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  • Lions Clubs sight event set for Sunday

    Roy Hoshall, Bobbie Dove and Kerry England make their choices early during the 2016 silent auction.

    BLYTHEWOOD – Four Lions Clubs will host their annual Night for Sight and Hearing on Sunday, Aug 19. at Doko Manor in Blythewood.  The event includes an afternoon of Gospel music by three acts: God’s Tool Box, Free By Grace and Doug Hudson.

    Clubs from Blythewood, Winnsboro, Columbia Northeast and Greater Irmo are hosting the event as their annual fundraiser for sight and hearing services in their respective communities.  Tickets are $6 per person and can be purchased from club members or at the door during the event which starts at 4 p.m. and ends at 8 p.m. There will be a silent auction as well as a snack kitchen with foods and desserts for purchase.  For more information, call Barbara Pemberton at 803-315-9346.

  • Winnsboro Lions welcome exchange students

    Winnsboro Lions President Bill Haslett hosted a small community gathering for the exchange students on Tuesday. Pictured, seated, from left: Ida Marie Lorensten, Maria Clara Annes; Standing: Aaron Frish, Kayla Robinson, Michelle Taylor, Ella Roosa Mantysalo, Donnie Laird, Berenika Poplerova, Jim Barn, County Councilman Neil Robinson, Rafal Baran, Andres Byttebrier, Paul Dove, Will Haslett and Bill Haslett. | Martha Ladd

    WINNSBORO – A trip across the pond for six Lions Club exchange students has landed them in Winnsboro for two weeks of their month-long journey, beginning with scattered arrivals over the weekend of July 7.

    Visiting Winnsboro are Maria Clara Annes, Brazil; Ida Marie Lorensten, Denmark; Ella Roosa Mantysalo, Finland; and Berenika Poplerova, Czech Republic; Andres Byttbrier, Belgium; Rafal Baran, Poland

    The students are spending the first half of their four-week trip with Winnsboro Lions Paul and Bobbie Dove and Bill and Linda Haslett before joining 12 other exchange students to tour South Carolina for two weeks.

    In their first days as temporary Winnsboro residents, the group has eaten at Cornwallis Tea Room, attended First United Methodist Church and introduced themselves to Fairfield County Council at Monday night’s meeting. They plan to volunteer with Salkehatchie later in July.

    The group’s month-long trek across South Carolina will end August 4.

  • Local Lions receive awards

    Lion Ran Foster was one of only 13 to be inducted in the 2018 SC Lions Club Hall of Fame class.

    COLUMBIA – At the S. C. Lions State Convention in Columbia, Blythewood and Winnsboro Lions were honored with International and State Awards.

    Blythewood Lions Sam & Susan Titus and Lion Kimberlee Keener received Presidential Certificates of Appreciation, the 4th highest award given by Lions Club International. The awards were presented by Past International President Sid L. Scruggs of North Carolina.

    Also, one of the newest Blythewood Lions, Lion Jennifer Gooden received a Certificate of Appreciation from District Governor Rhett Hair, a Blythewood Lion, for her support and service with Lions in the local club and district during Lion Rhett’s governor’s year.

    Winnsboro Lion Randall Foster was inducted into the South Carolina Lions Hall of Fame for his 61 years of service in the Winnsboro Lions Club.  Foster, who chaired the Pancake Supper fundraiser for almost 50 years, was named SC Lion of the Year in 2012 and one of only 13 to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018.

    Lion Robert E. Patrick, Jr. was named a Franklin Mason Fellow for his 41 years of service to the Winnsboro Lions Club. A few ways Patrick has served as a Lion are inducting new members, installing officers, hosting the club’s annual family picnic and serving with the Lions Club in vision screenings.