Government issued ID
and social security number(s)
• W-2's, 1099's, and/or
1098's
• Last year's tax return (if
available)
• Information on all
income, deductions, and credits
SCThrive’s tax assistance
will be available at all four
Library locations in January,
February, and March on select
dates from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. by
appointment only on the following schedule:
Monday, January 25th:
Darlington
Wednesday, January 27th:
Society Hill
Friday, January 29th:
Lamar
Monday, February 8th:
Hartsville
Wednesday, February 10th:
Darlington
Friday, February 12th:
Lamar
Tuesday, February 16th:
Hartsville
Tuesday,
March
8th:
Darlington
Wednesday, March 9th:
Society Hill
Tuesday, March 15th:
Hartsville
Wednesday, March 16th:
Lamar
Appointments can be made
by calling or visiting the
Reference/Information desk
at the Library branch of your
choice.
Many will agree that there
is never a “convenient time” to
pay taxes, but it comes around
every
April
15th.
The
Darlington County Library
System can’t interpret a tax
code that “is so long it makes
War and Peace seem breezy”
(Steven LaTourette, Ohio
politician) or figure your
income taxes for you as the
deadline draws ever closer
with each passing day. What
we can do is help you get the
forms and instructions you
need and arrange for some
free professional help.
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569 Gilchrist Rd-3 bedrooms, 2 baths,
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$279,900
110 Virginia Dr -- 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2
baths, 2,765 sq ft -- $199,900
2132 E. Paces Trail --- 3 bedrooms, 2
baths, 1,830 sq ft $194,900
4843 Lullwater Dr --- 3 bedrooms, 2
baths, 1,665 sq ft --- $164,900
4868 Lullwater Dr--3 bedrooms, 2
CO NT RA CT
DE Rsq ft--$154,900
UN1,525
baths,
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baths, 1,574 sq ft, 5 acres of land
$145,000.00
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By Jimmie Epling
Director
Darlington County Library System
Pam T. Sherrill & Co.
acres available for purchase. Must see to
appreciated. $149,900
220 Belvin St-3 bedrooms, 2 baths,
2,215 sq ft-$139,900
313 Lawson Rd--3 bedrooms, 2 baths,
1,460 sq ft--$139,900
4848 Lullwater Dr--3 bedrooms, 2
baths, 1.408 sq ft--$136,900
413 Mustang Rd-4 bedrooms, 2 baths,
1,428 sq ft -$110,000
731 Popular St-3 bedrooms, 2 baths,
1,248 sq ft--$109,900
1039 W. McIver Rd-3NT
bedrooms,
RA CT2
DEsqRft CO
UN1,632
$92,900
baths,
417 Eastburn Ct -- 3 bedrooms, 2
baths, 1,021 sq ft -- $79,900 Seller
will pay buyer's closing cost with
an acceptable offer.
2214 Cashua Ferry Rd- 3 bedrooms, 2
baths, 1,109 sq ft $74,900
313 Moses Drive -- 3 bedrooms 1 bath,
1,426 sq ft -- $65,000
3039 Meadowbrook --- 3 bedrooms, 3
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120 Kennedy St- 3 bedrooms, 1 bath,
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house has full kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 full
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110 Blue Street--Commercial building with 600 sq ft and batting cage. Great opportunity to
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Motivated seller bring all offers $25,000
2244 Harry Byrd Hwy - Commercial bld. 11,684 sq ft metal building. Sits on 4+ acres
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121 Sanders Street – 16 unit apartment complex. 2 bedrooms and 1 bath,
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Darlington County School District’s ‘eflyer’
system saves 1.7 million sheets of paper
Schools in the Darlington
County School District have
collectively saved an estimated
1.7 million sheets of paper
since transitioning in the fall of
2014 to an electronic flyer distribution system.
The
“eflyer”
system,
Peachjar, allows the district’s
23 schools to send important
flyers and school papers, both
school and community related, to the email addresses of
students, parents and family
members. Flyers can range
from school calendars and
school newsletters to field trip
forms
and
community
announcements. The flyers
are also available online for
viewing.
The ease of distribution and
lasting availability of information through Peachjar is highly
important to the district,
according to Superintendent
Dr. Eddie Ingram.
“Peachjar is an effective
way of making sure parents
get the important messages
they need,” Ingram said.
“Making sure parents have
access to essential information
is our priority with this system.”
Peachjar replaced the traditional method of distributing
paper flyers to students. By
switching to Peachjar, the district cut down on the vast
amount of time required for
schools to process hundreds of
paper flyers at a time. It also
conserves immense quantities
of paper and significantly
reduces costs.
Using
an
algorithm
designed
by
Conservatree.com, Peachjar
estimates that the Darlington
County School District has
saved the equivalent of 204
trees by distributing 1,701,537
pages of eflyers.
The district is not only conserving paper and costs, but
also reaching more parents
and family members with
important information than
ever before. A common complaint during the era of paper
flyers was that the flyers never
made it into parents’ hands.
