Clarendon Sun Briefs: Oct. 19, 2018

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Support Clarendon Junior Golf

MANNING - The Clarendon County Junior Golf program is raising money for its youth golf program through donations of $20 for a set of M2 TaylorMade graphic shaft irons, 4-iron through gap wedge. Only 200 donations will be accepted. For more information, call Donald Hardy at (803) 473-6652 or H.B. Buddin at (803) 460-4683.

Inaugural Teacher's Ball on Saturday

MANNING - The 1865 Reading Academy is presenting the Inaugural Teacher's Ball at 7 p.m. on Saturday at The Matrix Center, 4648 Kingstree Highway. Advance tickets for the ball are $50 per couple and $30 for individual tickets. Proceeds from the ball will go toward school supplies for teachers and the academy. The attire for the evening will be formal. For more information, contact Sharmane Anderson at (803) 566-9690 or email her at the1865academy@gmail.com.

Don't miss P.E.O. Yard Sale

MANNING - The Presbyterian Church of Manning, 233 N. Brooks St., is hosting a Philanthropic Education Organization Yard Sale beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday. This indoor/outdoor yard sale will have something for everyone. Numerous families have contributed tools and gardening items, furniture, home improvement items, housewares, linens, electronics, sports equipment, clothes, toys and holiday decorations. The money raised from the yard sale will support the church's scholarship program, grants and loans for women.

Waterfowl Dinner / Auction on Saturday

MANNING - The South Carolina Waterfowl Association is hosting its annual dinner and auction at 6 p.m. Saturday at the National Guard Armory, 2883 Raccoon Road, Manning. The association's primary focus is to enhance and perpetuate South Carolina's wildlife heritage through education and waterfowl habitat conservation. For tickets, call (803) 578-1405.

Breaking Bars hosts Fall Fiesta

MANNING - Breaking Bars, 534 W. Boyce St., is hosting a Fall Fiesta from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Featured vendors will include Initials Inc., Adorn Once More, Paparazzi, doTerra, Kali's Crafty Boutique, Poppy Clips, Young Living Essential Oils, Mary Kay, Lipsense and more.

New Covenant hosts revival

MANNING - New Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2833 Alex Harvin Highway, is hosting the Time for Awakening Revival at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 21-24. The featured speaker will be John Black. The revival is sponsored by New Covenant Presbyterian Church and Emmanuel Baptist Church. Dinner will be served in the NCPC fellowship hall at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday and Wednesday nights. For more information, call (803) 473-3677 or (803) 435-5094.

Paw Howl-O-Ween 5K & Family Fun Run

SUMMERTON - For the Love of a Paw, a nonprofit animal rescue organization in Elloree, has partnered with Santee Hardware and Santee Cooper Resort & Country Club to host a new 5K race and kids' run to race funds and awareness of the need to manage the domestic animal population in Orangeburg and Calhoun counties. Gates open at 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 27 for race-day registration and check-in. Events to follow at 8:30 a.m. at Santee Cooper Resort & Country Club, 603 Santee Drive, Santee. For more information, call (803) 854-2223 or (803) 337-8267.

eWaste Recycling on Oct. 27

MANNING - Is your electronic waste piling up? Clarendon County is offering its eWaste Recycling Program from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Administration Building parking lot, 411 Sunset Drive. "Shred-with-Us" will also be on site to shred your documents free of charge. No plastic or newspaper for shredding. The program is accepting televisions with screens intact only, monitors, video display devices, intact computers, CPUs, keyboards, mice, printers, CD/DVD players, game consoles, small handheld electronics, cellphones, stereo tuners, radios, speakers, microwaves and vacuum cleaners. For more information, call Donavon Alston at (803) 435-9384.

Johnson sponsors Halloween Fest

MANNING - Sen. Kevin Johnson is sponsoring Halloween Fest from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31 at the corner of Boyce and Boundary streets. Join Johnson for some ghoulish games, freaky run and frightening food.

Trick or Treat on Main Street Oct. 31

MANNING - Mayor Julia Nelson and members of Manning City Council will be passing out candy while it lasts on Boyce Street in front of the Manning Fire Department beginning at 5 p.m. Oct. 31. All children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, call (803) 435-8477.

Clarendon Gas collects care packages

MANNING - Clarendon Gas is asking the community to support service men and women deployed overseas by providing care packages packed with essentials, including laundry detergent pods, fabric refresher, breath strips/mints, chewing gum, hard candy, shampoo, deodorant/antiperspirant, body wash, soap, shaving cream, toothpaste, floss, power/protein bars, granola bars, energy bars, cereal bars, powdered drink mixes, plastic utensils, playing cards, Frisbees, footballs, notebook paper, envelopes, pens, postage stamps and many more ideas. For a complete listing of needed items, visit Clarendon Gas, 647 S. Mill St., or call (803) 433-4468. Clarendon Gas will be collecting supplies and care packages through Nov. 12.