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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

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Welcome back, students! From the mayor’s desk

By MIKE MILLER

This year’s West Nile virus outbreak is on track to be the biggest since the virus first appeared in the United States in 1999, U.S. health officials reported Aug. 21. Unfortu-nately in South Carolina, Aiken County is in the lead with four confirmed cases of the West Nile as of Aug. 24, ac-cording to the Department of Health and Environmental Control.

Those older than 50 are the most likely to become se-verely ill with West Nile and should take special care to avoid mosquitoes, according to the CDC. The most effec-tive practices of protecting yourself against this disease may be simple but lifesaving. The first is to drain any areas of standing water where mosquitoes like to breed. Look about your home and yard for anything that may hold water such as flower pots, buckets, old kiddie pools and such. If your home has gutters, make sure they are clear and free flowing as occluded gutters provide very productive breeding areas for mosquitoes. Use mosquito repellent with DEET, dress in long pants and long sleeves, and be especially careful at dusk and dawn when mosqui-toes are most active.

We will be taking steps to aid in mosquito control and ask that you report any areas of stagnant water that cause you concern. We are closely monitoring those “retention/detention” pond areas but unfortunately cannot eliminate them at this point. These manmade breeding grounds are mandated by some of the very folks charged with protect-ing the citizens. I think the odds of a death resulting from a mosquito-borne illness far exceeds that of being swept away and lost forever in a flash flood on Park Street.

We are very pleased to say that the spay/neuter pro-gram sponsored by FOTAS and Pawmetto Lifeline was

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A dog leaves the spay/neuter program sponsored by FOTAS and Pawmetto Lifeline.

photo by tina chavious paioniDr. Bacon, Becky and Lance Brown

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Mary and Jason Bevell accompany their excited son Jason to his kin-dergarten class at Busbee Corbett Elementary Middle School.

photo by rob novitLaura Bacon, the new Busbee Corbett Elementary Middle School principal, greets fifth-grader Benzel Heyward and his mother, Cynthia Heyward, and other students and parents as they arrived. See more photos on pages 5 and 9.

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By Lemyra young

Memories are precious. Memories are something that cannot be taken away from you. Memories bring you great comfort and joy. Memories can sustain you through diffi-cult times. Memories allow you to remember from where you came and look forward to where you are going. Memories are God’s gift from the past for the future.

A Man’s Journey of Dreams*No ordinary man … I believe that these three

words describe Beaufort Hartley, 1931-2012. Beaufort was the son of Jimmie Lee Hartley, a sharecropper, and his wife Azalie. Growing up during the Great Depression and helping his father eke out a living on someone else’s farm allowed Beaufort time to dream as he and the family mule plowed furrow after furrow. However, his dreams did not include farming; he wanted something else out of life. Beaufort dropped out of high school after the 10th grade and worked at several menial jobs, including Mr. John Miller’s saw mill. Then, at 18, he joined the army and worked as a mail clerk stationed at Ft. Benning, Ga., and Hershey, Pa. Beaufort was exempted from duty in Ko-rea by his commanding officer who admired Beaufort’s work ethic and wanted to keep him stateside.

Shortly after joining the army, Beaufort and Ruby Nell Williams eloped. After the army, they made their home at North, S.C. During this time Beaufort learned his trade in refrigeration. He caught a ride every morning to trade school (which is now Midlands Tech) in Columbia and then thumbed home to North after classes were over. In 1956, Beaufort founded Hart-ley’s Heating and Cooling. This first venture established the basis and is still the backbone for Beaufort’s many other business accomplish-ments. In 1970, Beaufort opened his business in Wagener, and, with $400, he bought a house full of repossessed appliances and furniture and thus expanded his sales to include furniture and appliances.

I recently spent several hours with Beaufort’s children listening to them reminisce about their childhood and the importance of family in-stilled in them by their parents. I received much enjoyment as they shared story after story. In the early ’60s, Beaufort moved his family back home to Salley. He bought their Salley home from Mr. John Miller for $2,500, the same Mr. Miller that Beaufort worked for when he was 17. Danny, the oldest Hartley son, told me that Beaufort’s truck was loaded with furniture, household goods and everything else as they were leaving North for their Salley home. Ruby Nell was driving, and Brenda (holding Chris) and Mark were riding in the cab of the truck with her, while Danny was riding in the truck bed. Beaufort was sitting on the tailgate playing his guitar as they drove into Salley.

In June 1972, Beaufort was in an accident that nearly severed his left arm. This would have been traumatic for any man, but it was even more so for Beaufort since he was left-handed. Danny, who was still in high school, had to take over the business. Danny told me that the morning after the accident, Mr. Buddy Robinson called about a refrigeration problem. Danny said he knew his daddy and mama were depending on him and he made 3 trips to Mr. Buddy’s store until he finally got the problem solved. Danny explained that he had been on many service calls with his daddy, but it was different being on his own. He said he called Beaufort at the hospital, and Beaufort was on pain medication, but he would still tell Danny what to do. Danny said that was when he started driving the service truck, and he is still driving the truck today.

All of the Hartley children talked of growing up and how money was always tight. However, they could always count on having a good meal to sit down to every night and presents on Christmas morning. Ruby Nell would have each of the four children a stack of gifts for as long as they were living at home. Chris said he and Mark each got a bicycle most every year to replace the ones they wore out from the year before.

I have known Beaufort, Ruby Nell and their children for as long as I can remember. Beau-fort and Danny serviced the many refrigeration units in my daddy’s store. Starting from the time that Daddy first called Beaufort, a bond of trust was formed between the two. I was always taught that a man’s word was his bond, and a handshake sealed the deal. That was Daddy and Beaufort.

Several years ago I included Beaufort in one of my Memories column. The column was entitled “What did you want to be?” When I posed the question to Beaufort, he immediately replied, “A country music singer.” He told me that Hank Williams was his idol. He further related to me of his sharecropping days and that he plowed behind a mule five and one half days a week, and the entire time he was plowing, he was singing and yodeling.

Beaufort’s dream of being a country singer never materialized. His love of country music

continued, but his love for his family was his first priority. I recall Beaufort telling me that when he got out of the Army, he and Ruby Nell had just $365, an electric stove and Brenda. The way he said Brenda made me know just how much he loved her.

Beaufort was a self-taught musician; he taught himself to play the guitar, Do Bro (an acoustical guitar), lap steel guitar and banjo and was able to play and sing for family and friends and on special occasions. Brenda told me that in the early 1970s, Beaufort sold his Do Bro so she could attend cosmetology school. In 1975 Bren-da and Ruby Nell secretly borrowed the money from the bank and bought Beaufort a new Do Bro, which he played until his death.

Beaufort always had another business on the side; at one time or another, he had a clothes outlet store, sold carpet and floor covering, had a pressure wash business and a restaurant at two different locations. Another of Beaufort’s ac-complishments was Hartley Lake in Salley. He acquired the land in 1977 and, with the help of his family, built the lake. The lake is a beautiful spot in Salley and has provided a place for fish-ing, weddings and other events. Brenda, Danny and Mark live in the area surrounding Hartley Lake.

When Beaufort was about 12, his daddy sent him to town with the mule and wagon to get

fertilizer. Upon arriving at the farm supply, Beaufort was ignored and then made fun of; crying, he went outside and was heading the mule home when the man called him back and gave him the fertilizer. Many years later after Beaufort had opened his heating and cooling business, that same man said to him, “How about coming around here and looking at my refrigerator, and I’ll give you a Coca-Cola.” Beaufort’s reply, “I don’t work for Coca-Colas any more.”

Beaufort once told me that he was so thankful that he had the opportunity to know so many good people and to have so many friends during his life, and, in essence, Beaufort realized his dreams. He was a very positive, happy person who loved his family, his friends, and life in general. He leaves a tremendous legacy for his four children, eight grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren.

Ruby Nell passed away in 2003; she and Beaufort had been married 52 years, and Beau-fort died on her birthday. I can just imagine that she was waiting at Heaven’s gate in their old truck to drive Beaufort into Heaven as he sat on the tail gate playing his guitar.

* The title for this column was from Beau-

fort’s daughter Brenda in summation of her daddy’s life.

Beaufort Hartley: A man’s journey of dreams

Brenda, Ruby Nell and Beaufort

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By RoB [email protected]

The baby in the March of Dimes flier is 2, a charming smile on his face.

Diagnosed with cerebral palsy shortly after his birth, Glenn Gaskins Jr. wasn’t supposed to live even that long to become a March of Dimes poster child.

On the first day of school Aug. 20, Glenn, now 14, eased his wheelchair to a computer in the lab at Busbee Corbett Elementary Middle School – ready to work on some supplemental academic lessons.

A visitor asked the 14-year-old if he could take some photographs of him and his aide, Tonya Wiggins.

“Sure,” Gaskins said with a grin. “People do that all the time.”

His parents, Glenn Sr. and Bunny, call him a miracle child, born nearly four months prematurely and weighing 2.2 pounds. Glenn had a collapsed lung, heart issues and fluid on the brain.

The baby spent the first five months of his life in ICU. Five months later, the Gaskins-es, then in their 50s and the parents of four grown children, adopted Glenn Jr.

“He’s always been a fighter,” Bunny said. “We were told Glenn would never raise his head, never be able to use his arms. He will go to high school next year, and we have really been blessed.”

He’s a remarkable young man, his mother said. And who could possibly argue with her? Glenn has vision problems and re-cently needed surgery so he could hear in both ears. There are rods up his back to accommodate a medicine pump that con-trols spasticity and provides him with more movement in his arms and legs.

