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Once upon a time...

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Fairies, pirates, circus performers, dancers, along with other peasants and fellows gathered in Greer City Park Friday and Saturday for the Upstate Renaissance Faire. It was Greer’s third year hosting the event.

Author Karen Harden based her debut novel on her parents’ love story and the impact they had on her life.

A Five and Dime Love

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Upstate native Karen Harden released her debut novel last month, called, “Five and Dime’s Million-Dollar Baby.”

The chapter-by-chapter story details her and her brother’s childhood, growing up in the Spartanburg area, and focuses on her parents’ love for each other and their influence in her life.

Riley Belle Kinard, Mattie Padgett, Sallie Kinard, and Jennifer Padgett (from left) stand before Tingle Residence Hall, where mothers Sallie and Jennifer drop off their daughters in their old freshmen dorm.

Roommates for Life

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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.

Cadets lend a hand in food drive

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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.

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