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An invitation to newcomers - Vic's View

Thu, 04/07/2022 - 1:01pm Vic MacDonald

If you are a newcomer to Clinton/Laurens County and you want some reading material about the community, the best place to go is the welcome center in the lobby of the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce, in the professional park behind the County Hospital.

KELLY: Won't miss ya, 2021

Wed, 01/05/2022 - 12:57pm Vic MacDonald

Kelly -- Birthdays, horror, & COVID oh my!

Thu, 10/28/2021 - 3:24pm Vic MacDonald

BY KELLY DUNCAN

Last Wednesday, October 6, I turned 28. Months in advance I requested to take the day off so my sister and I could do something fun to celebrate. But things don’t always go the way we planned them…

This little thing called COVID – maybe you’ve heard of it – decided to wreak havoc on my sister’s house. For the record, everyone is on the mend, slowly but surely.

PC Football

Wed, 09/22/2021 - 11:04am Vic MacDonald

VIC’S VIEW: At the banquet table, time to feast.

Bigger. Stronger. Faster.

KELLY: Suggestions from a bookworm.

Wed, 09/08/2021 - 12:27pm Vic MacDonald

By Kelly Duncan

In last month’s column, I scratched the surface on some of my favorite books growing up. I figured for this month, what better way to follow that up than by sharing some of my favorite books I’ve read as an adult? Some of my favorites are classics that you might have read in high school, while others are more recent releases that I’ve read.

VIC’s View: We don’t care how you did it in Michigan.

Thu, 08/19/2021 - 10:07am Vic MacDonald

So here’s what not to do - use Covid money to give yourself a Bonus.

A Michigan county council did just that - now they are giving it back. Laurens County has $6 million of its $13 million of COVID-19 local relief money sitting in the bank. The council is figuring out what to do with it - here’s a “not-to” suggestion.

Press On: Living the content life

Tue, 06/29/2021 - 12:36pm Publisher

By Brian Whitmore

My hope is in You, Lord

All the day long I won't be shaken by drought or storm

A peace that passes understanding is my song

And I sing my hope is in You, Lord

- Aaron Shust

Content (noun): A state of satisfaction.

(adjective): Peaceful happiness.

Publisher: Celebrating 25 years in newspapers

Tue, 06/29/2021 - 12:34pm Publisher

By Brian Whitmore

In October 1996, Graham Williams — a mentor to me —hired me as a general assignment reporter for the now defunct Union Daily Times (Union, S.C.).

That was my first newspaper job after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in communications from USC Spartanburg in 1995.

Now I celebrate my 25th anniversary as publisher of The Clinton Chronicle.

VIC: You know the name. You can’t say the name.

Thu, 06/03/2021 - 4:23pm Publisher

By Vic MacDonald, Editor

It is journalist’s quandary. You know who is young man is. But it’s not “official.”

The official says he won’t release the name. The name of a young person who took his own life in plain view of a school. You are just left to wonder, what desperation drove that action.

Vic: White Flag

Thu, 06/03/2021 - 4:22pm Publisher

‘Helping people heal, helps me heal”

By Vic MacDonald, Editor

Before we get too far away from Mental Health Awareness Month, I would like to share some information out of Myrtle Beach. This comes my way as a Globe Newswire release related to a mobile phone app that connects people struggling with their mental health to free, 24/7 customized peer-to-peer support.