The pouch for the medication is about the size of a hockey puck and goes under the skin across his abdomen, then runs up his back all the way to his neck. It has had to be refilled every three months; now doc-tors are trying extend that procedure to six months.

Despite breathing issues that require a regular exercise regimen, Glenn has trav-eled far more extensively than most people do in a lifetime. He has spent a month in France, and his parents also have taken him to England, Bermuda, Nova Scotia, the New England coast, Niagara Falls, Alaska and Mexico.

“We wanted to show Glenn the world,” Bunny said. “He can learn by seeing, so we’ve been to Madison Square Garden and traveled by trains and planes and ships.”

The Gaskins family lives halfway be-tween Ridge Spring and Wagener. From grades 1-6, Glenn attended Joey Middle-

brooks’ special needs classroom, and Cindi Rankin served as Glenn’s shadow during the school day.

“He’s a great kid with an unbelievable memory and a tremendous vocabulary,” said Middlebrooks. “I read books to him as a part of homebound a summer or two, and he would remember the books and would make a 100 on every one of them. I should have written a book about Glenn years ago.”

Rankin remains so proud of Glenn’s ca-pabilities in science and social studies.

“He’s on grade level in those two subjects and even made the principal’s honor roll in them,” she said. “To sit and talk with him, you’d never know this child has cerebral palsy and all. I was so sad to see him leave our school.”

With some adaptive instructional materi-als, Glenn plans to take English I this year and get high school credit before entering Wagener-Salley High next year. Math re-mains a struggle, but he’s working hard on it, Bunny said.

So many people and organization have contributed to Glenn’s health – doctors, the March of Dimes, Tri-Development, Judi Bierman of Neuro-Developmental Treat-ment in Augusta, teachers Jim Cooke and Darlene English and Wiggins.

“We’re just so grateful,” Bunny said. “Glenn just likes to try everything, wheth-er it’s trying to swim or ride a special bicycle. So many of our dreams have been realized, and now Glenn can live as long as any of us.”

Cerebral palsy hasn’t stopped teenStAff photo by Rob Novit

Glenn Gaskins Jr., 14, works at a computer with teaching assistant Tonya Wiggins at Busbee Corbett Elementary Mid-dle School. The eighth-grader, who has severe cerebral palsy, continues to defy expectations.

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Now 14, Glenn Gaskin Jr. was 2 when he served as a March of Dimes poster child.


To help students, teachers and parents have a great start for the new school year, Clinton United Methodist Church celebrated the Blessing of the Backpacks on Sunday, Aug. 19.

Each student was asked to bring their school book backpacks to church and place them at the altar.

Pastor Butch Blackwell asked all of the students, parents and teachers to come to the alter and the Blessing of the Backpack was given.

Each student was given a metal cross for them to put on their backpack to remind them Jesus would always be near them.

A prayer was given to bless the teachers and parents for the coming school year and a special prayer given for each student present.

After the blessing of the back-packs each student was given a bag of school supplies.

Clinton UMC blesses backpacks


BAck to school 2012 Parents and community members:

On Aug. 2, 2012, the South Carolina State Department of Education released what is called the ESEA / Federal Accountability Report. This report, which has been devel-oped by our State Superintendent, Dr. Mick Zais, has taken the place of the “No Child Left Behind” AYP Report.

This new Accountability Report offers a limited “snapshot” view of Wagener-Salley High School. Unfortunately, this view does not show our school in a positive light. Our score is an “F.” Although I believe there to be relevant information within this report that we must agree needs to be taken seri-ously, I strongly disagree that this report fairly portrays the true achievement levels of Wagener-Salley High School.

In a small school, we can be the victims of our own limited numbers. In other words, our small number of students can paint an unfair picture. When each student may count as two to four percentage points, re-sults can dramatically change with as few as two to three students. Within this ESEA Report, the addition of two to three students in several groupings that did not count for us could have caused our grade to change to as high as a “B.” It was determined that each group that counted must have at least thirty students per group. Wagener-Salley

had several groups that fell short of the 30 student count by two to three students. It is also important to point out that ALL of the groupings that do count for us are at or near the minimum of thirty students. This is significant because with so few numbers it only takes one or two low scores within a category to dramatically affect the overall average of a grouping. I do realize that this can be difficult to digest, but in the simplest of terms, two to three students that could be counted in any of the categories would have portrayed Wagener-Salley High School in a dramatically different light.

I believe it is important to point out that in the last four years our school’s Graduation Rate has steadily increased, our Retention (Failure) Rate has been under 5 percent, our Drop-out Rate is below the State Average, and our Longitudinal HSAP Passage Rate is well above 90 percent.

Wagener-Salley High School is fully com-mitted and fully prepared to serve each of our students with effective and proactive initiatives that will address ALL of their educational needs.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at (803) 564-1100 or [email protected].

Sincerely, Patrick Keating, Principal

From principAl keAting ...

photo By roB novit

Melissa Farkas, a veteran teacher at Busbee Corbett Elementary Middle School, discuss-es a first-day assignment with third-grader Lance Brown.

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Austin Boulware, a Busbee Corbett Elementary Middle School 1st-grader, gets pretty close to his heart during the Pledge of Allegance

photo By tinA chAvious pAioniAmarion, Angel & Allama Moore made it to school early Aug. 20.

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Kindergartner Evan Garner gets a kiss goodbye from his dad, William Garner.

photo By tinA chAvious pAioniMrs. Mason teaches Michael Dean Paioni how to properly hold a pencil on his first day of 4K.

By Jim West

I refuse to be “dumbed down,” or do I?

There are so many regulations that a small business is required to adhere to on a daily basis, that on some days I cannot even think about taking care of my paying customers, but must put all my energy into satisfying some federal or state regulation, or worrying about some tax I must pay.

Aiken County is now trying to force me to collect more sales tax just to pay for new schools and higher salaries for educators. When I try to bring in more money for the products we sell, in order to give my employees a raise, my customers vote against that propo-sition by going somewhere else, such as Walmart, Lowe’s, Advance or Auto Zone to make their purchases.

For the most part, the big box retailers sell for cash only or credit card, look-ing the customer straight in the eye and letting them know that they are very interested in taking their money but not so interested in helping them later, if they have a problem. They don’t have time for that!

As Americans, we have decided that the big box retailers are what we want.

Pretty soon there won’t be any small business people to help the older man or lady in town, who can’t get any straight answers when they have a problem or any free help when they have no money, just so they can survive another day.

If you think the “big boxes” are going to fix your tire until next Tuesday when you get your monthly check, you must be nuts!

All of this has been brought about by the love of the almighty dollar – damn the small businesses in town – let’s all go to the big box retailer, where we can get it a few dollars cheaper!

We want to live in a beautiful small-town community, but we are going to spend our money somewhere else. The wonderful little community you live in will never miss your money – let every-body else keep it up.

The moral of this story is: Don’t ex-pect your community, including its stores, schools and churches, to be any more than you are willing to put into it yourself!

Today I had a person I have known for 30 years come by my business and ask me to check his marine battery and the air pressure in his tires.

He then looked at me and told me that he bought his batteries and tires at Walmart – not much of a friend! He wanted my opinion in order to make a valid decision at Walmart! In other words, he was too “dumbed down” to make a decision.

Before too long there won’t be any service-related small businesses – just give me your money and go. By the way, don’t fall by the wayside or get sick – the big box retailer will just roll over you and go on to the next “dumbed down” sucker.

Watch the big boxes come to our small towns and offer nothing but a few minimum-wage jobs – no booster club presidents, no school board members, no church deacons, no Sunday school teachers, no nothing. Just give them your money and go – and for God’s sake, get out of the way until you have some more money to spend!

You asked for it, and now it’s here. You voted for it with the money you have spent at the big box locations in-stead of in your hometown community.

About a year ago I had a professional person bring a set of wiper blades to me that she had bought at a big box retailer, complete with instructions on how to install them – she wanted me to put them on the family vehicle for her.

Since I operate a NAPA service cen-ter, I installed the wipers, after which she said thank you and drove off – no offer to pay for anything. If I needed her services and showed up at her place of business, she would expect to be paid, even if all I needed was advice.

Today, that same person showed up at my business with another set of wipers purchased elsewhere and once again asked me to install them on a vehicle. I honestly don’t remember seeing this person in my place of business buying gas, parts, tires or anything during the past year.

I guess I am the one who has been “dumbed down. I keep hoping the world will be what I think it ought to be, rath-er than what it really is.

No wonder the big boxes survive. I think it’s high time I did the same!

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Saturday, Aug. 4, hundreds of students at-tended the annual Back2School Bash spon-sored by Churches Together For Kids Min-stries. This was the 13th year CTFK Minis-tries have sponsored school supply giveaways to the Wagener community.

Twenty-seven churches and businesses joined together to provide starter school sup-plies to the Wagener students.

As students entered the Back2School Bash they recieved a backpack which they filled

at the many booths. As students traveled around to the booths they were given; high-lighters, pencils, colored pencils, glue sticks, erasers, composition books, spiral notebooks, notebook paper, pocket folders, three-ring binders, ink pens, crayons, and rulers. Stu-dents could also receive a hair cut, enjoyed balloons and could be prayed for at the prayer tent.

It took countless hours, many volunteers, many prayers, and funding to accomplish this

community event for our children and youth. We are so blessed to have churches, busi-nesses, and individuals who care so much for the children and youth to help provide items, funding, donations, and their time and talents for this great event. A BIG thanks to all who

helped and to all who attended. None of this could have been accomplished by one, but a community coming together for our children and youth. God bless our students, parents, and schools and God bless the big hearts that made it all possible.

