Editorial: Shop Locally

Black Friday and Cyber Monday may have jumpstarted the sales of Christmas gifts, but many people still have presents to buy. If you are one of those people with a few items left to pick up or if you haven’t even started, then think about shopping locally this year.

Toy Catalogs

Today included in my copy of the HERALD, I received my first toy ‘catalog’ of the season, a promotion of a national chain whose store is located locally. It is not for older readers, however, since so many of the items included are known only to the current generation; most of the so called electronic items are bewildering to the eyes of the ancients or near-so.

Sweet Justice

How many times have you been in a traffic situation, say driving south on US 301 entering Latta’s well marked school zone when this speeding vehicle passes you in a blur, absolutely oblivious of the overhead blinking lights and the impossible-to-miss signs warning of the school’s speed limit zone?

Granny

You have undoubtedly heard the saying that God‘s angels could not be everywhere to respond to a believer’s need so who was sent? Mothers. A mother’s love is generally #1 on any list, but we all know who comes in a close second: Granny. This is a story that proves when all else fails, call Granny.

Kevin Lewis Zurcher

Kevin Lewis Zurcher, 45, died November 26, 2010 in the McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, SC. Memorial services will be held Sunday, November 28, 2010 in Congregational Holiness Church in Dillon at 2:30 PM. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Saturday, November 27, 2010 in Kannaday Funeral Home in Latta.

Hazel Ann Cornelius

Services for Hazel Ann Cornelius will be held 3:00 p.m. Thursday at Oakland Holiness Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held 6-9 p.m. Wednesday at Cooper Funeral Home in Dillon.

Carson Herring

Graveside services for Carson H. Herring will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday at Evergreen Cemetery Mausoleum directed by Cooper Funeral Home in Dillon. Visitation will be held 10:00-11:00 a.m. prior to the service at the mausoleum.

Emma Jean Chavis

Services for Emma Jean Chavis will be held 3:00 p.m. Sunday at the Dillon Church of God with burial in Leland Grove Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held 7-9 p.m. Saturday at Cooper Funeral Home.