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  • Holiday Marketplace in downtown Winnsboro

    WINNSBORO – It may be cold and rainy outside on Saturday, but it will be warm and fuzzy inside at Winnsboro’s annual Holiday Market Place featuring offerings of gifts, crafts, bakery confections and local farm produce – fruits, vegetables, meats, honey and more – from farmers and artisans of Winnsboro, Blythewood and Ridgeway.

    The holiday event, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., will be located in the enclosed ground floor of the Town Clock and across the street in the former Desportes Stables which has been newly renovated with a rustic, barn-like décor.

    “It’s a great place to find Christmas treasures, those special gifts not available in stores, and something for everyone on your list,” former President of the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce Terry Vickers said. “The products are unique and the prices are low,”

    Downtown merchants will also be offering their own Christmas surprises. Santa will be visiting in the shops and there will be refreshments and caroling.

    “It’s going to be a great day for shoppers,” Vickers said. “There will be so many wonderful items to choose from. Don’t let the weather stop you. You really won’t want to miss it.”

  • Angel Tree brings cheer

    WINNSBORO – The Angel Tree is a holiday tradition in the Fairfield community that makes Christmas special for over 200 of the county’s senior citizens

    To participate, volunteers pick an angel from the Angel Tree at the Council on Aging’s Senior Center, then fill plastic totes (provided by the Center) with non-perishable items – soap, paper towels, socks cleaning supplies, slippers, skin creams, soups toiletries and other personal items.

    The recipients of the totes are the Council’s Meals on Wheels clients or those seniors who eat and participate at the Council’s Senior Center in Winnsboro.

    “While these items don’t sound very exciting to the average person, they make a big difference for seniors who are living restricted lifestyles due to age, income or transportation issues,” said the Center’s director Angela Connor who initiated the Angel Tree program eight years ago.

    “Living alone can be desperately lonely for seniors, especially during holidays,” Connor said. “Receiving the totes is a personal touch that lets them know somebody really cares about them.”

    The filled 32-quart plastic totes are to be returned to the Center by Dec. 12.  They will be delivered on Dec. 18.

    “We also need volunteers to help us deliver the totes,” Connor said.

    The Council on Aging Center is located at 210 E Washington Street, Winnsboro. Information about the program is also available on Facebook at Fairfield-County-SC-Council-on-Aging-INC or by calling 803-635-3105.  Council hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday -Thursday, and 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Friday.

  • Blythewood residents push back against neighborhood crime

    BLYTHEWOOD – Several Richland County deputies appeared at an open forum Tuesday night to field questions from concerned residents on the recent rise of car burglaries in the Blythewood area.

    Deputies with the county’s Community Action Team (C.A.T.), along with investigators, assured residents that the department was taking the rise in occurrences seriously, and that action was being taken in an effort to combat the crimes.

    “We have already begun increasing patrols and changing our hours to randomize crime suppression patrols through both retail areas and residential communities,” Lt. Danny Brown with the C.A.T. stated.

    Brown said the department takes burglaries of homes and properties “to heart”, and that any and all tools available are being utilized by deputies.

    “We will even go so far as to jump into an unmarked car to start patrolling neighborhoods, and that is what we have been doing over the last couple of months,” he stated.

    In addition to patrols, deputies said one of the most powerful ways to combat the crime was through partnering with residents. The C.A.T. boasts one of the most impressive community-oriented programs in the surrounding area. Through the use of smartphone apps and the department’s website, rcsd.net, residents have the cell phone and other contact information to their region’s deputies at their fingertips.

    Sergeant Ellis Pearson said the information has been made so readily available in the hopes that residents would take advantage of the opportunity to reach out to deputies if they noticed anything suspicious in their community.

    The team currently offers patrols through neighborhoods upon request, and will conduct safety surveys of homes. Still, deputies said, the best approach to safety is being proactive and reducing the temptation for a potential car burglar.

    Deputies recommended always locking the doors on any vehicle left outside of a garage for any length of time, and to either remove or hide any valuables inside of it.

    “When you look at these car break-ins that have occurred lately, over 85 percent of the vehicles involved were left unlocked,” Pearson stated.

    Some residents were concerned that some neighborhoods in the area were being “targeted” more than others, but deputies said that is not the case.

