Fixing Walterboro's image

BY GLENN SMITH


WALTERBORO -- Gangs locked in combat. Bullets flying in the night. Police calling for reinforcements to quell the violence.




Quick. I have no way to send my story to my editor other then by tweet. And......go. Ok. So, Ill start with Walterboro and then throw a quick fragment, another fragment and one more fragment. Damn you, 140 characters. And...done. Whew. Thank a third world deity our editors just don't care anymore. #Sad,Idonteither.

And yes, English majors. I understand these aren't fragments. However, nobody should write like this. Well, unless you write for the P&C.

Welcoming Myself Back

Well, its been a year and I've decided to come back to blogging. Let's watch as I'll try this again for a month and then quit for another year. Let the motivation begin.

Special-needs kids victimized

BY JILL COLEY

Children with special needs are more often the subject of bullying and exclusion, an area study found.


This was also the lead story in DUH! Magazine last week. Also, in that issue: fruit is good for you, cars have ability to go fast and a story about breathing oxygen.

This also reminds me of my favorite The Onion headline of all time: "Gay Retard Teased."

City strives to get stolen funds back

BY DAVID SLADE

Danny Molony, who was sent to prison in 2004 for his role in the largest public corruption scandal Charleston had seen in decades, is living a quiet life these days selling eyeglasses at a King Street shop, while the city continues its effort to recoup all the money he stole.


For those burned by Mr. Molony and think you could do a better job extracting money from him or just want to exact revenge, his work address is...

Way to go, P&C.

'You can't believe they can't read.'

BY DIETTE COURRÉGÉ

One out of every five Alice Birney Middle School students reads so poorly that he needs daily intensive reading classes, sometimes at the second-grade level.




From the makers of I Can't Believe Its Not Butter and the parents that bred too young comes "You Can't Believe They Can't Read."

I am assuming that each day, the P&C will be doing an expose on illiteracy in the Lowcountry. My blog thanks you now for the material.

Ford seeks black supporters

BY DAVID SLADE

State senator and gubernatorial hopeful Robert Ford sought to gain more support from the black community for his controversial school choice legislation on Saturday evening at the annual meeting of the Charleston County Chapter of the South Carolina Coalition for Black Voter Participation.


I am so glad I finally get an explanation for the acronym C.C.C.o.t.S.C.C.f.B.V.P..

Performers, artists show off talents at fete

Today through Saturday, be sure to check out the North Charleston Arts Festival featuring some of the best local artists and performers showcasing their skills throughout the city.


Oh man, I'm going to get it for this one...but here I go:

North Charleston has an arts festival? You mean other then the pictures of seagulls at the beach hanging at motels and the area's favorite restaurant, Olive Garden.

Let this sink in: North Charleston Arts Festival. Yep that's right. That's an oxymoron.

This is North Charleston. If you want to urge them to come out, please do not use French to describe party. Party, festival or fiesta will suffice.

Also, if you want to urge North Charlestonians to come out and support this, do not use the word art.

Is this like the Special Ed art students who didn't make it into Spoleto or even Piccolo Spoleto?

Further into the story, we are given this gem: "More than 40 stage performances, including magicians, dance groups, bands, theater troupes, vocalists and storytellers." Yep that's right. Magic is art now.