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On Saturday, April 29, 2023, the Effingham Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. hosted their annual Crown Jewel Awards Scholarship Dinner at New Ebenezer Retreat in Rincon, GA. The event recognized four top contributing professionals, in the area of community service. The Crown Jewel Awards were the brainchild of Effingham Chapter Member and
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Annual wreath-laying ceremony slated at Old African-American Cemetery This granite marker underneath a magnolia tree marks a gravesite for unnamed African-Americans who drowned in Ebenezer Creek in 1865. - photo by Mark Lastinger/staff Leroy Lloyd pours a libation in the early portion of a previous wreath-laying ceremony. - photo by Mark Lastinger/staff
RINCON Annually since 2016, Leroy Lloyd, a former president of the Effingham County Branch NAACP, has led a public wreath-laying ceremony at the Old African-American Cemetery located just outside the Jerusalem Lutheran Cemetery near the New Ebenezer Retreat Center.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. South Effingham s Butler receives district teacher award Effingham County Teacher of the Year Kimberly Butler listens to South Elementary School third-grader Laney Archer read an essay Friday morning. - photo by Mark Lastinger/staff
GUYTON It isn’t necessary for Kimberly Butler to tell people that she thinks about her job as a language arts teacher. Her face, even while covered by a COVID-19 mask, conveys her opinion thoroughly.
Butler’s eyes glimmered with affection Friday morning while listening to South Effingham Elementary School third graders read creative stories that they penned. Fostering a love for writing in her students is her passion.