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14th Honor Flight Returns to Greenville
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- By Gilbert Scales
Tuesday morning, April 21, the 14th Honor Flight Upstate SC with 91 World War II and Korean War veterans from Greenville area, the Upstate, Asheville-Hendersonville of NC and northern Georgia left Greenville-Spartanburg Airport shortly after 9 a.m., destination Washington, D.C.
As the plane taxied down the runway, two airport “yellow” firetrucks saluted the “Flight” with a five-minute water cannon salute.
Four tour buses waited outside Reagan National Airport terminal to take the veterans and support staff to visit the various memorials in the D.C. area.
Greenville County Honors Teresa and Clark Gray
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- By Bob Dill, Publisher
Teresa Gray, a former librarian at League Academy, has been diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which is attacking her throat and voice.
Teresa’s son, Clark, is a student at Eastside High School and a lifeguard trained and employed by Greenville County Rec.
On Christmas Eve, Teresa began choking and turned blue. But thanks to his training , Clark knew the Heimlich maneuver and calmly and bravely stepped up and saved his mother.
Business Executive Urges Support of Military Veterans
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- By Gilbert Scales
Ted Cruz Wins Straw Poll
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- By Bob Dill, Publisher
Delegates Vote Down Opposition to Gas Tax Increase
Senator Ted Cruz won the Greenville County Republican Party straw poll Saturday. Cruz received 80 of the more than 200 votes cast. Gov. Scott Walker received 64 votes with Senators Santorum and Rubio receiving 23 each. Cruz and Walker, likewise, took first and second place in the Spartanburg County Republican Straw Poll.
Only presidential candidates Santorum and Governor Kasich who received votes in the single digits spoke at the convention. Mike Huckabee, who was advertised as one of the speakers, failed to appear. Huckabee received ten votes, trailing Jeb Bush with 14.
South Carolina’s Senior Senator Lindsey Graham, who is a potential candidate, received only ten votes. All other candidates were in the single digits.
Atheist Wants to Participate in County Council Invocation
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An individual identifying himself as a member of the Upstate Atheists board has sent a letter to the Greenville County Administrator requesting to be scheduled to participate in the County Council Invocation “making our county’s Invocations more diverse.”
Greenville County Council meets on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of each month and begin their meetings with an Invocation led by a Council member or his guests.
The correspondence identifies Upstate Atheists as a 501 ( C ) 3 not-for-profit organization.
Rep. Gowdy Requests Information on Spartanburg Refugee Project
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- By Bob Dill, Publisher
Secretary of State Kerry asked 17 Pertinent Questions
For several months, there have been reports in the social media indicating that Spartanburg, South Carolina, has been selected as the destination for a large number of refugees from Syria, Congo and Bhutan.
Lisa Benson, a national security specialist tracking Muslim influence in the United States, reported that a World Relief contractor is establishing an office in Spartanburg, and that a former local Baptist pastor had been named Executive Director of the office.
The alleged plans to move refugees to Spartanburg was also discussed at the National Security Summit held in Columbia, Saturday, March 14, 2015.
On March 18, The Times Examiner published a page one story titled: Spartanburg to be colonized as “Refugee Seed Community.” The Spartanburg Herald Journal and Talk Radio WORD have also reported on the matter. As time passed, more questions were raised than answered. Only the church and business groups directly involved in the refugee project knew what was taking place, and they were not making public statements.
Joseph Evan Davis 907 Children of the Confederacy April Meeting
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- By Pam Durham
The Joseph Evan Davis 907 Children of the Confederacy held their April meeting at the New Hope United Methodist Church in Anderson, SC on Sunday afternoon, April 12, 2015. Along with members of the Winnie Davis 442 United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter, they honored Chapter President, Allison Bolt’s Confederate ancestor, Abram Bolt and his wife Mary with a grave-cleaning, iron-cross-placing, and grave-rededicating event. Chapter Director Pamela Hamilton Durham discussed the military history and family of Abram Bolt. There were three generations of the Bolt family present today for this rededication service. Mr. Bolt shared pictures of these ancestors with the children as they learned to clean the grave of the veteran and his wife, under direction of grave restoration consultant Julia Barnes. Michael Barnes and Danny Durham then showed the children how to properly install an iron cross. These men of the Sons of Confederate Veterans provided outstanding role models for the children. The children did a wonderful job in honoring a veteran and then recording the other veterans buried in this cemetery.
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