The relay raised approximately $75,000, which is about $5,000 short of the fundraising goal, ACS Community Manager Barbara Rodriguez said. Relay announced earlier this year that its goal for the 2008 relay was $80,000.
Sweet season Photo by Naeem McFadden Marion varsity baseball player Daniel Mata holds a "sweet" Hershey's candy bar with a Swamp Fox baseball team wrapper. Thanks to Cheryl Atkinson who presented the chocolate candy to players and Fox fans, everyone was able to celebrate a successful season in which the squad earned a playoff bid for the first time in 12 years.
Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault announced the new Childhelp Pee Dee Hotline at the Annual Blue Ribbon Luncheon recently. The Childhelp Pee Dee Hotline will provide toll-free services to children and families in the Pee Dee.
Students from Britton's Neck Elementary School recently experienced the thrill of public performance in Myrtle Beach when selected students from the Afterschool Program traveled to a Pelicans baseball game to perform the National Anthem.
Sixty years ago several Marion area ladies joined trowels and began a tradition of beautifying homes, gardens and landscapes by planting and maintaining flowers, shrubs and trees.
The families of Joseph Holliday and John Monroe Holliday recently announced that Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will be the keynote speaker, honoring Congressman Jim Clyburn and Congressman John Spratt, at the May 12 Galivants Ferry Stump Speaking.
This is National Pet Week. If you have been thinking about getting a pet, now would be a good time to visit the Marion Animal Shelter and see what might be waiting for you to come and take them home.
