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United Way of Horry County cancels Caring for Kindergarteners event

Several weeks back, we did a 2-in-1 Feature of Shel Silverstein's Don't Bump the Glump and his posthumously-published book Every Thing On It. I was happy to note as I was reading through the latter that there were several Shel Silverstein, or “Uncle Shel” to any of the legions of children that grew up on […]

Park district could operate Carver center

George Washington Carver (front row, center) poses with fellow staff members at the Tuskegee Institute (now known as Tuskegee University) Alabama. Carver worked at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama for most of his adult life. It is a month to remember men and women such as George Washington Carver, WEB Dubois and Rosa Parks who faced […]

Park district could operate Carver center

George Washington Carver became one of the nation's greatest educators and agricultural researchers. He was born in about 1864 (the exact year is unknown) on the Moses Carver plantation in Diamond Grove, Missouri. Emily Chun creates some artwork in her transitional kindergarten class at George Washington Carver Elementary School in Long Beach. The Long Beach […]