    “Nationwide we are having issues with car break-ins, and the trend across the country is unlocked cars,” Brown stated.

    Other residents questioned whether the car thefts could morph into more serious crimes that would threaten the safety of residents in their homes, but deputies said that such incidents remain “exceedingly rare”.

    “These guys don’t want to be caught, which is why they are opening unlocked cars and not breaking windows. They are not looking to cause a disturbance, so they are not going to go into your home when they know you are there; they want an easy target,” Brown stated.

    Deputies did warn that daytime burglaries can occur when thieves believe a home is left unoccupied. To protect themselves from a potential burglar, deputies recommended residents create the illusion that a home is occupied even when they are not, and that in the case of leaving home for a holiday vacation that they do not make any information known to the post office or on social media.

    Instead, deputies recommended asking a trusted neighbor to collect mail during the absence and to even move vehicles from time to time if the absence will be extended for more than a few days.

  • Town releases promotional video

    WINNSBORO – The town of Winnsboro will be unveiling a new video on its website this week in the hopes of putting the small town “on the map” of local tourism and shopping destinations.

    According to town clerk Lorraine Abell, the two and a half-minute video was filmed by the town’s website team this summer. The budget for the filming was presented and approved by the town council in April 2018.

    “The town council has been fully on board for this video since the idea was first introduced,” Abell stated.

    The video includes shots of key area focal points and landmark buildings, but it seems to truly shine with the commentaries and testimonies from local business owners who declare their love for the small town alongside their ability to successfully operate a homegrown shop in its downtown district.

    “We knew we wanted to highlight our local businesses and so we created a list early on of both established businesses and new shops that recently opened that we wanted to offer a spot in the video to,” Abell stated.

    Every business that the town approached jumped on board enthusiastically, Abell said, with only one business having to opt out because of scheduling conflicts.

    The finished product, she said, exceeded all expectations.

    “We (the town) are so very pleased with the result and we believe it accurately portrays the heart of Winnsboro,” she stated.

    In addition to shining a light on the blossoming downtown shopping district, the video also spotlights the town’s railroad museum and Abell said she hopes the video will encourage viewers to see that there is much to do in the small town.

    “Winnsboro really is a wonderful day trip destination with many hidden gems that people who don’t live here might not be aware of,” Abell stated.

    Alongside the museum, which offers train rides for visitors in addition to its expansive historical collection, the town also features walking tours through some of its historical neighborhoods. All of which, she said, the town believes deserves the right to be noticed.

    “The town of Winnsboro has a rich history and we have so much to offer, we hope to really showcase that through this video and reveal to the surrounding areas that our little town is a special place worth a visit,” Abell stated.

    Watch the video here.

  • Woman seeks locals’ help finding pets lost after escaping RV fire

    Suzanne Ely, left, and Barbara Randell put up posters in Ridgeway while canvasing the area east of I-77, between Exits 34 and 41 in search of Randell’s three missing cats. | Photos: Barbara Ball

    WINNSBORO – A Florida woman is wishing for a holiday miracle this Thanksgiving as she seeks help from the surrounding Fairfield County communities in reuniting her with her lost pets.

    On August 15, Barbara Randlett, 84, was making her annual trek to Maine from her Florida home to visit family when she crossed the state line into South Carolina. Randlett typically made the drive with a friend or family member, but she said she had become so accustomed to the drive that she felt confident going it alone in recent years.

    For this year’s trip, Randlett had purchased a used Recreational Vehicle to better accommodate herself and her six animals that were traveling with her, but that purchase took a tragic toll on her journey.

    As she entered Fairfield County, nearing mile marker 39 on U.S. 77 and just above Exit 34, a fire broke out under the hood of the 25-foot motor home. Within seconds, Randlett said, the flames began to encroach on the cab area of the RV.

    “I never saw anything move so fast as that fire that night,” she recalled through tears.

    With her thoughts only on the animals in the vehicle with her, Randlett pulled over to the side of the road and set to work on freeing them. The first she pulled out were her two dogs, Charlie the lab and Ruby the pug. As she tethered Charlie to a guardrail, Ruby freed herself from Randlett’s grasp and ran around the back of the burning RV and into oncoming interstate traffic. She was struck and killed almost instantly.

