Outrageous

You know what the most commonly used word in the English language seems to be?

Rec. Notes: KC swim team registration

The Kershaw County Swim team will have registration April 21 through May 9.

Bulldogs edge Demons in the Nick of time

On an unseasonably cool mid-April night, Zac Bowers and Grey Hoke provided wood for the fireplace.

“Robert Mills: Designs for Democracy”

Robert Mills was the first American born and trained architect. He called himself "Robert Mills, Architect of Public Buildings." Indeed, Mills established a new scale and standard for public buildings in Washington, D. C. when he designed the Treasury Building, the Patent Office, and the General Post Office in the 1830s and early 1840s. In other parts of the country, Mills designed buildings that were sensitive to regional values and local architectural traditions. Always his attention was on permanency and fireproofing for his public buildings.

Fergus Reid Buckley

Fergus Reid Buckley passed away in Camden, South Carolina on April 14, 2014. He was the younger brother of conservative figure William F. Buckley, Jr. and of the Honorable James L. Buckley, former U.S. Senator from New York and Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

FAC presents Seasons of the South

The Fine Arts Center (FAC) of Kershaw County will present an original Earth Day celebration, Seasons of the South, at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Wood Auditorium.

Charlie Horace Olive

Charlie Horace Olive was born December 31, 1914, in Cataula, GA and passed away peacefully on April 14, 2014, in LaGrange, GA.

Richard Lee Porter

Mr. Richard Lee Porter 47, of 937 Berry Road, Bishopville, South Carolina, passed on Friday, April 11, 2014. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, April 18, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Elizabeth Baptist Church in Bishopville, SC. Burial will be at Elizabeth Baptist Church Cemetery in Bishopville, SC. Hailes Funeral Home is serving the family.

I don’t ride anything that can make its own decisions

Camden is, without a doubt, a horse town. Kershaw County is a horse county and the love for horses extends throughout this great area of South Carolina. However, it stops at my door.

Going global, Fenwick Equestrian

By TOM DIDATO

Ed Royall named BSA’s KC citizen of the year

By HALEY ATKINSON

Jack Brantley receives DAR Community Service Award

Special to the C-I, by PADDY BELL

Remembering Reid Buckley

By GLENN TUCKER

My preperation for Easter

Easter is a holiday of two extremes. On one side is a covert celebration of springtime with cute bunnies and pretty dresses and Easter egg hunts and chicks and flowers and lambs. On the other is a lamb being slaughtered on Passover. There is a bloodstained cross on which a Jewish man is dying who proclaimed that he was the Son of God, and that he had to be killed so that God's wrath against my sins could be carried out not against me but against him.

Erasing the race card

WASHINGTON -- One approaches the race fray with trepidation, but here we go, tippy-toe.

Novel approach

Fifth-grade students at Pine Tree Hill School recently created pumpkins to represent the main characters of fiction novels. Students displaying their creations are (first row, from left) Abigail Tucker with Amber Billows from "Early Sunday Morning"; Chandler Price with Will from "Shades of Gray"; Cody Brewer with Stuart from "Stuart Little"; (second row) Jarquis Dinkins with Ralph from "Ralph S. Mouse"; Garrett Lawson with Gandolf the White from "Lord of the Rings"; and Kyle Alecia with Odysseus from "Odysseus."

TSA salutes local students during 'Recognition Rally'

Thomas Sumter Academy's Lower School recently held its first Recognition Rally for the 2010-2011 school year.

Queen of reading

Historic Camden takes visitors back to past during annual colonial Christmas celebration

Although it's recorded that in 1759 George Washington purchased such exotic sounding toys as "bird on Bellows, turnabout Parrot, Prussian Dragoon, and Man Smoaking," mostly the southern colonial Christmas season was a celebration for grown ups. It was a time of merriment and of thanks; a season of feasts, parties, hunts, horse races, cock fights, balls and visiting, highlighted by church services, mainly Church of England, and special customs.

Mary B. Adams

Mary B. Adams, 97, of Camden, died Monday.

Ring the bells

The Camden Community Concert Band (CCCB) will present its 30th annual Christmas Concert on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Camden High School's Performing Arts Center. Also performing will be the Handbell Choir from Lyttleton Street United Methodist Church. The concert will also feature a vocal soloist and Santa Claus will be making a visit. The concert is free and open to the public. The CCCB is under the direction of conductor Pat Wylie and assistant conductor Robert Wertz. From left, Emily Catoe, Melinda Kane, Diane Fulcher and Paula Bordner practice with their handbells for Sunday's concert.

Robert "Pa" Belton

Mr. Robert "Pa" Belton, 79, of 47 Trinity School Road, Lugoff, SC, passed on Friday, December 3, 2010.

Myron Oscar Fulda

Myron Oscar Fulda, 80, died Monday, December 06, 2010 at 11:55 AM in his home in Camden, SC. His family was with him. He was the son of the late Max Charles Fulda and Nellie Jeanette Vink Fulda. Mr. Fulda was born March 18, 1930 on Staten Island, NY and grew up in Rochester, NY. He received his Associate's Degree in Industrial Chemistry from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY and graduated from Iowa State University, Ames, IA with a BS degree in Chemical Technology and a MS degree in Analytical Chemistry. Mr. Fulda was a retired ...

Thomas Jeffers

Funeral services for Thomas Bobby Jeffers, 80, of Elgin, will be held Thursday December 9, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Highway Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Paul Miles and Rev. George Cashwell will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p. m. at Powers Funeral Home.

Claude Hancock

Funeral services to celebrate the life of Claude Edward Hancock, 80, of Camden will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 9, 2010 at First Baptist Church of Camden with burial to follow in Fort Jackson National Cemetery. Rev. Bruce Hancock, Rev. Brent Kendall and Rev. Charles Allen will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday, December 8, 2010 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel. Memorials may be sent in Mr. Hancock's memory to First Baptist Church, 1201 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020.

Lillie Mae Simon

Ms. Lillie Mae Simon, 57, of 6720 Daniel Taylor Lane, Rembert, SC, passed on Tuesday, December 7, 2010.

Crestina J. Tidwell

Funeral Mass for Crestina Johanna Tidwell, 86, of Camden, will be celebrated on Friday at 12:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. Father Francis Travis will officiate. Final Commendation and Farewell Prayers will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The Rosary will be recited on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home with visitation following 6:00 until 8:00 p.m.

William D. Vinson Jr.

Graveside funeral services with military honors to celebrate the life of William Daniel Vinson, Jr., 86, of Rembert, will be held Friday, December 10, 2010, at 2:00 PM in Quaker Cemetery, Camden, S.C. The Rev. Sheila Rogers and the Rev. Frank Griffith will officiate.

Lakeside Ministries supports local community

Lakeside Ministries is an interdenominational worship service supported by Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church. Each summer all offerings are donated back to the area communities through local charities. This year, $18,500 was collected and will be divided between charities that provide food, shelter, clothing and housing to people; and charities that help children in need, help with animal care and prison work. Three of the charities include Christian Community Ministries of Camden, Transitional Housing Project of Camden and Wateree Community Action Inc. of Camden. Pictured from left, Harriet Reid with New Day on Mill, Laura Horton with Liberty Hill Presbyterian ...

FAC hosts Wadsorth, Spong, Chamber Choir, ‘The Nutty Nutcracker Christmas’

The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County (FAC) has four events on the horizon! On Thursday, Charles Wadsworth & Friends returns for a one-night-only performance of chamber music in the Wood Auditorium. Featured musicians include artistic director Edward Arron (cello and host), Jeewon Park (piano), Yosuke Kawasaki, (violin), and Charles Wadsworth (piano).