Currently, 12,866 parents and
family members are signed on
to receive flyers through
Peachjar in Darlington County
School District.
Hartsville High School has
distributed more than 391,000
pages of flyers or about 47
trees worth of paper through
Peachjar, the most in the district. Hartsville Principal Dr.
Charlie Burry said the effectiveness of the eflyer system is
evident.
“Communication with the
parents of our students is a key
piece in our efforts to provide
the best possible educational
opportunities,”
said
Dr.
Charlie Burry, principal of
Hartsville
High
School.
“Peachjar is a much more efficient way to get information
into the hands of the people
who need it, and we’re getting
a lot more information out
simply because we aren’t having to go to the trouble and
expense of printing paper
copies. I also think parents
appreciate not having to dig
through their children’s bookbags to find paper copies of
announcements, applications
and other important information.”
For more information, visit
www.peachjar.com
and
www.darlington.k12.sc.us.
PAGE 6B | WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20, 2016
Meet the Dancers!
Dancing with the Stars of
Darlington County fundraiser
for Pee Dee Coalition
By Jana E. Pye
Editor
[email protected]
The next Dancing with the
Stars of Darlington County
fundraising event for Pee Dee
Coalition Pee Dee Coalition
Assault will be held on
Thursday, January 28 at the
Center Theater in Hartsville,
and the 13 dance team pairs
have been hard at work perfecting their routine. Each local
celebrity is paired with a professional dancer, and the pair
will compete for the winner of
the event, and the People’s
Choice Award winner from
votes purchased by fans before
and during the event. The public is invited to vote for their
favorite couple for the People’s
Choice Award at the DWTS
website www.darlingtoncountydancingwiththestars.com.
The event is a major
fundraising effort to raise
money for Pee Dee Coalition to
assist victims of domestic abuse
and sexual assault.
The sixth in the series introducing the pairs are the dance
teams of: Jordan Pupa
(Professional) & Edward
“Spider” George (Celebrity)
and
Jaimie
Cranford
(Professional)
&
Mark
Lewallen (Celebrity).
Jordan Pupa:
Jordan is a 2008 graduate of
Hartsville High School where
she spent her Friday nights
cheering on the Red Foxes from
the sidelines. She is a 2011
graduate of Clemson University
with a BS in Parks, Recreation,
and Tourism Management. She
formerly worked in the hospitality industry at the Omni
Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta,
Brewing
Continued from 1B
After waiting perhaps a
week for the beer to fully ferment, homebrewers have a
choice: to keg or to bottle? If
they invest in a kegging system, they can decant their
brew into a CO-2 pressurized
beer keg and enjoy the foamy
fruits of their labors immediately. Curry says he prefers
to funnel his brews into bottles and add a little more
sugar, either malt or unflavored corn sugar, then cap
them and let the residual
yeast introduce natural bubbles.
Though he has the ratios
down to a science these days,
Curry admits there were a
few trial-and-error bottling
miscues early on, when that
natural effervescence turned
explosive and his ceilings
were splashed with renegade
GA, but is now currently enjoying the start of her third year as
an Admissions Counselor at
Coker College. She enjoys
working out, baking, cheering
on the Tigers, and Mexican
food. Jordan started dancing at
the age of five, and continued
dancing all the way through
high school. She danced competitively for 9 years with Tip
Tap Toe and KSPA, and has
experience in the areas of tap,
ballet, jazz, pointe, and hiphop. She also had the fun
opportunity to take a shag class
for college credit at Clemson.
After hearing that South
Carolina is ranked #1 in the
U.S. for deadly violence against
women, Jordan is glad to be
dancing for such a good cause
and hopes the funding raised
will make a major impact. She
is looking forward to the excitement of taking the stage again,
this time performing a genre
she has no experience in, the
Lindy Hop!
Jordan Pupa (Professional) & Edward “Spider” George (Celebrity) –
Dance Style: Lindy Hop
PHOTO BY STEVE ROOS
and support the Pee Dee
Coalition Against Domestic and
Sexual Assault was an easy one
for “Spider” to make; his love
for his mother, sisters, wife,
and daughters combined with
his love and concern for helping others.
such an important cause.
Dance is often rooted in
humanitarian efforts and advocacy, which is what makes this
event such an honor to be a
part of.”
Edward
“Spider”
George:
“Spider” was born and
raised in Darlington County,
and attended Darlington
County schools. He has been
married for 33 years, and has
four daughters and five grandchildren. At the age of 18, he
started his car-detailing career
at Lynches Auto Sales in Pine
Ridge. He continued at the age
of 19 at Perry Morris Motors
from 1976-1986. After this
time, he opened the very first
Quality Car Care in Hartsville,
SC. Continuing his 30-year
vision and love for cars, he is
the owner of Quality Car Care,
Spider
BP,
and
Spider
Checkered Flag Auto Sales.
