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.

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, 2008 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.

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.

Classes to be offered
The Occupational Outlook Center has full tuition scholarships available for medical office assistant Saturday classes. Prerequisite: free 15 hour Job Readiness training and advance registration required. Spaces are limited. Open enrollment begins June 2 through June 12. For more information contact Zach Grate at (843) 545-9321.

Police to conduct traffic checks
The Kingstree Police Dept. will be conducting traffic safety checks for the month of June.
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.

Open house to be held
In celebration of National Home ownership month, the Kingstree Rural Development Area office is sponsoring an open house. On this date, staff members will be available to explain the advantages and responsibilities of homeownership, assist with prequalification applications, and counsel individuals on credit issues. The Rural Development 502 program offers direct loans to low and very low income applicants and guaranteed loans to moderate income applicants to buy an existing house, purchase or to build a new home. If you are interested in becoming a homeowner in the rural area of Berkley, Clarendon, Georgetown, Williamsburg or the northern section of Charleston counties, please join us during the appointed hours of Friday the 27th of June to discuss our probability of living the “American Dream.” If anyone has any questions, please contact USDA-Rural Development at (843) 354-9613.

WEOC office to be closed
Waccamaw Economic Opportunity Council, Inc. Community Assistance offices will be closed on Thursday, June 26 and Friday, June 27. They will reopen on Monday, June 30 at 9 a.m. DSN board to hold meeting Williamsburg County DSN Board will be having monthly board meeting on Wednesday, June 18 at 4:00 p.m. at Williamsburg County Disabilities and Special Needs Board, 61 Greenlee Street, Kingstree.

Catch the reading bug at the library
 Come one! Come all! The Williamsburg County Library is inviting all children ages infant to 12 to sign up for our Vacation Reading Club. This year’s theme is “Catch the Reading Bug.”   Sign up will be from June 4th to mid July. Read ten hours and earn your certificate and prize.  Join us on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at the Williamsburg County Library – Hemingway Branch and at 3:00 p.m. at the Williamsburg County Library – Kingstree.  We will be watching the movie, “The Ant Bully.” On Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Operation 911 / DPA will be explaining Emergency Do’s and Don’ts at 11:00 a.m. at the Williamsburg County Library – Hemingway Branch and at 3:00 p.m. at the Williamsburg County Library – Kingstree.

Metamorphosis at your library
 CALLING ALL RISING 7TH – 12TH GRADERS!  The Williamsburg County Library is inviting all teens to sign up for our Vacation Reading Club.  The theme this year is “Metamorphosis @ Your Library.“ Sign up will be from May 29th to the end of June. Read ten hours and earn your certificate. Join us on Thursday, June 26, 2008 to discuss different topics at our Teen Debate at 3:00 p.m. at the Williamsburg County Library – Kingstree.

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 Sat-urday 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.

Drivers education class available
The Occupational Outlook Driving School has openings for the June 21 class session. An affordable driver’s education training program designed to educate our teens safely and adequately in the classroom and also behind the wheel.
For more information, contact Zach Grate at 545-9321.

WEOC meeting to be held
A regularly scheduled board meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 24 at 7 p.m. at the Georgetown CSBG Office, 1837 North Frasier Street, Georgetown. The public is welcome to attend.

Traffic Safety Checkpoints
The Lane Police Department will be conducting traffic safety checkpoints during the month June.

Gospel singing to be held
Living Word Ministries, 644 Sumter Hwy., Kingstree, will have a gospel singing with Lawrence Chewning, songwriter of “The Anchor Holds” by Ray Boltz on June 21 at 7 p.m. For more information call 382-2210.

WCSD to hold summer camp
The Williamsburg County School District is proud to announce that they will hold a summer enrichment camp for students who will be in grades third to sixth next school year. Your child is invited to apply for this program. This incentive summer program will be held June 2 to June 26 at Kingstree Elementary School. This enrichment camp is open to students who have been identified because of their academic ability. Classes will be held Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Boxed lunches will be provided for students. Transportation will be provided for students from the following areas: Hemingway, St. Mark and Greeleyville to Kingstree Elementary School.
So that they may make final plans for the summer enrichment camp, please contact the school district 843-355-5571, by Thursday, May 1.