By Bill Lee

Students in Dillon County returned to school on Wednesday. Here are some students at East Elementary School back learning new things.
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To The Editor:\ McLeod Hospice has a state-of-the-art hospice care complex in Florence, and it is available for needy, eligible Dillon County Residents. But its location does present a serious problem for many of the hospice patients who could use its resources: it\’d5s too far away. \ No, it\’d5s not that far away for...
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\’d2Summer time and the livin\’d5 is easy\’c9\’d3 goes the Gershwin song.\’ca The eating was pretty good too in addition to the available fruits and fresh vegetables from the nearby garden there were other rather specialized goodies to be experienced.\’ca I will mention two rather esoteric delicacies.\’ca\ Sometimes known for its unusual flower, it is...
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Someone has said that the greatest fear many people have is not death, heights, airplanes, unexplained noises in the night or snakes as potent as they might be but rather it\’d5s something that is dreaded even more so: public speaking. \ The very thought of having to stand before a group of people, even...
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In the\’c9\’d3Good old summer time, those days full of pleasure, we now fondly treasure\’c9\’d3 (Lyrics by Ren Shields)\ \ I drive by the high school\’d5s usually crowded parking lot almost daily but this summer it will mostly assume the abandoned look because the last class will have met for the regular school year and...
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I recently attended a birthday party hosted by several friends. The occasion was predictable; we met, talked, went uptown for lunch and listened to the obligatory \’d2Happy Birthday\’d3 song. Sufficient was the meal but when we returned to the home base, another larger caloric surprise awaited. I realized then why I was told earlier...
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As a single parent with one daughter, Betty, the family had enough but little extra.\’ca The absent father did offer some support and the head of the household had a decent job but still the family knew there were limits to their budget, and there was no safety net to catch them if they...
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For some older (ancient) ones still around (above ground), the "good old days" when life was simpler, people friendlier, and life seemed to move more slowly might have happened 70+ years ago.
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As a volunteer, I have had the privilege of knowing many people who have reached an age well beyond the three score and ten biblical promise.
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Many older people look on the "good old days" as those lived in their youth, the time when they were attending school although at the time, not many would have characterized the era of their lives as such. I grew up living a short walking distance to the Hamer School, grades 1-7 in...
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I saw a television ad recently that used the slogan, "Life Is A Gift." I accept that as an unquestioned truth but after a visit made today, I believe it ever more adamantly.
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