Free Fraud Alerts Available To Consumers

The Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA) and the Florence County Library are offering consumers FREE e-mail fraud alerts. Consumers can receive tips on the latest scams by sending an e-mail saying “sign me up” to florencefraudalerts@gmail.com.

Sales Tax Holidays Are August 3-5

Code Section 12-36-2120(57) provides for an annual three-day sales tax holiday for sales taking place from 12:01 a.m. on the first Friday in August and ending at midnight on the following Sunday. Accordingly, the 2012 sales tax holiday weekend will begin Friday, August 3, 2012 at 12:01 a.m. and end Sunday, August 5, 2012 at midnight.

Salkehatchie Campers Working Here

Seventy-five youth and their adult supervisors arrived at Main Street United Methodist Church in Dillon this past weekend to begin their sixth Salkehatchie Harvest Camp mission here, helping to repair and improve six houses of underprivileged families.