Classifieds, News, Business and Events in Dillon County, South Carolina
Classifieds, News, Business and Events in Dillon County, South Carolina
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Admin 2The annual Woodmen of the World Lodges 120 and 1145 Awards Dinner was held Thursday, September 30, at 7:00 p.m. at the Woodmen of the World Hall at 1362 Old Latta Highway, Dillon.
Admin 2On September 26, the Dillon Church of God was called into a business meeting in which the motion was made and carried to pay off current church indebtedness and to move forward with a proposed building project, contingent upon the sale of the church property located at 701 Highway 301 South in Dillon.
Admin 2Our newspaper recently worked on a project on infant mortality among African Americans in our community. Rates rivaled those of third world countries here in the capital city of the nation’s fourth largest state.
[The reading of a Letter to the Editor in the Presbyterian Outlook recently (8/24/2010) led to the writing of this column. The letter writer was P.W. Gregory from Lambertville, N.J.)
Admin 2The way that people consume information is changing rapidly, and I hear frequently that the death of newspapers is imminent. I think that people feel this way because they aren’t regular newspaper readers or they just don’t think that other people read newspapers as much as they did ten years ago. If they’re referring to the printed newspaper, they are usually correct.
Admin 2Sgt. Brian Norton of Dillon, Security Force, Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, plays cricket with Afghan children in Laghman province during a engineering assessment.
Admin 2The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recommends smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside all sleeping areas, and on every level of the home, including the basement. According to the NFPA, which develops NFPA 72, National Smoke Alarm Code®, many homes still don’t have that level of protection. Unfortunately, almost two-thirds of home fire deaths per year result from fires in homes with no smoke alarms at all or no working smoke alarms.
Admin 2Nearly 1,000 additional employers and unions have been approved to participate in the Affordable Care Act’s Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, bringing total participants to 3,000 to date; applications still being accepted
Admin 2Secretary of Transportation H.B. Limehouse Jr. has sent a letter to the General Assembly, updating his annual “State of SCDOT” report with the latest operational and financial status of the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT).
Admin 2A representative from U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham’s office will be in Dillon County on Wednesday, October 6 to meet with constituents seeking assistance in dealing with the federal government.
