AA meetings announced
If you drink, that’s your business. If you want to be sober, that’s our business.
A.A. 833 Broad Swamp Rd., Kingstree, Thursdays at 8 p.m. (843) 697-3321

Seniors patrol wellness check
The Kingstree Police Department is offering a seniors patrol wellness check.
Any elderly, ill or bedridden resident of the Town of Kingstree who would like for the police department to contact them on a regular basis should call Chief Robert Ford.
Chief Ford can be reached at 355-5435 or come by the police department and leave your name, phone number and address.

Boys To Men to lend a hand
Attention homeowners Williamsburg Regional Boys to Men Club, Inc. will be making home repairs in the area. Call (843) 355-5967 for an appointment to see if you qualify for home repair or email  HYPERLINK "mailto:alm39_1@hotmail.com" alm39_1@hotmail.com.

Florence Museum holds exhibit
“Exploration of the Pee Dee: A Small Exhibit about a Big Place,” sponsored by the Pee Dee Land Trust will run through July 27 and will exhibit various natural and cultural artifacts from the Pee Dee region of South Carolina as well as highlight the importance of the Pee Dee river basin as the foundation of ecological and community growth throughout the region. The exhibit will look at regional wildlife habitats from the Sandhills to the Coastal Plains and explore the development of agriculture and industry from pre-colonial times to the present. In conjunction with the Pee Dee Land Trust, objects have been collect from institutions and individuals from around the Pee Dee.
The objects in this exhibit offer uniqueness to each county as well as heritage goods and fine craftsmanship will be represented. The Florence Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday 10-5, Sunday 2-5. Admission is $1 for 12 and older, students free, family maximum of $3. The museum will be closed on July 4.

Meeting for class reunion to be held
20 years, it’s that time! Calling all 1989 graduates of Kingstree Senior High School. Classmates the time has come to get together for a 20th year class reunion, a meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 9 at 6 p.m. at Pizza Hut. Hope to see you there. For more information please call 372-5557.

TOPS meetings to be held
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) is a non-profit and affordable weight loss program. Meetings are held on Thursday mornings at 9:30 a.m. at Miles Store on the corner of Thurgood Marshall and Martin Luther King Hwy. Do you need to lose weight? For more information call Lillie Hardin at (843) 355-3002.

K-4 registration to be held
Little Smurf’s Child Development is now accepting four-year-old kindergarten applications for 2008-09. Qualifying families pay no tuition. Students attend classes 6.5 hours per day, five days per week during the 180-day school year. Free transportation. For more information call Little Smurf’s Child Development at (843) 264-3262.

Registration to be held for K-4
Now enrolling! Free four-year-old kindergarten for low-income children
More than 40 private and non-profit preschools are now accepting applications for state-funded four-year-old kindergarten for the 2008-09 school year. Qualifying families pay no tuition as part of the S.C. Child Development Pilot Program, which was created by the S.C. General Assembly. Now in its third year, the program seeks to extend four-year-old kindergarten opportunities to at-risk children living in the school districts involved in the state’s school funding equity lawsuit.
To qualify, a child must:
•Be four years old on or before Sept. 1, 2008.
•Be eligible for free/reduced lunch or Medicaid.
•Live in Williamsburg County.
Parents are encouraged to contact participating local providers in their area for more information:
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY
Graham’s Enhancement, 1384 Eastland Ave., Kingstree, SC 29556, (843) 382-2115
 Kindale Park Day Care, 1185 Kindale Park Road, Kingstree, SC 29556, (843) 382-3667
Little Miss Muffet Day Care, 1006 Wilkerson St., Kingstree, SC 29556, (843) 355-7013
Nesmith Community Day Care, 2774 Turkey Creek Road, Nesmith, SC 29580, (843) 382-3241
Wilson’s Daycare and Learning Center, 501 Lawrence St., Kingstree, SC 29556, (843) 354-6270
Doodle Bug Academy, 4400 N. Williamsburg County Hwy., Lake City, SC 29560, (843) 210-7529.

Neighborhood reunion to be held
The Barrs, Scotts, Johnsons, Millers, McClarys, Wrights, Davis, Footman, Duffies, Cunninghams, Dimery and Hannas childhood friends that began in the 1950s on Wilkerson and Harrell streets celebrate their second neighborhood reunion on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 27 to June 29. Friday, June 27 greet, meet, fun, food at Williamsburg County Recreation Center from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 28 neighborhood festival/cookout on Wilkerson and Harrell streets from 12 to 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 29 Greater Bethel AME at 11 a.m. Fun, food, fellowship, looking back, sharing the present and envisioning the future, for ore information contact Alberta Barr-Fortson at 354-6952 or Marthella Johnson at 354-9720.

Traffic safety checkpoints
The Lane Police Department will be conducting traffic safety checkpoints during the months July and August.

WEOC offices to be closed
Waccamaw Economic Opportunity Council, Inc. Administration Office located at 1261 Highway 501 East, Suite B, Conway will be closed on Friday, July 4 in observance of the Independence Day holiday. They will reopen on Monday, July 7. The Community Assistance Offices and Head Start Offices will also be closed on Friday, July 4 in observance of the Independence Day holiday and will reopen on Monday, July 7.

Free fireworks show to be held
The Central Men’s Club will sponsor a free fireworks show on Friday, July 4 at 8:30 p.m. and a softball tournament on Saturday, July 5 at 5 p.m. The events will be held at Raymond Scott Ball Park, McCollough Loop Rd., Acre Community of Kingstree.

Healthy & Safety Fair to be held
The Lake City/Olanta Head Start sponsors Children’s Health and Safety Fair on Wednesday, October 1 at the Lake City Head Start Playground at 9 a.m. To register call (843) 394-5266; email vonscreations@ msn.com or mail to Yvonne McFadden, 215 Smith Street, Lake City, SC 29560. October is Head Start Awareness Month and this is the kickoff event.

Police to conduct traffic checks
The Kingstree Police Dept. will be conducting traffic safety checks for the months of July and August. For more information call (843) 355-5435.

Lake City Theatre to hold auditions
The Board of Directors of the Lake City Community Theatre has chosen The Music Man for the 2009 production. Once again Glen Gourley, Director of Theatre at Francis Marion University, will direct this popular musical. Opening night will be March 19 with three more shows to follow, March 20-22, 2009. When the Lake City Community Theatre was formed in 1989 the Board of Directors at that time chose The Music Man as the first production to be staged by this newly formed group. In 20 years community theatre has become one of the most popular annual events held in Lake City. Auditions will be held on October 20, 21 and 22 at the Blanding Street Auditorium at 7 p.m. each evening.
 Anyone ages eight and older are encouraged to come to any of the auditions. The cast is huge and includes many teenagers. Gather up your children, teens and all others who are interested in community theatre and bring them to auditions.