BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Lions Club braved a cold Saturday morning breeze to accept food donations from drive-by donors. The food items were donated to Christian Assistance Bridge.
Help, Help Me Rhonda
Blythewood resident Rhonda Meisner, a candidate for the Richland Two school board, speaks to voters during the ‘All In’ candidate tour when it stopped at Sweet Pea’s Ice Cream Shop in Blythewood on Saturday.
Lake Scar-O-Lina was wet ‘n wild
BLYTHEWOOD – It was the fourth Village Church event the Lord rained on – but not out – this year. But the church’s popular Lake Scar-O-Lina fall event turned out to be all good. In keeping with COVID restrictions, costumed kids rode in the back seats of hundreds of vehicles parents steered through the maze […]
Giving in the Garden
Winnsboro members of the Hoof & Paw Benevolent Society, Aimee Griffith, Paula Spinale and Kathy Faulk visit with customers Sunday at Woodley’s Gardens on Two Notch Road. The event was the group’s annual fundraiser whose proceeds are used to make life better for animals locally and across South Carolina. Woodley’s also made a generous donation, […]
Hands On
BLYTHEWOOD – Crystal Johnson, Blythewood Library Branch Manager, reads to young bookworms during the Hands on Art class. The class is held on Tuesdays twice a month at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call the library at 691-9806.
Salkahatchie Again
BLYTHEWOOD – The 2019 Salkahatchie at Trinity UMC wrapped another week of good works June 13 – 20. Jeremy Grainger, who coordinates and oversees the work, said this year’s Salkahatchie youth repaired three homes and made a difference in many lives.
To Market, To Market
WINNSBORO – Gwen Harden purchases freshly picked tomatoes while Joe and Joann Silvia wait in line at Danny and Candy Kingsmore’s Celtic Lane Farms market booth. The market is located in the new Market Building, 117 East Washington Street, and is open Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Rambo named Volunteer Firefighter of the Year
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Fire Director Jason Pope, left, and Greg Gerber, Deputy Director, present the 2019 Volunteer Firefighter of the Year award to Aaron Rambo last month.
E-I-E-I-O
The inaugural Richland County Ag + Art Tour was a hit, thanks in part to several Blythewood farmers who showed off what they do best. Above center, Josh Fabel, owner of Fabel Farms in Cedar Creek, offered organic vegetables, honey produced on the farm and fatwood. At right, Keith Hearn, owner of Daly Greens, displays […]
Friday Night Movies on the Green
WINNSBORO – If your family missed the Movie on the Green last Friday night, you missed a popular Spiderman movie, food trucks, a bounce house and great weather. Tyasia Kelly, right, and her grandmother Rosetta Watson enjoyed chili nachos and sno cones before dark when the movie began. Tiki lamps kept the mosquitoes away. The […]