Churches, businesses join forces for annual Back2School Bash

Marvin Bishop cuts hair. Pat Alger gives out pocketfolders.

Photo by tina Chavious Paioni

Wagener-Salley freshmen do last-minute checks before heading to home-room.

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Andrea Mast, a Busbee Corbett Elementary Middle School third-grader, checks out her schedule before school starts.

Photo by tina Chavious Paioni

Holley and Hunter Metcalf wait on their turn for 4K.

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WAgener portrAits of the pAst

Wagener’s First Baptist Church’s Vacation Bible School in 1952.


WAgener WolfpAck

The Wagener Wolfpack had a successful registration for Little League football.


By BRIAN WATTSJuly 17, 2012

Been tossing and turning

throughout the night, words bouncing in my head,

Thinking about how my life has changed, since leaving the life I led.

It’s 4:00 A. M., peaceful

outside-been chasing words all night,

There’s a fog in the air, my rooster’s crowing, a perfect time to write.

Everything in life happens for a

reason, but your decision is your choice,

You’ll always do the right thing, if you listen to the right voice.

We all fight our inner demons,

sometimes it’s like being tied up with a mile of barbed fence,

God helped me in my battle with mine, I”ve been sober ever since.

If you’re struggling with your

inner demons and no longer want

to hide,Pray to God, ask His help, get

on the winning side. He’ll help you with your strug-

gles, help you ease the pain,Like wind in a hurricane, He’ll

get them out of your brain. I was an addict over twenty

years, I drank and smoked alot of crack,

Since getting on God’s winning side, He’s destroyed the urge. I haven’t looked back.

Remember you aren’t promised

tomorrow, and can’t buy back yesterday,

Live your life, love your life, Thank God when you pray!

Brian is a miracle! He has recovered from more than 20 years of abusing and being heavily addicted to several kinds of drugs and alcohol. God literally “showed him the light” on Oct. 31, 2007. If you are interested in contacting Brian, his email address is [email protected].

By DR. Tommy HuDDleSToN

Several months ago our family experi-enced the death of someone very special to us. There was no coroner’s report, obituary or funeral service. The sadness of his death filled our eyes with tears and our hearts with pain. Even to this day, we miss him and realize how much joy he brought into our lives. His name was Goliath Huddleston, our pet dog. He was also known as Buddy, Buddy G., and Goliath Buddy. Probably too many names for a Pomeranian, but he responded the same to all of them.

I suppose many of you can relate to this because you have had a similar experience. Goliath was more than just a dog; he was a part of the family. Abandoned as a pup, pressured by our kids to keep, God used him to reveal to us many truths about Himself. Now I am in no way suggesting that Goliath and God are on equal terms, but both continue to impact our lives.

Goliath loved us with unconditional love. It did not matter if we were hav-ing a good day or a bad day; struggling with life’s issues or living carefree. He was always there. It is the same with God. He loves unconditionally and is

always there. Regardless of how we treat Him, He will never stop loving us or desiring a personal relationship with His creation.

Goliath brought us great joy. He was such a blessing. When we ask Jesus to come into our hearts, He brings us joy. John 15:11 says, “…that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” Are you experiencing His joy in your life?

Goliath welcomed being the center of attention. He had his way of mak-ing that happen. No regrets from us! In the same way, Jesus wants to have first place in our lives. That is a decision of one’s will.

Goliath was the official greeter of our home. Anyone who visited us realized that he was going to make you feel wel-comed, whether you liked it or not! He had a way of making you feel special. God has His ways of making us feel special. When you understand what Jesus did on the cross, it is easy to con-clude how special we are to Him. Can you imagine what it is going to be like when the Christian gets to Heaven and Jesus is there to welcome him home?

In one of the darkest seasons of my life and ministry, Goliath was there!

When you go through the valleys of life, God has promised to be with you and never leave you. It does not get any bet-ter than that!

As we look back at Goliath’s life, we realize how much we loved him. The one thing we know is that he was never neglected or mistreated. In Genesis 1, God gave man dominions over animal life. However, that does not mean we are free to abuse or neglect them.

Goliath was temporary. God is for-ever. Goliath trusted us to do what was best for him even at the end. One of the most unselfish acts of love we made was to have him put down when he was very ill. God wants us to do what is right in our relationship with Him. He is forever!

Thank you for letting me express my feelings about our faithful friend, Go-liath. More importantly, thank you for allowing me to share with you about our faithful God!

Dr. Tommy Huddleston is transi-tional pastor of Berlin Baptist Church, located on Crossthorn Road. Dr. Hud-dleston can be reached via e-mail at [email protected] or at the church office at (803) 564-6308.

Remembering a faithful friendInneR DemOns


By Jeremy [email protected]

WAGENER-SALLEY 36, LATTA 14

After three straight years of start-ing the season with losses, Wagen-er-Salley (1-0) got off on the right foot on Aug. 17, collecting a 36-14 Week Zero win over Latta (0-1).

“This felt really good,” head coach Ken Tucker said. “Our kids played extremely hard.”

Eric Corley struck first for the War Eagles with a 75-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the first quarter and added a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter. Malcolm Stro-man had touchdown runs of 20 and 10 yards in the second and third quarter, respectively.

Despite the high score in the win, Tucker said his team had some of-fensive progress stalled by penal-ties.

“We just kept fighting through it, fighting through it,” Tucker said.

The War Eagles held the Vikings scoreless until about six minutes

remained in the game, but running back RJ McClam struck twice for Latta, scoring on runs of 45 and 50 yards.

WAGENER-SALLEY 73, BETHUNE-BOWMAN 14

WAGENER — Within the first three minutes of Aug. 24’s home opener, Wagener-Salley had two interceptions and two rushing touch-downs from four different players. The War Eagles (2-0) didn’t look back and beat Bethune-Bowman (0-1) by a lopsided score of 73-14.

Bobby Chavis got the highlight party started with an interception and 18-yard return on the Mohawks’ opening drive that set up a 20-yard touchdown run by Malcolm Stroman. On the visitors’ next drive, Eric Cor-ley picked off a tipped pass and Trey Davis punched in an 8-yard run less than a minute later.

For the rest of the night, the War Eagle offense took center stage, racking up 374 yards that included 315 on the ground.

Head coach Ken Tucker attributed

the output to this week’s practice efforts.

“We had a good week of prepara-tion coming into this,” Tucker said. “The mentality of our kids has changed a lot. ... They understand they have to work hard and be pre-pared.”

The War Eagles led 49-14 at the half, and Bethune-Bowman head coach Derek Harrison was offered a running clock at that point. He declined until the game reached its final margin with 5:26 remaining in the third quarter.

Stroman showed up ready to play in all three phases of the game. He

had 54 rushing yards and three touchdowns on six carries, 59 pass-ing yards on a 5-for-7 effort and caught two interceptions on defense with one returned 45 yards for a score. He also returned the free kick following a safety 60 yards for another score – bringing his total on the night to five touchdowns – and made 5 of 9 extra point attempts.

Tucker said that his quiet leader-ship has made the junior signal call-

er a valuable asset, also highlight-ing Stroman’s ability to gain yards with his legs on broken plays.

“He’s extremely important,” Tucker said. “He’s just a junior, and our kids have already voted him a captain.”

Stroman said that finding the end zone in different ways and keeping his teammates involved

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Photo by JErEmy timmErmAnWagener-Salley quarterback Malcolm Stroman (4) leaves defenders behind on a 20-yard touchdown run against Bethune-Bowman.

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requires an amount of focus.“It’s responsibilities you’ve got to have,”

he said. “Basically, you’ve got to be on your toes for everything.”

On Friday, that also meant getting the ball into the hands of the running back duo of Corley and Trey Davis. Corley, also a ju-nior, added 136 rushing yards and a 73-yard touchdown on 11 carries, while the senior Davis accumulated 113 yards and four scores on 10 carries.

The War Eagle defense tried its best to out-do the offense. Bethune-Bowman man-aged only 87 total yards of offense in the game, and the War Eagles held them to mi-nus-57 yards on the ground.

The defensive success was a result of film study and execution, Tucker said.

“We were really focused in on what we thought Bethune-Bowman was going to do,” he said.

In all, Wagener-Salley created five turn-overs, and 80 yards of the Mohawk produc-tion came on two long passes from quar-terback Jawan Willis. According to Tucker, those were a product of defensive backs being concerned with Willis’ running abil-ity. One was a 37-yard touchdown strike to Carl Heyward II, who took over at quarter-back later in the game. The Mohawks’ other score came on a fumble recovery in the end zone by Malik Glover.

In addition to Stroman’s score, the War Eagles’ special teams unit also put points on the board on the next Mohawk punt when Gregg Hicks went 70 yards for a score.

The positive play in that phase of the game was a welcome sight for Tucker.

“I really thought our special teams got a

lot beter this week; that was one of our big concerns coming into last week,” he said.

Wagener-Salley will hit the road next Fri-day to play Class AA foe Pelion, now 0-2 after a 44-7 loss to Swansea. Tucker said that the War Eagles will continue prepara-tions the same way they’ve done during the first 2-0 start for the program since 2003. The War Eagles haven’t gone 3-0 since 1995.

“We’ll just keep doing what we’re doing, trying to get better,” he said.

Jeremy Timmerman has a journalism de-gree from Mercer University and has been at the Aiken Standard since June 2010.