    “It was an awful experience that I cannot even describe how painful that moment was,” Randlett stated. “To see it happen and not be able to stop it was terrible.”

    While staying at the Comfort Inn in Blythewood, Barbara Randlett cuddles her newest adoption, her missing cat’s Lincoln look-alike that she has named Lincoln II.

    With barely any time to mourn Ruby’s death, Randlett had to turn her attention back to the burning RV where her four cats were still trapped. With the aid of two passers-by who stopped to help, Randlett was able to force open the back door of the RV and three of the four cats escaped into the wooded area next to the interstate.

    Randlett had only enough time to retrieve the fourth cat, which had been kept in a kennel, before the entire vehicle went up in flames.

    “There is no way to describe that moment; watching everything I owned go up into flames,” she stated. “I had been so worried about saving my animals that I did not have time to grab even my purse.”

    Randlett lost her identification, her clothing and her money in a matter of minutes. Fire and police officials were forced to close the northbound lanes of I-77 for eight hours as they fought the blaze and then cleared the debris.

    Despite her great losses that night, Randlett said she was also shown incredible generosity in the days that followed.

    Blythewood volunteers who are helping search for the missing cats provided Randlett with a map showing where the cats most probably could be located.

    “A police officer took me to a hotel nearby – the Ramada – and the owner let me stay there at no charge until someone could come and pick me up. He would not even think of letting me pay him, and I am so thankful for everything he did for me while I was there. He and his staff were so kind to me.”

    Still, Randlett had to return to her home without her three missing companions. The heartbreak from that night still weighs on her with each passing day.

    “I have nightmares nearly every night where I am reliving the whole ordeal. I still see Ruby getting hit and I still see the fire, and I still can’t talk about it without crying. I know it’s something that I need to talk about, but it is just so hard to do,” she stated.

    The cats; Belle – a 10 year-old black and white female with long hair and a bobbed tail, Lincoln – a 6 year-old black and gray tabby striped male cat, and Sophie – a young female cat with dark stripes along her back and a white face, chest and stomach still have not been seen.

    Randlett has continued to make regular contact with local rescues and humane societies in the area to see if anyone has brought in a cat that resembles one of her own, and she is now offering a $200 reward for each cat.

    Earlier this month, Randlett returned to South Carolina with family friend, Suzanne Ely to post fliers in shelters and around the area in search of the cats. While here, she met with two local college students who believed they had found Lincoln.

    While the cat was not hers, Randlett chose to bring the cat home with her anyway where she said he has helped with her grieving.

    “My neighbors had also surprised me with a kitten sometime after the accident, and now the two get along very well and keep me entertained,” she stated.

    “I still hope every day that someone will call to tell me that they have my cats. Maybe someone has been feeding them that didn’t know they are missing, or maybe they joined up with a colony of stray cats there. However it happens, I just hope that they are found so that I can bring them back home.”

  • RW puts lipstick on the Pig for 20th time

    RIDGEWAY – More than 800 Boston butts will be cooking, and over 60 S.C. Barbecue Association certified judges will be judging this weekend at the Annual Pig on the Ridge festival in Ridgeway…just as they have for the last 20 years.

    Despite an announcement last month that the pig might not get over the stile this year after it was reported that some residents would boycott the festival as an expression of their dismay with the town government, volunteers from 14 churches and others in Ridgeway stepped forward last week to offer their services, assuring that the show would go on.

    As a result, come dawn on Saturday morning, the aroma of roast pig will once again waft through the Cotton Yard as festival goers invade the tiny town to buy barbecue from some of the top pit masters in the Southeast, as well as shop for gifts and gadgets from 50 or so street vendors.

    POR is still the largest of the S. C. Barbeque Association’s events.  And, even though the price of pork has gone up, POR tickets have not.

    Organizers say it looks like it’s going to be as big as ever substantially adding to the $200,000 worth of benefits that POR has raised over the years.

    “We originally started the barbeque festival to celebrate Ridgeway’s 200th anniversary,” Tom Connor, Ridgeway resident and one of the festival founders said.  “We wanted to provide an opportunity for people to come together to renew old relationships and make new ones – a family friendly festival.  We are especially proud of what the people in our community have made it possible for us to accomplish over the years,” Connors said.

