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September 17, 2009
OPINION: Get vaccine for swine flu if you have the chance
The swine flu has been bad news, and it could get worse as winter approaches. A bit of good news, however, is that the Food and Drug Administration has approved a new vaccine.
September 16, 2009
EDITORIAL: Joe Wilson: Hero or horror?
Democrats are making a mess out of the Joe Wilson matter and should expect a sever backfire
September 15, 2009
OPINION: Bickering among council, mayor not promising for Florence
Florence City Council has turned meetings into marathons since Mayor Stephen J. Wukela was elected and started presiding over the body charged with the representing the 30,000 people living in the city limits.
September 14, 2009
EDITORIAL: Wilson, Jordan, Williams, West are no role models
What do the names Joe Wilson, Michael Jordan, Serena Williams and Kanye West have in common? Answer: All four topped one another in rapid-fire succession as classless role models for future generations.
September 12, 2009
EDITORIAL: Florence making good progress toward revitalization
The City of Florence has taken dramatic steps toward downtown revitalization.An environment has been created to engage all perspectives and solve pressing problems associated with turning Florence’s center city into the hub of social and business activity in the Pee Dee.
OPINION: Thumbs up to dance teacher for $22,000 grant
Thumbs up to Coker College dance professor Angela Gallo for receiving a $22,000 Dance Touring Initiative grant from the Southern Arts Federation.
September 11, 2009
EDITORIAL: Calculating apologies and unemployment
Gov. Mark Sanford keeps saying that it’s for others to decide if he should be impeached.
EDITORIAL: Rep. Wilson insulted himself, SC
Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., disgraced himself and the state when he interrupted President Barack Obama by shouting, “You lie,” during the commander in chief’s nationally televised speech before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night.
September 10, 2009
OPINION: Charities find themselves in desperate need of assistance
It isn’t news when charities such as Harvest Hope Food Bank find their supplies running low, especially during this troubled economy. What is news is the crisis level of need they’re facing.
September 09, 2009
EDITORIAL: Doing your full civic duty
Often, citizens practice “cafeteria civics,” picking and choosing specific areas of policy or even individual events as they come up for discussion. There is nothing wrong with this. After all, a person cannot be expected to be an expert at all things brought before local council or board, but at gaining an understanding of the broad strokes of area politics and happenings is generally a good thing.
EDITORIAL: Bauer’s melodramatics are pure politics
Bauer’s bid to stand out from the pack and make himself unique to voters will have also been wasted if Sanford chooses to remain.
September 08, 2009
OPINION: Obama’s recent school speech important for students to hear
President Barack Obama received a letter shortly after his inauguration from Clyde Montel Peterson III, who was a student last year at Henry Timrod Elementary School in Florence.
September 07, 2009
OPINION: Community needs to embrace new police substations
Law-abiding citizens shouldn’t feel uncomfortable in the company of police officers. Criminals should.
September 06, 2009
OPINION: Florence 1 right to remind students consequences of underage drinking
It’s football season. And to a lot of people, that also means it’s party time.
September 04, 2009
OPINION: Thumbs up to honor society for charity work
Thumbs up to the members of Williamsburg Technical College’s Alpha Sigma Gamma division of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society for volunteering to assist Vital Aging of Williamsburg County deliver Meals On Wheels to area elderly residents.
September 03, 2009
Boys & Girls Club honor Brooks for being champion of children
The Champions for Youth Tribute last week presented by the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Pee Dee Area turned into a series of poignant moments and tributes for former Florence teacher and principal Allie Brooks.
September 01, 2009
EDITORIAL: Health care debate full of misinformation
I’m glad August is over. The dog days of summer turned into a virtual fist fight over health care reform on cable news networks and talk radio. Televised town hall meetings and protestors screamed across TV screens for too much of my summer.
Students, district, community benefit from The School Foundation
The School Foundation was created in 2000 with the idea of improving the quality of education in Florence School District 1.
August 30, 2009
OPINION: Miss South Carolina a local celebrity worth embracing
Kelly Sloan came to Hartsville in January to compete in a preliminary competition for the Miss South Carolina scholarship pageant.
August 28, 2009
Sen. Kennedy an effective legislator in modern history
Edward M. Kennedy, who died this week at 77, was the greatest senator in modern history. The Massachusetts Democrat was at the top of nearly everyone’s list for his effectiveness as a legislator, not necessarily his liberal politics.
EDITORIAL: Making different matter
There’s something about new beginnings and the opportunities and potential they present.
It’s a new year at Coker College with new leadership at the helm, and the outlook is exciting.
August 27, 2009
OPINION: Sanford should heed latest call for resignation
Gov. Mark Sanford should have resigned in June after public support plummeted when he admitted having an extramarital affair with his Argentine “soul mate.”
August 26, 2009
EDITORIAL: Celebrate Women’s Equality Day
Today is Women’s Equality Day, a day commemorating the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women full voting rights in 1920. Congress designated Aug. 26 as Women’s Equality Day about 50 years later and recognized that women “have been treated as second-class citizens and have not been entitled the full rights and privileges, public or private, legal or institutional, which are available to male citizens.”
August 25, 2009
EDITORIAL: Fewer council meetings don’t mean you are missing out
During Darlington County Council’s Aug. 17 meeting, council curtailed the number of public meetings on its calendar with only one dissenting vote. The possibility of cutting council’s regular meeting schedule from two meetings a month to one a month is nothing new, according to Chairman Wesley Blackwell.
OPINION: Board’s decision on coal plant is the most sensible one
Santee Cooper cited the economy, uncertainty over the cost of possible cap-and-trade legislation and reduced power load requirements as reasons for its board’s decision Monday to suspend permitting for the Pee Dee Energy Campus, its proposed coal-fired power generation facility in Kingsburg.
August 24, 2009
OPINION: Awareness, action provide hope for autistic children, their parents
Parents of autistic children have extremely stressful lives, and their numbers are growing significantly based on new research and information gathered by autism experts.
August 23, 2009
Florence mayor, city council need to fix rift
Major differences between Florence Mayor Stephen J. Wukela and city council members have created an open rift that needs resolution.
August 22, 2009
August 26 EDITORIAL- The Weekly Observer
Citizens everywhere must take ownership
Thumbs up to keeping kids safe, teacher of the year
Thumbs up to Safe Kids Florence and Johnny Chard, Florence School District 1’s Teacher of the Year.
August 21, 2009
EDITORIAL: Every team equally important in coverage of high school games
When it comes to a newspaper’s coverage of high school sports, no matter the town, the criticism is always the same. Of the complaints we most often hear, “You favor (this team) over (that team),” is the most common.
