🌱 East Clarendon Varsity Football @ Manning and 11 more events

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 89 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Very warm with clouds and sun, temps: high: 90, low: 69.
• Saturday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 69 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday October 2
• East Clarendon Varsity Football @ Manning →
  Manning High School, 2155 Paxville Hwy, Manning
  7:30 pm
• Hartsville Varsity Football @ Lakewood →
  Lakewood High School, 350 Old Manning Rd, Sumter
  7:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• Monarch Strong's 6th Annual Bike-Run-Walk →
  JC Britton Park, 3057 Raccoon Road, Manning
  8:00 am
Thursday October 8
• Dillon Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Manning →
  Manning High School, 2155 Paxville Hwy, Manning
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Dash on the Dam 5K →
  Manning SC
Tuesday October 13
• Loris Girls JV Volleyball @ Lakewood →
  Lakewood High School, 350 Old Manning Rd, Sumter
  5:30 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Smokin Fur A Cause (SCBA) →
  Manning SC
Friday October 16
• Francis Marion Symposium →
  F.E. DuBose, 3351 Sumter Hwy, Manning
  2:00 pm
• Francis Marion Symposium 2026 →
  3351 Sumter Highway, Manning
  2:00 pm
• Movies in the Park →
  Gibbons Street Park, 240 Gibbons Street, Manning
  6:30 pm
Friday October 23
• Waccamaw Varsity Football @ Manning →
  Manning High School, 2155 Paxville Hwy, Manning
  7:30 pm
• Waccamaw at Manning →
  2155 Paxville Highway, Manning
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Travel America / Petro - TA Operating, LLC posted a job opening for Master Diesel Tech-Mechanic in Manning. Apply here.
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation posted a job opening for Field Electronics Technician-Nuclear in Manning. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Alcolu here.

🗞 Nearby News

Sumter

• Pinnacle Financial Partners adds Poole as financial advisor in Midland (theitem.com)
• Letter to the editor: Ministry thanks community for support of event (theitem.com)
• eSTEAM is this Saturday, and plenty of fall events for all are coming up - Oktoberfest, Porches and more (theitem.com)

Kingstree

• Minden Police arrest speeder with drugs, firearms in vehicle (websterparishjournal.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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