BB 0 14 0 0 – 12WS 29 20 24 0 – 73

SCORING SUMMARYFIRST QUARTER

WS-Malcolm Stroman 20 run (Stroman kick) 10:17.WS-Trey Davis 8 run (Stroman kick) 9:29.WS-Safety 3:59.WS-Stroman 60 free kick return (kick failed) 3:47.WS-Gregg Hicks 70 punt return (Stroman kick) 2:52.

SECOND QUARTERWS-Davis 5 run (Stroman kick) 5:40.BB–Jawan Willis 37 pass to Carl Heyward II (Bernard Mack run) 4:21.WS-Davis 17 run (kick failed) 3:46.BB-Malik Glover fumble recovery (run failed) 1:37.WS-Eric Corley 73 run (Stroman kick) :51.Third QuarterWS-Stroman 14 run (kick failed) 10:48.WS-Davis 23 run (kick failed) 9:54.WS-Stroman 45 interception return (run failed) 9:37.WS-Stroman 1 run (run failed) 5:26.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING

BB–Mack 4-9, Willis 9-(-40), Gregory Starkes 4-2, Heyward 7-(-23). Totals 24-(-52).WS–Stroman 6-54-3TD, Davis 10-113-4TD, Corley 11-136-1TD, Ke’Aunri Holmes 5-24, Al Bynem 2-(-12). Totals 34-315-8TD.

PASSINGBB–Willis 8-19-110-1TD-2INT, Heyward 4-14-29-0TD-2INT. Totals 12-33-139-1TD-4INT.WS-Stroman 5-7-59-0TD-0INT.

RECEIVINGBB-Heyward 6-64-1TD, Darius Anderson 3-29, Treshawn Wilson 3-58, Mack 1-(-7).WE-RJ Tyler 3-34, Bobby Chavis 2-20, Gregg Hicks 1-12.

INTERCEPTIONSWS-Stroman 2-45-1TD, Chavis 1-18, Corley 1-0.

Wagener Monthly xWednesday, Xxxxx xx, 2012

PHoTo By JEREMy TIMMERMAN

Wagener-Salley’s Eric Corley (15) changes directions in the War Eagles’ 73-14 win over Bethune-Bowman.

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MissionsMy name is Lindsey Fulmer, and 7 years

ago, in March of 2005, I prayed to God for the souls of the Thai people. In my research for a 7th grade project I came upon the stunning statistics that made my heart go out to the nation of Thailand.

I found out that 96% of Thai people are Buddhists and only less than 1% of Thai people are Christians. As I prayed that day I got a response from the Lord, telling me that one day I would go to that nation and preach the gospel, so I began preparing. In October of the same year John Smith-wick Ministries International came to my church.

John announced about their missions ministry and about how they had begun a Harvest Plan in the nation of Thailand. I knew that this was my connection, to fulfill what God had put on my heart.

I didn’t go that year but I wasn’t discour-aged because I knew my time would come, I prayed for the next 5 years and in 2010 after numerous blessings from God and his people I ventured on my first journey to Thailand.

After that first year of seeing thousands of Thai people come to the saving knowl-edge of Jesus Christ and seeing hundreds of people get healed by God’s power I knew this would not be my last trip.

Through much prayer and continual blessings I ventured to Thailand a second time in the summer of 2011. I decided that summer that I would go to the nations whenever I had the opportunity.

There are so many unreached people around the world, in Thailand alone there are about 71% of people who have never even heard the name of Jesus Christ. In countries like China, Pakistan and Iran the numbers are much higher than that.

This past year I prayed about where the Lord would have me to go and through numerous prayers, and talks with God, the opportunities to go to Haiti, Cambodia and Thailand arose.

I knew it would be a lot of money and time but when God tells you to do some-thing, he already has all the means for you to do it.

So in faith I committed to all three trips and thanked God for the provisions before they came. About $8,000 and hundreds of prayers later I found myself leaving for the first of my trips. Here are my stories from those trips…

HaitiThe first trip of the summer was to Haiti,

a small mountainous Island close to Cuba. I wend on this trip with my University as a part of our Missions Week project for the 2011 – 2012 school year. This trip took place over the course of about 12 days and we got to experience many different types of ministry and service.

We stayed in two different areas of the Island, one being the capital Port-au-Prince and the other about 5 hours away in Port Salute. While in Port-au-Prince we worked with Jim and Gina who are the over seers at the Church of God Compound in Haiti.

We then traveled to Port Salute where we spent time working with H.E.A.R. the cry, and organization helping to educate Hai-tians and give them better opportunities in education and health.

While in Port-au-Prince we did many dif-ferent landscaping and cleaning projects.

They have a Widow’s Home and a Health Care Facility and they needed medical sup-plies (which we donated) and help picking up trash and landscaping to make things easier on the widows at the home.

Haiti is full of trash, there are no laws about littering and if you look for a trash can nearby what you will find is that people throw trash anywhere. One of the main things we did in the city was clean trash and tell locals WHY we were doing this.

This was only a small portion of our trip though. We traveled about 5 hours out of the city into Port Salute, which was the opposite of the dirty city we worked in, in Port-au-Prince. Port Salute is a gorgeous area which white sand beaches and a less populated area, the mountains are so beau-tiful and the faces kind.

We worked with three wonderful people from 3 different but very amazing orga-nizations, Melissa from World Orphans, Wendy from Restivek Freedom, and Ralph from H.E.A.R. the cry. They helped us to not only help other people in Haiti but to get a better sense of what was really hap-pening and going on in the lives of those all around us.

Poverty in Haiti is huge, we were told that an average family lives off of $300 a year, poverty is over 80% and since the Earth-quake in 2010 things have gotten worse. People are hungry, Children are vulnerable and a lot of children are in slavery, and the government is corrupt. There is such a need for love, support and God.

Christianity is spreading because of the exposure to the outside world since the

earthquake but they still have strong hold of voodoo and other religions.

While still in Port Salute we hiked up a mountain and delivered rice and beans to a very poor village, we went to a school and taught the children how to brush their teeth, and passed out toothbrushes and tooth paste.

H.E.A.R. the cry is also building a com-munity center, so we helped paint and we also went to Les Cayes, a city about 30 minutes away and had conversations with the English students there. They were excited to speak with us and we were ex-cited to be able to listen to their hopes and dreams.

After serving in this area we went back to Port-au-Prince and got to visit with some of the girls in the transitional house of Restivek Freedom, these girls were rescued from child slavery and are being taught how to read and write, along with adjusting to a normal life mentally, physically and emotionally. We got to donate a laptop to each girl and begin to show them how to use them.

Haiti was an awesome trip, and I have high hopes of returning there to these peo-ple and being able to serve. “Mwen remnen Ayiti!” is what I would go around saying, it means I love Haiti in Creole and I do, I re-ally love the people and country.

Southeast Asia (Thailand and Cambodia)

I went to Southeast Asia with JSMI Global Ventures (John Smithwick Ministries Inter-national). John and his wife Martine.

I have visited Thailand to do missions in the years 2010 and 2011. I decided that this year I would also go to Cambodia. This trip was a combination trip; we split the time, spending one week in Cambodia and one in Thailand. I was there about 3 weeks and I am excited to share with you the experiences I had there.

Fulmer recounts 2012 mission trip

Some team members raking rocks at the widow’s home, a care facility for widowed pastor’s wives.

This is what most streets in Haiti look like, especially in the city where the popula-tion is so large.

Please see mission, Page 17

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Cambodia Cambodia is a small country right out-

side of Thailand, there main religion is Buddhism, and they have been through a lot of struggles and tragedies. The popula-tion of Cambodia is about 1441900 people. Out of that number it is estimated that 68.2% of those people have never in their lives heard the name of Jesus Christ, let alone the story of His saving mankind. We went into the villages about an hour and a half out from the city, to tell these unreached people about their savior. Us-ing a simple presentation of the gospel and giving them love, we share the gospel and were able to witness many salvations and miracles. We went to two parts of Cam-bodia spending 2 days in each town and going to many different villages within the area. We were not only able to reach adults, or children but Cambodian people of all ages!! Through the children’s cru-sades and the adult crusades and the street ministry, over a 4 day period we saw 8,077 salvations and 88 confirmed healings!! God is so amazing and is continuing to work in the country of Cambodia.

ThailandAfter seeing many beautiful Cambodian

people become followers of our Lord Jesus Christ we left Cambodia and headed to Thailand. Thailand is a country near and dear to my heart, I have been there now 3 times to minister and tell the wonderful Thai people who Jesus is and it has been one of the best parts of my life.

Needless to say, I love Thailand and I was excited to see what the Lord had in

store. I was there with JSMI so we did the same type of ministry. We went into schools, markets, villages, and we did crusades. By the end of our 5 days of min-istry we saw 12,966 salvations and 142 confirmed miracles!! God did a mighty work. Thailand is known to be the MOST Buddhist nation in the world, and the city

we were in, Bang Bo, is known to be the MOST Buddhist city in Thailand. The Lord opened doors and we were able to minister to people who would have never heard about him otherwise.

Future PlansMissions will always be a part of my life,

next year I hope to go to Kenya, Thailand, and maybe Australia but I will be updating you all as soon as I know. Thank you again for your continual support and Prayers, I hope to see more people coming out to minister, if you are interested in any more information about the trips I have been on or the miniseries I have worked with con-tact me. I love to talk about my trips and the mighty things God has done, not only in the mission field but in y everyday life. I am currently at Lee University where I study youth ministry. I plan to work with youth, and to do missions for the rest of my life. I’d love to hear from you!