The decision to participate
Jaimie Cranford:
The Center Theater stage
has been a second home to this
young lady! A native of
Hartsville, Jaimie grew up
dancing competitively at
Brenda Cranford School of
Dance. She currently studies
English and Political Science at
Manhattan
Marymount
College in NYC, where she is
continuing her dance training.
When Jaimie is home, her
passions include choreography
and teaching to pass on her
love for the art.
Jaimie shared that she is
“thrilled to be a part of an event
that spreads awareness for
Mark Lewallen:
“I am pleased to participate
in the third annual Dancing
with the Stars of Darlington
County benefiting the Pee Dee
Coalition Against Domestic and
Sexual Assault. I am a native of
Florence County and have traveled the world and lived in
many places in my 19 years with
Sonoco. My current assignment
is the in the role of Director of
Finance for Global Paper. I’m
never one to miss an opportunity to have a good time and
thought participating in DWTS
would be a great opportunity to
have fun while raising money
for a very good cause. I love to
ham it up so dancing the Jive
with my excellent and talented
springs of beer.
Those tragic losses
notwithstanding, Curry
believes in maximizing yield
from quality ingredients, so
after the steeping process the
leftover malted grain is
repurposed as garden fertilizer or baked into dog biscuits.
Yeast that lives through the
brewing process can also be
harvested and given new life
in bread or pizza dough.
Normally, Curry says he
makes standard ales in threegallon batches, but he will
occasionally prepare a onegallon carboy just as a gastronomic experiment, mixing in
fruits and spices to find flavor combinations that please
the palate.
“Sometimes I'll just start
throwing things together and
see what I can come up with.
It's usually not more than
about five bucks worth of
ingredients in the wort, so
it's not that big a deal if it
doesn't work,” he says.
Successful combos have
included a sunny
orange/coriander brew, and
a dessert-themed German
chocolate cake concoction
achieved by blending a
chocolaty stout with sweet
cherry flavor. Curry has also
experimented with hop substitutes by using other bittering agents, like home-grown
collard greens, to balance out
a brew's malty sweetness.
“Back when there were
rumors of a hop shortage...I
started thinking about things
we grow locally that could be
used instead, and I came up
with green persimmons, collard greens, and bitter
melon,” says Curry, noting
that the first boil of fresh collards gives up enough bitter
pot liquor to make a pretty
decent beer. “I've made a
couple of batches of collard
beer... I've let about twenty
people try it and they really
like it.”
Though most aspiring
homebrewers might not be
ready for the leap to collard
beer, the initial investment
for a brewing setup can be
quite modest. All the basic
ingredients and equipment
for homebrewing are available through the Internet as
starter kits costing as little as
$50. Curry suggests buying
one of these kits and playing
around with it a bit before
investing in larger, more costly rigs.
But don't be surprised if
the beer brewing bug bites
and you find yourself mixing
fruits and herbs into your
wort, aiming for that singular, delicious brew that might
become the next big trend.
“I still hope that one of my
experiments will be that perfect combination that makes
me a million dollars,” Curry
says, laughing. “It hasn't happened yet... but it might.”
Jaimie Cranford (Professional) & Mark Lewallen (Celebrity) – Dance
Style: Jive
PHOTO BY STEVE ROOS
partner, Jaimie Cranford,
should come naturally; however, I’m not professionally trained
like Jaimie so she has her hands
full. I reside in Florence with my
wife, Monica (the real dancer in
the family) and sons Pearson
(freshman at Wofford), Gordon
(Junior at West Florence HS),
and Barley (our English springer
spaniel). While I agreed to do
this, I was not sure what I signed
on for but I will do the best I can
with what little talent I have –
and have fun doing it.”
This year’s event will be held
Thursday, January 28, 2016
beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the
Center Theater in Hartsville. It
will feature an “Old Hollywood”
theme with dances, decorations
and items reminiscent of the
1920’s, 30’s, and 40’s.
The Pee Dee Coalition
Assault is a non-profit, volunteer based organization serving
eight counties in the Pee Dee
Region of South Carolina.
Sadly, South Carolina ranks #1
in the United States for deadly
violence against women. The
Pee Dee Coalition hopes you
will join them in this fundraising effort.
For more information, call
843-206-1838
or
email
DarlingtonCountyDWTS@gmai
l.com.
Visit
their
website:
www.darlingtoncountydancingwiththestars.com to vote for
your favorite couple for the
People’s Choice Award.
Tickets
for
General
Admission will be on sale at
Burry Bookstore and Carolina
Bank in Hartsville. Tickets are
$45 each and will be on sale at
those locations until 12 p.m. on
Thursday, January 28. There
will be no ticket sales at the
door the night of the event.
Where is this in Darlington County?
The photo from last week was of the sign at Branham’s Airport in
Darlington.
The reader that guessed correctly was: Peggy Patrick.
Can you guess where in Darlington County this week’s photo was
taken?
Please send your guesses to: [email protected] or
call 393-3811. Good luck!