    “The financial income from the festival has helped our community groups buy toys for kids who might not otherwise have received any toys at Christmas,” Connor said. “And 20 years later, that is still what we are all about.”

    “Our church partners have come together to raise money to directly support efforts to care for those who need their help,” Connor added.

    In addition to the funds made available directly to each participating church, POR has made donations on behalf of the festival to the Ridgeway Fire Department for both uniforms and tools to help increase safety in our community. We have financially helped to supply fire extinguishers and smoke alarms to over 100 homes where needed. POR was the largest donor to the restoration of the Century House which created a historical landmark as the Town Hall, and it has made donations annually to support the Vacation Bible Schools in the Ridgeway area as well as helping fund the Fairfield County Arts Council’s Arts on the Ridge festivals.

    POR funds were used to purchase and install the “Welcome to Ridgeway” signs, helped finance the restoration of the Arch at the Ridgeway Park and were used to purchase the ball field bleachers and picnic tables for the town park.

    “On behalf of the Pig on the Ridge volunteers, we were able to provide an outreach donation to the American Red Cross for the Flood Relief Drive for survivors of the recent disaster in Columbia,” Connor said proudly.

    The festival kicks off Friday evening, Nov. 2, at 6 p.m. with ‘No Pigs Allowed!” – a smorgasbord of entree samples made from ‘anything but’ pork that will excite any appetite. Pork is, of course, reserved for Saturday.

    There will be children’s activities, craft sales and the evening will culminate with music and dancing on Dogwood Dr., with DJ Papa Charlie.

    Beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, the barbecue judging begins and sales begin.

    “You need to come early, though. It goes fast,” Connor said with a laugh.

    Seventy-five or so of the town’s volunteers help expedite serving the hungry festival goers.

    Most of the cookers, primarily from North and South Carolina, return every year. They typically offer three types of sauce – low country pepper vinegar sauce, the midlands mustard sauce and the Piedmont tomato base barbeque sauce.

    Both days include children’s activities and lots of arts and crafts vendors.  Saturday’s festival is also enhanced with a classic/antique car display on Dogwood Drive, on-stage entertainment by the Geiger Elementary and other students, a hog-calling contest and a “cruise-by” at noon with an emergency/public safety salute and a parade of the classic/antique cars and bikes.

    Awards are presented at 1 p.m.

    Tom Connor, Rufus Jones, Donald Prioleau and Henry Dixon have kept the festival on track for many years.  Councilman Dan Martin has recently joined the Steering Committee.  This year’s children’s activities are being coordinated by Karen Siegling, the Classic Car display is organized by Minor Jones and the Media Relations and Best Booth judging by Patsy Palmer.

    Come early. Even 800 Boston butts can be gone long before lunch time at Pig on the Ridge.

  • Pumpkin Fest hits downtown

    WINNSBORO – The annual Town of Winnsboro’s Merchants Pumpkin Fest will host hundreds of ghosts and goblins on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 5:30 – 8 p.m. in downtown Winnsboro.

    The festival will kick off with hayrides through downtown, games, free face painting, balloon characters and more.

    Marionettes will be on stage at the gazebo at 6 p.m., followed by storytelling by the Institute for Cultural Communicators. The costume contest will be judged at 7 p.m., and the pumpkin carving contest is set for 7:30 p.m.

    Lunatrix will be painting faces with glitter paint and twisting balloons into animals, crowns and flowers.

    Many of the merchants along the street will be providing booths for fishing (for prizes), fortune telling, and other fun games. Some stores, including Abba’s Sweet Treats, will be open for business.

    “This has always been one of our best attended and fun festivals. The street is full of costumed kids who have a great time,” Terry Vickers, Fairfield Chamber of Commerce Interim Director said. “Churches as well as the merchants will have tables set up with candy and other treats for the kids. It’s a kid’s dream come true!”

    A prize will be given for the best decorated candy table.

    The event is made possible by the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce and funded by the Town of Winnsboro. For more information, contact the Chamber at 803-635-4242 or go to fchamber 02@truvista.net.

  • Ghost tour set for Saturday

    WINNSBORO – For 16 years, Lisa Cathcart has been organizing an annual Ghost & History Walk as a fundraiser for the Winnsboro Woman’s Club.

    This year it will take place on Saturday, Oct. 27, and Cathcart says it’s going to be the best one yet.