Cell:803.673.1790 Email:[email protected]

God has commanded us to go and preach his word to ALL nations…

“16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:16-20

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Lindsey with some of the children at the school they went to.

Being a clown for a day of ministry.


By Wes Bommer

Beekeepers arrived at Clemson for their summer meeting.

This year the meeting location moved from the Poole Center to the Hendrix Center for a larger auditorium.

In the past several years, people had to set on the steps so a larger facility was necessary.

We started with 300 chairs and had to make changes as we had more than 350 people in attendance. With the food court one f loor, this made it a good location.

Training sessions were held by Wy-att Magnum of the University of Mary Washington using Miller method. This is a method of raising queen cells on irreg-ular-shaped honeycomb.

The irregular-shaped honeycomb en-courages the production of more honey cells. Fifty people attended two of these sessions.

Magnum brought his new released book on top bar hives. Top bar hives are used extensively in developing countries.

They can be constructed from scrap

materials. Magnum has used these in his research work. Some new beekeepers are using these more as a novelty. The book also contains a lot of beekeeping infor-mation.

There was a honey show judging honey and wax as judging will be done at other events. There was also a black jar judg-ing.

During the judging of this event, the judges cannot see the honey, and it is judged solely on taste.

Our bee research fund sponsored two studies this past year. The first was on small hive beetles, and the second was on splits from an existing hive.

This research is funded by South Caro-lina Beekeepers for South Carolina Bee-keepers.

If you would like to contribute to this tax-deductible research fund, go to www.scstatebeekeepers.org.

Wes Bommer is a Master Gardener, mem-ber of Wagener Garden Club and president of Mid-State Beekeepers and the State Bee-keepers Association.

Training, honey judging comprise annual meeting Courtesy of WagenersC.Com

Garvin Oil Company, parent company of Kent’s Korner Convenience Stores, with headquarters in Wagener, has been featured in the Independent Gasoline Mar-keting (IGM) magazine’s May/June 2012 issue.

IGM is the official publication of the So-ciety of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America (SIGMA), an organization con-sisting of America’s leading fuel marketers.

Mark Ward wrote a significant piece about Garvin Oil after his interview with Garvin Oil CEO and President Chad In-gram.

Ward and Ingram discussed the trans-formation you may have noticed with the Kent’s Korner brand and their social media presence as well as the recent “remod-eled travel center, a $2 million project and prototype for the company’s evolving ap-proach to fuel retailing and convenience store merchandising.”

Ingram acknowledges the company’s shift of focus from major fuel brands to their own brand identity, an identity those of us in Wagener say “feels like home.”

The 19 Kent’s Korner convenience stores

and 2 travel centers are being renovated to a new design that combines the red-white-and-blue KK graphic with classic brick and stone accents.

The new storefronts on the exterior and the fountain islands on the interior, along with big screen TV interior advertising present a uniform brand customers can rec-ognize and trust.

“We’re eventually looking to do our own branded foodservice.” Ingram told Ward.

“Our slogan is ‘Trusted Quality, Real Value,’” Ingram told Ward. “Our model works because local people know us. They can trust us for friendly service, fantastic coffee, and market-low prices on gasoline and diesel. Our up-branding reinforces that trust and will allow us to extend it into new areas such as foodservice.”

Sigma uses the term “geographic market-ers” referring to companies like Kent’s Ko-rner that leverage local name recognition into regional dominance.

Sigma’s IGM magazine is by subscription only. Subscriptions are available at www.Sigma.org or call (703) 709-7000.

Read the article in full at Facebook.com/Kent’sKornerConvenience In The News tab.

Kent’s Korner embraces technology and an online presence for growth


By BRIAN WATTs

Ain’t our God a wonderful God? Let me start by saying thank you once again

to the kind people in Wagener and the people at the Wagener Monthly for helping me get my words out. Without y’all, it wouldn’t be possible.

And a special thanks to Cindy, my mom and dad, my family’s support, the people at West Tire & Oil – Jim and Johnnie West and crew, Hewie and Doug Disher and crew, Judd Busbee and the people there. Also people at the Piggly Wiggly, Dr. Fair’s office, Sue’s Diner, Tyler Brothers and David and crew at the Feed & Seed.

Just the people in the town of Wagener, listen-ing to me and my testimony never seems to get old with ya’ll, and I thank you for that.

I’m just so proud to tell people what God has done for me. The people that know me and have taken time to listen to my testimony don’t care that I am a retired hippie covered in tattoos with tattered jeans, and that really says a lot.

Just another fact that Jesus talks about – it’s not the outward appearance; it’s what’s inside. So once again, thank you people of Wagener. Just remember – I write the words God gives me, I give all of the glory to Him.

Your kind words and replies to my words (po-ems) in the Wagener Monthly are always over-

whelming. I have come a long way since that night in 2007 when I overdosed in that crack house in Panama City Beach, Fla.

God has allowed me to find inner peace and

always think of others before myself. I used to live in a drug and alcohol environment, and my life and others around me was very negative. And now that God is on my side, my life is so

positive and I try to spread positivity every-where I go. Before you can share peace, you have to find peace within, and believe me, with God’s help,, you can.

A couple of weeks ago, through a friend of mine, God gave me a baby deer, around 7 weeks old. That deer is 100 percent dependent on me to feed him three or four times daily and to keep him safe – almost like a job.

I put him in the pen with my other critters, goats, chickens, turkeys and ducks. He is trying to make it his home.

The little deer might be dependent on me, but God knew what He was doing when he brought me that little deer. He has helped me more men-tally and spiritually than I could ever help him.

When you look in his eyes, you can see the power of God’s love. It’s hard to explain; rais-ing these critters has really helped me finding my inner peace, as well as other things in this new life. I’ll say it again – ain’t our God a won-derful God?

Like bringing me to this little town of Wa-gener, it’s a long way from that beach in Florida where I almost lost my life. Remember, you can’t put a number beside a dollar sign to find your peace of mind. Love your life; live your life; thank God for what you have. Also try not to judge others by what they wear or the way they look. God Bless!

Ain’t our God a wonderful God?


By Marian “Marie Miller” Fullard

There is a little church that sits by the side of the road in your town. The church has been here for more years than I know, but I am aware it’s been there all of your life. It’s a church where family and friends gathered to worship and praise the Lord. Some may come for the wor-ship experience while others may come looking to be blessed by the word of God. Whatever the reason,

it’s such a blessing that they still are coming to the little church by the side of the road. It could be any church maybe Saron, Chalk Hill, Piney Grove, Hall Hill or your church.

Many of you remember when your parents or grand-parents brought you to church on Sunday. Perhaps you came for Sunday school and stayed for church service, and on Wednesday night for Bible study. No doubt your family had a special pew where they sit every Sunday they came; and when their friends came they sit there too.

As we reflect back to years gone by we think of big meeting time, which was held at different churches on the first, second, third or fourth Sunday in July or August. There would be standing room only and the preacher preached a sermon of hell and damnation, which scared you to death.

Folks came from up the road, and they would be sharp as a tack. They came to be with family and see old friends. Dinner would be served out the trunk of someone’s car and folks went from car to car; it seemed as though everyone wanted you to have din-ner with them. Now, you talk about some good eating as the old folks use to say “child they put their foot in that”.

I can almost taste that fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, collard greens with plenty of fat back, corn-bread, peas and rice, cake, and pie. Oh, let not forget the lemonade with that block of ice which was made in a wooden barrel. Oh, what a time, let me say that again oh, what a time. It did not matter that there was no dining facility, we ate and fanned gnats and keep on eating, and probably ate a few gnats too.

God has blessed us from the bush harbor to the mod-ern church building. It’s amazing that when conditions

were not so pleasant that people still filled the church. But now that we have all the modern conveniences in God’s house people just don’t come to church like they use to. Most have it better then ever. I often wonder what’s the problem.

The young people probably don’t know what I’ve been talking about. Terms like big meeting, up the road, sharp as a tack, bush harbor, and eating out the trunk of a car.

Well, I will be more than happy to enlighten you. “Big meeting” was revival time, “up the road” was a term describing folks traveling from some northern state, “sharp as a tack” was when folks wore their fin-est clothing, a “bush harbor” was the church without a building, and eating out the trunk of the car was due to not having an inside dining hall. Some of us remember those days and some even say those were the good old days but whatever you say that’s the way it was.

As we move from the past to the present, you can see where God has brought our churches from and how He has blessed us to have family and friends. Proverbs 18:24 says, “A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.”

2 Timothy 4:2 says, “ Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, exhort, with all long suffering and teaching.” Some of the churches I named are blessed with a pastor that is ready in season and out of season; preaching and teaching God’s word. Your pastor wants all men, women and children to receive salvation and be saved before it are too late.

Then there are the voices of these churches singing the songs of Zion, ushering in the Holy Spirit, and lift-ing up the name of Jesus in praises and worship; and the children’s choir is doing the same. Each person, in their perspective place, has a job to do as well. One thing is lifting up the name of Jesus and reaching out to others in Christian love wherever it is needed.

Even though “big meeting time” is not what it use to be, we still pray that God’s kingdom will come into our hearts, where peace and love will rule. Teach us what it means to be peacemakers, as well as peacekeeper and to love as Jesus loves. Help us to cultivate peace between family and friends. Teach us the art of build-ing bridges of friendship, and not walls of hate. I pray that all of us know that God is love and He loves you, you, and you.

Remember ‘Big Meeting Time’?

