Living Here
Roommates for Life
Twenty-six years after moving into their Horton-Tingle dorm on North Greenville University’s (NGU) Tigerville campus, Sallie Kinard (’01) and Jennifer Padgett (’00) were back in the same room where they’d spent four years together.
Only this time, they were there to drop off their daughters, Riley Belle and Mattie.
Worship leader to host album release party
Dustin Meadows, a local musician and worship leader at Randall House Church, is celebrating the release of his new worship album, called “Transformed,” in downtown Greer on Saturday, Sept. 9.
The album release party will take place at 7 p.m. at Randall House in downtown Greer, located at 215 Randall St.
A boy without shoes, a mill village, and a book that tells the story
Running barefoot through the Southern Piedmont is how 1961 Greer High School graduate Buddy Bowman grew up––right here in Greer, no shoes, from the time he was in second grade to a couple years after high school.
Cadets lend a hand in food drive
On Saturday, August 19, the Strap Em Up Boot Camp cadets and members of the Solutions Recovery Ministry of Greenville, participated in an Aluminum Can Drive at the Taylors Fire and Rescue in Taylors. Strap Em Up Boot Camp is a non-profit organization that promotes the mental, physical, and social development of youth cadets.
Yards of the Month
The Azalea Garden Club awarded a Residential and Commercial Yard of the Month for August.
Local legend Mac Arnold inducted into SC Hall of Fame
He was in James Browne’s first band, was one of Muddy Waters’ best friends by age 25 and spent four years in LA playing bass on the set of Soul Train. He backed up the Temptations, played with Clapton and BB King, and has made a living playing music since he was 15.
Children are Reading Beyond Borders
Those at Small Impressions Child Development Center are ending this summer proudly as the children within their seasonal programs had a successful reading-filled summer and have been active in the community.
Daily Bread Ministries feeds area students
Daily Bread Ministries Soup Kitchen in Greer had a successful summer of feeding local children in the Chandler Creek area, and Martha Bennett said it keeps growing year after year.
Bennett, Director of Daily Bread Ministries, said the Lunch Buddies program feeds local children three times a week for the duration of the summer.
Radio station that made so many memories will be back on air soon
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a story about the old WEAB/WPJM radio station building on Tryon Street set for demolition later this year. The scenic parcel of land where the station stood for the better part of a century will soon be developed as housing.