Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $20,311
25%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 25%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Articles Posted by Zalmon

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • CPD: "Who would destroy items at a final resting place?"

    07/02/2017 3:41:23 PM PDT · by Zalmon · 12 replies
    WIS (TV) - Columbia, SC ^ | 7/2/2017 | WIS (TV) Staff
    COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) Columbia Police are investigating vandalism at a cemetery overnight Saturday into Sunday. The vandalism occurred at Greenlawn Memorial Park off Leesburg Road, according to several tweets from the Columbia Police Department. The vandals damaged grave markers and headstone vases to more than 100 grave sites. Flowers were shredded, vases were dislodged and American flags that had been placed on veterans' graves were strewn throughout the cemetery. Cemetery manager Suzanne Elkins tells WIS at least a dozen families went there after church Sunday morning to find their loved ones' graves damaged. She said the vandals caused about $15,000...
  • PTR making commemorative gun for South Carolina [ex-CT Gun Manufacturer]

    06/24/2014 3:22:45 PM PDT · by Zalmon · 12 replies
    Myrtle Beach Online ^ | June 23, 2014 | Steve Jones
    Firearms manufacturer PTR Industries is so pleased with its move to Aynor that it is producing a special gun to show its appreciation. The company will produce 1,000 South Carolina commemorative firearms, each stamped with an outline of the state with a Palmetto tree and crescent moon inside it. PTR vice president John McNamara said the company developed the gun as a way to give something back to South Carolina. The company moved its headquarters and operation to Aynor in January with no hassles. McNamara said state and local officials helped in any way they could, such as with zoning....