SuBMitted By andy ShuMpert

When you own stocks, you know their prices will always fluctuate. To help ease the effects of this volatility on your portfolio, you could add other types of investments, such as bonds. Yet bond prices will also rise and fall. But there may be – in fact, there should be – a big difference in how you view the ups and downs of stocks versus those of bonds.

Any number of reasons can cause stock prices to go up or down. But in the case of bonds, prices go up and down largely, though not exclusively, for one reason: changes in interest rates. Suppose you purchase a bond that pays 4 percent interest and then, a year later, newly issued bonds pay 3 percent. You could now potentially sell your bond for more than its face value because it provides more income to in-vestors than the new bonds. Converse-ly, if newly issued bonds pay 5 percent interest, the value of your existing bond would drop because itís unlikely that someone would pay full price for a bond that provides less income than newer bonds.

When you own stocks, or stock-based investments, you want their price to rise because you probably plan on selling those stocks someday – and you’d like to sell them for more than you paid for them. But it’s not so cut-and-dry with bonds. While some people may indeed purchase bonds in hope of selling them for a profit before they mature, many other investors own bonds for other reasons.

First, as mentioned above, owning bonds can be a good way to help diver-sify your portfolio. Second, and prob-ably more importantly, people invest

in bonds for the income they provide in the form of interest payments. And here’s the good thing about those inter-est payments: They’ll always continue at the same level as long as you own your bond, except in the rare case of a default. (Although defaults are not common, they can occur, so you do need to take a bond’s “credit risk” into account before investing.) Thus, if you plan to hold your bonds until they mature, you donít have to worry about a possible drop in their value. But if you need to sell your bonds before they mature, the price you receive will depend on current interest rates.

You can’t control or predict interest rates, but you can help soften their impact on bond prices by building a “ladder” of bonds with varying ma-turities. Then, if market interest rates rise, you can sell your maturing short-term bonds and purchase new ones at the higher rates. And if market rates fall, you’ll still have your longer-term bonds working for you at higher rates. (Usually, but not always, longer-term bonds pay higher rates to compensate investors for incurring inflation risk over time.) Keep in mind, though, that the investments within your bond ladder should be consistent with your investment objectives, financial cir-cumstances and risk tolerance.

Whether you own your bonds until maturity or build a bond ladder, you can do something to protect yourself from price movements. And that type of control can prove valuable to you as you chart your course through the investment world.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

Changing bond prices not worth fretting over


Building project Al-Anon

Mt. HerMon’s fAll BAzAAr

Are you bothered by someone’s drinking? How to recognize the effects of someone else’s drinking in my life?

Do you worry about how much someone else drinks?

Do you have money problems because of someone else’s drinking?

Do you tell likes to cover up for someone else’s drinking?

Do you feel that if the drinker cared about you he/she would stop drinking to please you?

Are plans frequently upset or canceled be-cause of the drinker?

Do you make threats such as, “If you don’t stop drinking, I’ll leave you?

Are you afraid to upset someone for fear it will set off a drinking bout?

Have you been hurt or embarrassed be-

cause of someone’s drinking?Do you search for hidden alcohol?Have you refused social invitations out of

fear or anxiety?

Do you think that if the drinker stopped drinking, your other problems would be solved?

Do you feel like a failure because you can’t control the drinking?

If you answered yes to any of these ques-tions, Al-Anon Family Groups may be of help to you. For local information, please t Nancy B. at 803-564-6487.

Local meeting: Monday Nights at 7:00 PM

Wagener United Methodist Church, 153 Columbia Highway, Wagener, SC

Christ Central Institute President, Ken Clark and staff visiting our wood working/boat building mission. Boat shown is a small scale model of the boats that CCI Students will be building this semester.

Mt. Hermon Baptist Church will hold a fall bazaar on Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be lots of vendors and a large variety of crafts. For more information, call 564-5205. Hope to see you!

2012 Families Along the Edisto Reunion When: September 15, 2012Where: Bethcar Baptist Church950 Bethcar Church Rd.Wagener, SC in Aiken County.Time: 10:30 am ‘til This reunion is for all families who settled

near the Edisto Rivers. Names highlighted are connected to the Rev. Carson Howell (1768-1836) and his wife Nancy Dolly Cook:

Cook, Garvin, Goss, Howell, Huckabee, Johnson, Keel, Redd, Scott, and William-son.

A covered dish luncheon will be served.

Travelers of long distance need not bring food. Eating utensils, ice, & tea will be furnished.

The Aiken/Barnwell Genealogy Society

will be present with a display of books for sale. We encourage attendees to bring anything pertaining to your family, family Bibles, family histories, family pictures, and anything else that you may have pertaining to your family of years ago.

We will have tables with family names

highlighted. Any information to be shared pertaining to these names will be displayed at these tables. A copier will also be pro-vided.

Contacts: Hazel Smith [email protected] Howell [email protected] Shull [email protected] Smith belinda156@hotmail.

comSarah Smith sandollar4984@yahoo.

com

fAMilies Along tHe edisto


S.C. legiSlAtive ACtion in revieWBy Rep. Bill TayloR

Dear Friends:After a decade of seeing the pension fi-

nancial mess grow, the General Assembly’s crowning achievement this year was to pass legislation to put the state’s various pension plans on sound financial footing. That major reform is already paying off. Moody’s Inves-tors Service is calling it “credit positive for state and local governments” and they esti-mate South Carolina’s long-term unfunded liability has already been cut by $2 billion.

Nothing comes easy in the legislative pro-cess. We passed pension reform on the very last day of an extended legislative session. Among other things, the law limits employ-ees’ ability to officially retire, return to work and collect two checks. And for new hires, it also changes how benefits are calculated; they’ll have to work longer to earn their re-tirement pay.

For some in the pension system, it was tough medicine, but we cannot afford to be like many other states where the long-term pension liability is unsustainable. We now have a new direction and sound footing for our state’s pension programs.

State Budget Brinksmanship Pays Off

The creation of a state budget is a complex process, but one of the most important tasks performed by the General Assembly. This year the difficulties were magnified by the failure of the House and Senate to agree on tax reform until minutes before the deadline.

Biz Tax Relief = Jobs I’m proud to report the House of Represen-

tatives prevailed in winning permanent tax relief for South Carolina’s small businesses in the new state budget. This was no small feat. Our House negotiators held fast in overcom-ing Senate objections and the nearly 60,000 small businesses in this state will see their

state income taxes go down. The $60 million in tax cuts for sole proprietorships will phase in over three years. The tax rate for those businesses will drop 40 percent from 5 per-cent to 3 percent. Less taxes = more jobs!

Budget Highlights • education: Provides an additional $152

million in new funding, increasing the base student cost to $2,012. Provides $5 million for new charter schools.

• Teacher pay Raises: 2 percent pay in-crease for public school teachers statewide plus no premium increase for health ben-efits (they haven’t had a salary increase in 3 years).

• State employees: 3 percent pay raise for state employees (they, too, haven’t had a sal-ary increase in 3 years).

• law enforcement pay Raises: Includes an additional 2 percent pay raise for the low-est paid law officers working for the state.

• Rape Crisis Centers: $453,000 to fund rape crisis programs statewide.

• local Government Funding: Added $30 million to funds going to local governments.

• Creating Jobs: $25 million for S.C. Com-merce Department to recruit new industries.

Most importantly, we set aside $300 million for the state’s portion of dredging Charleston Harbor to accommodate the new super-sized cargo ships and keep the port competitive. The Charleston port is the state’s No. 1 economic driver. In the first six months of this year, S.C. merchandise exports rose 4 percent over the same period last year.

It’s important to see how the state spends your taxes in its general fund budget. Con-sider this ...

• Nearly 40 percent of all expenditures are for K-12 and higher education.

• Nearly 20 percent of the general fund bud-get is spent on Medicaid and social services.

That doesn’t leave much latitude for all other government functions.

Budget Vetoes I applaud Gov. Haley for being more pre-

cise this year with her veto pen. We can’t waste taxpayers hard earned money and it’s the governor’s responsibility to step back from the legislative budget process and fo-cus on whittling out non-essential spending. South Carolina needs to save not spend.

While the House of Representatives sus-tained only 37 percent of Gov. Haley’s vetoes and overrode the rest, I voted 83 percent to uphold her vetoes. My reasoning had nothing to do with “politics” and everything to do with saving taxpayers money.

Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Derailed

While I am disappointed the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act (known as Obamacare), there was a huge states rights win for South Carolina in one de-cision. The Court called the mandatory expan-sion of Medicaid “economic dragooning” that would force states to acquiesce to the federal government in hugely expanding a program designed to cover medical services for the most vulnerable. Under the Court’s ruling, Medicaid expansion becomes voluntary on a state-by-state basis. Had the mandatory Med-icaid expansion been allowed to stand it would have swamped our state budget in the coming years. Important facts you need to know:

• SC’s Medicaid program already covers 1 million of our 4.6 million residents; that’s 22 percent of our citizens.

• Medicaid costs $5.9 billion a year (30 per-cent paid for by S.C. taxpayers; 70 percent by federal taxes). That’s 25 percent of the entire state budget that totals more than $23 billion and almost as large as our General Fund bud-get.

• Mandatory expansion of Medicaid un-der Obamacare would possibly add another 500,000 South Carolinians to the program.

• It’s estimated the mandatory expansion would have increased state spending by as

much as $2.3 billion dollars between 2014-2020.

No Federal Retribution: The Supreme Court ruled that if states decide not to partici-pate in the Medicaid expansion, the federal government can’t cut off funds for existing Medicaid programs.

