Classifieds, News, Business and Events in Dillon County, South Carolina
Classifieds, News, Business and Events in Dillon County, South Carolina
I do not know what to make of the recent political campaign quote/gaff, “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that.” Was the speaker saying that businesses are only successful because of what government provides and that individual initiative is secondary or was he simply and quite frankly speaking extemporaneously without the aid of his Teleprompter about his own personal ideological beliefs?
There are definitely two things you should not write about less you invite controversy: religion and politics. I will reduce my chances by commenting on just one of the pair: religion.
There are some county farmers who have goods for sale, but there is a logistical problem: how to connect the producer with the consumer.
This is how my column came to mind. I listened to a sermon recently about the Parable of the Talents as recorded in Matthew 25:14-30 and Luke 19:12-28.
Every other Monday morning, I go to a local nursing home and play the piano for a group of singers from Mount Calvary Baptist Church.
The rite of passage most anticipated by any teen is getting a driver’s license. Much effort will have been invested in a successful outcome usually by taking a driver education course in high school plus hours of unofficial studying and practicing ‘under the wheel’ to insure that the right to drive is at last official.
It was 1973 in the spring and things were beginning level off in the 11th grade; the day was perfect outdoors and the four girls were not interested in a dull day in classes.
She was on time, it was Sunday morning and soon she would arrive at her 200+ year old Southern Baptist church Sunday school class.
This column covers a period in Dillon County history when there were at least 25 or more school districts throughout the county; today there are three.
The word “turkey” when used as a slang term means that something or someone is a loser. But for sportsmen who test their hunting skills against this wily bird the term is grossly uncharacteristic.
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