Community

A community clean-up day will be held at the new Lilesville Community Center on May 13. Members of the executive board of the Faith Based Center of Hope, its CEO, Vancine Sturdivant and residents will gather at Whit’s Convenience Store for coffee before going to work on the square in…

The annual Cub Scout Pinewood Derby was held Saturday, April 1 at the Fireman’s Training Center in Wadesboro. The Derby, sponsored by C&M Auto Supply, allowed scouts from the Pee Dee District (Anson and Richmond counties) to build their own unique wooden car from a kit and race against their…

Anson County Sheriff Landric Reid crowned Za’Kiyah Zyei Hixson as Little Miss HOLLA! on April 8. Inspired by the success of the U.S. Olympics Gymnastics Team in Rio, the pageant’s theme was, “The World’s Greatest.” “We are all born with greatness inside of us; it is just waiting for us…

Morven Las Amigas member Pat McCoy was crowned as the chapter’s queen during the 2017-2018 South West Regional Queens’ contest on March 25. The event was held during the Las Amigas Southwest regional meeting, hosted by the Greenville, South Carolina chapter. Five chapters attended the meeting and each chapter had…

Dr. Tangula A. Diggs, an evangelist and assistant pastor of Friendship One Accord Worldwide Church of God, will speak at Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church on May 7. Diggs is the daughter of the late Lucinda Diggs Redfern and was born, reared and educated in Wadesboro. An honor graduate from…

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge will hold Youth Fishing Day on Saturday. The event will be held from 8 a.m. until noon. The fishing pond is three miles south of Ansonville at 5770 U.S. Highway 52 North, Wadesboro. Sullivan Pond will be stocked with 400 catfish. There will be prizes…

MORVEN — Yolanda G. Creech was crowned as the Virtuous Woman 2017 at the annual Virtuous Woman program sponsored by the Morven Chapter of Las Amigas, Inc. on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at White Oak Baptist Church in Morven. Creech is the daughter of the late Ronald and Bettye Carlton…

For the Record The Burnsville Recreation and Learning Center’s Backpack Program recently provided toothpaste and backpacks to 20 or more children in the Peachland community. Parents brought their children to receive those items at New Zion Baptist Church.The distribution was handled by Inez Williamson and others from the area. For…

Southside Baptist Church has announced that the Rev. Bruce Landon has accepted the position of pastor effective March 26. Landon holds a master of arts in religion from Southern Evangelical Seminary. He was ordained as a minister of the Gospel in 2004 and served as pastor of Mount Olive Baptist…

For the Record The family of the late Curtis C. Traywick Jr. received a certificate of appreciation from the Ada Ford Singleton Biography Committee on March 28. Traywick supplied vehicles to Singleton to haul voters to the polls during her 30-year tenure as president of Anson County’s NAACP. Also, due…

The Brown Bag Book Club will welcome author Regina Jeffers for its meeting on April 17. Regina Jeffers was a public classroom teacher for 39 years and considers herself a Jane Austen enthusiast. She is the author of several Austen-inspired novels. Her desire is to show the need for historical…

Students with the Burnsville Recreation and Learning Center have been learning about music and the heritage of the Buffalo Soldiers. Kids Café volunteer Joy G. Feller gives the children the opportunity to learn the concept of music, visiting the center each week. “Some of the students are really doing well…