State Debate Just Beginning: The Court’s ruling on the Medicaid expansion opens a window for states to consider bills in the 2013 session to explicitly refuse to expand their Medicaid programs as they will no longer be subjected to draconian penalties. Last year, the legislature gave the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) much more flexibility in administering Medicaid. That has resulted in better coverage, greater efficiencies and cost savings.

Champion of Free Enterprise News arrived recently from the South

Carolina Business and Industry Political Education Committee (BIPEC) that I have been named a Champion of Free Enterprise for my legislative voting that, according to them, “has resulted directly in the creation of jobs and a higher standard of living for South Carolinians.”

For every legislative session since 1985, S.C. BIPEC has used roll call votes on busi-ness issues to calculate a Vote Score for each member of the S.C. House and Senate to determine each legislator’s business stance. I am one of only 19, out of 124 S.C. Represen-tatives, who scored a 100 on BIPEC’s 2012 Legislative Scorecard.

I consider the S.C. BIPEC Vote Score to be the most comprehensive, fair and important analysis of all our legislative vote tallies. I’m thrilled to be recognized for my strong sup-port of business growth, economic develop-ment and jobs creation.

Thank you for the privilege of represent-

ing you in the S.C. House of Representatives. Should you have questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to call or write. My email is [email protected].

by William Welsh

Allen Black is truly a man for all seasons. He is juggler, unicyclist, acrobat, circus performer and entertainer. He has traveled the United States with two different circus organizations and has performed at schools and nursing homes in the area in and around his home.

Allen was born and raised in Williston, South Carolina and began juggling at the age of fourteen. When asked why he picked juggling as an avocation, he responded, “I was bored at home and wanted something to do.” Allen also learned the art of riding a unicycle which at best is difficult. But to incorporate both into an act is pure entertainment!

Allen is married to Kathy and he still resides in Williston along with two dogs, Dixie and Tia. Allen’s vocation is that of clerk at Walmart in Barnwell and Kathy is an admittance clerk at the Barnwell County Hospital.

Allen takes time out from his busy sched-ule to volunteer and perform at local nursing homes and schools in the area. Putting it in Allen’s own words, this is how he describes his life as a juggler:

“When I was about 14 years old I watched an episode of To Tell The Truth That shaped my life. A juggler was on that show talking about how easy it was to juggle. After watching him do a demonstration with Nipsy Russel, I de-cided I was going to learn to juggle. Six days later I was doing the basic three ball cascade, although I didn’t know what it was called at the time. Juggling had gotten in my veins, I think that’s why they call it the jugular vein. I was an only child living in a remote area so I always had to ways to entertain myself. Not very strong and weighing less than a 100 pounds when I finished high school, I wasn’t very good at sports. Although there is a quiet bashful side of me there is also a side of me that wants to be the center of attention. Juggling seemed to be the answer. You don’t have to be strong to do it and it get you a lot of attention.

About a year later I had learned enough to put

a small act together and won first place in a lo-cal talent show. After that I did a lot of festivals and church socials and events. When I was in my early twenties I did a guest appearance with Bill Brickle’s Wonderland Circus and later was hired to do two seasons with them.

When I was eight or nine, I told my dad that I was going to work on a circus one day. He laughed and told me that I would grow out of that as I got older. Don’t know how old you have to be to grow out of that but I just turned 51 and I still haven’t grown out of it.

In 1990 I quit my job as a machinist to pursue juggle full time and traveled with Doc Tommy Scott’S Last Real Medicine Show. Most of my friends and relatives thought I was crazy for doing this and they were probably right. There are only a very few jugglers out there that mak-ing great money at it the rest of us are getting by. But it was never about money. It was more about the challenge, the travel, and just doing something you have a passion for.

I’ve attended juggling festivals all over the US and meet a lot of interesting people. There was one guy that hitch hiked across several states to get to the international juggling fes-tival in Baltimore and won 3rd place in the championship. His specialty was balancing a shopping cart on his chin while juggling five clubs. He actually hitch hiked while carrying a shopping cart.

Had to put everything on hold to take care of my mother who had Alzheimer’s. After her passing in 2003 I’ve tried to get back in to it full time but it’s been hard.

Right now I’m work at Walmart and it’s a good feeling when kids come up to me and say they saw me juggle somewhere or saw me in a parade on my unicycle.

Harley Davidson has a slogan that kind of sums it all up for me, “It not the destination, it’s the journey.” Even though I’m not where I wanted to be right now, it has been a great journey.

You can contact Allen Black for bookings at 803-259-7679.

The Pied Piper of Williston



Hi! My name is Sherry Miles and I am the owner of SMiles Photography.

I am a self-taught avid photographer who opened my own photography business at the beginning of this year.

I have taken pictures pretty much my whole life. I have taken a class and a workshop in my quest of learning all that I can about pho-tography.

I have another workshop coming up in Sep-tember.

I am always in search of learning some-thing new.

So as I search and learn I thought that it would be great to share what I learn along the way with all of you.

I have had lots of people ask me how to get better pictures using their camera phones. Since I don’t use a camera phone, I immedi-ately started researching and here is what I have found:

Camera phones are getting better and bet-ter with more megapixels, better quality lenses,resolution, and better flash.

For those of you who don’t know – a mega-pixel is equal to one million pixels.

The more pixels,the higher the image reso-lution.

Resolution relates primarily to print size and the amount of detail an image has when viewed on a computer monitor at 100 per-cent.

I have found that most camera phones have a range from 5mp to 8 mp.

While 8mp is obviously better than 5mp, you can still get a good picture with the 5mp.

Here are three worthy tips to help camera phone owners get the most from their camera phones:

1. Light Your Subject WellThe better lit your subject is the clearer

your image is likely to be.

2. Get Close To Your SubjectFill up your viewfinder with your subject.

The further away your subject,the more crop-ping you will have to do; therefore the lower resolution your photo will be.

3. Keep StillThe more steady you are with your camera

phone,the clearer your image will be.Some other things to keep in mind is: edit

your images later, avoid using the digital zoom, take loads of shots, and always keep your lens clean.

I am definitely no expert so in a recent Facebook survey I asked my Facebook friends “What camera phone takes the best pictures?” The camera phone that came up with the most votes was the iPhone 4 (8mp). Others that were mentioned were the HTC Rezound (8mp) and the Samsung Galaxy (8mp). I have definitely learned a few new things and I hope that you have too!

Tips for improving photography


CelebrAting the fourth With fireWorks in Perry


very successful. As one official said, “What an amaz-

ing accomplishment and a super team effort. Not only did it prevent a number of unwanted puppies and kittens, it also,

I think, gave us some new insight into how much this community really needs and wants our focus and support. A win all the way around.”

We certainly thank all involved in this very beneficial project to our commu-nity.

In September, installation of the “tor-nado siren” will be completed. During this time, it may be tested often and may be a bit loud and not pleasant.

After installation, the siren will be tested at least once a month on a desig-nated day and time.

We will advise everyone as to how and when this warning device will be uti-lized and operated.

I want to thank Chief Key, the Wagener Police Department and Sheriff Hunt, the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office for their kind help and expertise with this project.

Mayor from Page 1

Animals got dropped off at the pavilion in order to get spayed/neutered recently. Pets get picked up by their owners after being spayed/neutered at a recent program.


obituAriesAnthony Jordan

August 30, 1969 – July 20, 2012WAGENER — Mr. Anthony Jordan, 42,

son of the late LeBoy A. Jordan and Loretta Cullum, died on Friday July 20, 2012. He born in Aiken County, and was a member of Baughmanville Baptist Church.

Funeral services for Mr. Anthony Jordan were held on Friday, July 27, 2012, at 2:00 pm at Baughmanville Baptist Church, 125 Baughmanville Road, Wagener, SC, with Reverend Otis Kitchings officiating.

Anthony leaves to cherish his precious memories two sisters, Renee Harris, and Sharon Jordan; two brothers, Tracy L. Jordan and Jason Jordan; five aunts, Evelyn Jenkins, Barbara Frazier, Vernell Trapp, Bonnie Mills and Annette Pinkney; four uncles, Ronnie, Freddie, Lornelle Cullum, and Charles Jen-kins; two great aunts, Mildred Hearon and Lorie Jenkins; and a host of nieces, nephews and many, many caring friends.

Nancy Sara ReedMarch 22, 1954 – August 2, 2012SALLEY — Ms. Nancy Reed, 58, born in

Lancaster, South Carolina to the late Tony Reed and Dora Brice Reed on March 22, 1954, departed this life on August 2, 2012 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers.

Services for Ms. Nancy Reed were held on Monday, August 6, 2012, at 1:00 pm at the J.H. Robinson Funeral Home Wagener, SC with the Reverend Evertt Davernport officiat-ing.

Joseph PhillipsJanuary 4, 1949 – August 6, 2012PELION — Joseph Phillips, 63, son of the

late Harold and Carretha Phillips, was born January 4, 1949, in Lexington County SC, and departed this life Monday, August 6, 2012, at the Lexington Medical Center.

Funeral services were held on Sunday, August 12, 2012, at Darian Baptist Church, Pelion, at 3 p.m. The Rev. Marcello Wheeler officiated. Burial followed at the Darian Bap-tist Church Cemetery.

Mr. Joseph was a member of Darian Bap-tist Church and was an assistant manager at Voices of Harmonies.

