Centennial Celebration At Blaney 100th anniversary and homecoming celebration at Blaney Baptist Church includes music by special centennial choir and a concert by the Starling Family. The church is at White Pond Road and Church Street in Elgin. Continue reading Best Bets
Faith Blaney Baptist: 100th anniversary and homecoming celebration Sunday: the Rev. William L. Coates Jr. will preach at 11 a.m., music will be provided by a special centennial choir. Following fellowship meal at noon, the Starling Family will be in concert at 2 p.m. The church is at the intersection of White Pond Road and Church Street. Continue reading Events
Caption: PHOTO: BW Portraying Ben Franklin, Rich Davis spoke to Blaney Elementary students to promote a love of history and love of reading. Among the things that Franklin did was invent bifocal glasses and establish the first lending library in the country. Franklin also did some unusual things, as Davis shared: flew a kite in a thunderstorm, lobbied for the national bird to be the turkey, invented … Continue reading BLANEY ELEMENTARY
Kershaw County Doby’s Mill Elementary RACE TO READ: Celebrating the importance of literacy, 8 a.m. Saturday, starting and ending at Blaney Baptist Church in Elgin. Students, parents, teachers and community residents are invited. $10 registration, with all proceeds going to Kershaw County Public Library building fund. Betsy Long, (803) 438-4055 ext. 1154. Continue reading Schools
Faith Blaney Baptist: Clothing giveaway, 8 a.m. – noon Saturday at the intersection of White Pond Road and Church Street, Elgin. All sizes for men, women and children. Sponsored by the Women’s Missionary Union. (803) 438-3161. Continue reading Events
Pine Forest C&C Builders of Columbia, Inc. Community From the $110’s Sidewalk community Low Taxes Diane Nevitt at 414-3945 or 4220-331Visit www.DianeNevitt.com DIR: Next to Blaney School on Smyrna Road.(From Elgin Post Office, take right on Smyrna) Continue reading Pine Forest
Blaney Baptist Church in Elgin recently got a new steeple to mark its 100th anniversary. The 33-foot steeple, installed in August, weighs 850 pounds and replaces a steeple that was toppled by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. The church is at Church Street and White Pond Road in downtown Elgin. SONNY SMITH/SPECIAL TO THE STATE Continue reading NEW BLANEY STEEPLE
Maria Spring is working to become the face of the Girl Scouts in Kershaw County. The Camden native in June accepted a part-time job as membership manager for the county. While the position is not new, the philosophy behind it is. The Girl Scouts Congaree Council is putting community members into membership manager positions throughout the Midlands to give those involved with Scouting a local … Continue reading CAMDEN NATIVE GIVES SCOUTS COMMUNITY FACE
The school districts in Richland, Lexington and Kershaw counties are among some of the state’s fastest-growing school systems. Richland County is home to two districts and shares part of a third with neighboring Lexington County. Including the shared district, Lexington County has five. Kershaw County has one. Kershaw The Kershaw County school system serves close to 10,000 students in 20 schools throughout the county. Herbert … Continue reading LIVING HERE: RICHLAND, LEXINGTON, KERSHAW SCHOOLS
A Southern Living Plan – built by C & C Builders. Formal living/ofc 3BR/ 2.5BA w/bonus. FP, deck, etc. Drop by to see all of our plans from $130s. Pine Forest Sub-Smyrna Road next to Blaney Stover Schools. Call Diane 414-3945. AD#132819. Continue reading Kershaw County
