3/22/07

The Clarendon Scene ... as seen in Clarendon

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Participants in Leadership Clarendon don their sleekest safety goggles for a tour of Federal Mogul. At close left is tour guide and product development/project manager Pete Materia.		Manning native Ashby “Alex” Floyd got his ponytail cut off by barber L.G. Mathis on March 2. Floyd said he grew the ponytail for five or six years, but was happy to donate it to Locks for Love, a program that provides wigs for children with illness.

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Students at Laurence Manning Academy won prizes for their participation in the 13th Annual South Carolina Junior Duck Stamp Contest. The contest is designed to teach students K-12 about wetlands and waterfowl conservation through arts curriculum. The student artists created pictures of ducks native to the area. Pictured from left to right, the winning LMA students were: 6th grader James Kennard, son of Richard and Joy Kennard; 2nd grader Tolley Horton, daughter of John and DeeDee Horton; 2nd grader Laura Drose, daughter of Ricky and Susan Drose; 2nd grader Coralee Downer, daughter of Billy and Kristy Downer; and 3rd grader Olivia Wilson, daughter of Joe and Gina Wilson.		Children perform a skit commemorating Black History Month at an Open House at the Fleming-Felder Head Start Center in Alcolu on Feb. 26. The children performed for prospective students and their families while the Center took applications for the 2007-2008 school year.