
Nershell Davis dances during the 8th annual Sankofa Festival held Saturday June 28, 2008 at Timrod Park in Florence. Sankofa, a Akan word from the African country of Ghana, meaning “go back and fetch it” celebrates the lessons of the past while planning for the future.

Jasmine Hughs leads a team of dancers as the group performs at the 8th annual Sankofa Festival.

Ever since I moved to Florence in August last year I have driven past the farm on Cashua Drive with the funky twisted chimney. I have always wondered why the chimney had the strange twist in it. Yesterday, by chance I went to the farm for an upcoming story on owner George Harrington who was born in the front room of the house which once stood around the chimney. He said he wasn’t sure but thinks it was build this way to heat all four rooms of the house. Anybody out there know anything else about these twisted chimneys? It’s so interesting to me and I’d love to learn more.




A few photos from tonight’s Florence Mayoral Debate at FMU. Considering I am still kind of new here in Florence, it was quite an education for me.

I love baseball, working or not. Last summer while I interned with The Salisbury Post in Salisbury N.C. I spent most of my summer nights working on the ball field. This week I was lucky enough to shoot 2 Redwolves games, a rare treat for me as I generally work day shift. I hope to have many more nights on the ball field this summer, working or not.

I was shooting an illustration on picnic safety today when I had a visitor to my sandwich. See Saturday’s Morning News for the final photo.

An aerial view of the infield from the helicopter.

Me on the DC-3 yesterday.
I say it all the time, I truly love my job. I get to do some really amazing things everyday and this year’s May Fly, my first, was no exception. On Friday I rode in a Biplane and a DC-3 transporter, today I rode in a helicopter with the door off. Totally cool.

Robert Elliott of Lake City watches the MX-2 perform as part of the May Fly Air Show on May 24, 2008.
I spent the better part of Friday working on driver portraits, these are some of my favorites

Coors Light Pole Winner Greg Biffle

Clint Bowyer

Jimmie Johnson

Jamie McMurray

Martin Truex Jr.

Kurt and Eva Busch

And everybody’s favorite Kyle Busch

One of the things I was most excited about when I took my job with the Morning News was the opportunity to cover NASCAR at Darlington. So far the experience has been everything I hope it would be, exciting, loud, and yes a bit overwhelming too. I am loving being here this weekend and will try to post more photos later today.

I was working on a story today and saw this beautiful baby girl sleeping in the corner, I thought she was a doll at first, then saw her breath and watched her for a long time.

I sat down in the grass this morning while I drank my coffee and noticed the sparkle

Sisters Isis and Aijah Commander of Andrews, S.C. search for a way out of the Hall of Mirrors during the 20th Annual Hemingway BBQ-Shag Festival helpd April 17-19th in downtown Hemingway.