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By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS
Woodruff City Council voted unanimously in favor of an official invocation policy for city council meetings at a special council meeting on Tuesday, August 3 at 6 p.m. called for the specific purpose of reviewing the policy of prayer at city council, in which television crews and members of […]

Letters from long-ago war reveal a young and tragic love

STORY AND PHOTOGRAPH by Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Pam Whitehead looks through the letters that she hasn’t read in over 40 years that were sent to her from a special someone who fought in the Vietnam War.
Sometimes the opening of an old dusty envelope hidden away in […]

BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS   
Cherokee County’s unofficial historian is asking for help in the public library’s Heritage Room.
Dr. Bobby G. Moss of Blacksburg,  author and retired professor, supports the purchase of a microfilm reader-printer for the Cherokee County Public Library in Gaffney. The equipment is needed in the room used for genealogical research.
According to […]

Laura Pate of Blacksburg took first place in the 13-15 year old division of the S.C. Peach Festival pageant held recently in  Blacksburg. Pate, 14, is a 10th grader at Blacksburg High School and daughter of David Jr. and Connie Smack.

Donations being accepted for playoff trip to Florida

BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS  

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Gaffney Youth Baseball 11 and 12-year-olds won the state championship July 12 and will play in regional finals July 26 in Lakeland, Fla.
 Eleven-year-old Eddie Green needs only one word to describe the Blacksburg Youth Baseball game against Gaffney.
“Awesome,” said Eddie, in spite […]

BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS     

A swimmer makes her way to the top of a slide at the Cherokee County YMCA’s new facility and water park on Whelchel Road in Gaffney. Photos by Janet S. Spencer.
J.D. Smith, 9, and Amiria Hopper, 7, left the new Cherokee County YMCA in Gaffney on Monday with smiles on […]

Donors line up in honor of Patton
BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS

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Children gather at July 1 event with Blood Drop, an American Red Cross mascot.

Response to a recent blood drive in honor of Gaffney businessman Marion Patton has prompted Red Cross officials to organize another effort.
Shellie Wylie, manager of the Cherokee County Service Center […]

BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS
 
Photo by Janet S. Spencer
Roger Childers, Town of Blacksburg public works director, is shown with his truck displaying a new town decal.
Blacksburg’s fleet of vehicles has new colorful decals incorporating the town’s history with a ray of sunshine.
Roger Childers, public works director, said utility, garbage, service, flatbed and pickup […]

BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS
  
Photo by Janet S. Spencer
OHHH MAN…
A close-up of Big Will’s Wings and Things barbecue plate with the sauce for dipping.
  

An estimated 40 percent of Americans annually choose barbecuing as a leisure activity, especially for the Fourth of July,  according to a survey by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Willie “Big Will” […]

Beauty pageant, other activities engage crowd
BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Janet S. Spencer
PRETTY AS A PEACH
Leigha Mabry, 2 1/2 months old, dons her peachy dress for competition in the S.C. Peach Festival events held Saturday in Blacksburg. She is the daughter of Candice, shown in the photo, and Jody Mabry of Cowpens.
The weather […]