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Newberry offers summer activities for youth
NEWBERRY — School’s almost out and the City of Newberry has plenty of summer activities to keep children active and out of the boredom zone. May 6-June 7: Registration for summer baseball and softball. Baseball is for ages 9-12 and softball is for ages 9-14. Most games played weekdays. Cost: $15 for city residents, $35 for non-city residents. June 10-13: Youth baseball camp is available to rising 8-14 year olds. Camp is held from 6 p....
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Weathers highlights local leadership collaboration
NEWBERRY —Charles Weathers returned to Newberry for another Cultivating Community session Tuesday. Weathers brought forth a few accomplishments during the quarterly sessions, notably arriving at vision and mission statements, and choosing a set of core values to guide our actions. The vision statement is “A healthy, thriving Newberry County that works for all of its citizens” while the mission statement is to provide the direction and coo...
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Business alliance learns, discusses issues in county
NEWBERRY — Dr. Mike Smyth captured the attention of the Newberry Business Alliance with an image of a wound from a serviceman overseas. He then explained that is not what he and his staff do at the Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medical Center with the Newberry County Memorial Hospital, located right behind the hospital. Instead, they take care of chronic wounds from diabetes, circulation problems, those who are bed ridden, the elderly and oth...
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School Board recognizes students successes
The Newberry County School District sets aside scholarships for students who attend college in the field of education. Each recipient receives a $1,000 scholarship. To qualify students must plan to major in education, have a 3.0 grade average, an SAT score of at least 850 on math and verbal, or an ACT score of at least 18. They must plan to attend a four year institution and present two teacher recommendations. This year’s recipients are Talo...
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School board passes first reading of 2014 budget
NEWBERRY COUNTY — In the midst of budget season for the upcoming fiscal year, six people spoke during the public forum at Monday night’s Newberry County School Board meeting. The speakers included five parents and a student involved with the Mid-Carolina High School band. While the speakers represented Mid-Carolina, they spoke on behalf of bands and music programs at the county’s three high schools. Barry Harmon, vice president of the Mid...
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Newberry College has hit milestones this academic year
NEWBERRY — Newberry College is home to approximately 1,100 students. The past academic year brought big and new changes to the campus. Here are some of the top events of the past year: 1 ) Inauguration of Maurice W. Scherrens : Newberry College inaugurated its 22nd president April 12, 2013. Scherrens has been with the college since August 2012. Along with his inauguration, Scherrens has launched a Spring and Summer tour which will provide u...
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Pomaria-Garmany students ride royal
Natalie Netzel|The Observer The Pomaria-Garmany Elementary royalty court were treated just like the royals in the Old Pomaria School festival parade Saturday. The royal students earned their crowns April 19 during the school’s spring fling. The king is Zachary Warren, queen is Emma Grace Connley, prince is Caleb Black and princess is Riley Lindler.
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Pitner Orthodontics expands dental service
COLUMBIA — The Chapin office of Pitner Orthodontics offers additional appointments on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to meet increased demand for its services. Based in Columbia, Pitner Orthodontics has been serving the Chapin community since 2006, with Dr. Leslie Pitner seeing patients one day a week. “As the community of Chapin continues to grow, we want to grow with it,” said Pitner, a South Carolina native who gradua...
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PTC grows literacy with educational program
GREENWOOD — Piedmont Technical College’s early care and education program (ECD) recently hosted “Growing Literacy,” an event to promote literacy for nearly 60 area preschoolers from Cambridge Academy and All God’s Children. The idea for the event came from the ECD Club’s involvement in the annual Literacy Alive event. When students discovered that event would not be held this year, they still wanted to do something for the preschool student...
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Lawson shares gardening tips with students
Retired Whitmire Community teacher Susan Lawson, who is also a candidate to become a Master Gardener, shared her expertise with fourth-grade students to help prepare them for PASS testing. She focused on helping students distinguish flowering and nonflowering plants. Lawson brought a plethora of plants from her garden and taught students how to identify them by their characteristics.
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Little Mountain Boy Scout Troop 61, sponsored by the Ruritan Club, is proud to announce that Michael Allen Morris completed his Board of Review on Dec. 12, and has been awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. Morris’ rank advancement was celebrated by family, friends and fellow Scouts at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor on April 143 at Macedonia Church. Michael is the 16 year old son of Kathy and Terry Morris of Prosperity and has been a member of Troop 61 since 2007. 2012 was the 100th Anniversary of the Eagle Scout and a special Eagle Rank was presented to Michael to commemorate this benchmark. Michael will be attending the National Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Scouting Reserve in West Virginia in July along with 2 other scouts from Troop 61. For his Eagle Scout service project, Michael provided the leadership for, planned, secured funds for and organized the replacement of decorative landscaping at the Ruritan Building in Little Mountain. Pictured with Michael and his parents are Billy Lindler, Scoutmaster; Chad Morris, Andy Senn, Jeff Waters, Jeff Murray, Assistant Scoutmasters, and James Torrence, Committee Chairman.
Morris awarded Eagle Scout rank
LITTLE MOUNTAIN — Little Mountain Boy Scout Troop 61, sponsored by the Ruritan Club, announced that Michael Allen Morris completed his Board of Review on Dec. 12, and has been awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. Morris’ rank advancement was celebrated by family, friends and fellow Scouts at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor on April 14 at Macedonia Church. Morris, 16, is the son of Kathy and Terry Morris of Prosperity and has been a member of Tr...
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Insects expected to begin buzzing again
BLACKVILLE — Enjoy the peace and quiet while you can. Things are about to start buzzing again. “Insect activity has been quiet lately primarily due to the wet, cold weather this spring, but that is about to change,” said Jeremy Greene, a Clemson University Extension entomologist at the Edisto Research and Education Center. “Our kudzu bugs are out there, and they will be in full swing in the next few weeks. Other insects will also become pre...
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4-H camps offer plethora of summer fun
NEWBERRY COUNTY — Camp Wild is a residential camp held jointly by several county 4-H programs, Newberry included. This camp is held June 25 through June 27 at Chester State Park in Chester. The camp is open to youth ages 10-14. The cost is $80 for current 4-H members and $85 for non-members. Camp activities will include fishing, nature hikes, canoeing, shooting sports, swimming, rocketry and much more. Campers must bring their own tent. Cam...
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Home Helpers welcomes community
Tony and Gretta Richards of Home Helpers hosted a ribbon cutting May 14 at their non-medical in-home healthcare business. They assist seniors who want to remain independent and continue to live in their own homes, new moms who might need assistance, individuals returning from the hospital who might need some type of recuperative care, and parents with sick children who might need some type of assistance. They are able to assist in the areas o...
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Mayfest brings children, families together again
Highly Favor Catering Company served up plenty of food at the Helena Mayfest on Saturday. Despite the on and off rain, the caterers kept going. From left are Octavia Werts, Alicia Nance, Shonda Caldwell, Anthony Werts and Forrests Werts. The tents provided extra coverage to vendors and attendees at the Helena Mayfest due to the rain Saturday. In this particular group, a woman cooks up funnel cakes. Oderrious Nance, left, and Magnola Willl...
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