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Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival marks 20 years   05/15/13 - 12:05am

The Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival marks a 20-year milestone this year, but organizers say there’s nothing extra planned to highlight it.

“It’s always a good festival. It’s always special. We have a super line-up just like every other year,” said Don Powers, Thomson’s city administrator and a member of the Activities Council of Thomson, which puts on the festival each year.

 

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App helps with Army family team-building   02/03/13 - 1:00am

Teri Ryan took an idea and spearheaded a project that is now being considered as one of the Army’s best practices.

Ryan, a Grovetown resident who oversees the Army Family Team Building program at Fort Gordon, worked with a team at Fort Gordon to develop and implement an iPhone and iPad app for the program, with components that can benefit nonmilitary as well as military.

“Army Family Team Building has three levels. Level one is for those new to the military; level two is personal development and level three is leadership and management,” said Ryan.

 

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Event will feature gospel music   05/13/12 - 12:03am

About five times a year, the Central Savannah River Area Southern Gospel Music Association has an old-fashioned gospel sing featuring groups and soloists. This month, there will be two nights of music at the Flowing Wells Worship Center.

“We go all over into South Carolina, Georgia and different places,” said Maxine Whisnant, a past vice president of the group, and one of the performers for the event at 7 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday at the center at 1233 Flowing Wells Road.

 

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