Sentara Halifax Hospice will present “Dancing Through the Decades” as the 2020 theme for their 14th Annual Hospice Gala, taking place at The Prizery in downtown South Boston on Friday, March 6 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church recently announced that the congregation has called The Rev. Timothy Jones to be their next rector.
Banister Baptist Women’s Ministry to host annual Prayer Breakfast
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Kindra Mammone and her feathered friends return at 1 p.m. Saturday to Raywood Landscape at 165 James Road in Danville for another program.
The Halifax County-South Boston Public Library System will be celebrating Youth Art Month and the visual arts in March.
This concludes my three-part series on the 10 biggest mistakes parents Make (and how to stop making them!). For the first two columns in the series, go to johnrosemond.com. The mistakes covered to date include:
This week I’m going to do one a friend sent me. It sounds really good. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you, Carolyn.
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The Southside Virginia Herb Society is offering a $500 scholarship for a college journey.
Senior Airman Chelsea Moore recently completed Airman Leadership School for the United States Air Force at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia.
Halifax County Little Theatre has announced auditions for its spring comedy about life in a small Southern town.
Heritage Festival committee members announce the dates for the 2020 Halifax County Heritage and Antique Machinery Festival.
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Southern states did little to implement integration in public schools following the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v Board of Education until ordered by federal courts to do so.
The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 26.
Testing for the Spring 2020 ACT will be held at Halifax County High School, on Saturday, April 4.
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Event planning is underway for the local National Day of Prayer event to be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at Halifax County High School.
When Bertha Lacks stood in a pastor’s parsonage on Feb. 14, 1946, and told her husband, William Randolph Womack, that she takes him to be her husband till death do they part, she meant it.
The Southside Master Gardener Association will hold two gardening programs and a shiitake mushroom workshop this spring.
This is the second in a series of three columns on the biggest mistakes parents make (and how to stop making them!).
Halifax County Little Theatre’s latest production of “Ruby: The Story of Ruby Bridges,” directed by Taryn Garland, helps to recreate the events of one of the biggest moments of the fight to end segregation in the United States.
Well, you have two days to get those flowers ordered, buy the candy and find a place to take your sweethearts or plan a meal at home. This week I’m going to do some you might like to try.
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Spring is just around the corner and the Halifax Barn Quilt Trail is gearing up for their annual special tour day.
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Jeter Chapel Baptist Church will be celebrating Black History month at 3 p.m. Feb. 16.
The South Boston Church of God is teaching a class on “The Message of the Cross.”
Wine chimes again will be available at the Master Gardner Plant Sale in May.
Halifax County resident and homebuilder Tom Giglio will be speaking at the Halifax Public Library on March 16 at 3:30 p.m.
Parsons-Bruce Art Association plans to present a special month-long art exhibit featuring artwork by Halifax County Public Schools art students in observance of Youth Art Month.
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One of the “secrets” to a happy, healthy emotional life is to identify one’s bad, nonproductive habits and replace them with habits — slowly built — that are functional. That same principle is of the essence when it comes to a parenting life that is satisfying.
This is such crazy weather we are having — cold then warm. But the good part is they say the groundhog did not see his shadow, so maybe we will be having warmer weather soon. This week I hope you enjoy the recipes.
Throughout history, music has been a tool used to bring people together in times of struggles.
Chase your dreams, no matter how big they are.
Ascension Cathedral: Prayer service will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31. Guest speaker will be Apostle Sharon Peace from Word of Peace Ministries in Richmond. Pastor is Apostle D. Edward Penn II.
Banister Baptist Church school convention executive board and scholarship meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8.
The South Boston Public Library will be hosting two author talks during the month of February.