    “I’m a history/ghost tour buff and I’ve been to all the good ones in Charleston and Savannah. Ours is patterned after those, but I think ours is every bit or more haunting as those,” Cathcart said in an interview with The Voice.

    “Some people are surprised to learn that we have a number of haunted homes in Winnsboro,” Cathcart said. “When new families move into the homes, they hear the same whispers and footsteps and see the same faces in windows the former residents heard and saw, but didn’t mention until after the sale. We visit many of these homes on the walking tour.”

    The hour-long lantern tour will begin at the Woman’s Club and progress past 15 homes and other buildings with haunting histories. Two tours leave at 7 p.m. One is led by Cathcart and the second by Andi Phipps of the Pinetree Players. A third tour led by Cathcart leaves at 8:45 p.m.

    Spine-tingling surprises along the tour include ghosts from some of the homes emerging from the shadows to tell their eerie stories.

    “One woman told me that, when she worked late at the Courthouse, she would sometimes hear the elevator moving, then the door opening. She also heard whispers and footsteps,” Cathcart said.

    Some of the haunted buildings on the tour include a home on Bratton Street that is said to be haunted by a confederate soldier, the old Herald Independent building that is haunted by a past editor and the Mt. Zion Institute that is haunted by a little girl.

    “It’s a fun, haunting tour that the participants love,” Cathcart said.

    Following the tour, walk participants are treated to refreshments back at the Woman’s Club.

    “The tour is not recommended for small children and babies,” Cathcart said. “But 10, 11 and 12 year-olds as well as adults really love it.”

    Tickets are $10 at the door. Cathcart said space is limited. Reservations can be made by contacting Susan at 803-635-4242 or email songbirdmanor@msn.com.

  • Rapha Wells cuts ribbon

    WINNSBORO – Owner of a new primary health clinic named Rapha Wells cut the ribbon during a grand opening ceremony Saturday.

    From left, front row, are: Chamber of Commerce Director Terry Vickers, Winnsboro Town Councilwoman Janice Bartell, Carol Williams, Jeffrey Williams and his daughter, Tabitha Williams (owner), the clinic’s physician Dr. Michael Jeremiah Gibson, office manager Lyeisha Hughes, School Board Trustees Darreyl Davis and Rev. Carl Jackson, County Councilmen Douglas Pauley and Neil Robinson and Chamber Administrative Assistant Susan Yenner.

    The clinic, which will open in early November, is located at 1013 Kincaid Bridge Road, Winnsboro.

  • Pig on the Ridge survives up/down vote

    POR Committee Seeks 75 Volunteers

    RIDGEWAY – It appeared last week that the almost 20-year-old Ridgeway institution – Pig on the Ridge – was about to breathe its last. The festival survived an up or down vote by the hair of its chinny-chin-chin when the POR steering committee voted 3 – 1 on Oct. 11, for the 2018 Pig on the Ridge to go on. Donald Prioleau voted against.

    In early October, Prioleau announced to the other three committee members – Tom Connor, Rufus Jones and Henry Dixon – that the 75-or-so longtime community volunteer servers, who worked under his supervision during the festival, had told him they were going to sit out the 2018 Pig on the Ridge because they were upset at the town government over the defunding of the town’s police department. That defunding resulted in the elimination of Police Chief Christopher Culp’s job. Ridgway’s policing was subsequently turned over to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s department. Prioleau said the volunteers were also disgruntled over how they perceived Prioleau, the town councilman with oversight of the police department, had been treated by council.

    “They’re not talking Pig on the Ridge. They’re talking Town, starting with Pig on the Ridge. And there’s other things they’re going to bring,” Prioleau warned.

    Prioleau said the standoff included not only the volunteer servers provided by the town’s churches for the festival, but other vital personnel as well – the car cruise organizer,  the man who assisted in meat delivery, the soft drink organizer, the railroad employee who handled the traditional train stop during the festival, the singing groups who entertained and others. The most crucial blow, however, was that the event’s most popular performer, the dj – Prioleau, himself – would not participate.

    After Prioleau’s announcement, one committee member said he didn’t see how the event could go on without those volunteers.

    “But to not have it this year would be the end of Pig on the Ridge,” he said.

