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Today's Features

  • GREAT FALLS – They want to go to a One Direction concert.

    The girls are in awe of the English-Irish boy band based in London.

    Instead of asking their parents for money for the concert tickets, the girls put their heads together to find ways to raise their own money.

    Haley Albert, 12, Isabella Davis, 12, Lydia Mills, 13, and Breanna Burchett, 13, have solicited help from their mothers in their fundraising efforts.

  • There was a time in my military life when some assignments were better than others. That’s just how it works with Uncle Sam.

    Just about everybody knows the government sends a GI to some awful places. It’s a given there are some duty stations where the likelihood of getting shot ain’t nearly as bad as others. But soldiers don’t set policy, they follow orders. You go where you are sent.

    It had been almost four years since my last overseas assignment.

  • With the not-so-happy outcomes of many modern marriages, it’s welcoming news to hear of a marriage that has stood the tests of time.

    George and Lola Kirkley met each other in 1937 in Jefferson when she was 16 and he was 17.

    Lola, who lived in the Angelus community, was greeted by George in front of Long Branch Baptist Church in Jefferson before revival services.

  • Brandy Lataine Blackmon and Michael Robert Baus were married May 12, 2012 at Sonlight Church of the Nazerene in Lancaster.
    The bride is the daughter of Foster and Mary Blackmon Jr. of Kershaw. She is the granddaughter of the late Wallace and Louise Barber and of the late Foster and Lessie Blackmon. She is a 1999 graduate of Andrew Jackson High School and is a shift supervisor at Rite Aid in Kershaw.

  • Christan Leigh Chappell and James Darrelle Moseley II were married Nov. 17, 2012, at Andrew Jackson State Park by Cathy Balcome.
    The bride is the daughter of Leigh and Rayford Chappell, both of Lancaster. She is a 2011 graduate of Lancaster High School and is a licensed cosmetologist at The Hairport Salon in Lancaster.
    The groom is the son of Cathy Tarlton and James Moseley, both of Lancaster. He attended Lancaster High School and works for Asplund Tree Company.
    Maid of honor was Stephanie Dixon of Lancaster.

  • Barry and Shelia Hensley announce the engagement of their daughter, April Hensley, all of Lancaster, to Dennis Price II of Vale, N.C.
    The wedding is planned for 2 p.m. Sept. 13, 2014, at Center Grove Free Will Baptist Church in Waxhaw.
    Miss Hensley is a 2011 graduate of Indian Land High School and works for Krispy Kreme.
    Mr. Price is the son of Shawn and Amanda Price of Lawndale, N.C. He is the grandson of Ray and Shelia Johnson of Vale. He is a 2011 graduate of Burns High School and is a volunteer firefighter.

  • Ralph Edwin Couch of Heath Springs and Mika Herring Couch of Lancaster, announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Shea Couch of Lancaster, to Dallas Grayson Glover of Charlotte.
    A June wedding is planned at Second Baptist Church in Lancaster.
    Miss Couch is the granddaughter of Daisy Sims Couch of Heath Springs and the late Ralph Elliott Couch and Valda Byrd Herring of Lancaster and the late Maxie Donald Herring.

  • Anne Heath Small and Philip Edward Small announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine Anne Small, all of Lancaster, to Richard Turner Walters of Charleston.
    The wedding is planned for 5:30 p.m. Aug. 24, 2013, at First United Methodist Church in Lancaster.

  • Billy and Rachel Foster announce the engagement of their daughter, Grace Marie Foster, all of Lancaster, to the Rev. Robbie W. Taylor of Mount Croghan.
    The wedding is planned for 2 p.m. March 23, 2013, at Lynwood Drive Church of God.
    Miss Foster is the granddaughter of the late Floyd Foster, the late Grace Railey Mackey and the late Rev. and Mrs. Jim White. She is the mother of Hannah and Timothy Varnadore. She is a 1990 graduate of Lancaster High School.

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    The Moriah Baptist Association, 914 W. Meeting St., is selling cookbooks for $15. For details, call (803) 283-8409.

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