Joseph is survived by his mother, Carretha Phillips; two daughters, Renea Johnson, and Sandra Renea Graham; two brothers, Carl Von Phillips and Bobby (Patricia) Phillips; Sisters Marie (Larry) Young, Edna Elizebeth Phillips, Delorise (Charles) Mevins, Mary (Clyde) Smith, Annette (Charlie) Lott, and Joan Stroman. Those that preceded him in death includes one son, Joey Antwan Phil-lips; brothers Eugene Phillips, Herbert Phil-lips, Eliga Phillips, Harold McKenny Phil-lips Jr ,Tommy Phillips, and Isaiah Phillips; sisters Mamie Lou Phillips, and Betha Mae

Phillips; paternal grandparents Birdie Bell and William Phillips; maternal grandparent Georgia William Martin; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Dorothy Jean Miller MartinSeptember 16, 1937 – July 21, 2012PELION — Mrs. Dorothy Jean Miller Mar-

tin, 74, entered into rest Saturday, July 21, 2012.

Mrs. Martin is survived by her daughters; Robin (John) Neiswender of Gig Harbor, Washington, and Phyllis Ann Johnson of West Columbia, granddaughter; Mandy Michelle Johnson of Pelion, great grandchil-dren; Samantha Michaela Johnson and Lydia Michelle Ledezma, and sisters; Mary Harsey and Elizabeth (Henderson) Williams of Nees-es and Peggy Corbett of North.

Mrs. Martin was born in Orangeburg Coun-ty. She was the daughter of the late Howard and Lillian Fulmer Miller. Mrs. Martin was the widow of Calvin “Joe” Martin. She was also preceded in death by sons; Henry A. Martin and William J. Martin, sister Violet Baughman, and brothers; Eleby Miller and A. L. Miller. She attended State Full Gospel Church.

A Memorial Service was held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 24, in the Chapel of Blizzard Funeral Home, 163 Main Street South, Wa-gener.

William Kenneth Peele Sr.July 2, 1930 – August 2, 2012SALLEY — Mr. William Kenneth Peele,

82, entered into rest Thursday, August 2, 2012.

Mr. Peele was the loving and devoted hus-band of Betty June Greene Peele for sixty - one years, loving father of Wanda (Craig) Borup of Houston, TX, William Kenneth “Pete” (Judy) Peele, Jr. of Salley, Sandra (Ted) Collins of North, Charles Donald “Bo” (Lucy) Peele of Salley, Kendra Elizabeth (Harry) Clifton of Hartsville, Debra Mae Fogle of Sandy Run, Barry Lee (Shannon) Peele of Salley, Sonya Jaye Altendorf of Houston, TX, Lisa Kim Poole of Gaston and Michael Robbie (Tonya) Peele of Salley, 14 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, and sister Maxine Parler of West Columbia.

Mr. Peele was born in Lexington County, the son of the late Willie Lee and Marie Col-lum Peele. He was also preceded in death by sister Carolyn Heyward. Mr. Peele was a member of Corinth Baptist Church where he served as Chairman of Deacons for over 40 years.

The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Sun-day, August 5, at Corinth Baptist Church with the Revs. Ken Smith and Russell Whittle of-ficiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.


obituAriesKitty Clyde “K.C.” Yon Widener

February 19, 1939 – August 5, 2012ELLOREE — Mrs. Kitty Clyde “K.C.” Yon Widener, 72, formerly of Salley, entered into

rest Sunday, August 5, 2012, after a courageous battle with ALS.Mrs. Kitty is survived by her husband of 56 years, Marvin Widener, daughters; Janice

Crumpton of Irmo and Wanda Widener of Gaston, and grandchildren; Jonathan Allen Judy, Jennifer Crystal Judy and Katie Breanne Crumpton.

Mrs. Kitty was born in Orangeburg County, and was the daughter of the late Clyde and Kitty Barr Corbett Yon. She was also preceded in death by her brother Baker Corbett and sis-ters; Ida C. Brown, Eva C. Cooper and Addie C. Brown. Mrs. Kitty was a member of Salley Baptist Church and was a retired Post Master at the Wagener Post Office.

The Funeral Service was held at 1 pm Thursday, August 9, at Salley Baptist Church with the Revs. Henry Cooper and Terry Flemming officiating. Burial was in the Salley Oakview Cemetery. Pallbearers were Winston Brown, Doug Busbee, Lee Garvin, Jason Millwood, Clyde Widener, Jackie Widener and Phillip Widener.

Beaufort HartleySeptember 17, 1931 – August 12, 2012Salley — Mr. Beaufort Hartley, 80, was called to his heavenly home by his Lord and Sav-

iour on his wife’s birthday, Sunday, August 12, 2012.Mr. Beaufort was married to the late Ruby Nell Williams Hartley for 52 years prior to her

passing in July of 2003. He leaves on this earth a legacy with his children; Brenda (Ronald) H. Sturkie, Danny (Susan) Hartley, Mark (Pattie) Hartley, and Chris (Tina) Hartley, all of Salley; grandchildren, Brandon (Kala) Sturkie of Salley, Andy Hartley of Salley, Nicholas (Amanda) Hartley of West Columbia, Eric Hartley of Salley, Brenna (Bob) Crosser of Ra-leigh, NC, Ashlee (Tommy) Hooks of Oak Ridge, NC, Lauren Hartley of Salley, and Chasity (Lonnie) Boleman of Barnwell; great-grandchildren, Marlee Sturkie, Hunter Hartley, Hannah Hartley, Anslee Hooks, Thomas Hooks, Carson Hooks, Abby Crosser, Reid Crosser, Sevanna Boleman, Trey Boleman and Cooper Boleman, special niece Wanda Hutchinson Ammons of Neeses and special family friend Lori Cooper of Salley.

Mr. Beaufort was the son of the late Jimmy Lee and Azalie Gunter Hartley. He was also preceded in death by sister Eunice H. Vaughn, and brothers; J. D. Hartley, Milledge Hartley, and Forest Hartley. Mr. Beaufort was a veteran of the U. S. Army, a member of Salley Bap-tist Church and founding owner of Hartley’s Heating & Cooling since 1956. Mr. Beaufort built Hartley Lake in 1977.

The Funeral Service was held Wednesday, August 15 at 5 p.m. in the Salley Baptist Church with the Revs. Phillip Proveaux and Henry Cooper officiating. Interment followed in the Sal-ley Oakview Cemetery with military honors, and the Rev. John O’Cain officiated.

James C. KitchingsJune 14, 1926 – August 17, 2012WAGENER — James Kitchings, 86, caught a glimpse of God’s Glory on Friday, August 17,

2012, at the Lexington Medical Center after an extended illness. James, born in Lexington County on June 14, 1926, was the son of the late Bub Kitchings and Nettie Bell Davenport.

At an early age he joined the Saron Baptist Church and later was employed as a laborer with

the Baughman Construction Company for many years. He was a lovable person and will be missed very much by family and friends.

Those left to cherish his memory include his sister-in-law, Mrs. Bessie R. Kitchings of Wagener, SC; his caregivers, Benny (Beatrice) Davenport, cousins, other relatives and many, many friends.

Services were held at the J.H. Robinson Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, at 2 p.m. The Rev. Everett Davernport officiated. Committal services followed at the Sweden-burg-Gunter Cemetery in Wagener.

Sylvester JohnsonJuly 6, 1935 – August 21, 2012WAGENER — Mr. Sylvester Johnson, 77, affectionately known as “Vet,” was born to the

late Mr. Kelly (Humpie) Leroy Johnson and the late Mrs. Curlie (Darby) Johnson on July 6, 1935 in Perry, South Carolina. He departed this life and went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Monday, August 21, 2012 in Columbia.

At an early age, Vet was added to the membership of Saron Baptist Church, Wagener, South Carolina. Vet was joined in holy matrimony to the late Mattie (Taylor) Johnson. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Mr. Louis Johnson, Mr. Kelly L. Johnson and Mr. James “DeeDee.”

Those left to cherish Vet’s precious memories are six sisters, Mrs. Mildred Butler of Or-angeburg, South Carolina, Mrs. Pearlene P. Williams of Wagener, South Carolina, Minister Bobbyrean (Gilbert) Johnson of Springfield, South Caorlina, Mrs. O’Keller Phillips of Washington, DC, Mrs. Jeanell (Henry) Allen of Wagener, South Carolina, and Mrs. Emma Lee Stukes of Manahattan, New York; four brothers, Mr. Cleophus (Eartha) Johnson of Miami, Florida, Reverend Dr. LeVan Johnson of Philadelphia, Pennyslyvania, Reverend Andrew Johnson of Columbia, South Carolina, and Gullmas (Cynthia) Johnson of Colum-bia, South Carolina. He is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012 at Saron Baptist Church, Wagener, at 1 p.m. with Rev. Jones officiating. Committal services followed at the Piney Grove Church Cemetery.

Roosevelt Danley Sr.January 12, 1954 – August 22, 2012WAGENER — Roosevelt Danley Sr., 58, entered into eternal rest on August 22, 2012, at

the Doctors Hospital of Augusta. Roosevelt was born on January 12, 1954, in Wagener to the late Robert L. Danley and the late Pearlene Scurry.

Those left to cherish his precious memories are his son, Roosevelt Danley Jr.; two daugh-ters, Erica Zedding; two brothers, Isaiah Moore, and Willie F. White; Six sisters, Bobbie Lou Addion, Irean Moore Bell, Durenie White Ables, nieces, nephews, cousins, and other rela-tives and friends.

Funeral services for Mr. Roosevelt Danley were held on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at Baughmanville Baptist Church, Wagener. The Funeral service was held at 3:30 pm, with committal services in the Baughmanville Baptist Church Cemetery. Reverend Otis Kitchings officiated.

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