It’s definitely an election year in Clarendon County.
Prior to the June 12 primary, Clarendon County residents will be going to the polls to vote in three non-partisan elections: a school board election in Clarendon School District 3 and municipal elections in Manning and Summerton.
The inspiration for Turbeville Ruritan Club’s founding can be credited to a passerby from Walterboro. A stranger passing through the town in the early 50s, stopped to talk with the late Ray Coker and several other town residents on making improvements to the town, recollected Coker’s brother, Larry. At the time, the town didn’t have a water system or sidewalk. The man told the residents that to address their town’s issues, they should consider organizing a Ruritan Club.
Santee National Wildlife Refuge plans on conducting several controlled burns during the next several weeks. Due to difficulties in predicting weather, the refuge is not able to notify the public of the exact dates of the burns, said Susan Heisey, Park Ranger for the Santee National Wildlife Refuge.
In July of last year, Cynthia Beaufort, a patient account representative at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, had to drive more than 350 miles to Charlottesville, Va. to have surgery to have a pituitary tumor removed from her brain. Thanks to the fundraising efforts of her office co-workers and the hospital’s Auxiliary organization, she was able to cover her driving expenses and stay while undergoing surgery.
It’s February and this year is now one-twelfth over.
It’s Black History Month and the month for lovers. Will St. Valentine fly over your house? There are a variety of great events going on this month so you will need to get out your calendars and a pen. Get a red one.
When AJ Moody, Tony and Mary Jantovsky, Jerry Dow and Keith Wallace took a recent trip to Tunica, Mississippi for duck and fun hunting, they took their copy of the Clarendon Citizenright along with them. Those look like slot machines in the background … we hope the Citizenbrought them some luck! Send your submissions to News@ClarendonCitizen.com along with who you are and where you are.
Nine alumni from the School of Law at the University of South Carolina have been named recipients of 2012 Compleat Lawyer Awards. Among them was Manning native and 1993 alumnus John Calhoun “Cal” Land IV of the law firm of Land Parker & Welch, PA.
Mrs. Daisy Simpson-Brant and Mr. William R. Simpson Sr. of Manning, announce the engagement of their daughter, Charley Diane Simpson to Robert Strother Johnson Jr. of Lexington, S.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Lewis (Gayle) McCarty, and the late Robert Strother Johnson Sr. all of Lexington.
A 16-year-old Laurence Manning student is improving from injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle head-on wreck around 8:10 p.m. Jan. 26.
Brittani Steen, who was airlifted to Palmetto Richland Hospital less than an hour after the wreck, underwent surgery to place pins in both legs. She also has a broken foot as well as lacerations to her liver and spleen.
It’s definitely an election year in Clarendon County.
It takes a special type of athlete to be a pitcher.
A 16-year-old Laurence Manning student is improving from injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle head-on wreck around 8:10 p.m. Jan. 26.
