Are you feeling the need to break loose — be away with just adults for a few hours?
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I can feel fall in the air. The leaves on the trees are beautiful.
Teachers at Scottsburg Elementary are working daily to deliver instruction to students through virtual learning, via making phone calls, home visits, as well as, preparing and distributing paper packets. Despite the many challenges, it has been rewarding to see the effort put into teaching t…
The Clover UMW is planning its annual tree of lights service.
From staff reports
The fair was supposed to be here this week.
Oct. 15: Doris L. Bowen, Mrs. Charlie Lane, Johnnie Crowder, Arthur N. Saunders, Jimmy Priest, Clara Lee Powell, Lester T. Gordon, Mrs. J.W.H. Dyches, P.C. Nichols, Charles W. Clardy, Amee Delores Alford, Jeffrey Lewis Hardy, Denise Dixon, Brandon Cheathan, Megan Scarberry
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be set up at the Mary Bethune gymnasium in Halifax from noon to 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
South Boston Public Library is hosting Outdoor Story Time with Miss Sue at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the garden.
The Southside Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program Policy Board will hold its quarterly meeting at noon Oct. 22 at the VASAP office in South Boston.
The Halifax/South Boston NAACP Branch Unit 7074 will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Post 99.
The 81st annual Elliott/Snead reunion was held on Sunday, Oct. 4, at the home of Robbie and Susan Franklin.
The Halifax County Serenity Cancer Garden Association will hold their yearly brick dedication ceremony Sunday, Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. at the garden located in Edmunds Park off of Dan River Church Road, South Boston.
The VFW Post 8243 presented scholarships to seven college students in September at their Bingo on Monday Nights at South Boston Fire Support Building.
The Song of A Soul in Raptured Wonder
The weather is getting cool. It’s time for some soup or good old chili beans. I hope you will enjoy this one from a lady at church, Carolyn L.
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The Mt. Laurel Ruritan Club will have a stew at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The Fry, Jordan & Wilson/Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation Veteran of the Month for September 2020 is the late Junior Thomas.
Well, it is getting cool. I think we are going to have an early fall. This week I’m going to do some I hope you will like.
Hummingbirds
Oct. 1: Lajanice Morris, Rosalind Blanks, Valerie Yeatts, Adam Benjamin Greene, J.N. Bomar, Marie W. Murray, Gilbert W. Short, Tammy Mitchell, Shawn Barksdale, Lena G. Escue, Pete Moorefield
A benefit for Scott “Little Bo” Bowen will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday at Virgilina Volunteer Fire Department.
Grief Share is a group offering tools to help anyone who is suffering from the loss of a loved one.
Two South Boston Early Learning Center students “rock their school shoes” after completing a Pete the Cat assignment. The remaining students participate in various distance learning experiences.
Now that summer gardens have wound down, how about extending gardening into fall with some fresh greens?
Berryman Green Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution met on Thursday, Sept. 10 and presented the anniversary membership certificates.
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I hope you are enjoying the cooler weather. It’s nice to be able to have the windows up. This week I’m going to do some I hope you will enjoy.
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The faculty and staff at Sydnor Jennings Elementary School recently recognized three retiring employees. Donna Moorefield was employed with Halifax County Public Schools for 40 years, Sherlean Pannell was employed for 25 years, and Robert Ballou was employed 12 years.
Hope you all had a great week. I’m going to do some I hope you will enjoy.
All friends and family are invited to Owen Barksdale’s annual gathering this at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
The next meeting of the Halifax Republican Committee will be 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at the pavilion on 1070 East Hyco Road in South Boston.
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