    A meeting was called on Oct. 11, for the committee to vote whether the festival would go. After calling that meeting to order, Chairman Connor had his say right off.

    “I favor continuing,” Connor said. “Here’s why. As the originator and a founding member of this committee, I’ve seen the many positive impacts over the last 19 years because of the Pig on the Ridge festival – things such as enhanced community relations, donations to help with community needs, etc.,” he said.

    Every year, the committee reached out to 21 churches who provide the 75 volunteers. Each church received $300 to purchase Christmas gifts for children who might not otherwise receive gifts.

    “We are now faced with deciding the festival’s fate,” Connor continued, “because some key volunteers will not be available as in past years. It appears their decisions are to express their reaction to Town Council’s defunding of the Town Police Department,” he said.

    “Pig on the Ridge, as a body, had no role and no voice in Council’s decision,” he added. “I’m sure the kids who have had a better Christmas in prior years because of Pig on the Ridge had no voice in this, and Pig on the Ridge does not wish such a voice,” Connor said.

    “Is Pig on the Ridge guilty of something by affiliation [with town government]? And must it, therefore, suffer consequences for that affiliation?” he asked.

    Connor clarified after the meeting that the town government handles all Pig on the Ridge funds and keeps those financial records but does not interfere with the event’s management.

    Connor explained in the Oct. 11 meeting that many Pig on the Ridge providers have already ordered their supplies, more than 60 certified barbecue judges have been recruited and that significant sums of money have been spent.

    “To discontinue at this late date throws them under the bus,” Connor said.

    Connor reviewed the committee’s original goals: to conduct a family friendly event and to generate funds to donate back to the community. He said the event is designed to enhance a diverse community.

    According to Connor, the festival has been the largest barbecue event in the state almost every year since 1999. He said the South Carolina BBQ Association recognizes Pig on the Ridge as a premier cook-off in the state.

    “I hope whatever divides this community at this point can be mutually addressed and resolved by good-minded and community-focused citizens,” Connor concluded.

    Connor then turned to Prioleau.

    “Don?” Conner said.

    Among his grievances over the defunding of the police department, Prioleau said he had been asked, at one point, by the mayor to resign from his oversight over the department.

    “I declined,” Prioleau said, adding, also, that when he was asked [after Culp left] by the mayor to remove items from the police station for inventory, the lock had been changed.

    “I have been blessed to grow up in a town where we – Rufus, his mother and father, Dan Ruff and his mother and father and people like the Thomases and others – got along like sisters and brothers. I don’t know where it’s going, but you got citizens in this town highly upset. They are telling me to resign. But I’m not,” Prioleau said.

    “I love this little town, but I cannot participate in Pig on the Ridge. I have to listen to the people,” he continued, his comments turning poignant. “But I won’t do anything to try to stop it.”

    “We have to go on,” Dixon said. “Pig on the Ridge has to continue. I hate this happened. I love Don. We grew up playing ball and everything else together. I understand where you’re coming from in some respects,” Dixon said to Prioleau. “I’ve beat myself up since last week over this thing. I haven’t slept six hours any night this week. I sleep two to three hours and wake up and watch TV because I can’t get it off my mind. I just think we’ve got to go on. Maybe by doing it we can heal some.”

    “I can’t get in my mind how they would target something that is only loosely affiliated with something they have ill will toward,” Connor said. “There are good things about Pig on the Ridge that would be jeopardized.”

    “I think we’ve said all we can say,” Jones said.

    With that, the committee voted. Moments later they began in earnest re-working plans for next month’s Pig on the Ridge. At first, Prioleau was subdued but was soon in the thick of it, pointing out such things as who needs to be called for this and that, explaining the intricacies of having the train stop during the festivities and how to set up barricades.

    “You’ve got to be careful about how the arrows are turned (on the barricades),” he cautioned.

    The planning went on for another half hour with the focus on finding volunteers to fill the new vacancies.  Town Councilman Dan Martin who was in the audience volunteered for some of the jobs.

    By the time the meeting was adjourned, the committee members were making inside jokes and laughing with abandon, probably much like when three of them were kids playing ball together.

    The 19th annual Pig on the Ridge Festival will happen Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2 – 3. Watch for details in The Voice next week.

    Anyone wishing to volunteer for the 2018 Pig on the Ridge, please email artie@toddysmith.com