General News 2nd Quarter

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Vicki Irick dances the first dance with friend and Elmcroft resident Garren Clontz as other residents relax at the Elmcroft Senior Prom. For four years the facility has been hosting the prom as a way to make the residents feel special. All residents have the chance to get dressed up, dance and enjoy the evening in a special way. Event organizer Janice Branham works with Goodwill Industries to collect dresses and suits for the residents to borrow for the evening. "When I look around and see evernone daning and smiling, its like they don't have dementia, they are just their regular self doing what they did before," Branham said.

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Sue Griffith spends a few minutes with her horse Dance during and interview with the Morning News on April 21, 2011. Griffith and Dance came to Palmetto Farms after falling hard times, Griffen was living in an unheated trailer with no water and little food when the rescue group came to seize her horse Dance, instead the group took in not only the horse but Sue and her son Ryan as well.

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Ruth Sarvis of Florence stops to smell the roses during the annual Spring plant and Flower Festival at the Pee Dee State Farmers Market on April 7, 2011. The annual event runs through Sunday, April 10, and feature thousands of different types of plants for all types of gardens. The are just the picture of beauty and elegance," Sarvis said of the roses. "It's my favorite part of the show."

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Kina Glover, left, Raheem Williamson's first cousin, and one of his best friends poses for a portrait showing her new tattoo honoring her cousin's memory on April 4, 2011. "I don't really look at it like he's dead...I can't," Glover said. "I look at it like he's on vacation...he's gone. Life will never be the same without him." Akia "Pebbles" Williamson, right, Raheem's older sister poses for a portrait wearing a shirt she had made in her brother's memory on April 4, 2011. "They took someone from this world who was truly loved," Williamson said. "The only thing going through my head is, who would do this, why would you do this.... what would push you to do this?" NOTE: After investigation the Florence Sheriff's Department's investigation determined that Raheem Williamson died as a result of suicide.

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Rebecca Hooper-Eden visits the gravesite of her father Billy Hooper after Monday's Memorial Day service at the M.J. "Dolly" Cooper Cemetery in Anderson. Hooper, who served in the Army during the Vietnam War, died last December.

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Bill Routh with Off The Wall Dive Charters looks over the partially submerged boat that burned in a fire at Portman Marina on March 30. Routh and his team towed the boat from an island near the marina to the Tiger Cove Campground across the lake.

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Jerry Chesser fires his revolver during Saturday's Battle of AndersonCivil War reenactment. The event, which highlighted the 150th anniversary of the start of the war, drew dozens of reenactors and even a film crew for the CBS network.

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Strong winds send flags flying as Karen Prewitt collects confederate flags after the Confederate Memorial Day ceremony at Magnolia Cemetery Tuesday May 10, 2011. " I help decorate every year" said Prewitt who is a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who even places confederate jasmine on her ancestors graves.

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Cooper River Bridge Run 2011 held Saturday April 2, 2011.

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Raymond Pressley embraces his three sons and other family members during the funeral for his second oldest son Cheziray Pressley who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on May 16, 2011. A memorial service was held in his honor at the Charleston Convention Center Memorial Day Monday May 30, 2011.

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Mattie Ray visits her husband Adolphus Ray at the Fort Jackson National Cemetery where he's buried. Ray served in Vietnam and the Korean War. "Lord I sure miss him," she said. "Part of me is gone."

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USC's Scott Wingo, 2011 College World Series Most Outstanding Player, carries the 2011 College World Series trophy into Colonial Life Arena on June 29, 2011.

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Westside High School graduate Clamecia Sinead Sullivan claps her hands as she prepares to accept her diploma from Anderson School District Five Superintendent Betty Bagley at the Civic Center of Anderson.

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Kathi Townsend of Belton, mother of Joshua Byron Babb, 29, reacts after a bond hearing at the Old County Home in Anderson.  Babb is charged with homicide by child abuse but has not confessed to the crime according to Honea Path Police Chief David King Tuesday night.

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Amanda Owen wearing widows weeds style attire adjusts her veil at the Sesquicentennial Confederate Memorial Service on the Anderson County Courthouse square.

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Marines with the Marine Special Operation Command at Camp Lejeune, N.C. wave to people standing on Isaqueena Trail overpass on U.S. 123 Monday afternoon. The Marines were escorted by hundreds of motorcycles to Keowee Key where they will spend the week for a retreat.

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U.S. Army veteran Donald Stevenson looks for his family members' names on the Anderson County Veteran's Memorial wall after a Day of Remembrance ceremony was held at the memorial Saturday morning.

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The casket of Captain James Graff is pulled from a hearse during a funeral service for Graff at the M.J. "Dolly" Cooper Veterans Cemetery Saturday morning. Graff went missing in 1966 while serving in Vietnam. His remains were recently identified using DNA testing.

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Members of the Electric City Young Marines watched as Lourdes Malone cut strips of an American flag to be burned during a flag retirement ceremony at the American Legion Post 14 Tuesday evening.

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Greenwood County Councilman Mark Allison has his Easter bonnet tied by Edith Childs on Tuesday April 19 before the county meeting. Allison won the award of most votes in the Easter bonnet competition.

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Timothy Allsop holds his son 16-month-old son Gabriel Benjamin Allsop as Dr. Uzee Brown Jr. of Morehouse College leads in singing "I'm Building Me a Home" at the Benjamin Mays Historic Site dedication ceremony on April 26, 2011. Timothy Allsop and his son are from Huntsville, Ala., and the child's middle name takes after Mays, who is a distant uncle.

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Piedmont Technical College graduates walk to the Finis Horne Arena on Lander University's campus for the beginning of the graduation ceremony Thursday night.

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Randy Deaton of the City of Greenville goes into a manhole at the intersection of Wedgewood and Broughton drives to line the interior with cement on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Repairs need to be made to lines in order for new building projects to begin.

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After a Children's Resurrection Parade and Speeches, the congregation of Mountain View Baptist Church on Cagle Street in Greenville worship on Easter, Sunday, April 24, 2011.

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People attend The Greenville County Museum of Art's Spring Reception inside an Andrew Wyeth exhibit on Tuesday, May 17, 2011.

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People attend Moonlight Movies behind the Peace Center to watch Batman on Wednesday, May 11, 2011.

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People check out the sculptures of John Petrey Fine Art Studios of Chattanooga, TN, as they walk through downtown Greenville on the final day of the annual art festival Artisphere. Sunday, May 15, 2011.

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A group cheers as the NASCAR car haulers drive down Cashua Street during the parade on Thursday, May 5, 2011.  Six-year-old Tripp Creveling (center) said his favorite part about watching the race is screaming.