The balloons have all dropped, the Champagne corks have all been popped and 2012 is now officially a part of our collective past. While it may be a year known most for what didn’t happen – e.g., the world coming to a shattering end in a blaze of Mayan Doomsday Apocalyptic horror – there were […]
Truth, No Consequences
December 28, 2012 By
Information is power, and facts are the nuclear power plant. What seems amazing to me is: For all the years I’ve been stating these facts no one has challenged me, or insinuated that I’m just trying to make trouble for the Jenkinsville Water Company. I suppose because I admit I am trying to expose the […]
A Single Basket of Eggs
December 28, 2012 By
Fairfield County’s treasure chest is balanced precariously atop a one-legged stool, with the fiscal fate of the County dependent almost entirely upon the future of the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station and the construction of two new reactors currently under way there. With some $20 million in tax dollars flowing into County coffers annually from SCE&G, […]
Same Old, Same Old
December 21, 2012 By
Of the seven S.C. seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, six are held by Republicans and one by a Democrat. The state of Texas has 37 seats; all but 11 are Republican. These results are from the 2012 election. What I find so interesting is not how many are held by Republicans or Democrats. […]
Great Griffins
December 21, 2012 By
The players, coaches, teachers, support staff and the administrative team at Fairfield Central High School would like to take this opportunity to thank you for making the 2012 Griffin football season rewarding and enjoyable. Thank you to the parents, friends, business partners, churches and community leaders who donated resources and time to our football program. […]
A Boy and His Dog
December 21, 2012 By
The stories that pull hard and fast on the heartstrings abound during this time of year, the time of year when our charitable sensibilities rise more prominently to the surface in accordance with the season. Every year, it seems, there is the urgent need around which the community rallies to ensure that they, too, enjoy […]
Double Parking
December 14, 2012 By
The Eunice Shelton Thompson Park, also known as the Blair Community Park, is gone. With little fanfare and no eulogy, the park has returned to the state in which the County found it in 1985 – a green and vacant 2-acre lot on 99 Road in Blair. And while the County did dismantle all the […]
Someone Must Pay
December 7, 2012 By
It is no secret that, for the last 12 months or more, Fairfield Memorial Hospital has been gasping for air, struggling like a leg-cramped swimmer in the deep end of the pool to find that golden mean, that safe place where the big toe can just touch bottom. Kept afloat, largely, by a huge influx […]
We Love a Parade
November 22, 2012 By
In about four weeks, the town of Blythewood will be welcoming thousands of residents and visitors as they line the streets for the 17th annual Blythewood Christmas Parade on Dec. 9. Of all the events and programs that the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce organizes, the second Sunday of December is the one day of […]
What Have We Done?
November 16, 2012 By
The elections are over, the votes have been counted and the majority rules in this country. Lets see what we have now? We have re-elected several people. Maybe y’all know something I don’t . For instance, why would we re-elect people who have a track record of talking and finger pointing? They have not brought […]
