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Lion of the Year –

James Denton / July 19, 2012

Bob Cox, right, of Blythewood was recently presented the 2011-12 Blythewood Lion of the Year award by incoming Blythewood Lions Club President Susan Titus. Cox has been instrumental in the establishment of a Lions Club LEO’s group at Blythewood High School and at the new Westwood High School. Cox attended the Lions Club International Convention […]

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Retired –

James Denton / July 19, 2012

Blythewood firefighter Keith Barton ( front row, left) retired on June 30 after almost 28 years of service at the Blythewood Fire Station. He retired as a fire engineer. Shown above are some of the area firefighters who attended Barton’s retirement party. Following his retirement, Barton and his wife, Jody, celebrated the occasion with an

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TKD Black Belts

James Denton / July 19, 2012

The Lesesne family of Blythewood, Loretta, Derrick and their son Dylan, 7, recently earned their first degree Black Belts at U-Yong Skroback’s Blythewood Tae Kwon Do School on Sandfield Road in Blythewood.

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Spot the Bunny –

Barbara Ball / July 19, 2012

Ridgeway merchant Judy Miller (wearing bunny ears) demonstrates how, as a former Playboy Bunny, she ‘dipped’ instead of bending over to serve cocktails to customers. While her visit to the special Bunny Tea held on July 13 at Laura’s Tea Room in Ridgeway was no secret, her identity had been kept secret until her arrival

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Fantastic Jurassic –

James Denton / July 14, 2012

On June 28, Fossil Frank gave summer school students from Fairfield Magnet School for Math & Science and Fairfield Elementary School an archeological fossil lesson. Second- and third-grade students were mesmerized as Fossil Frank shared his knowledge of fossils and dinosaurs that originated in South Carolina. Mr. Frank Morning Jr. (Fossil Frank, pictured) brought fossils of