NORTHEAST Elgin – ten family Neighborhood Garage Sale Fri & Sat 8-1 in Pine Forest subdivision next to Blaney Elementary School. Continue reading Garage Sales

When Elgin Police Chief Harold Brown mentioned gangs back in the early 1990s, residents thought he was talking nonsense. With few residents and businesses, the sleepy, rural town couldn’t be a den of gang activity, people surmised. The chief said the community considered it an urban phenomenon. “They accused us of crying wolf,” he said, sitting up in a chair inside the tiny Elgin Town … Continue reading KERSHAW COUNTY TRIES TO STEM GANG ACTIVITY

NORTHEAST Elgin – ten family Neighborhood Garage Sale Fri & Sat 8-1 in Pine Forest subdivision next to Blaney Elementary School. Continue reading Garage Sales

RUNNING & CYCLING Race To Read: 8 a.m. October 14, 1-mile walk/run to promote literacy and fitness. $10. Registered by Oct. 1 for guaranteed T-shirt. All proceeds will benefit the Kershaw County Public Library. Meet at Blaney Baptist Church, Blaney Road, Elgin (803) 438-4055, ext. 1154. Continue reading Outdoor Listings

FUNDRAISERS RACE TO READ: One-mile walk/run to promote literacy and fitness, 8 a.m. Saturday, October 14, at Blaney Baptist Church in Elgin. $10; includes T-shirt if registered by Oct. 1. Sponsored by Doby’s Mill Elementary School, proceeds will benefit the Kershaw County Public Library, Betsy Long, (803) 438-4055, ext. 1154. Continue reading Almanac Events

Blaney Elementary third-graders in Kara Ollick’s class experienced their version of ‘Fear Factor’ recently when 12 crayfish arrived in a science kit. Here, Blair Koumas shows a crayfish to John Taylor McCusker, Brooke Koumas, Sophia Defrain, Ms. Ollick, Ivory Kelly, Leslie Hall, Hannah Potter, Sera Nichols and John-Paul Watson. SPECIAL TO THE STATE Continue reading BLANEY ELEMENTARY

Pine Forest C&C Builders of Columbia, Inc. Community From the $110’s Sidewalk community Low Taxes Diane Nevitt at 414-3945 or 4220-331Visit www.DianeNevitt.com DIR: Next to Blaney School on Smyrna Road.(From Elgin Post Office, take right on Smyrna) Continue reading Pine Forest

RUNNING & CYCLING Race To Read: 8 a.m. October 14, 1-mile walk/run to promote literacy and fitness. $10. Registered by Oct. 1 for guaranteed T-shirt. All proceeds will benefit the Kershaw County Public Library. Meet at Blaney Baptist Church, Blaney Road, Elgin (803) 438-4055, ext. 1154. Continue reading OUTDOORS

FUNDRAISERS Race To Read: One-mile walk/run to promote literacy and fitness, 8 a.m. Saturday, October 14, at Blaney Baptist Church in Elgin. $10; includes T-shirt if registered by Oct. 1. Sponsored by Doby’s Mill Elementary School, proceeds will benefit the Kershaw County Public Library, Betsy Long, (803) 438-4055, ext. 1154. Continue reading EVENTS