ERICKA SEXTON FLOYD / SPECIAL TO THE TIMESFrom left, Miss Clarendon Pre-teen Eaddy Osteen, Miss Clarendon Teen Addison Hicks and Miss Clarendon Ariana Ruiz raised money Saturday during the 2015 Miss Striped Bass Festival Pageant at Weldon Auditorium for the 2nd annual Kiss My Striped Bass fundraiser for the Children's Miracle Network hospitals. The team to get the least donations will have to kiss a fish Friday during opening ceremonies for the 36th annual Striped Bass Festival.
The Santee-Wateree Expo Committee will present its 41st Santee-Wateree Expo at 4 p.m. Sunday at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, 105 Dinkins St. in Manning. The event has brought past speakers such as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young, Democratic Party Presidential Candidate Jesse Jackson, NASA astronauts Ronald E. McNair and Chalres Bolden; Sen. Maggie W. Glover; U.S. Marshals Israel Brooks and John Marshall; Congressman James Clyburn; and Clarendon County natives F. Renee gaters, Lt. Col. Alexander Conyers, Sen. Kevin Johnson and S.C. Public Safety Director Leroy Smith.
This year's speaker will be Clay N. Middleton, a combat veteran and community advocate from Charleston. The program will also include presentation of the William L. Hamilton Humanitarian Award, the Billie S. Fleming Sr. Education Award, the Dorothea W. Ford Service Award and the Moses Levy Jr. Youth Award.
